L.A. Times Daily - Oct 18 2025

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Clues Answers
"Bad idea" NAH
"Derry __": sitcom set in Northern Ireland GIRLS
"Hansel and Gretel" figure HAG
"I'd have a backup plan" DONTBETONIT
"Much obliged" THANKS
"No kidding" CLEARLY
"The Hurting Kind" poet Limón ADA
"The Masked Singer" judge Rita ORA
Affordable BUDGET
Amazon primate TAMARIN
Bamboozle TRIPUP
Bay Area columnist who coined the word "beatnik" CAEN
Biotech firm known for vaccines MODERNA
California surf culture apparel brand PACSUN
Call for ENTAIL
Calling card? SIM
Calm SERENITY
Cheese substitute? SCRIP
Citrus drinks, for short OJS
Clear a way for LETBY
Construction such as the term "un-freaking-believable" Tmesis
Cuts finely DICES
Declares SAYSSO
Didn't work RESTED
Dramatic solos ARIAS
Elisabeth of "Cobra Kai" SHUE
Equivocates HEDGES
Fallible ones MEREMORTALS
Features of many Best Picture winners RRATINGS
Flinch START
Former Japanese coin SEN
Free-spirited WILDATHEART
French "his" SES
Clues Answers
Goddess who is a judge in "The Eumenides" ATHENA
Has more than OUTEATS
Hertz, for one UNIT
Home of "Whistler's Mother" MUSEEDORSAY
Juices up? BASTES
Leave a black mark on, say SCORCH
Lego brand for little hands DUPLO
Like a brewery YEASTY
Like a good sidekick TRUSTY
Malapropisms, e.g MISUSES
Many a "Fast & Furious" character STREETRACER
Nice words of agreement OUIS
Plastic souvenir, e.g TRINKET
Port northeast of Djibouti ADEN
Prime minister between Theresa and Liz BORIS
Sew up ICE
Shelters named for a senator ROTHIRAS
Shiba __ INU
Shooting stars? SAGITTARIUS
Sign of aging PATINA
Sloggy terrain MIRE
Snitch (on) NARC
Some medical providers, for short PAS
Spot for a brat GRILL
Sure to fail CANTWIN
Sweet-talk CAJOLE
To-do STIR
Twangy-voiced NASAL
Winter racers LUGES
Withdrawal aid ATMCARD
__ canto BEL
__ effect: phenomenon of attraction in fluid mechanics, familiarly CHEERIOS
__ steak STRIP