L.A. Times Daily - Oct 19 2025

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Clues Answers
"Doggone it!" AWHECK
"Happens to everyone" WEALLDOIT
"Mulan" invader HUN
"Snowfall" actor Damson __ IDRIS
"So I should take that as __?" ANO
"Spy Game" org CIA
"Yeah, right!" ASIF
*Christmas tree in an atelier? ARTISTICFIR
*Courses full of twists and turns? MAZECLASSES
*Ensemble for finals week? TESTFASHION
*Organizer for a nail tech? MANIFOLDER
*Pride of a jacked security guard? ANTITHEFTARM
*Slug made from an old can? TINQUARTER
*Thanksgiving stuffing dishes that aren't up to snuff? SADDRESSINGS
*Treadmill setting for a Roman emperor? CAESARSPACE
50-50 EVEN
Application in some massages HOTOIL
Arizona State's city TEMPE
Bend at a barre PLIE
Bouillon brand KNORR
Bro or stepbro SIB
Campus group FRAT
Capital city in Anatolia ANKARA
Cartoon frame CEL
Castle structures TOWERS
Classic Ford TBIRD
Classic muscle car GTO
Club alternative BLT
Cook wear? APRON
Cotija-covered corn ELOTE
Council of clerics SYNOD
Course track for a future JD PRELAW
Creole chef Chase LEAH
Crocheted mat DOILY
Currency at pachinko parlors YEN
David of "ABC World News Tonight" MUIR
Deadly snake VIPER
Desert rarity RAIN
Doll with neon hair TROLL
Domain REALM
Dorm VIPs RAS
Dynastic period, e.g ERA
Eggs in ikura sushi ROE
Egyptair hub city CAIRO
End-of-game pitcher CLOSER
Extra pep OOMPH
Falcons city ATLANTA
Feudal laborer SERF
Fleecy mamas EWES
Focalin target, briefly ADHD
Forever and a day AGES
French novelist Émile ZOLA
Fund that might grow for decades IRA
Gene arising from mutation ALLELE
Genetic material DNA
Giraffe feature NECK
Go back RECEDE
Golden State sch UCLA
Greeting to a mate GDAY
Guitar licks RIFFS
Hack (off) LOP
Han River capital SEOUL
Harsh ACRID
Head-to-toe garments BURQAS
Heebie-jeebies FRIGHT
Helpful hint CLUE
Hit lists TOPTENS
Holds nothing back LETSRIP
In the know AWARE
Inquires ASKS
Kale and cabbage GREENS
LAPD alerts APBS
Clues Answers
Layer outside the germ BRAN
LED component DIODE
Lentil dish DAL
Let fall, as hair UNPIN
Light a fire under HASTEN
Like a perennial HARDY
Like most awards ANNUAL
Like new tires TREADED
Like some brownies NUTTY
Like some eclipses LUNAR
Like some rear admirals TWOSTAR
Love, in arias AMORE
Magnet end? ISM
Make airtight SEAL
Maker of off-road vehicles TONKA
Mall pizza chain SBARRO
Marathon setting GREECE
Mardi Gras city nickname, and an apt description of the answers to the starred clues NOLA
Minor key? ISLET
Miss. home USA
Motion detector, e.g SENSOR
Mount __: Washington estate VERNON
Move quickly? RELO
No. 1 pals BFFS
Nursery nutrients PLANTFOOD
OAK alternative SFO
Ontario lake ERIE
Oracle SEER
Orangutan REDAPE
Parks of Alabama ROSA
Persian greeting? MEOW
Person who calls the shots REFEREE
Playing surface that favors topspin CLAY
Poses done in a taproom BEERYOGA
Product that may reduce dark circles EYEGEL
Purple boba tea flavor TARO
Put away EAT
Quindim ingredient YOLK
Religious subgroup SECT
Revolve ROTATE
Ristorante menu preposition ALLA
Roof overhang EAVE
Runner-up LOSER
Ruthless ruler TYRANT
Sacred flower in Buddhism LOTUS
Scouring brand BRILLO
Secondhand USED
Sharing a cultural identity ETHNIC
Smeltery waste DROSS
Some choral singers ALTOS
Some light cosmetics LIPTINTS
Spanish girl CHICA
Start of a show ACTI
Steep-sided plateau MESA
Straight people, casually HETS
Strip in the kitchen STEAK
Striped stone AGATE
Sultry growl RAWR
Tags on social media ATS
Toast at a Bavarian beer festival PROSIT
Tofu nutrient PROTEIN
Total score TALLY
Traditional mo. for a Bavarian beer festival OCT
TV pioneer RCA
Twitch SPASM
Underground worker MINER
Urban rtes AVES
Video camera button REC
Visiting the area INTOWN
Warbler lookalike ORIOLE
Wii Sports avatar MII
__-second rule FIVE