L.A. Times Daily - Oct 22 2025

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Clues Answers
"Affirmative" YES
"Here's to you!" CHEERS
"Ironic" singer Morissette ALANIS
"Love your work!" IMAHUGEFAN
"Mystic River" novelist Lehane DENNIS
"Pitch Perfect" actress __ Mae Lee HANA
"Spaceballs," for one SPOOF
"The Baby-Sitters Club" writer __ M. Martin ANN
"The Big Bang Theory" character RAJ
"The Mystery of __ Drood" EDWIN
"Tubular!" RAD
1977 Top 20 single by Boz Scaggs LIDOSHUFFLE
44th first family OBAMAS
Actor Stoltz ERIC
Alex and __ jewelry ANI
Anklebones TARSI
Aspirational, as goals LOFTY
Aspiring musician's goal RECORDDEAL
Australian airport code SYD
Babe HON
Bagel topping LOX
Battleship successes HITS
Before, before ERE
Black-and-white treat OREO
Bleak assessment ITSBAD
Bonuses EXTRAS
Boxers or briefs UNDIES
Branch OFFSHOOT
Brand of scouring powder BONAMI
Cars AUTOS
Civil War POTUS ABE
Cloaks MANTLES
Court figs DAS
DEA agent NARC
Diner or bistro EATERY
Do some mending SEW
Down in the dumps GLUM
Downloads before a long road trip, perhaps PODCASTS
Clues Answers
Dramatic presentation often staged during Lent PASSIONPLAY
Drive-__ THRU
Engagement ring option PRINCESSCUT
Face With Tears of Joy, for one EMOJI
Formal dress GOWN
High-priority activity, per some guidebooks MUSTDO
Highlander of ancient Peru INCA
Hill worker? ANT
Inserts in some frames LENSES
Island off Naples CAPRI
Japanese sport SUMO
Juice brand with distinctive bottles POM
Lawn ornament in a hat GNOME
Leader of the girl group Red Velvet IRENE
Lost ATSEA
Lost steam SLOWED
Much of the F/X in the MCU CGI
Nail, as a test ACE
New England sch URI
Not fooled by ONTO
Not suitable INAPT
Polite assent in Seville SISENOR
Quiet part of a hurricane EYE
Rating unit STAR
Relay segment LEG
Rower's implement OAR
Selected CHOSE
Skim, in the dairy aisle NOFAT
Skip the grass seed SOD
Some Southwest landmarks MESAS
Teacher's org NEA
The Ivies, e.g OCTET
The NHL's Canadiens, on a scoreboard MTL
Things to read on the road SIGNS
Up to, for short TIL
Zeus's daughter ATHENA
Zeus, e.g GOD
__ fiddle SECOND