L.A. Times Daily - Nov 18 2025

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Clues Answers
"At Last" singer James ETTA
"If all __ fails ... " ELSE
"Looks like the joke's __" ONME
401(k) kin IRA
Above, in odes OER
Add to the mix PUTIN
Arm-twisting wrestling hold HAMMERLOCK
Aromatherapy choices SCENTS
Aspen trail SKIRUN
Barbecue rod SPIT
Bard's creation POEM
Beaver creation DAM
Belly button type INNIE
Black's opponent in checkers RED
Brownstone porch STOOP
Burden ONUS
Cattle chew CUD
Clean with effort SCRUB
Cleaning tool that may be dry or wet MOP
Consume fully USEUP
Consumed HAD
Cranium organ BRAIN
Division word INTO
Drive-__ car wash THRU
Filmmaker Affleck BEN
Food regimen DIET
French "yes" OUI
From __ Z ATO
Geometric figure with no sides or corners CIRCLE
GPS prediction ETA
Grand speaker ORATOR
Greeting to a parent HIMOM
Grown-up ADULT
Hi or low follower, in graphics RES
Hypercorrect "Yes, indeedy!" ITISSO
Inscribe with acid ETCH
Installs turf SODS
Investment consideration RISK
Like animals in a petting zoo, ideally DOCILE
Clues Answers
Like some word puzzles CLUED
Linked-together homemade decoration PAPERCHAIN
List of dishes MENU
Little rascals SCAMPS
Member of the working class PROLE
Mil. mess duties KPS
Miranda of "Homeland" OTTO
Naked BARE
Name on a box by the dryer BOUNCE
Name on a box by the sink SOS
Native of New Zealand MAORI
Noisy flash of lightning THUNDERBOLT
Not false TRUE
Number of legs on some arthropods EIGHT
Nursery rhyme couple with restricted 23-Downs SPRATS
Pacific salmon COHO
Pie __ mode ALA
Prepare to publish EDIT
Proofreader's insertion mark CARET
Pub game with sharp projectiles DARTS
Quaint warning of impending danger, and a hint to the implements at the ends of 16-, 24-, 49-, and 58-Across KATIEBARTHEDOOR
Recipe amt TSP
Sharp-witted ASTUTE
Short-term office workers TEMPS
Slip-on shoe CROC
Snow glider SLED
Some sushi toppers ROES
Sparkling toppers TIARAS
Staircase part STEP
Test for Ph.D. hopefuls GRE
The Chicago Marathon, for one RACE
Tool needed for some needlecraft CROCHETHOOK
Top-notch AONE
Trying experience ORDEAL
Uncool sorts NERDS
Walk off one's anxiety, perhaps PACE
Weep loudly SOB
__ and weave BOB
__ vera gel ALOE