L.A. Times Daily - Dec 12 2025

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Clues Answers
"Copacabana" showgirl LOLA
"Didn't expect to see you!" OHHITHERE
"Everybody knows that!" DUH
"Excusez-__" MOI
"Guilty as charged" THATSME
"O Captain! My Captain!," for one ELEGY
"Rules __ rules" ARE
"Thank you," in Swahili ASANTE
"Who put you up to this?" NAMENAMES
Abs-working exercise, literally TIS
Allude (to) REFER
Bit of witchcraft SPELL
Busiest port in South Korea BUSAN
Cartoon frame CEL
Challenging HS class that covers Reconstruction and Prohibition APISTORY
Chaps MEN
Clambake leftovers ASHES
Collect AMASS
Concocts BREWS
Condition STATE
Dessert with a sconelike texture SHORTCAKE
Enters, as a hot tub EASESINTO
Fantasize about DREAMOF
Future atty.'s exam LSAT
Halvah flavor SESAME
Hardly fair RAINY
Hearsay RUMOR
Japanese money YEN
Lats-working exercise, literally LLUP
Lift system that offers a mechanical advantage ROPEANDPEY
Like some patches IRONON
Lobster eggs ROE
Location SITE
Clues Answers
Most overcast GRAYEST
Narrative incongruity PLOTHOLE
Navel type OUTIE
Open the door for, say SEEIN
Org. with Falcons and Ravens NFL
Outdoor screen annoyance GLARE
Oven pan ROASTER
Part of IPA ALE
Pay for TREAT
Pecs-working exercise, literally HSUP
Period after Ash Wednesday LENT
Plant inspection org OSHA
Po'boy city NOLA
Puts everything on the line RISKSALL
Schoolbook TEXT
Sets loose FREES
Show off at the gym FLEX
Singsongy cadence LILT
Smack HIT
Smart aleck WISEACRE
Squeezes (out) EKES
Staff lines with a notable mnemonic EGBDF
Summer forecast in the Southwest SCORCGHEAT
Surf shop purchase BOARD
Tea option PEKOE
The "Thunder" of Marvel's "Love and Thunder" THOR
Top-notch ELITE
Tour de France stage ETAPE
Unveiling shout TADA
Wheels CAR
__ Dakota NORTH
__ Jima IWO