L.A. Times Daily - Dec 16 2025

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Clues Answers
"Dynamite" K-pop group BTS
"Geaux Tigers!" sch LSU
"Not all __ wear capes" HEROES
"Semper fi" shouter MARINE
"That's all for me" IMDONE
"The Jetsons" dog ASTRO
"This ride is fun!" WHEE
Actress Headey LENA
Anticaking agent in table salt TALC
Beefsteak, for one TOMATO
Bunny ears? SHOELACEKNOT
Candlelit dinners for two, e.g DATES
Chance for a hit ATBAT
Checkout lane bag TOTE
Cleared weeds in the garden, say HOED
Common substitute for Greek yogurt SOURCREAM
Creamy chocolate dessert MOUSSE
Diplomacy TACT
Dog ears? BOOKMARKS
Electronic music pioneer Robert MOOG
Elephant ears? CARNIVALFOOD
Formal nods from the Academy, informally OSCARNOMS
Four-time WNBA MVP Wilson AJA
French sailor's yes OUI
Frying liquids OILS
Future esq.'s exam LSAT
Gold, in Spanish ORO
Got up AROSE
Greek alphabet ender OMEGA
Hightails it FLEES
Home update, familiarly REHAB
Inbox message EMAIL
Inter Miami captain Lionel MESSI
Iowa Writers' Workshop deg MFA
Irritable INAMOOD
Jane Austen novel that inspired the movie "Clueless" EMMA
Jardin __ Tuileries: public space near the Louvre DES
Knighted women DAMES
Clues Answers
Latin for "bear" in constellation names URSA
Like a ride-or-die friend LOYAL
Like walruses and wild boars TUSKED
Lofty standards IDEALS
Mall stalls KIOSKS
Metal-yielding rocks ORES
Minnesota governor Walz TIM
Mo. with a spooky finale OCT
Moonshine HOOCH
Most populous city in Can TOR
Mouse ears? MICKEYHAT
New York mascot with a baseball for a head MRMET
Nickname MONIKER
Objects of worship IDOLS
Painful head rub NOOGIE
Pointlessly silly INANE
Put into law ENACT
Quickly don THROWON
Regal home MANOR
Riled up ANGERED
Royal flush card ACE
Rural storage tower SILO
Sailor's yes AYE
Signs, as a contract INKS
Sink fixture FAUCET
Slightly open AJAR
Smoothie bowl berry ACAI
Software-creating professional CODER
Sound of an eye-opening moment AHA
Spice in pumpkin spice, often MACE
St. crossers AVES
Start for giving and taking MIS
That, in Tijuana ESO
Thundering, as a crowd AROAR
Unlikely to break the ice TIMID
View as appropriate DEEMOK
Windshield sticker DECAL
Without manners RUDELY