L.A. Times Daily - Dec 8 2025

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Clues Answers
"And yet ... " BUTNO
"Both options are too good to take just one" ICANTPICK
"Fiddlesticks!" DRAT
"For heaven's __!" SAKE
"It __ me to say ... " PAINS
"Pop! __ the Weasel" GOES
"Sick burn!" OHSNAP
"Sounds about right," and what can be said about 18-, 28-, and 49-Across THATTRACKS
"Toodles" TATA
"Where do we go from here?" SOWHATNOW
"__ sesame!" OPEN
Aching SORE
Advertising award named for a Greek goddess CLIO
Aid and __ ABET
Alum GRAD
Apex ACME
Attempt STAB
Balloon filler AIR
Big city bigwig MAYOR
Binder flaps TABS
Bygone handheld game console, for short PSP
Cargo weight TON
Created a serpentine path SNAKED
Curved paths ARCS
Early spring flower IRIS
Elevator passage SHAFT
French city known for a 24-hour car race LEMANS
Genesis garden EDEN
Graceful long-necked bird SWAN
Hawaii's Mauna __ KEA
Heaven-sent food MANNA
Hit the books hard CRAM
Houston resident, for one TEXAN
Important tool in weather prediction DOPPLERRADAR
Jazz great James ETTA
Las Vegas WNBA team ACES
Like the bottoms of beach house pools, often SANDY
Long, slithery fish EEL
Make happy ELATE
Clues Answers
Michael C. Hall crime drama with a "Resurrection" sequel series DEXTER
Molecule in some vaccines RNA
Most populous Greek island CRETE
Opposed (to) AVERSE
Peruvian city founded as Ciudad de los Reyes LIMA
Postop therapy REHAB
Pro votes YEAS
Rather wealthy RICH
Reddit Q&As AMAS
Rests one inside another NESTS
Salon sound SNIP
Sandwich leftovers on many a kid's plate CRUSTS
Sicilian volcano ETNA
Singer Simone NINA
Singer's span RANGE
Sit in the cellar, perhaps AGE
Skin pic TAT
Sleuth for hire PRIVATEEYE
Sound that clears a path in traffic SIREN
Storm relief org FEMA
Tech sch. in upstate New York RPI
Teeny-tiny WEE
Tennis match units SETS
Texter's "My bad" SRY
The "D" of DJIA DOW
The Grand Ole __ OPRY
The Silver State NEVADA
Tour guide off the coast of Washington or Maine, e.g WHALEWATCHER
Unkind smile SNEER
Uno, dos, __ TRES
Up to the challenge ABLE
Upload a new version to the cloud, say RESAVE
Uses needle and thread SEWS
Visionary SEER
Vocal quality TONE
Writing class writing assignment ESSAY
Youngsters TYKES
__ frog TREE
__ Lee desserts SARA