L.A. Times Daily - Dec 21 2025

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Clues Answers
Actor Postlethwaite PETE
Advanced, as gadgets HITECH
Airline that grew from a crop-dusting operation founded in 1925 DELTA
Antihero played by Keanu Reeves JOHNWICK
Arequipa’s land PEIU
Asks for more catnip, perhaps MEOWS
“Daaaaang!” OHSNAP
“If I were in your __ ... ” SHOES
“In summary ... ” TORECAP
“Infected be the air __ they ride”: Macbeth WHEREON
“Inferno” setting HELL
“Poppycock!” MYEYE
“Tell Mama” singer James ETTA
Bat wood ASH
Baton Rouge sch LSU
Battery terminal ANODE
Béla Fleck’s instrument BANJO
Big shot in the bulb industry? LIGHTHEAVYWEIGHT
Big shot in the cab industry? REDBARON
Big shot in the champagne glass industry? FLUTEPLAYER
Big shot in the paver industry? BIICKCHEESE
Big shot in the podiatry industry? FOOTBALLER
Big shot in the refrigeration industry? COOLINGSENSATION
Big shot in the sci-fi awards industry? HUGOBOSS
Big shot in the treasure-hunting industry? FINDINGGOD
Blah STALE
Blue, in Burgundy TIISTE
Came down to earth ALIT
Cards WITS
Chaps LADS
Chicago WNBA team SKY
Closers DOOIS
Combo, say MEAL
Come out EMERGE
Concert gear AMPS
Descriptive piece of HTML code METATAG
Does not disturb LETSBE
Drawing (in) LUIING
Drywall supports STUDS
Edmonton NHL team OILEIS
Enters the room airily WAFTSIN
Fabled messages MOIALS
Fall in folds DIAPE
Folk-rock supergroup, familiarly CSNY
Fort __, Florida MYERS
Four Tops singer Benson OBIE
Game that can only be played right-handed POLO
Gerund maker ING
Get well HEAL
Gives the cold shoulder to SNUBS
Government Grant? ULYSSES
Grand Slam Tokyo discipline JUDO
Green house? BANK
Had to pivot to plan B, say HITASNAG
Hanging in the theater SCRIM
Hay bundle BALE
Head monk ABBOT
Henry VI’s school ETON
Holiday singer CAROLER
Home of the world’s largest irrigation project LIBYA
Individual ONE
IRS tracking info SSNS
Italian wine VINO
Japanese-Peruvian fusion chain NOBU
Jean Valjean’s story, familiarly LESMIS
K THOU
Large garden planters UINS
Like the subject of a Carly Simon classic VAIN
Luv HON
Make a parting gesture WAVEBYE
Make fast again IETIE
Clues Answers
Many times o’er OFT
Medical research org NIH
Money makers MINTS
Multiple ages EPOCHS
Not very approachable ALOOF
Off-limits NOGO
Old sub titles? UBOATS
Out of room FULL
Out of the park GONE
Overly caffeinated, perhaps MANIC
Overseas ABROAD
Panasonic subsidiary SANYO
Paradise EDEN
Part of some security checkpoints BODYSCAN
Per __ ANNUM
Place for a cross STAND
Plot inconsistencies HOLES
Positively reinforces REWARDS
Prefix with cache GEO
Prep chef’s knife PAIEI
Pricey German imports BMWS
Province between Man. and Que ONT
Pulls the plug on ENDS
Put away ATE
Put off REPEL
Put on a pedestal ADMIRE
Really get into a role EMOTE
Render obsolete OUTDATE
Ruler who commissioned the Taj Mahal, for one SHAH
Salty five OCEANS
Salty one MARINER
San Antonio team SPURS
Sanskrit honorific SRI
Scandinavian capital OSLO
Serpentine EELY
Show the way LEAD
Shows up for duty REPORTS
Shrewd CANNY
Shrill bark YAP
Simu of “Barbie” LIU
Skills assessment TEST
Sleeve style IAGLAN
Slight advantage EDGE
Sneeze sound ACHOO
Soapy residue in a sink SCUM
Social sci. major ECON
Source of a scoop LEAK
Source of some travel reservations? JETLAG
Space race initials USSR
Spots SITES
Sprinkle with holy water, e.g BLESS
Squandered BLEW
State bird of Hawaii NENE
Stocky antelope GNU
Swivel around SLUE
Take in ABSOIB
Tender prelude? GOAL
Third in a ring IEF
Third key in a reboot sequence DEL
Tree on South Carolina’s flag PALMETTO
Trending HOT
Tuning knob DIAL
Umbrella shape, typically OCTAGON
Until midnight TODAY
Vex IRK
Wading bird in Egyptian art IBIS
Wash and wear? EIODE
Wife of Hägar the Horrible HELGA
Withdraw, with “out” OPT
Zeroing (in on) HOMING
__ of Man ISLE