L.A. Times Daily - Dec 24 2025

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"Finding Nemo" setting REEF
"Love, Loss, and What We Ate" memoirist Lakshmi PADMA
"You __ to be there" HAD
Annapurna's country NEPAL
Award presented at the World Science Fiction Convention HUGO
Backup camera's view REAR
Baggage __ CLAIM
Billy Porter series about 1980s ball culture POSE
Blend together MELD
Brew that may be hazy IPA
Convention NORM
Cordon bleu meat HAM
Disapproving chorus BOOS
Dos, por ejemplo NUMERO
Dramatic haircut CHOP
Drummer twice inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame STARR
Dull FADE
Early spring bloomer CROCUS
Eight-sided solids OCTAHEDRA
End of a countdown ONE
Endless expanse OCEAN
F1 unit LAP
Faux __ PAS
Floating in the air ALOFT
Fortnite's company EPICGAMES
Get the hang of LEARN
Gift wrapping need TAPE
Glitz GLAM
Horseshoe-shaped fastener UBOLT
In one's __: emotional FEELS
Insole option GEL
Japan's national sport SUMO
Jazz legend Fitzgerald ELLA
Like black vinegar AGED
Lines that are often blue URLS
Merino males RAMS
Met Gala garb GOWNS
Network with an eye on television CBS
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NOLA sandwich POBOY
Noodle dish RAMEN
Omega opposite ALPHA
Origami bird CRANE
Out of it LOOPY
Pearly whites TEETH
Per person EACH
Practiced, as a trade PLIED
Provokes BAITS
Pungent ACRID
Quick and nimble SPRY
Quick and nimble AGILE
Realm in Norse cosmology ASGARD
Result of a blast from the past? CRATER
Send out EMIT
Shadowboxes SPARS
Slushy drink ICEE
Sordid matter FILTH
Sound in "The Addams Family" theme song SNAP
Spinner TOP
Spiritual healer SHAMAN
Stock quote? MOO
Subj. for an aspiring polyglot ESL
Subreddits, e.g FORUMS
Tenured employees, for short PROFS
Took a tumble FELL
Triple play, for one RARITY
Tug-of-__ WAR
Vacation cottage, often RENTAL
W-2 org IRS
Walk on water, essentially SKATE
Where to find a caloric 4x4 INNOUTBURGER
Where to find a sturdy 4x4 THEHOMEDEPOT
Where to find an adventurous 4x4 OFFROADTRAIL
Where to find an athletic 4x4 RUNNINGTRACK
Word before some language names OLD
Write PEN
Yoga ball filler AIR