L.A. Times Daily - Dec 28 2025

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Clues Answers
Abbr. on barbells LBS
Address with slashes UIL
Author with morals AESOP
Autograph hounds FANS
“Beetle Bailey” dog OTTO
“Being the Ricardos” role DESI
“Chores finished!” ALLDONE
“Delta of Venus” author NIN
“Interstellar” actress Burstyn ELLEN
“Is that true about me?” AMI
“Madam Secretary” star LEONI
“Narcos” org DEA
“Okay by moi” OUI
“Pow!” BAM
“Totally agree!,” on social media THIS
“Unholy” singer Smith SAM
“Vive le __!” ROI
“Well, hello there” OHHI
“Well, lah-di-__!” DAH
“What did I say!?” SEE
Beach protection SUNHAT
Big name in orange soda FANTA
Blurt out SAY
Cackling carnivore HYENA
Cake mix instruction STIR
Call alternative TEXT
Capri, for one ISLE
Caravan’s refueling spot OASIS
Cathedral part NAVE
Chain known for its Beauty Insider perks SEPHOIA
Coil in a garden HOSE
Coin toss choice TAILS
Control jointly COOWN
Copenhagen native DANE
County seat of Hawaii County HILO
Cozy Vermont stopovers INNS
Craft few people practice now LOSTAIT
Crepe served with sambar DOSA
Dances to an upbeat song BOPS
Dark matter? BLACKLICORICE
Decked out CLAD
Degs. for graphic designers BFAS
Desserts with crushed Oreos DIITPIES
Diamond size ONECARAT
Diner fave BLT
Distance between markers MILE
DJ’s stack in the 1990s CDS
Dry run DRILL
Dull learning method ROTE
Early Boston settlers PURITANS
Encourage a comedian LAUGH
Enterprise navigator SULU
First woman, in Greek myth PANDORA
Flower, in Japanese HANA
Frozen spike ICICLE
Garlic __: pungent stalk SCAPE
Gerontologist’s focus AGING
Grave matter? BURIALSITE
Gray matter? HUMANANATOMY
Heartfelt sign-off LOVE
Hinge and Her APIS
Hot-headed deity? FIREGOD
House calls? AYES
Inner ears? COBS
Introductory food for keiki POI
Irksome insect PEST
Jumped LEAPT
Karate rank indicators BELTS
Key above Caps Lock TAB
Kind of circle diagram VENN
Laughing matter? NITROUSOXIDE
Lens care brand RENU
Clues Answers
Letters before xis NUS
Liam of One Direction PAYNE
Lift with a bent elbow CUIL
Mammal that barks and claps SEAL
Menu with reds and whites WINELIST
Mixed-breed dog MUTT
More tender SORER
Moth-repellent wood CEDAR
Mum SILENT
Natural disinfectant PINEOIL
Nintendo Switch avatar MII
Not on a major label INDIE
Old film channel TCM
Ones who never butter up? VEGANS
Only country with a nonrectangular flag NEPAL
Org. in many spy thrillers CIA
Part of a flight STAIR
Partiality BIAS
Payment for a flat RENT
Peak performances BESTS
People might sing in it UNISON
Pet doc VET
Pipe plastic, for short IVC
Play the market INVEST
Playful mockery TEASING
Popped the question ASKED
Pork in a burrito CAINITAS
Practice depicted in the Japanese film “Flower and Sword” IKEBANA
Pressing matter? FRUITJUICE
Private matter? BASICTRAINING
Recycle bin, e.g ICON
Reebok rival AVIA
Refuse to admit DENY
Respectful reference in court HERHONOR
Result of a good pitch SALE
Roasting pan holder OVENRACK
Rural businesses FARMS
Saws logs SNORES
Sch. whose mascot is a buckeye nut OSU
Sensitive matter? TOUCHPANEL
Sincere EARNEST
Sits in the sun TANS
Skipjack, for one TUNA
Small matter? FINEIIINT
Smith College graduate ALUMNA
Some toothpastes GELS
Space to maneuver ROOM
Spot to boop a doggo SNOOT
Stack-selling chain IHOP
Stat on a transcript GPA
Sussed (out) DOPED
Symptoms SIGNS
These, in Tijuana ESTOS
Thrillingly hot EROTIC
Tree with a “copper” variety BEECH
Troublemakers IASCALS
Unholy things EVILS
Unit of energy JOULE
Up and about ARISEN
Utility closet tool MOP
Vietnamese New Year TET
Voyage TRIP
Wall paintings MURALS
Wave radio maker BOSE
Weighty matter? HEAVYCIEAM
With true effort ACTIVELY
Word on receipts AMOUNT
Word said with a sigh ALAS
Young lady LASS
__ green FOIEST
__ together PIECED
__-Bismol PEITO