L.A. Times Daily - Dec 30 2025

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Clues Answers
"Severance" star Adam SCOTT
"That works for me" IMCOOL
Animal that may sleep upside down SLOTH
Back tooth MOLAR
Beer barrel KEG
Behr product PAINT
Blackjack card ACE
Bowl over STUN
Box office bomb FLOP
Bread with a pocket PITA
Bright-eyed ALERT
Catchall option on a survey OTHER
Closes, as a parka ZIPS
Coast Guard rank: Abbr ENS
Coup d'__: sudden regime change ETAT
Cravings YENS
Crossword hints CLUES
Decorative pitcher in still lifes EWER
Departure instructions for a railway worker? MAKETRACKS
Departure instructions for a student pilot? TAKEFLIGHT
Departure instructions for an ornithologist? LEAVETHENEST
Earthy pigment OCHER
Eccentric fellow COOT
Event site VENUE
Every now and __: sporadically THEN
Extremely dry ARID
Fill with wonder AWE
Flowy robe with long sleeves CAFTAN
Furry swimmer OTTER
Goat's bleat MAA
Green vegetable in a pod PEA
Gumption NERVE
Hat worn by Abraham Lincoln STOVEPIPE
Inventor Tesla NIKOLA
Irk VEX
Keyboard key with an arrow ENTER
Like green-headed mallards MALE
Like skyscrapers TALL
Loafing around IDLE
Clues Answers
Loosen, as a shoe UNLACE
Lovers' meeting TRYST
Machu Picchu country PERU
Machu Picchu native INCA
Magazine edition ISSUE
Many a winery visitor TASTER
Morning joe JAVA
Move a muscle FLEX
Museum collection ART
Not in support of ANTI
Novelist Bram who created Dracula STOKER
Old Testament brother ESAU
Old Testament brother CAIN
Pampering place SPA
Phnom __, Cambodia PENH
Plan for ending involvement, or an apt title for this puzzle EXITSTRATEGY
Play part ROLE
Practice boxing SPAR
Prepare for publication EDIT
Roll-call response HERE
Secret stash CACHE
Silicon Valley city Palo __ ALTO
Smartphone message TEXT
Smooth-talking GLIB
Soccer star Hamm MIA
Spearheaded LED
Speck in the ocean ISLE
Spinning shaper in a woodshop LATHE
Stadium ARENA
Tiny bits IOTAS
Unbridled enthusiasm ZEAL
Underwater vessels SUBS
Unpleasant, as weather NASTY
Volkswagen sedan JETTA
Web address URL
Wheel shaft AXLE
Word puzzles with hidden messages ACROSTICS
Zodiac sign boundaries CUSPS
__-Mex cuisine TEX