L.A. Times Daily - Jan 5 2026

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Clues Answers
"Seems to me" shorthand IMO
"Totally!" YES
"What __ is new?" ELSE
"__ dreaming?" AMI
Actress Ryan MEG
Adventure novelist Cussler CLIVE
Australian bird EMU
Australian marsupial KOALA
Author Wiesel ELIE
Baby beaver KIT
Ballpark fig EST
Barnyard bleat MAA
Basil-based sauce PESTO
Beseeches BEGS
Boost LEGUP
Brave and noble HEROIC
Brought home, as a salary EARNED
By walking ONFOOT
Chitchat GAB
Country singer Patsy CLINE
Dismissive sound PAH
Docs with DOBs, often IDS
Elaborately decorated ORNATE
Extra charge FEE
Female sheep EWE
Flirts (with) TOYS
Food truck fare TACOS
Forearm bones ULNAE
Freeway exit RAMP
French fashion monogram YSL
Futuristic genre SCIFI
Gas brand with a torch logo AMOCO
Genesis grandson ENOS
Genesis matriarch EVE
Gracefully slim SVELTE
Gumbo pod OKRA
Heavy coat? ARMOR
Horse stable unit STALL
Horse that's saddled up for a tour of a Philadelphia campus? TEMPLEMOUNT
Clues Answers
Hot spot service WIFI
Hybrid orange fruit TANGELO
Insurance company with a gecko mascot GEICO
Italian three TRE
Kitchen appliance used at a Houston campus? RICECOOKER
Letters between names AKA
Make a wrong turn, say ERR
Mediterranean oil source OLIVE
Monastic hood COWL
Naturally talented youngsters GIFTEDKIDS
Not as far NEARER
Oft-grilled fish, on menus MAHI
Opposite of WNW ESE
Pat gently DAB
Performer in bull riding competitions RODEOCLOWN
Physician DOCTOR
Provisos IFS
Quad found on a Portland campus? REEDSECTION
Restroom, to a Brit LAV
Sacred carving TOTEM
See 12-Down DASH
See 59-Across MOORE
Sleep cycle letters REM
Spot for short people? ATM
Supplied, as funds FRONTED
Sweetener used on a Providence campus? BROWNSUGAR
Take a break REST
Thanksgiving mo NOV
Time for extracurricular activities, or where the ends of 17-, 26-, 52-, and 62-Across literally are AFTERSCHOOL
Toward the back of a boat ASTERN
Upper body TORSO
WhatsApp's parent company META
With 19-Across, salt-free seasoning brand MRS
With 27-Down, "The Substance" Oscar nominee DEMI
Without backup SOLO
Without bothering to be careful INHASTE
Wowed AWED
__ for the course PAR
__ knife: handy kitchen tool UTILITY