L.A. Times Daily - Jan 7 2026

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"Succession" actor Culkin KIERAN
"__ got it!" IVE
1991 operation that ended with the liberation of Kuwait DESERTSTORM
Alias lead-in AKA
Ancient Eur. realm HRE
Area of expertise STRENGTH
Assists, in hoops lingo DIMES
Baking meas TSP
Balance sheet column ASSETS
Bank corp. with an orange lion logo ING
Basilica niche APSE
Beeper? HORN
Best in a pool OUTSWIM
Cards, in NFL scores ARI
Celestial event such as the Perseids METEORSHOWER
Chew out REBUKE
Chow for a sow SLOP
Classic Pontiac GTO
Communication protocol for peer-to-peer file sharing BITTORRENT
Completely surrounded SIEGED
Conclusion starter ERGO
Down Under denizens AUSSIES
Encourage URGE
Feline in an alley FERALCAT
Fish-to-be ROE
Flower bed tool HOE
Focus to win a contest? STARE
Freeze over ICEUP
Frittata need EGGS
God of the underworld HADES
Good to go SET
Happy holler WOOHOO
Hardware and software support ITSERVICE
Hill worker ANT
Hwang Dong-hyuk's "Squid Game," e.g KDRAMA
Large load TON
Leb. neighbor ISR
Lucky acorns, eventually OAKS
Lure (in) ROPE
Make a bad impression? DENT
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Make bank GETPAID
Mentee PROTEGE
Met by chance RANINTO
Molecule part ATOM
Move back and forth SEESAW
Moves like a fleeing deer BOUNDS
Nabisco cracker RITZ
Nobel-winning physicist Paul DIRAC
Oft-protected fig SSN
Once called NEE
Painfully close to home TOOREAL
Perfectly satisfactory, or an apt description of 18-, 26-, 39-, and 54-Across RIGHTASRAIN
Prototype: Abbr ORIG
Provides an address ORATES
Puts away the dishes? EATS
Rep on arm day CURL
Representation of uncertainty on a graph ERRORBARS
Running sport TRACK
Sault __ Marie STE
Site with tech reviews CNET
Skin blemish ZIT
Steal from ROB
Stewpot with a conical lid TAGINE
Stiletto alternative WEDGE
Structure whose roof begins near its foundation AFRAME
Superlative suffix EST
Surrender, as territory CEDE
Sushi option AHI
Sushi wrapper NORI
Sweet finish for fried chicken HONEYDRIZZLE
Taiwanese computer company ACER
Thrown for a loop AWED
Two __ and a lie: icebreaker game TRUTHS
Type of A/V connector RCA
Up in the air, briefly TBD
Wee ITSY
With it HIP
__ economy GIG
__ Fudd ELMER