L.A. Times Daily - Jan 8 2026

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Clues Answers
"Got it, dude!" IMHIP
"No way, no how!" UHUH
"Now I understand" OHOK
"Please explain" HOW
"That __ true!" ISNT
"The Prophet" author Kahlil GIBRAN
"Weekend Update" show, for short SNL
Actress Berry HALLE
Afore ERE
Alphabet starter ABC
Altar alcove APSE
Apple gadgets PARERS
Bathroom, in Bath LOO
Buzz word? APIAN
Cam button REC
Close associations ALLIANCES
Colorful aquarium fish TETRA
Creole-speaking nation HAITI
Daybreaks, poetically MORNS
Demo stuff TNT
Drive-__ THRU
Feel euphoric WALKONAIR
Female pig SOW
Fluffy pup POM
Fond of fine food and drink EPICUREAN
Frozen treat served with a stroon ICEE
Fuel additive brand STP
Gathering place that's neither work nor home, or an apt description of 36-Across in the series that includes 17-, 24-, and 46-Across THIRDSPACE
Graceful waterbird SWAN
Grease again REOIL
Hair of the dog? FUR
Hard-to-find opening on street-sweeping days PARKINGSPOT
Horseshoe-shaped security device ULOCK
Inferior WORSE
Insect with striped wings TIGERMOTH
Juicer byproduct PULP
Keeps posted privately BCCS
Keyless entry sound CHIRP
Knickknack CURIO
Clues Answers
Latin 101 verb ERAT
Leeway WIGGLEROOM
Like a calico cat PIED
Like many audiobooks, once ONCD
Low Earth orbit, for one SATELLITELOCALE
Mattress choice TWIN
Melon covering RIND
Must-haves NEEDS
Othello's betrayer IAGO
Paper unit SHEET
Part of WYSIWYG SEE
Period of quiet reflection TIMETOTHINK
Piano student's assignment ETUDE
Possible title for a B-school grad CEO
Potatoes, in Indian cuisine ALOO
Project on stage EMOTE
School fleet BUSES
Seer's gift ESP
Small part of a machine COG
Some pricey insulated mugs YETIS
Spine-tingling EERIE
Swerve off course, as a ship YAW
Tablet PILL
Tehran tongue FARSI
Tickling targets ARMPITS
Title fit for a king SIRE
Travel stop INN
Troublemaker's opposite GOODKID
TV host Jay LENO
Was full of beans, maybe? ATE
Western treaty gp OAS
What applesauce may replace in vegan baking EGG
Whole bunch SCAD
Wickerwork twig OSIER
With sharp resolution INHD
Yuletide NOEL
__ Arbor, Michigan ANN
__ bene NOTA
__ facto IPSO