L.A. Times Daily - Jan 9 2026

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Clues Answers
"Abominable" character named Everest YETI
"Etc.," in Pittsburghese NAT
"Naked" rodents Molerats
"Srsly?" RLY
"We doing this?" YOUIN
"You won't get away with this!" ILLTELL
"__ been a minute" ITS
A __: literally, "from what is earlier" PRIORI
Absorbent SPONGY
Also TOO
Annual EDM festival in 22-Down ULTRA
Anti? NONSTARTER
Basketball commentator Rebecca LOBO
Biological pouch SAC
Biscayne Bay city MIAMI
Café du __: New Orleans shop known for beignets MONDE
Climber's descent RAPPEL
Collar danglers IDTAGS
Concession speech? ILOST
Corning Museum material GLASS
Covered in crystals? ICY
Covertly included BCCED
Decline to take the high road GOLOW
Down in the dumps MOPEY
Elects to participate OPTSIN
Evil act SIN
Fashionably nostalgic RETRO
Fed. stipend for some people with disabilities SSI
Foul mood SNIT
Framing pieces JAMBS
Get three eights in blackjack, say BUST
Have a snack EAT
Have no reception, say ELOPE
High-ranking noncom SGTMAJ
Ibiza, por ejemplo ISLA
In general ASARULE
Indonesian apes ORANGS
Killer whale ORCA
Lab coat? FUR
Layer under a tee CAMI
Clues Answers
Leave in the lurch in the church JILT
Leaving less of a bad taste, maybe RIPER
Location, location, location AREAS
Make like a banshee WAIL
Maxims SAYINGS
Mega? GRANDOPENING
Missing GI AWOL
Mono? SINGLEORIGIN
Naan relative ROTI
Nemeses FOES
Neo? NEWBEGINNING
Nudge PROD
Over-easy serving RUNNYEGG
Pair DUO
Peter Pan rival JIF
Portions (out) METES
Preferring platonic relationships, informally ARO
Procedure practiced on mannequins: Abbr CPR
Pseudo? FALSEFRONT
Racing shell SCULL
Rapper __ Mama LIL
Shade tree ELM
Sibs and 'rents FAM
Small bit of facial jewelry NOSESTUD
Spot targeted by butterfly stretches GROIN
Stalter of "Hacks" MEG
Strait off the coast of Siberia BERING
Sushi bite sometimes served on a model boat NIGIRI
Swings and misses three times, say ISOUT
Takes up a lot of space SPRAWLS
Tax counterpart TIP
Transcript figs GPAS
Unsmiling STERN
Vegan protein option SEITAN
Winter break? SNOWDAYS
Word of woe SADLY
Word of woe ALAS
__ khao: Laotian crispy rice salad NAM
__ the consequences DAMN