L.A. Times Daily - Jan 16 2026

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Clues Answers
"Aaron Burr, __": "Hamilton" song SIR
"Bob's Burgers" girl TINA
"Couldn't resist!" IHADTO
"I'll have to pass" ITSANO
"Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta" airer MTV
"Pick me!" OHOH
"Quit it!" STOP
"__ longa, vita brevis" ARS
Addams cousin ITT
Allegory, [fable], anecdote, parable SECONDSTORY
Available sans Rx OTC
B.A. Baracus player MRT
Bas-relief medium GESSO
Benoit Blanc, e.g SLEUTH
Boston player CELTIC
Cat seat LAP
Chipper CHEERY
Chloé Zhao, for one DIRECTOR
Craps cube DIE
Cry of hunger? LETSEAT
Dada PAPA
Do one's part ACT
Doja Cat's signature song SAYSO
Elmo's orange friend ZOE
Far from familiar ALIEN
Features of some lobbies ATRIA
Foot part INSTEP
Formal expulsion OUSTER
Former "DWTS" co-host Andrews ERIN
Guardianship CUSTODY
Gush ENTHUSE
Have high expectations ASKALOT
Hotel visit STAY
In vogue again RETRO
Isabel Wilkerson's "__: The Origins of Our Discontents" CASTE
Ish ORSO
Journalist Katie COURIC
Kardashian matriarch KRIS
Clues Answers
Lebanese fashion designer Saab ELIE
Lemon piece WEDGE
Masjid prayer leader IMAM
More likely to pry NOSIER
Mount with southeast-facing faces RUSHMORE
Object of admiration IDOL
Off-white hue ECRU
One with two poles SKIER
People who get half the credit COSTARS
Pigpen STY
Pt. of USNA NAV
Qualities TRAITS
Rain delay sight TARP
Rat SNITCH
Redhead of classic TV OPIE
Reserved SHY
Safari lodge, island property, destination spa, [all-inclusive beach hotel] LASTRESORT
Sailor Moon headpiece TIARA
Shoe with a "Sport Mode" CROC
Simplicity EASE
Small TEENY
Some bagels SESAMES
Soup with rice noodles PHO
Start of a long drive, perhaps TEESHOT
Stir up STOKE
Sunscreen ingredient ZINC
Swear CUSS
Targets of some workouts CORES
Tasks CHORES
Travel by air WAFT
Tried to improve one's score on, perhaps RETOOK
TV producer RCA
Walkout, slowdown, [picketing], sit-in THIRDSTRIKE
Well-suited APT
World view? MAP
Zipped, or ripped TORE
[Math], science, gym, English FIRSTCLASS
__ crab HERMIT