L.A. Times Daily - Jan 18 2026

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Clues Answers
"Come on, tell us!" SAYIT
"Daddy, Papa, and Me" writer Newman LESLEA
"Despicable Me" antihero GRU
"Fingers crossed!" IHOPESO
"I think you'll find this yummy!" TASTEIT
"Not interested" PASS
"Sailing to Byzantium" poet YEATS
"Say it __ so!" AINT
ABA member's title ESQ
AC meas BTU
Activity that may improve problem-solving skills BRAINGAME
Actress Hayworth RITA
Audio giant BOSE
Backstreet Boys hit IWANTITTHATWAY
Ball purchase GOWN
Bassist Weymouth of Talking Heads TINA
Believer's ending IST
Best Play, for one TONY
Best version of oneself, in psych-speak EGOIDEAL
Big whoop ADO
Bill Nye's field SCIENCE
Boo-boo OWIE
Brand on some Canadian pumps ESSO
Brazilian city that sounds like Maryland's capital ANAPOLIS
Break divine law SINAGAINSTGOD
Bruins great Bobby ORR
Bucko PAL
Bucolic lodging INN
Campus org. for wannabe ensigns NROTC
Canine's canine FANG
Casually mentions a famous friend NAMEDROPS
Chamber group STRINGQUARTET
Cheaper than usual ONSALE
Classic Monopoly token IRON
Clears after taxes NETS
Co. that makes Secret and Scope PANDG
Cobbler's part INSOLE
Comparatively damp SOGGIER
Cooks in a skillet PANFRIES
Daytime drama SOAP
Dinero unit PESO
Dua Lipa genre POP
Early PC monitor CRT
Early proponent of a flat Earth? MERCATOR
Employee rts. agency NLRB
Expression that might be evil or silly GRIN
Finishes WRAPSUP
Footnote space saver IBID
Former NPR host Shapiro ARI
French wine region LOIRE
Fully understand GRASP
Game lost in the blink of an eye STARINGCONTEST
German steel city ESSEN
Ghanaian with a Nobel Peace Prize ANNAN
Gives a new tournament ranking to RESEEDS
Glass bits SHARDS
GPS guess ETA
Grandson of Adam ENOS
Guru's residence ASHRAM
Having celebrity status INTHEPUBLICEYE
Healthy Grains snackmaker KIND
Hebrides isle IONA
Hideo who threw no-hitters in 1996 and 2001 NOMO
Holes GAPS
Home of Jordan and Georgia ASIA
Homer's rock singer SIREN
Irrational fear of persecution PARANOIA
Item on a Dollar menu? CAR
LAX checkers TSA
Lb. and oz WTS
Least contaminated PUREST
Clues Answers
Lenient GENTLE
Like a day-old bagel STALE
List-ending abbr ETC
Louvre Pyramid architect PEI
Lowest digit TOE
Luka Doncic's team, on scoreboards LAL
Lummoxes OAFS
Lyonne of "Poker Face" NATASHA
Marker IOU
Mercedes line ECLASS
Minor dustup SPAT
Musical liability TINEAR
Mutually approve AGREEON
Negroni need GIN
Neither partner NOR
Not too difficult DOABLE
NYU or MIT SCH
Oasts HOPKILNS
One of the seven kingdoms of Anglo-Saxon England WESSEX
One on girth control? DIETER
OpenAI bot since 2022 CHATGPT
Opening number? ONE
Over 100, say HOT
Part of an executive job offer STARTINGSALARY
Part of Hispaniola HAITI
Pet name fit for a king? REX
Phillipa of "Hamilton" SOO
Physicist Schrödinger ERWIN
Plié joint KNEE
Publication ID ISBN
Pulled a chair up to SATAT
Questionable, in slang SUS
Red pill consumer of film NEO
Resource in Minecraft and Catan ORE
Rest __ AREA
Revolutionary? ORBITAL
San Diego neighbor TIJUANA
Sea urchin, at a sushi bar UNI
Sets as a goal ASPIRESTO
Shade HUE
Skyrocket SOAR
Snag NAB
Soft cloth CHAMOIS
Somewhat open AJAR
Sort of ISH
Sound of an air-kiss MWAH
State bordering Bhutan ASSAM
Sub text? EDIT
Teapot Dome commodity OIL
Tell all to the police SINGLIKEACANARY
Tennis center? ENS
Term paper starting point OUTLINE
Thai money BAHT
The Beaver State OREGON
Three-pointer's path ARC
To be, in Toledo SER
Triumphant shout YES
Twain of note SHANIA
Undercover setups STINGOPERATIONS
Unwanted beach souvenir, often SAND
Vegan gelatin substitute AGAR
Visionaries UTOPIANS
Was published RAN
Wee fella LAD
Whatever ewe say? BAA
Where snowbirds flock in winter DOWNSOUTH
Winning candidate ELECTEE
Wolfgang Puck's flagship eatery SPAGO
Worry FRET
Xenon, e.g INERTGAS
YouTube annoyances ADS