L.A. Times Daily - Feb 8 2026

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Clues Answers
"Botheration" NERTS
"C'est la vie" ALAS
"Comin' __ the Rye" THRO
"Common Sense" pamphleteer PAINE
"Double-quick!" STAT
"Easy on Me" singer ADELE
"Gotcha" OHISEE
"Happy Birthday" writer ICER
"Haystacks" painter MONET
"Mad Men" role for Elisabeth Moss PEGGY
"On the Beach" author Shute NEVIL
"Painting To Be Stepped On" artist Yoko ONO
"Put your wallet away" ONME
"Star Wars: The Force Awakens" actor John BOYEGA
"The Good Dinosaur" dinosaur ARLO
"The Joy of Painting" host Bob ROSS
"__ Fideles" ADESTE
100% PURE
1990s cardio workout system TAEBO
1990s Israeli prime minister RABIN
50 Cent piece? RAP
Affixes in a scrapbook PASTES
Alpha's opposite OMEGA
Alter, in a way HEM
Anaheim's county ORANGE
Animals that can run up to 50 mph HARES
Appropriate, as power USURP
Arabian port ADEN
Assayers' stuff ORES
Back, on a boat ASTERN
Black-and-white treat OREO
Bounce house filler AIR
Bounces back ECHOES
Brand for competitive divers SPEEDO
Breaks down in tears SOBS
Brook fish TROUT
Brutus co-conspirator CASCA
Carrot, e.g ROOT
Carry TOTE
Cartesian conclusion IAM
Casual attire TEE
Casual lead-in to "I'm home" HIHON
Cedar Point state OHIO
Certain NCO SGT
Chest protector BIB
Coastline feature RIA
Compass reading ENE
Completely committed INDEEP
Confined SHUTIN
Core argument THESIS
Cough syrup amts TSPS
Cry of realization AHA
Dangerous biters ASPS
Discouraging words NOS
Eggs __ easy OVER
Emma of "Madame Web" ROBERTS
English county SHIRE
Entice ALLURE
Evil fiend DEMON
Exam with an Argumentative Writing section LSAT
Excalibur, notably CASINO
Feel poorly AIL
Friend of d'Artagnan ARAMIS
Fuel guzzler GASHOG
Galoot BIGAPE
Ginger __ ALE
Hearty dishes STEWS
Heavily panned 1987 Beatty/Hoffman comedy ISHTAR
Hot pepper CAYENNE
Humdinger DILLY
Job for a cheesemonger? PITCHINGWEDGES
Clues Answers
Job for a corporate VIP? RUNNINGBOARDS
Job for a department store model? SPORTINGGOODS
Job for a nanny? HANDLINGCHARGES
Job for a tailor? EVENINGDRESSES
Job for an elephant caretaker? BATHINGTRUNKS
Job for an interior designer? CHANGINGROOMS
Kibble maker ALPO
Kingdom in what is now Yemen SHEBA
Klondike Gold Rush site YUKON
Las Vegas drama CSI
Last one to cross the finish line LOSER
Lear daughter REGAN
Letters on Megan Rapinoe's jersey USA
Locale in a Steinbeck title EDEN
Mark of perfection, at times TEN
Memorable Texas mission ALAMO
Mentions in a footnote CITES
Microbe GERM
More clear, as a photo SHARPER
Mountain __ DEW
Needle holder TONEARM
Omelet maker EGGPAN
Onetime Nissan make DATSUN
Online help option CHAT
Open a bit AJAR
Part of a Latin 101 conjugation AMAT
Pederson who coached the Eagles to their first Super Bowl win DOUG
Penny-__ ANTE
Pewter metal TIN
Poet Ogden NASH
Pop singer Ora RITA
Properly pitched TUNED
Puerto __ RICAN
Quaint hotels INNS
Ran off with TOOK
Record player SPINNER
Repetitive musical composition RONDO
Resolve IRONOUT
Ribbon of fabric STRIP
Ring bearer, perhaps? EAR
Risk PERIL
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame architect PEI
Roos in pouches JOEYS
Rubs with oil ANOINTS
Run off with SWIPE
Saint __ fire ELMOS
Screenwriter's output SCRIPT
Secret store CACHE
Show contempt for SNORTAT
Show up solo GOSTAG
Singer Perry COMO
Sketch show that once starred John Candy, for short SCTV
Small COMPACT
Some Windows systems NTS
Sought damages SUED
Subatomic particles BOSONS
Sugar source CANE
Summers on "Gilligan's Island" MARYANN
Take the floor ORATE
Tats INK
Third-longest river in Europe URAL
Tuna tartare cut TORO
Uni ref. work OED
Upstate NY school RPI
Wall alternative MOAT
Wanderers NOMADS
Whirlybird HELO
Work behind the camera DIRECT
__ Goose vodka GREY
__ the wiser NONE
__ Top Creamery HALO