L.A. Times Daily – Jan 21 2024 Clues and Answers
Clues | Answers |
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“Be prepared” org | BSA |
“Big Little Lies” actress Kravitz | ZOE |
“Come on in!” | ENTER |
“Eww!” | ICK |
“Grease” actress Conn | DIDI |
“Hold it, horses!” | WHOA |
“If the __ fits … “ | SHOE |
“Intelligence for Your Life” host John | TESH |
“Nearly finished!” | ALMOSTDONE |
“Night Court” TV network | NBC |
“Scram!” | SHOO |
“Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance With Somebody” director Lemmons | KASI |
“Your point is?” | AND |
“__ you for real?” | ARE |
*”This should be just right, my furry friends”? | ASYOUCATSLIKEIT |
*Eerie Midwestern downtown area? | ASTRANGECHICAGOLOOP |
*Lament from a Red Sox fan? | DAMNWICKEDYANKEES |
*Peculiar pair at the office? | THEODDCOMPANYCOUPLE |
*Salon pro who’s a genius with AquaNet? | THEHAIRSPRAYWIZ |
*Things that make you go hmm … ? | THEDOUBTPRODUCERS |
1981 cable debut | MTV |
ABC News anchor David | MUIR |
African capital where Akan is spoken | ACCRA |
Alpo rival | IAMS |
Andante and adagio | TEMPI |
Answered an invite | RSVPD |
Antlered ruminant | ELK |
Asian noodle | SOBA |
Attracts | DRAWS |
Baby sheep | LAMB |
Bee or butterfly | INSECT |
Big top performance | CIRCUSACT |
Bout enders, briefly | TKOS |
Breathe Right user, maybe | SNORER |
British pop singer Rita | ORA |
Broomball surface | ICE |
Butterfield of “Sex Education” | ASA |
Canadian gas brand | ESSO |
Charles River sch | MIT |
Citation abbr | ETAL |
Color that is equal parts blue and green | CYAN |
Comforts | SOOTHES |
Confidentiality doc | NDA |
Curaçao neighbor | ARUBA |
Dam on the Nile | ASWAN |
Degrade oneself by | STOOPTO |
Denials | NOS |
Drink list? | BARTAB |
Duds | TOGS |
Dwarf planet named for a goddess of discord | ERIS |
Embedded narrative, and a description of the answer to each starred clue | PLAYWITHINAPLAY |
Escher museum site, with “The” | HAGUE |
Exemptions for top seeds | BYES |
Fair-hiring initials | EEO |
Flask filler | HOOCH |
Former Eurasian leader | TSAR |
Frasier’s brother | NILES |
Gander | LOOK |
Germ carrier? | BRAN |
Get used (to) | ADAPT |
Goad | URGE |
Got up | AROSE |
Got up | AWOKE |
Hard on the ears | NOISY |
Harness strap | REIN |
Has motivation for | CARESTO |
Hasbro game that requires quick reflexes | BOPIT |
Hill worker? | ANT |
Hilton competitor | OMNI |
Himalayan recluse | YETI |
Homey lodgings | INNS |
Hotmail provider | MSN |
Clues | Answers |
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Indian flatbread | ROTI |
Instrument in Hindi cinema | SITAR |
Intel research | RECON |
Jamaican genre | SKA |
Kidney-related | RENAL |
Kylo of the “Star Wars” sequels | REN |
La Scala performance | OPERA |
Lanikai Beach’s island | OAHU |
Like some grilling planks | CEDAR |
Liquid-Plumr rival | DRANO |
Lock | TRESS |
Luxury bag monogram | YSL |
Made the grade | RATED |
Make up (for) | ATONE |
Many Vegas lights | NEONS |
Mete (out) | DOLE |
Musubi wrap | NORI |
MYOB part | OWN |
New prefix | NEO |
No. in a forecast | TEMP |
Not pizzicato | ARCO |
Old-timey dagger | SNEE |
Olds of old | CIERA |
Orchard fruit originally from Ohio | ROMEAPPLES |
Origins | ROOTS |
Out | PASSE |
Permeate | SEEP |
Pet in a tank | GUPPY |
Push back, in a way | RESIST |
Puts in a Hall of Fame, say | ENSHRINES |
Rather | OHSO |
Reef-dwelling Pixar character | NEMO |
Rock the baby, around the world, etc | YOYOTRICKS |
Russian crepes | BLINI |
Sac fly result | RBI |
Sand hill | DUNE |
Shallot kin | ONION |
Share hot goss | DISH |
Short “And yet … “ | OTOH |
Skating legend Sonja | HENIE |
Skeet target | CLAYPIGEON |
Sleepy pal | DOC |
Sneaky coward | DASTARD |
Soft summons | PSST |
Some airport rides | UBERS |
Some city trains | ELS |
Some small dogs | TOYS |
South American palm | ACAI |
Sport with bamboo swords | KENDO |
Stop | CEASE |
Substandard | POOR |
Switchboard section | PANEL |
Takes advantage of | USES |
Teeny bit | SKOSH |
Throws in | ADDS |
Tied the knot | WED |
Time in the tub | SOAK |
Tit for tat, e.g | TYPO |
Tour guide’s badge words | ASKME |
Typist’s meas | WPM |
Utah city near two national parks | MOAB |
Wager | RISK |
Walt Disney Concert Hall architect Frank | GEHRY |
Wild guess | STAB |
With a single voice | ASONE |
Woodworking connector | DOWEL |
Word on a triangular sign | YIELD |
Word with year or rear | END |
Work on a lawn | MOW |
Zhou who hosted Nixon | ENLAI |
__ buco | OSSO |
__ Gritty Dirt Band | NITTY |