LA Times Crossword January 7 2025 Answers (1/7/25)

Our guide to the LA Times Crossword for January 7, 2025, is designed to help you complete today’s puzzle if you find yourself stuck. The LA Times Crossword, published daily in the Los Angeles Times, is one of the most respected crossword puzzles in the United States. Known for its tough clues and clever themes, it features a traditional grid of black and white squares, with clues in both across and down directions. The puzzle offers a daily challenge suitable for solvers of all skill levels, from beginners to experts.

If you need help solving the LA Times Crossword for January 7, 2025, we’ve provided a list of all the clues below. You can search for a specific clue and select the corresponding answer to continue your puzzle-solving. This format ensures that if you only need help with a few clues, you can avoid spoilers for others you may still be working on.

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New puppys need LA Times Crossword Clue 

Hint 1: Puppy (noun)

• A young dog or a newly adopted four-legged friend.

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Hint 2: Need (verb)

• To require something, often used when something is essential or desired.

Photo app option  LA Times Crossword Clue 

Hint 1: Photo (noun)

• A picture captured with a camera or phone.
• An image you might adjust or edit.

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Hint 2: Photo (verb)

• To trim or cut the edges of an image.
• To change the framing of a picture by removing part of it.

Smidgen  LA Times Crossword Clue 

Hint 1: (Noun)

• A very small amount or tiny quantity of something.
• A pinch or bit, often used to describe something insignificant.

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Hint 2: (Verb)

• To make something smaller, often by removing a tiny part.
• To reduce or take away a small portion of something.

Spoken not written  LA Times Crossword Clue 

Hint 1: (Noun)

• Relating to the mouth, often used when discussing communication.
• A form of communication involving speaking rather than writing

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Hint 2: (Verb)

• To express something aloud, often in conversation or presentation.
• To speak or convey words verbally rather than in writing.

Atmospheric glow  LA Times Crossword Clue 

Hint 1: Atmospheric (noun)

• Communication done with the mouth, not written down

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Hint 2: Atmospheric (adjective)

• To express something by speaking aloud.

Pool divisions  LA Times Crossword Clue 

Hint 1: (Noun)

• Separate sections in a swimming pool, often used for racing or practice.

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Hint 2: (Verb)

• To divide or separate into distinct sections or paths, often in a game.

*Teen magazine launched in 1965  LA Times Crossword Clue 

Hint 1: Teen (verb)

• To act with energy or enthusiasm, often in the context of youthful excitement.

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Hint 2: Teen (noun)

• A publication that focuses on pop culture and teenage celebrities, particularly from the 1960s.

Free of profanity LA Times Crossword Clue 

Hint 1: (Adjective)

• Not containing anything offensive or inappropriate; pure in language.

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Hint 2: (Verb)

• To make something free from dirt or impurities, often used for tidying up.

Film festival city on the French Riviera  LA Times Crossword Clue 

Hint 1: Film (noun)

• A prestigious international event where films are showcased, held annually in France.
• A city on the French Riviera known for its glamorous film festival.

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Hint 2: French (noun)

• A famous French city known for its annual celebration of cinema.
• A location in France that hosts one of the world’s most celebrated film festivals.

Covert org. LA Times Crossword Clue 

Hint 1: (Verb)

• A government agency known for secretive operations, often involving intelligence gathering.

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Hint 2: (Adverb)

• A secretive or clandestine organization, often involved in espionage.

Tail off  LA Times Crossword Clue 

Hint 1: Tail (noun)

• The gradual reduction or decline of something, often used in reference to tides.
• The final part or end of something, like a decreasing wave.

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Hint 2: Tail (verb)

• To diminish or decrease in intensity, much like the retreating of water.
• To gradually fade away, often used in reference to a trend or movement.

Basketball giant Shaquille  LA Times Crossword Clue 

Hint 1: Basketball (verb)

• A famous basketball player known for his dominant presence on the court.
• A player with an iconic career in the NBA, associated with powerful dunks.

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Hint 2: Giant (noun)

• A towering figure in basketball, known for his immense size and skill.
• A legendary athlete in the world of sports, particularly basketball.

*Nail-biting moment  LA Times Crossword Clue 

Hint 1: (Noun)

• A situation where the outcome is uncertain, often causing tension or anxiety.
• A moment when things are dangerously near to going wrong but just barely turn out alright.

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Hint 2: (Verb)

• To experience a near miss or a very close escape.
• To narrowly avoid a potentially bad or risky situation.

Torontos prov.  LA Times Crossword Clue 

Hint 1: (Adjective)

• A Canadian province where Toronto is located.
• Referring to a region in eastern Canada, home to many major cities including Toronto.

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Hint 2: (Adverb)

• Often used as an abbreviation for a Canadian province.
• A shorthand term for Ontario, the province with Toronto as its capital.

Clarinet kin LA Times Crossword Clue 

Hint 1: (Noun)

• A woodwind instrument similar to the clarinet, but with a different mouthpiece and sound.
• A musical instrument that is part of the orchestra, often seen in classical music.

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Hint 2: (Verb)

• To play or perform on a woodwind instrument that requires a reed.
• To produce sound from an instrument with a double reed, often in orchestral settings.

Yiddish put-down   LA Times Crossword Clue 

Hint 1: Yiddish (noun)

• A term for a clumsy or socially awkward person, often used humorously.

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Hint 2: Yiddish (verb)

• To refer to someone as being inept or unsophisticated in a lighthearted, often affectionate way.

Gal  LA Times Crossword Clue 

Hint 1: Gal (noun)

• A unit of liquid measurement in the United States, equivalent to 4 quarts or 3.785 litres, as well as an alliterative term for a girl or woman.

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Expenditure  LA Times Crossword Clue 

Hint 1: (Verb)

• To be priced at; to require loss, suffering, or sacrifice.

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Hint 2: (Noun)

• The value determined by what must be given, done, or endured to acquire something.
• The characteristic of having material worth, often indicated by the amount of money something would fetch if sold.

Really gets to  LA Times Crossword Clue 

Hint 1: Really (adverb)

• Used as an intensifier; “real” is sometimes used informally in place of “really,” and “rattling” is also informal.
• In actual fact.

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With 39-Across Move faster! or what one can do with the end of the answer to each starred clue  LA Times Crossword Clue 

Hint 1: Starred (adjective)

• Marked with an asterisk.

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Hint 2: Across (adverb)

• In a transverse direction.

See 37-Across  LA Times Crossword Clue 

Hint 1: Answers used in the past:

• BEHALF (6 letters)
• BERLIN (6 letters)
• TAI (3 letters)
• EGG (3 letters)
• ARIE (4 letters)
• THROUGH (7 letters)
• CAT (3 letters)
• PACE (4 letters)

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Lawful  LA Times Crossword Clue 

Hint 1: (Adjective)

• Authorized, sanctioned by, or in accordance with law

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Hint 2: Lawful (adjective)

• Authorized, sanctioned by, or in accordance with law
• According to custom or rule or natural law

The Sweetest Taboo singer  LA Times Crossword Clue 

Hint 1: Singer (noun)

• An American inventor of an enhanced chain-stitch sewing machine (1811-1875).
• An American writer (born in Poland) known for Yiddish stories and novels (1904-1991).

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Hint 2: Taboo (noun)

• A societal prohibition (especially in Polynesia and other South Pacific islands) against the use or mention of something due to its sacred significance.

Quarrel  LA Times Crossword Clue 

Hint 1: Quarrel (noun)

• An intense dispute or argument.
• An arrow shot from a crossbow, typically with a head having four edges.

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Hint 2: Quarrel (verb)

• To disagree or argue over something.

Orange shape  LA Times Crossword Clue 

Hint 1: Shape (noun)

• The visual form or appearance of something or someone.
• A perceptual structure.

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Hint 2: Shape (verb)

• To create something, typically for a specific purpose.
• To shape or influence; to give direction to.

Give me a __?  LA Times Crossword Clue 

Hint 1: Roving (noun)

• Travelling without a specific destination in mind.

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Hint 2: Roving (adjective)

• Migratory.

Now __ seen it all!  LA Times Crossword Clue 

Hint 1: All (adverb)

• To the fullest degree or complete extent; “whole” is often used informally instead of “wholly.”

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Hint 2: All (adjective)

• Completely devoted or absorbed by something.
• (Quantifier) Used with mass or count nouns to indicate the entire number or amount, or every member of a group.

*British tabloid  LA Times Crossword Clue 

Hint 1: Tabloid (noun)

• Sensationalist journalism.
• A newspaper with half-sized pages.

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Hint 2: British (noun)

• The people of Great Britain.

Estate measures LA Times Crossword Clue 

Hint 1: Estate (noun)

• A significant social class or group of people considered collectively as part of a country’s body politic (especially in the United Kingdom), traditionally with distinct political rights.
• Extensive landed property, particularly in rural areas, retained by the owner for personal use.

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Pat gently  LA Times Crossword Clue 

Hint 1: (Verb)

• To apply a liquid (or similar substance) to a surface.
• To hit gently or lightly.

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Hint 2: (Noun)

• A light touch or stroke.
• A small amount of something moist or liquid.

No longer hush-hush  LA Times Crossword Clue 

Hint 1: (Adverb)

• From one’s possession.

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Hint 2: (Adjective)

• Rendered unconscious by a strong blow.
• Excluded from use or mention.

E.B. Whites __ Little  LA Times Crossword Clue 

Hint 1: White (noun)

• A Caucasian person.
• An American writer known for his humorous essays (1899-1985).

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Hint 2: White (adjective)

• Looking pale due to illness or emotion.
• Restricted to white individuals only.

Like male lions  LA Times Crossword Clue 

Hint 1: Like (verb)

• To prefer or desire to do something.
• To feel a certain way about or towards something; to consider, evaluate, or regard.

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Hint 2: Like (adjective)

• Resembling or similar; sharing the same or some characteristics; often used in combination.
• Conforming fully in every respect.

*Notation for a fretted instrument  LA Times Crossword Clue 

Hint 1: Fretted (adjective)

• Featuring a pattern of fretwork or latticework.
• Having frets.

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Hint 2: Instrument (verb)

• To compose an instrumental score for.
• To address a legal document to.

Liquid measure in Britain  LA Times Crossword Clue 

Hint 1: Britain (noun)

• A monarchy in northwestern Europe that occupies most of the British Isles, consisting of England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland; “Great Britain” is often used informally to refer to the United Kingdom.

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Hint 2: Liquid (adjective)

• Transformed from a solid to a liquid state.
• Clear and bright.

Overturn  LA Times Crossword Clue 

Hint 1: Overturn (noun)

• The act of upsetting something.
• An unlikely and unexpected victory.

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Hint 2: Overturn (verb)

• To cancel officially.
• To cause the downfall of rulers.

Sonic the Hedgehog creator LA Times Crossword Clue 

Hint 1: Hedgehog (noun)

• A small nocturnal mammal from the Old World, covered with both hair and protective spines.
• Relatively large rodents with sharp, erect bristles mixed with their fur.

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Hint 2: Creator (noun)

• Terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God.
• A person who cultivates, makes, or invents things.

Navy prisons  LA Times Crossword Clue 

Hint 1: Navy (noun)

• A dark blue colour.
• An organisation of military vessels belonging to a country, designated for sea warfare.

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Scratchy tone  LA Times Crossword Clue 

Hint 1: Scratchy (adjective)

• Causing abrasion.
• Lacking consistency.

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Hint 2: Tone (noun)

• A subtle variation in the quality of a colour that distinguishes it from another.
• The elastic tension of living muscles, arteries, etc., that enables a response to stimuli.

Paradise  LA Times Crossword Clue 

Hint 1: Paradise (noun)

• A place of perfect bliss, delight, and peace.
• In Christianity, the dwelling place of righteous souls after death.

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That’s just wrong LA Times Crossword Clue 

Hint 1: Just (adverb)

• (Used for emphasis) Absolutely.
• Indicating exactness or precision.

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Hint 2: Just (adjective)

• Free from favoritism, self-interest, bias, or deception; adhering to established standards or rules.
• Of moral excellence.

Media magnate Huffington LA Times Crossword Clue 

Hint 1: Magnate (noun)

• A highly wealthy or influential businessman.

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Shopping list holders LA Times Crossword Clue 

Hint 1: Shopping (noun)

• The act of searching for or purchasing goods or services.
• The items bought from stores.

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Hint 2: List (verb)

• To create or provide a list of; to name individually or mention by name.
• To cause something to lean to one side.

Supreme Court justice Kaga LA Times Crossword Clue 

Hint 1: Justice (noun)

• The quality of being fair or just.
• The United States federal department responsible for enforcing federal laws, including civil rights legislation; established in 1870.

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Hint 2: Court (noun)

• An Australian female tennis player who won numerous major championships (born in 1947).
• A room where legal proceedings are held.

Autos with meters LA Times Crossword Clue 

Hint 1: Anagram – Rearrange the letters below to solve today’s answer:

SCAB

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Feel sorrow over LA Times Crossword Clue 

Hint 1: Sorrow (noun)

• Something that brings great unhappiness.
• Sadness arising from a wrong or disappointment.

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Hint 2: Sorrow (verb)

• To experience grief.

Fortunetellers LA Times Crossword Clue 

Hint 1: Answer used in the past:

• SEERS (5 letters)

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Place for a firepit LA Times Crossword Clue 

Hint 1: Place (noun)

• A position or role within an organisation.
• A specific point relative to the surface features of a region.

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Hint 2: Place (verb)

• To designate a location for.
• To assign a rank or rating to.

Utah’s capital briefly LA Times Crossword Clue 

Hint 1: Briefly (adverb)

• In a concise manner; using few words.

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Hint 2: Capital (noun)

• The upper portion of a column that supports the entablature.
• The federal government of the United States.

Crispy nutritious snack LA Times Crossword Clue 

Hint 1: Nutritious (adjective)

• Providing nourishment or sustenance.

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Hint 2: Crispy (adjective)

• Tender and easily brittle.

Solid yellow on a pool table LA Times Crossword Clue 

Hint 1: Yellow (adjective)

• A colour between green and orange in the spectrum, resembling the hue of an egg yolk.
• Typical of tabloids.

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Hint 2: Yellow (noun)

• The colour or pigment resembling the hue of sunflowers or ripe lemons.

Aquamarine LA Times Crossword Clue 

Hint 1: Aquamarine (noun)

• A blue shade tinged with green.
• A transparent variety of beryl with a blue-green hue.

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QVC alternative LA Times Crossword Clue 

Hint 1: Alternative (adjective)

• Serving as a substitute for another.
• Requiring a choice between mutually exclusive options.

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Hint 2: Alternative (noun)

• One option among several, from which only one can be selected.

Move to a new house informally LA Times Crossword Clue 

Hint 1: Informally (adverb)

• Using colloquial expressions.

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Hint 2: Move (verb)

• To motivate or encourage action.
• To be in a state of activity.

Burro LA Times Crossword Clue 

Hint 1: (Noun)

• A colloquial term for sexual intercourse.
• The fleshy part of the human body used for sitting.

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Hash slingers LA Times Crossword Clue 

Hint 1: Hash (noun)

• A purified resinous extract of the hemp plant, used as a hallucinogen.
• Chopped meat combined with potatoes and browned.

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Hint 2: Hash (verb)

• To chop up.

Very light brown LA Times Crossword Clue 

Hint 1: Brown (noun)

• A university located in Rhode Island.
• An orange hue of low brightness and saturation.

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Hint 2: Brown (adjective)

• (Of skin) Deeply suntanned.
• A colour resembling that of wood or earth.

Nt. wt. units LA Times Crossword Clue 

Hint 1: (Noun)

• Common abbreviation for a unit of weight.
• Often used to measure body weight.

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Hint 2: (Verb)

• Can refer to the action of weighing or measuring something in units like pounds.
• To give a weight in terms of pounds.

Secretly include on an email LA Times Crossword Clue 

Hint 1: Secretly (adverb)

• In secrecy; not in an open manner.

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Hint 2: Include (verb)

• To allow participation or the right to be part of; to permit involvement in rights, functions, and responsibilities.
• To add as part of something else; to incorporate into a set, group, or category.

Steven who said When I grow up I still want to be a director LA Times Crossword Clue 

Hint 1: Director (noun)

• The person who leads a musical ensemble.
• Someone responsible for managing resources and expenditures.

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Hint 2: Still (adverb)

• To a greater degree or extent; used for comparisons.
• In spite of any contrary factors (usually preceding a concession).

__ pool LA Times Crossword Clue 

Hint 1: Pool (noun)

• Something that resembles a collection of liquid.
• An association of companies united for a specific purpose.

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Hint 2: Pool (verb)

• To combine resources into a shared fund.
• To join together or form a group of people.

Coy response to You’re awesome! LA Times Crossword Clue 

Hint 1: Response (noun)

• The act of continuing a conversation or exchange.
• A bodily reaction triggered by a preceding stimulus or agent.

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Hint 2: Awesome (adjective)

• Arousing awe, admiration, or wonder.

First number in most countdowns LA Times Crossword Clue 

Hint 1: Number (verb)

• To categorize into a group.
• To determine the quantity or amount of something.

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Hint 2: Number (noun)

• One item in a series published at regular intervals.
• The property associated with a sum, total, or indefinite quantity of units or individuals.

Mind-altering drug LA Times Crossword Clue 

Hint 1: Mind-altering (adjective)

• Causing changes in mood or distorting perception.

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Hint 2: Altering (noun)

• The process of sterilizing an animal.

Lightweight Apple tablet LA Times Crossword Clue 

Hint 1: Lightweight (noun)

• A person who is unimportant yet cheeky and presumptuous.
• An amateur boxer who weighs no more than 132 pounds.

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Hint 2: Lightweight (adjective)

• Lacking importance or influence.
• Weighing less in comparison to another item or object of similar use.

Wine served at a trattoria LA Times Crossword Clue 

Hint 1: Wine (noun)

• A red colour as dark as red wine.
• Fermented juice, particularly from grapes.

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Hint 2: Wine (verb)

• To drink wine.
• To offer or serve wine to someone.

Steak option at a seafood house LA Times Crossword Clue 

Hint 1: Steak (noun)

• A slice of meat cut from the fleshy part of an animal or large fish.

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Hint 2: Seafood (noun)

• Edible fish (including freshwater fish), shellfish, roe, and similar marine products.

Illegally downloaded LA Times Crossword Clue 

Hint 1: Illegally (adverb)

• In a manner that is against the law.

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Commonplace LA Times Crossword Clue 

Hint 1: Commonplace (adjective)

• Unremarkable; dull and lacking excitement.
• Overused and repetitive; lacking originality due to frequent repetition.

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Hint 2: Commonplace (noun)

• A trite or obvious statement.

Nuclear treaty topic LA Times Crossword Clue 

Hint 1: Nuclear (adjective)

• (Relating to weapons) Derived from the release of atomic energy for destructive purposes.
• Pertaining to or resembling a nucleus.

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Hint 2: Treaty (noun)

• A formal written agreement between two states or sovereigns.

Angsty rock genre LA Times Crossword Clue 

Hint 1: Rock (verb)

• To move back and forth or side to side.
• To cause something to move back and forth.

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Hint 2: Rock (noun)

• A hard, brightly coloured stick of candy, often flavoured with peppermint.
• Tilting dangerously to one side.

Analytics input LA Times Crossword Clue 

Hint 1: Input (noun)

• A signal entering an electronic system.
• A statement that conveys a personal opinion, belief, or adds information.

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Hint 2: Input (verb)

• To enter data or a program into a computer.

Foretell LA Times Crossword Clue 

Hint 1: Foretell (verb)

• To predict or forecast something in advance.
• To signify or suggest, often through a sign or omen.

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Put a whammy on LA Times Crossword Clue 

Hint 1: Whammy (noun)

• An evil or harmful spell.
• A significant or devastating setback.

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Hint 2: Put (verb)

• To attribute or assign.
• To express or formulate in a specific style or language.

Enough! LA Times Crossword Clue 

Hint 1: Enough (noun)

• An adequate amount; a quantity sufficient to achieve a purpose.

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Hint 2: Enough (adverb)

• As much as required or needed.

Org. with Angels and Dodgers LA Times Crossword Clue 

Hint 1: Dodgers (noun)

• A professional baseball team based in Los Angeles, California.

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__ Moines Iowa LA Times Crossword Clue 

Hint 1: (Noun)

• (noun)
• A powerful estrogen used in medicine and in livestock and poultry feed.
• A synthetic nonsteroidal compound with estrogen-like properties, previously used to treat menstrual issues, but later linked to vaginal cancers in the daughters of women who used it during pregnancy.

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TSA checkpoint needs LA Times Crossword Clue 

Hint 1: Checkpoint (noun)

• A location, such as at a border, where travellers are halted for inspection and clearance.

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Hint 2: Needs (adverb)

• In a manner that cannot be otherwise.