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Smelling a rat, so to speak

Last seen in LA Times Daily Crossword January 3, 2025 Answers

If you're stuck on the clue "Smelling a rat, so to speak" from the LA Times Daily Crossword crossword (January 3, 2025), we're here to help. Our records show 187 potential answers for this clue collected from various puzzle sources. The best match is LEERY at 5 letters long, carrying a 99% confidence score based on crossword puzzle history.

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187 Other Potential Answers

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LEERY
Smelling a rat, so to speak
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jan 3, 2025
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PACK
Rat or Brat follower
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 16, 2026
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TATTLE
Be a rat
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 13, 2026
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FLUENT
Able to speak a language with ease
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 16, 2026
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MIMED
Let one's actions speak for themselves
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 5, 2026
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IDEALMATE
The one, so to speak
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 25, 2026
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NOW
As we speak
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 25, 2026
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EEK
"A rat!"
Universal Crossword · Mar 31, 2026
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AWORD
"May I speak with you privately?"
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 20, 2026
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MIMES
They don't speak at work
Universal Crossword · Mar 15, 2026
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EMIR
Arabian aristocrat
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 25, 2026
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CLINICS
Masterful demonstrations
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 25, 2026
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BALM
Soothe operator?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 24, 2026
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SILO
Isolate, in corporate jargon
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 24, 2026
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KOOL
"Celebration" band __ & the Gang
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 23, 2026
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SLOP
Low-quality A.I.-generated content
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 23, 2026
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AONE
First-rate
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 23, 2026
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ESL
Subj. for a non-native speaker
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 20, 2026
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SAWEDGED
Like serrated knives
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 15, 2026
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PRINTS
Generates a hard copy of
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 13, 2026
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EYRE
Lowood attendee of literature
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 12, 2026
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AVON
Stratford-upon-__
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 10, 2026
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ARTBASEL
Miami Beach fair for gallerists and curators
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 6, 2026
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SANER
More rational
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 1, 2026
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DAN
Karate rank
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 31, 2026
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GRANDPERJURY
Elaborately embroidered falsehoods?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 30, 2026
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GEESE
Noisy migratory birds
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 30, 2026
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MILES
Half marathon's 13.1
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 27, 2026
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ENYA
New Age singer who speaks Irish
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 27, 2026
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ARIA
Operatic solo
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 26, 2026
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NON
Persona __ grata
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LUNG
Respiratory organ
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 25, 2026
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ACHING
Like post-marathon muscles
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 23, 2026
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GAH
Cry of exasperation
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 23, 2026
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DIDALITTLEDANCE
Celebrated, perhaps
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 22, 2026
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WATERIN
Hydrate right after planting, as seedlings
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 22, 2026
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THUMBRING
Comparatively large band
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 22, 2026
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COMICCON
Gathering that celebrates DC icons
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 22, 2026
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OREOS
Cookies with a "You asked for it" collaboration with 29-Across
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 16, 2026
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BUYOUT
Leveraged __: corporate acquisition
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ARENAS
Venues that often have corporate names
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HIGH
Top temperature
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TALKSSENSE
Brings the temperature down, maybe
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 15, 2026
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YETHEREWEARE
Frustrated expression
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FACEMASKS
Protections against respiratory illnesses
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 12, 2026
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SOUTH
Winter migration direction
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 11, 2026
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HATETO
Would rather not
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 9, 2026
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NAKEDLAUNCH
R-rated NASA event?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 9, 2026
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SEASTAR
Invertebrate found in every ocean
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 9, 2026
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SONOS
Maker of the One SL speaker
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 8, 2026
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SLIME
Substance celebrated by the Sloomoo Institute
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 7, 2026
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ELM
Shade tree with serrated leaves
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 4, 2026
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WIKI
Collaboratively managed website
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 3, 2026
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ORNATE
Elaborately showy
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 2, 2026
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RAGE
Wrath
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 2, 2026
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LLM
A.I. tool that generates text
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 2, 2026
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PODCASTER
Many a Maximum Fun collaborator
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 1, 2026
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MTSHASTA
Stratovolcano in NorCal
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 1, 2026
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UPON
Stratford-__-Avon
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 29, 2026
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TREASUREMAP
*Document in some pirate stories
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 29, 2026
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IDEA
Bit of inspiration
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 27, 2026
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ULYSSES
Novel at the center of Bloomsday celebrations
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 26, 2026
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DRAWINGPIN
*Ink-filled tool for illustrators
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 26, 2026
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TENANTS
People who pay flat rates?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 25, 2026
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GNUS
Migrators in the Maasai Mara's Great Migration
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 25, 2026
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OREO
Cookie with a limited-edition BTS collaboration
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 23, 2026
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YAPS
Prattles on
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 21, 2026
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ULTRAS
Marathons longer than 26.2 miles, familiarly
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 21, 2026
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WOMEN
People celebrated internationally every March 8
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 20, 2026
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FETE
Lavish celebration
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 19, 2026
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ERR
"I'd rather __ on the side of caution"
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 19, 2026
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TINPOT
Second-rate
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 18, 2026
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BLESS
Consecrate
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 15, 2026
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CHE
"Evita" narrator
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 15, 2026
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TIP
Gratuity
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 14, 2026
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MESSIAH
Handel oratorio
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 12, 2026
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OLGA
Tokarczuk who won the 2018 Nobel Prize in Literature
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 12, 2026
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SADE
"Smooth Operator" singer
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 11, 2026
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OUTSELL
Generate more revenue than
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 10, 2026
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AMOCO
Corporation previously called Standard Oil of Indiana
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 8, 2026
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GRR
"So frustrating!"
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 5, 2026
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CATTREES
Scratch pads?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 4, 2026
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RIGATONI
Trattoria tubes
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 4, 2026
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NEMESIS
Itchy, to Scratchy
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 4, 2026
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EVERT
Navratilova rival
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 3, 2026
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NOMADS
Migratory people
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 1, 2026
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SALMONRUN
Upstream migration that feeds grizzly bears
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 29, 2026
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AMTRAK
Empire Builder operator
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 28, 2026
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ACID
Word in a Samin Nosrat cookbook title
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 26, 2026
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SPY
Cold War operative
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 23, 2026
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CHICKENRUN
Flightless migration on a farm?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 22, 2026
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DUCKTOUR
Flightless migration on a pond?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 22, 2026
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TURKEYTROT
Flightless migration on Thanksgiving?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 22, 2026
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JAYWALK
Flightless migration in Toronto?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 22, 2026
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CROWHOP
Flightless migration in a cornfield?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 22, 2026
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ACRID
Bitter-smelling
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 22, 2026
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NEWTS
Critters that can regenerate limbs
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 20, 2026
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TET
Holiday celebrated with banh chung
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 20, 2026
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ASST
Corporate title abbr.
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 14, 2026
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SMUT
X-rated material
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PLANB
Backup strategy
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 14, 2026
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MAPS
Apple resource with curated guides
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HINDU
Navaratri celebrant
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 10, 2026
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TIER
Stratum
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 10, 2026
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ALTAR
Table where Holy Communion is consecrated
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 8, 2026
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TABOO
Hasbro's "game of unspeakable fun"
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 7, 2026
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SHAMS
Decorative pillow covers
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 7, 2026
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NED
Kelly who narrates Peter Carey's "True History of the Kelly Gang"
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 6, 2026
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SATE
Fully gratify
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 1, 2026
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SALTPIT
Seawater evaporation site
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 31, 2026
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TOES
Temperature testers, at times
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 31, 2026
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IDOL
Object of adoration
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 29, 2026
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MARACAS
Musical rattles
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 27, 2026
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NAMESNAMES
Rats out one's co-conspirators, say
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 25, 2026
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ERIC
Writer/illustrator Carle
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 24, 2026
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CHURN
Old-fashioned farm apparatus
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 22, 2026
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STU
"Rugrats" dad
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 20, 2026
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ECHOS
Amazon smart speakers
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 19, 2026
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ADMIN
Online moderator, briefly
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 18, 2026
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ZILLENNIAL
Microgeneration of the 1990s
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 16, 2026
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SUMER
Ancient region between the Tigris and Euphrates
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 16, 2026
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WHAMMYBAR
Guitar accessory that may create vibrato
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 14, 2026
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TACTICS
Elements of a strategy
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 14, 2026
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CLEAN
G-rated
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 13, 2026
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OATH
Hippocratic __
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 11, 2026
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WEIR
Grateful Dead co-founder Bob
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 10, 2026
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MILLENNIALPAUSE
Generational tendency to delay speaking on video recordings
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 9, 2026
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ROBINHOOD
Inspiration for the DC Comics hero Green Arrow
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 8, 2026
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OXYGENTENT
Therapeutic canopy for some respiratory ailments
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 7, 2026
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COOL
Refrigerate
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 7, 2026
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PARADE
Victory celebration
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 3, 2026
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CASSIUS
Conspirator in "Julius Caesar"
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 3, 2026
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DON
"Corduroy" writer/illustrator Freeman
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 2, 2026
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SKEWS
Presents inaccurately, as data
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 1, 2026
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TNT
Boom operator's need?
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 1, 2026
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UNIX
Early operating system
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 30, 2026
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ALLERGY
Hypersensitivity that may be diagnosed with a scratch test
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 27, 2026
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PIETYPARTIES
Mass celebrations?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 26, 2026
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ASTHMA
Respiratory condition
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 26, 2026
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OTOE
Chiwere speaker
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 25, 2026
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AAPI
Heritage gp. celebrated in May
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 24, 2026
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RACE
Sprint or marathon
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 22, 2026
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ADFEE
Pitcher's rate?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 19, 2026
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AGEGAP
Generational disparity
Universal Crossword · Apr 17, 2026
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IMHO
Textspeak qualifier
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 17, 2026
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BLASTIT
Cry of frustration
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 17, 2026
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CLAWS
Scratches (at)
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 16, 2026
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NEAR
Hearing a rather loud "Polo!"
Universal Crossword · Apr 14, 2026
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PRIDE
Celebration with rainbow flags
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 14, 2026
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TRI
Prefix with -ceratops
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 13, 2026
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SZA
Kendrick Lamar's "All the Stars" collaborator
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 13, 2026
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TERRORS
Little brats
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 12, 2026
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NOBLE
Aristocratic
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 12, 2026
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IRE
Wrath
Universal Crossword · Apr 10, 2026
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ZEST
Grated lemon peel
Universal Crossword · Apr 9, 2026
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EWER
Decorative pitcher
Universal Crossword · Apr 9, 2026
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LADDERS
Corporate structures
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 9, 2026
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TSA
Org. that operates AIT scanners
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 9, 2026
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PEWTER
Alloy in some decorative plates
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 8, 2026
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TINNY
Like cheap speakers
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 4, 2026
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GASP
Have a sudden inspiration?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 3, 2026
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WATCHPARTY
"Check this out," "I'll demonstrate," and "Eyes on me"
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 3, 2026
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MACH
Namesake of a speed ratio
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 2, 2026
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SINE
Trig ratio
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 2, 2026
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ARR
Cry on Talk Like a Pirate Day
Universal Crossword · Apr 1, 2026
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AHOY
"Hi" on Talk Like a Pirate Day
Universal Crossword · Apr 1, 2026
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UNBIRTHDAY
What should be celebrated almost always, per Lewis Carroll
Universal Crossword · Mar 31, 2026
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FETES
Lavish celebrations
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 31, 2026
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COOLS
Approaches room temperature, say
Universal Crossword · Mar 30, 2026
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AWDARN
"Oh, rats!"
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 29, 2026
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MERGER
Corporate combination
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 29, 2026
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ARTIFICE
Stratagem
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 28, 2026
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EXECS
Corporate VIPs
Universal Crossword · Mar 24, 2026
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BECOOL
Desperate whisper to a parent in front of one's crush, maybe
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 24, 2026
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BALLOON
Inflatable party decoration
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 23, 2026
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DENSE
Concentrated
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 22, 2026
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STOMACH
Tolerate
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 22, 2026
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THAR
Over yonder, to a pirate
Universal Crossword · Mar 21, 2026
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AGELEVEL
Basis of some ratings
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 21, 2026
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PADS
Exaggerates, in a way
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 21, 2026
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DOH
Exasperated cry
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 21, 2026
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PWNS
Obliterates, in gamer-speak
Universal Crossword · Mar 19, 2026
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ALIEN
Extraterrestrial
Universal Crossword · Mar 19, 2026
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TROTS
Moderate gaits
Universal Crossword · Mar 19, 2026
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PURE
Unadulterated
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 19, 2026
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SHORTLIST
Select for final consideration
Universal Crossword · Mar 16, 2026
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ODE
Celebratory poem
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 15, 2026

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many possible solutions does "Smelling a rat, so to speak" have?
We found 1 exact solution and 187 total potential answers including similar clues. The most likely answer is LEERY (5 letters).
What is the best answer for "Smelling a rat, so to speak"?
The best answer for "Smelling a rat, so to speak" is LEERY with 5 letters. This answer has a 99% confidence rating based on our database of crossword solutions.
Where has "Smelling a rat, so to speak" been used as a crossword clue?
This clue has appeared 1 time in our database. It has been featured in LA Times Daily Crossword. It was last seen in the LA Times Daily Crossword on January 3, 2025.
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