LA Times Crossword August 16, 2026 answers
All Across and Down clues from today's LA Times Crossword, with verified answers.
Puzzle stats
Day
Sunday
Total clues
144
Across
61
Down
83
Across clues
"Knock yourself out!"
"Print to" option
"So Sick" R&B singer
"The Return of the King" king
(Adam + Minnie) + Helms
(Underwood + Fisher) + Johnny
Actor Epps
Aligned
Ancient France
Authorize
Autonomous vacuum
Baking gloves
Ballerina's turning point
Barry + (Elliot + Jimmy)
Best of the best
Bulgarian, e.g.
Channel that rarely fails to make one cry
Cleary + (Faith + Jonah)
Clint + (Francis Scott + Keegan-Michael)
Cookies with a "You asked for it" collaboration with 29-Across
End of term?
Endow with, as authority
Fiona + (Lemmon + London)
Fistfuls of dollars
Grover + (Alton + Helen Gurley)
Island home of the Hana Highway
Keith + (Garfunkel + Carney)
Knocked out
La Scala solo
Labors mightily to accomplish
Land between Can. and Mex.
Leading
Leveraged __: corporate acquisition
Like stress balls and fidget spinners
Matinee hrs.
NYC drama award
New Mexico art hub
Nia + (Elton + Tommy)
Nikon products
Nikon rival
Novelist Émile
Othello's betrayer
Peanut butter cup brand
Plug's place
Pt. of IMF
Really sad
Ron + (Kristen + Alexander Graham)
Sally + (Julia + Philip)
Santa's specialty
Slangy contraction
Small donkeys
Some reservoir residents
Sound from a kettle or a snake
Speaker brand
Surrounding glow
Suzuki who won nine batting titles in two countries
Syrup source
Term of endearment?
That partner
Theater reviewers
Utmost degree
Down clues
"Game, set, match"
"ManningCast" brother
"Oh, __ up!"
"U r 2 funny!"
"__ well that ends well"
101, for one
Antibacterial brand
Aussie hopper
Basic skateboard trick
Bleak
Boat trailers?
Borders
Captures
Certain hardware store patron, casually
Clenched hand
Closer at the Globe
Completely wreck
Concede a golden goal, say
Connect
Convertibles
Crib accessory
Defense witness, often
Donated
Ecol. or geol.
Eggnog spice
Everglades wader
Fake
Guitar player's aid
Hawaiian dance
Holy
Hurdle for a DA-to-be
In stitches
Kid
Kind of Kind, in Köln
Kind of roast
Landing spot of Noah's Ark
Lawnmower brand
Lead-up to a date?
Liberty org.
Like Machu Picchu
Like most farmland
Liquids
Listed, to a Brit
Lotto game
Many a "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" character
Many a Seanan McGuire work
Measures of resistance
Munich mister
Nails, as with snowballs
Nest egg letters
Nose-tapping sounds
Of all time
Pain relief brand
Peak near Olympus
Prefix in many a Scottish surname
Printer function
Provide a new look
Puss, in Paris
Rat or Brat follower
Sanskrit honorifics
Sashimi choice
Schoolyard retort
Shady spot
Sheepish sort?
Site for film fans
Skater Midori
Smart-alecky
Smokestack dust
Spots for scrubs
Start at the beginning?
Team led by Mike Krzyzewski for 42 seasons
Terse affirmative
Texter's "Bye for now"
Thrifted, perhaps
Top temperature
Tricks
Venues that often have corporate names
Vid taker
Whirlpool
Williams with five Wimbledon singles titles
Wimbledon surface
Winter puddle topper
__ sock
About this puzzle
The LA Times Crossword for Sunday, August 16, 2026 contains 144 clues (61 Across, 83 Down). Based on the day of the week, this puzzle is rated Themed (large grid) difficulty.