Sunday · 144 clues

LA Times Crossword August 16, 2026 answers

All Across and Down clues from today's LA Times Crossword, with verified answers.

Puzzle stats

144 total clues

Day

Sunday

Themed (large grid) difficulty

Total clues

144

in today's grid

Across

61

horizontal answers

Down

83

vertical answers

Across clues

61 clues
Across · 8 letters

"Knock yourself out!"

P
L
E
A
S
E
D
O
Across · 3 letters

"Print to" option

P
D
F
Across · 4 letters

"So Sick" R&B singer

N
E
Y
O
Across · 7 letters

"The Return of the King" king

A
R
A
G
O
R
N
Across · 9 letters

(Adam + Minnie) + Helms

D
R
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V
E
R
S
E
D
Across · 11 letters

(Underwood + Fisher) + Johnny

C
A
R
R
I
E
S
C
A
S
H
Across · 4 letters

Actor Epps

O
M
A
R
Across · 6 letters

Aligned

E
V
E
N
E
D
Across · 4 letters

Ancient France

G
A
U
L
Across · 5 letters

Authorize

A
L
L
O
W
Across · 6 letters

Autonomous vacuum

R
O
O
M
B
A
Across · 5 letters

Baking gloves

M
I
T
T
S
Across · 3 letters

Ballerina's turning point

T
O
E
Across · 10 letters

Barry + (Elliot + Jimmy)

W
H
I
T
E
P
A
G
E
S
Across · 4 letters

Best of the best

A
O
N
E
Across · 4 letters

Bulgarian, e.g.

S
L
A
V
Across · 8 letters

Channel that rarely fails to make one cry

T
E
A
R
D
U
C
T
Across · 12 letters

Cleary + (Faith + Jonah)

B
E
V
E
R
L
Y
H
I
L
L
S
Across · 9 letters

Clint + (Francis Scott + Keegan-Michael)

B
L
A
C
K
K
E
Y
S
Across · 5 letters

Cookies with a "You asked for it" collaboration with 29-Across

O
R
E
O
S
Across · 4 letters

End of term?

I
T
E
S
Across · 4 letters

Endow with, as authority

V
E
S
T
Across · 10 letters

Fiona + (Lemmon + London)

A
P
P
L
E
J
A
C
K
S
Across · 4 letters

Fistfuls of dollars

W
A
D
S
Across · 15 letters

Grover + (Alton + Helen Gurley)

C
L
E
V
E
L
A
N
D
B
R
O
W
N
S
Across · 4 letters

Island home of the Hana Highway

M
A
U
I
Across · 9 letters

Keith + (Garfunkel + Carney)

U
R
B
A
N
A
R
T
S
Across · 7 letters

Knocked out

L
A
I
D
L
O
W
Across · 4 letters

La Scala solo

A
R
I
A
Across · 7 letters

Labors mightily to accomplish

T
O
I
L
S
A
T
Across · 3 letters

Land between Can. and Mex.

U
S
A
Across · 5 letters

Leading

A
H
E
A
D
Across · 6 letters

Leveraged __: corporate acquisition

B
U
Y
O
U
T
Across · 7 letters

Like stress balls and fidget spinners

S
E
N
S
O
R
Y
Across · 4 letters

Matinee hrs.

A
F
T
S
Across · 4 letters

NYC drama award

O
B
I
E
Across · 4 letters

New Mexico art hub

T
A
O
S
Across · 9 letters

Nia + (Elton + Tommy)

L
O
N
G
J
O
H
N
S
Across · 4 letters

Nikon products

S
L
R
S
Across · 5 letters

Nikon rival

C
A
N
O
N
Across · 4 letters

Novelist Émile

Z
O
L
A
Across · 4 letters

Othello's betrayer

I
A
G
O
Across · 6 letters

Peanut butter cup brand

R
E
E
S
E
S
Across · 6 letters

Plug's place

S
O
C
K
E
T
Across · 4 letters

Pt. of IMF

I
N
T
L
Across · 6 letters

Really sad

M
O
R
O
S
E
Across · 11 letters

Ron + (Kristen + Alexander Graham)

S
I
L
V
E
R
B
E
L
L
S
Across · 12 letters

Sally + (Julia + Philip)

F
I
E
L
D
G
L
A
S
S
E
S
Across · 4 letters

Santa's specialty

T
O
Y
S
Across · 4 letters

Slangy contraction

A
I
N
T
Across · 6 letters

Small donkeys

B
U
R
R
O
S
Across · 4 letters

Some reservoir residents

F
O
W
L
Across · 4 letters

Sound from a kettle or a snake

H
I
S
S
Across · 4 letters

Speaker brand

B
O
S
E
Across · 4 letters

Surrounding glow

A
U
R
A
Across · 6 letters

Suzuki who won nine batting titles in two countries

I
C
H
I
R
O
Across · 5 letters

Syrup source

M
A
P
L
E
Across · 7 letters

Term of endearment?

I
T
S
L
O
V
E
Across · 4 letters

That partner

T
H
I
S
Across · 7 letters

Theater reviewers

C
R
I
T
I
C
S
Across · 3 letters

Utmost degree

N
T
H

Down clues

83 clues
Down · 4 letters

"Game, set, match"

I
W
I
N
Down · 3 letters

"ManningCast" brother

E
L
I
Down · 4 letters

"Oh, __ up!"

G
R
O
W
Down · 3 letters

"U r 2 funny!"

L
O
L
Down · 4 letters

"__ well that ends well"

A
L
L
S
Down · 5 letters

101, for one

L
E
V
E
L
Down · 5 letters

Antibacterial brand

L
Y
S
O
L
Down · 3 letters

Aussie hopper

R
O
O
Down · 5 letters

Basic skateboard trick

O
L
L
I
E
Down · 4 letters

Bleak

D
I
R
E
Down · 5 letters

Boat trailers?

W
A
K
E
S
Down · 5 letters

Borders

A
B
U
T
S
Down · 4 letters

Captures

N
A
B
S
Down · 5 letters

Certain hardware store patron, casually

D
I
Y
E
R
Down · 4 letters

Clenched hand

F
I
S
T
Down · 4 letters

Closer at the Globe

A
C
T
V
Down · 5 letters

Completely wreck

T
O
T
A
L
Down · 4 letters

Concede a golden goal, say

L
O
S
E
Down · 4 letters

Connect

J
O
I
N
Down · 7 letters

Convertibles

R
A
G
T
O
P
S
Down · 6 letters

Crib accessory

M
O
B
I
L
E
Down · 5 letters

Defense witness, often

A
L
I
B
I
Down · 4 letters

Donated

G
A
V
E
Down · 3 letters

Ecol. or geol.

S
C
I
Down · 5 letters

Eggnog spice

C
L
O
V
E
Down · 5 letters

Everglades wader

E
G
R
E
T
Down · 6 letters

Fake

E
R
S
A
T
Z
Down · 4 letters

Guitar player's aid

T
A
B
S
Down · 4 letters

Hawaiian dance

H
U
L
A
Down · 6 letters

Holy

S
A
C
R
E
D
Down · 4 letters

Hurdle for a DA-to-be

L
S
A
T
Down · 4 letters

In stitches

S
E
W
N
Down · 4 letters

Kid

J
O
S
H
Down · 4 letters

Kind of Kind, in Köln

S
O
H
N
Down · 4 letters

Kind of roast

R
U
M
P
Down · 6 letters

Landing spot of Noah's Ark

A
R
A
R
A
T
Down · 4 letters

Lawnmower brand

T
O
R
O
Down · 4 letters

Lead-up to a date?

A
S
O
F
Down · 4 letters

Liberty org.

W
N
B
A
Down · 5 letters

Like Machu Picchu

I
N
C
A
N
Down · 5 letters

Like most farmland

R
U
R
A
L
Down · 6 letters

Liquids

F
L
U
I
D
S
Down · 5 letters

Listed, to a Brit

L
E
A
N
T
Down · 4 letters

Lotto game

K
E
N
O
Down · 4 letters

Many a "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" character

T
O
O
N
Down · 5 letters

Many a Seanan McGuire work

N
O
V
E
L
Down · 4 letters

Measures of resistance

O
H
M
S
Down · 4 letters

Munich mister

H
E
R
R
Down · 5 letters

Nails, as with snowballs

P
E
L
T
S
Down · 3 letters

Nest egg letters

I
R
A
Down · 5 letters

Nose-tapping sounds

B
O
O
P
S
Down · 4 letters

Of all time

E
V
E
R
Down · 5 letters

Pain relief brand

A
L
E
V
E
Down · 4 letters

Peak near Olympus

O
S
S
A
Down · 3 letters

Prefix in many a Scottish surname

M
A
C
Down · 4 letters

Printer function

S
C
A
N
Down · 7 letters

Provide a new look

R
E
S
T
Y
L
E
Down · 4 letters

Puss, in Paris

C
H
A
T
Down · 4 letters

Rat or Brat follower

P
A
C
K
Down · 4 letters

Sanskrit honorifics

S
R
I
S
Down · 3 letters

Sashimi choice

A
H
I
Down · 5 letters

Schoolyard retort

A
R
E
S
O
Down · 5 letters

Shady spot

A
R
B
O
R
Down · 3 letters

Sheepish sort?

E
W
E
Down · 4 letters

Site for film fans

I
M
D
B
Down · 3 letters

Skater Midori

I
T
O
Down · 5 letters

Smart-alecky

S
A
S
S
Y
Down · 4 letters

Smokestack dust

S
O
O
T
Down · 4 letters

Spots for scrubs

S
P
A
S
Down · 3 letters

Start at the beginning?

E
S
S
Down · 4 letters

Team led by Mike Krzyzewski for 42 seasons

D
U
K
E
Down · 4 letters

Terse affirmative

I
D
I
D
Down · 4 letters

Texter's "Bye for now"

T
T
Y
L
Down · 4 letters

Thrifted, perhaps

U
S
E
D
Down · 4 letters

Top temperature

H
I
G
H
Down · 5 letters

Tricks

F
O
O
L
S
Down · 6 letters

Venues that often have corporate names

A
R
E
N
A
S
Down · 3 letters

Vid taker

C
A
M
Down · 4 letters

Whirlpool

E
D
D
Y
Down · 5 letters

Williams with five Wimbledon singles titles

V
E
N
U
S
Down · 5 letters

Wimbledon surface

G
R
A
S
S
Down · 3 letters

Winter puddle topper

I
C
E
Down · 4 letters

__ sock

T
U
B
E

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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.

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