Tuesday · 78 clues

LA Times Crossword August 18, 2026 answers

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

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Puzzle stats

78 total clues

Day

Tuesday

Easy difficulty

Total clues

78

in today's grid

Across

37

horizontal answers

Down

41

vertical answers

Across clues

37 clues
Across · 4 letters

"Growing Pains" actor Thicke

A
L
A
N
 Across · 3 letters

"__-Hur"

B
E
N
 Across · 10 letters

*Be a little nosy

P
O
K
E
A
R
O
U
N
D
 Across · 14 letters

*Music, dance, drama, and the like

P
E
R
F
O
R
M
I
N
G
A
R
T
S
 Across · 10 letters

*Public relations manager

P
R
E
S
S
A
G
E
N
T
 Across · 14 letters

*Squeeze-box instrument with a keyboard

P
I
A
N
O
A
C
C
O
R
D
I
O
N
 Across · 3 letters

+ or - atomic particle

I
O
N
 Across · 3 letters

Acai bowl grain

O
A
T
 Across · 4 letters

Alien-hunting subj.

S
E
T
I
 Across · 6 letters

Apple Music predecessor

I
T
U
N
E
S
 Across · 5 letters

Bamboo-loving bear, or, when parsed in three parts, a feature of the answers to the starred clues

P
A
N
D
A
 Across · 4 letters

Bar mitzvah dance

H
O
R
A
 Across · 4 letters

Baseball officials

U
M
P
S
 Across · 4 letters

Bean fermented to make miso

S
O
Y
A
 Across · 6 letters

Deli order

N
O
M
A
Y
O
 Across · 5 letters

Ed of "Lou Grant"

A
S
N
E
R
 Across · 4 letters

Flower holder

S
T
E
M
 Across · 4 letters

Gains after taxes

N
E
T
S
 Across · 4 letters

Invitation letters

R
S
V
P
 Across · 3 letters

McKellen of "X-Men"

I
A
N
 Across · 3 letters

More, on a music score

P
I
U
 Across · 4 letters

Move like a spooked horse, maybe

B
U
C
K
 Across · 4 letters

On a trawler, say

A
S
E
A
 Across · 5 letters

Ore finder

M
I
N
E
R
 Across · 4 letters

Penne __ vodka

A
L
L
A
 Across · 7 letters

Royalties, e.g.

P
A
Y
O
U
T
S
 Across · 4 letters

Self-referential

M
E
T
A
 Across · 4 letters

Song for two

D
U
E
T
 Across · 5 letters

Stir up

S
T
O
K
E
 Across · 4 letters

Store

S
H
O
P
 Across · 4 letters

Suppressed, with "up"

P
E
N
T
 Across · 4 letters

Toward sunrise

E
A
S
T
 Across · 3 letters

Toward the stern

A
F
T
 Across · 4 letters

Ultrasoft mineral

T
A
L
C
 Across · 7 letters

Whys and wherefores

R
E
A
S
O
N
S
 Across · 3 letters

Yale student

E
L
I
 Across · 4 letters

__ a living

E
A
R
N

Down clues

41 clues
Down · 3 letters

"Insecure" star Issa

R
A
E
 Down · 5 letters

"Kama __"

S
U
T
R
A
 Down · 5 letters

According to

A
S
P
E
R
 Down · 3 letters

Bag-screening org.

T
S
A
 Down · 5 letters

Big horned animal

R
H
I
N
O
 Down · 5 letters

Big name in brick phones

N
O
K
I
A
 Down · 5 letters

Christina who played Wednesday Addams and appeared on "Wednesday"

R
I
C
C
I
 Down · 5 letters

Christmas cookie receiver

S
A
N
T
A
 Down · 4 letters

Comic __: informal typeface

S
A
N
S
 Down · 3 letters

Directional suffix

E
R
N
 Down · 4 letters

Double Stuf cookie

O
R
E
O
 Down · 5 letters

Drain completely

U
S
E
U
P
 Down · 4 letters

Dynamism

E
L
A
N
 Down · 4 letters

Env. directive

A
T
T
N
 Down · 4 letters

Exam

T
E
S
T
 Down · 5 letters

Footwear

S
H
O
E
S
 Down · 4 letters

Funeral pile

P
Y
R
E
 Down · 4 letters

Fútbol cheers

O
L
E
S
 Down · 5 letters

Histories

P
A
S
T
S
 Down · 5 letters

Iranian currency

R
I
A
L
S
 Down · 4 letters

Kvetch

M
O
A
N
 Down · 5 letters

Like a fork

T
I
N
E
D
 Down · 7 letters

List, as names during roll call

R
E
A
D
O
F
F
 Down · 4 letters

Listen to

O
B
E
Y
 Down · 4 letters

Locks on a mustang

M
A
N
E
 Down · 3 letters

PD alert

A
P
B
 Down · 4 letters

Part of a glissade, in ballet

P
L
I
E
 Down · 5 letters

Philly Ivy League sch.

U
P
E
N
N
 Down · 5 letters

Plastic wrap brand

S
A
R
A
N
 Down · 4 letters

Rating for many shows aired at 8 p.m.

T
V
P
G
 Down · 5 letters

Reach a cost of

R
U
N
T
O
 Down · 5 letters

Recommended garment when using glitter glue

S
M
O
C
K
 Down · 4 letters

Sell aggressively

T
O
U
T
 Down · 7 letters

Signature replicator

A
U
T
O
P
E
N
 Down · 7 letters

Summer childcare option

D
A
Y
C
A
M
P
 Down · 3 letters

Supermodel Carangi

G
I
A
 Down · 5 letters

Took without asking

S
T
O
L
E
 Down · 4 letters

West Coast wine region

N
A
P
A
 Down · 7 letters

Wisconsin's capital

M
A
D
I
S
O
N
 Down · 5 letters

__ acid

A
M
I
N
O
 Down · 3 letters

__ out a living

E
K
E

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The LA Times Crossword for Tuesday, August 18, 2026 contains 78 clues (37 Across, 41 Down). Based on the day of the week, this puzzle is rated Easy difficulty.

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