Wednesday · 78 clues

LA Times Crossword August 19, 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

Wednesday

Medium difficulty

Total clues

78

in today's grid

Across

35

horizontal answers

Down

43

vertical answers

Across clues

35 clues
Across · 11 letters

"All Eyez on Me" rapper

T
U
P
A
C
S
H
A
K
U
R
 Across · 3 letters

"Future Nostalgia" singer Lipa

D
U
A
 Across · 3 letters

"Not answering email," briefly

O
O
O
 Across · 5 letters

"Thus with a kiss I die" hero

R
O
M
E
O
 Across · 4 letters

Antler point

T
I
N
E
 Across · 4 letters

Capitol canvas for "The Apotheosis of Washington"

D
O
M
E
 Across · 5 letters

Cherubic god

C
U
P
I
D
 Across · 11 letters

Drawing toy that uses aluminum powder

E
T
C
H
A
S
K
E
T
C
H
 Across · 4 letters

FX drama about New York City's ball culture

P
O
S
E
 Across · 10 letters

Fast-food chain that began as a hot dog cart, and what this puzzle's circled letters do?

S
H
A
K
E
S
H
A
C
K
 Across · 7 letters

Film technique derived from the French for "to assemble"

M
O
N
T
A
G
E
 Across · 3 letters

Foxy

S
L
Y
 Across · 4 letters

Has a meal

E
A
T
S
 Across · 5 letters

In flight

A
L
O
F
T
 Across · 5 letters

Jilt

S
P
U
R
N
 Across · 4 letters

Jumbled mess

H
E
A
P
 Across · 15 letters

Laughs during an "SNL" appearance, say

B
R
E
A
K
S
C
H
A
R
A
C
T
E
R
 Across · 5 letters

Like a toddler mid-bath

S
O
A
P
Y
 Across · 5 letters

Magazine release

I
S
S
U
E
 Across · 3 letters

Opening day pitcher, typically

A
C
E
 Across · 5 letters

Rectitude

H
O
N
O
R
 Across · 5 letters

SAT prep subj.

V
O
C
A
B
 Across · 4 letters

Serve a meal to

F
E
E
D
 Across · 5 letters

Settle, as a debt

R
E
P
A
Y
 Across · 4 letters

Significant work

O
P
U
S
 Across · 4 letters

Social media spammers

B
O
T
S
 Across · 10 letters

Social pariah

B
L
A
C
K
S
H
E
E
P
 Across · 3 letters

Some Eng. degrees

B
A
S
 Across · 4 letters

Spot for pore strips

N
O
S
E
 Across · 5 letters

Stunt show setting

A
R
E
N
A
 Across · 4 letters

Syllables for a stage magician

A
B
R
A
 Across · 4 letters

Tirade in the Times, say

O
P
E
D
 Across · 7 letters

Truly fiendish

S
A
T
A
N
I
C
 Across · 3 letters

Union agreement?

I
D
O
 Across · 4 letters

Vibe

A
U
R
A

Down clues

43 clues
Down · 5 letters

"Fire Shut Up in My Bones," e.g.

O
P
E
R
A
 Down · 4 letters

"I'll pay this time"

O
N
M
E
 Down · 4 letters

"RuPaul's Drag __"

R
A
C
E
 Down · 5 letters

"Se __ español"

H
A
B
L
A
 Down · 3 letters

Ability to see what others can't

E
S
P
 Down · 6 letters

Actress Fanning

D
A
K
O
T
A
 Down · 6 letters

Amped up

S
T
O
K
E
D
 Down · 6 letters

Bakery offering

P
A
S
T
R
Y
 Down · 4 letters

Bourbon barrel

C
A
S
K
 Down · 6 letters

Brogue, for one

A
C
C
E
N
T
 Down · 3 letters

Chalice, e.g.

C
U
P
 Down · 4 letters

Cinephile's site

I
M
D
B
 Down · 4 letters

Comedian André

E
R
I
C
 Down · 4 letters

Cuckoo clock part

D
O
O
R
 Down · 3 letters

Decryption need

K
E
Y
 Down · 6 letters

Dedicate, as time

D
E
V
O
T
E
 Down · 5 letters

Disney villain with hair of blue flame

H
A
D
E
S
 Down · 4 letters

Feature of some happy and sad emoji

T
E
A
R
 Down · 6 letters

Foxy

A
R
T
F
U
L
 Down · 6 letters

Grad school hurdle

T
H
E
S
I
S
 Down · 6 letters

Harmonious society

U
T
O
P
I
A
 Down · 4 letters

Ice bath spots

S
P
A
S
 Down · 4 letters

Like a gooseberry

S
O
U
R
 Down · 3 letters

Link destination

U
R
L
 Down · 3 letters

Litigate

S
U
E
 Down · 4 letters

Manilow's "hottest spot north of Havana," familiarly

C
O
P
A
 Down · 4 letters

Nesting cozily

S
N
U
G
 Down · 5 letters

Now, in Nicaragua

A
H
O
R
A
 Down · 4 letters

Org. for Sarah Strong and Hannah Hidalgo

N
C
A
A
 Down · 6 letters

Paperless reads

E
B
O
O
K
S
 Down · 4 letters

Peak

A
C
M
E
 Down · 6 letters

Pessimist's words

N
O
H
O
P
E
 Down · 4 letters

Progress slowly

I
N
C
H
 Down · 4 letters

Protein in some melts

T
U
N
A
 Down · 4 letters

Quite a bit

O
H
S
O
 Down · 3 letters

Red __ beet

A
S
A
 Down · 5 letters

Shish __

K
E
B
A
B
 Down · 3 letters

Slow to open up

S
H
Y
 Down · 3 letters

Storied cause of royal insomnia

P
E
A
 Down · 3 letters

Tanning oil letters

S
P
F
 Down · 3 letters

Weeding tool

H
O
E
 Down · 5 letters

Wipe

E
R
A
S
E
 Down · 3 letters

Zin alternative

C
A
B

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The LA Times Crossword for Wednesday, August 19, 2026 contains 78 clues (35 Across, 43 Down). Based on the day of the week, this puzzle is rated Medium difficulty.

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