Friday · 78 clues

LA Times Crossword August 21, 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

Friday

Hard difficulty

Total clues

78

in today's grid

Across

37

horizontal answers

Down

41

vertical answers

Across clues

37 clues
Across · 11 letters

"A bottle where the rapid decrease in pressure upon opening creates foam, please" request?

B
O
Y
L
E
S
L
A
G
E
R
 Across · 12 letters

"A light coffee, and do not drop it, please" request?

N
E
W
T
O
N
S
L
A
T
T
E
 Across · 12 letters

"I'll take my potato as a pancake (but you'll probably bring fries)" request?

M
U
R
P
H
Y
S
L
A
T
K
E
 Across · 3 letters

"Nature" airer

P
B
S
 Across · 4 letters

"Not only that ... "

P
L
U
S
 Across · 5 letters

"Pale Blue Dot" subject

E
A
R
T
H
 Across · 4 letters

"Zounds!"

E
G
A
D
 Across · 4 letters

Biblical name of ancient Syria

A
R
A
M
 Across · 4 letters

Big name in morning TV

R
I
P
A
 Across · 4 letters

Caitlin Clark's home state

I
O
W
A
 Across · 4 letters

Canada Goose garment

C
O
A
T
 Across · 5 letters

Clothe

D
R
E
S
S
 Across · 5 letters

Collar clip-on

I
D
T
A
G
 Across · 4 letters

Cringeworthy, in Gen Alpha slang

O
H
I
O
 Across · 4 letters

Drama honor

O
B
I
E
 Across · 5 letters

Feature of some accents

T
W
A
N
G
 Across · 5 letters

Full of passion

F
I
E
R
Y
 Across · 6 letters

Future resident

I
N
T
E
R
N
 Across · 4 letters

German automaker

A
U
D
I
 Across · 3 letters

Get the gray out, say

D
Y
E
 Across · 5 letters

Graduate from a balance bike

P
E
D
A
L
 Across · 3 letters

Greek T

T
A
U
 Across · 4 letters

Hard punch

S
L
U
G
 Across · 4 letters

Head of a museum?

B
U
S
T
 Across · 3 letters

Inquire

A
S
K
 Across · 4 letters

Merino, e.g.

W
O
O
L
 Across · 4 letters

Nana's daughter

A
U
N
T
 Across · 4 letters

Raw minerals

O
R
E
S
 Across · 5 letters

Sauce for chipotles

A
D
O
B
O
 Across · 5 letters

Small flower?

C
R
E
E
K
 Across · 4 letters

Smoothie berry

A
C
A
I
 Across · 11 letters

Strict enforcement of the rules for a civil society, or how to process the requests in 21-, 26-, and 43-Across?

L
A
W
A
N
D
O
R
D
E
R
 Across · 4 letters

Tofu nutrient

I
R
O
N
 Across · 4 letters

Top of many an indoor stadium

D
O
M
E
 Across · 6 letters

Topical antiseptic

I
O
D
I
N
E
 Across · 4 letters

Trawling equipment

N
E
T
S
 Across · 5 letters

Wolverines and Badgers

T
E
A
M
S

Down clues

41 clues
Down · 5 letters

"Odyssey" prelude

I
L
I
A
D
 Down · 6 letters

"Stop being such a jerk!"

M
E
A
N
I
E
 Down · 4 letters

"Ta-ta!"

C
I
A
O
 Down · 8 letters

Archaeologists' workplaces

D
I
G
S
I
T
E
S
 Down · 4 letters

Auction units

L
O
T
S
 Down · 4 letters

Ballad writer

P
O
E
T
 Down · 4 letters

Beach party?

G
U
L
L
 Down · 4 letters

Bracket org.

N
C
A
A
 Down · 3 letters

Branch

A
R
M
 Down · 4 letters

Bullet point

I
T
E
M
 Down · 6 letters

Causes of some grade inflation

E
A
S
Y
A
S
 Down · 4 letters

Circular current

E
D
D
Y
 Down · 5 letters

Clock-changing hr.

T
W
O
A
M
 Down · 4 letters

Cor anglais kin

O
B
O
E
 Down · 4 letters

Cries of disgust

U
G
H
S
 Down · 4 letters

Cutting comeback

B
U
R
N
 Down · 7 letters

Daily record

L
O
G
B
O
O
K
 Down · 4 letters

For two voices, in music

A
D
U
E
 Down · 3 letters

Have

O
W
N
 Down · 4 letters

Ineffective

W
E
A
K
 Down · 5 letters

Let out, as pigs

U
N
P
E
N
 Down · 5 letters

Many a "Breaking Bad" figure

N
A
R
C
O
 Down · 6 letters

Mardi Gras event

P
A
R
A
D
E
 Down · 3 letters

Medium ability

E
S
P
 Down · 4 letters

Messes up

E
R
R
S
 Down · 4 letters

Oak exterior

B
A
R
K
 Down · 4 letters

Ocular woe

S
T
Y
E
 Down · 3 letters

Old hoops gp.

A
B
A
 Down · 4 letters

Real hoot

R
I
O
T
 Down · 4 letters

Scale button

T
A
R
E
 Down · 3 letters

Shakira's "__ Wolf"

S
H
E
 Down · 4 letters

Shower with love, with "on"

D
O
T
E
 Down · 6 letters

Singing in some Ricola ads

Y
O
D
E
L
S
 Down · 4 letters

Took care of, say

P
A
I
D
 Down · 7 letters

Toyed (with)

F
L
I
R
T
E
D
 Down · 5 letters

Try to decipher a stereogram, perhaps

S
T
A
R
E
 Down · 3 letters

Tug-of-__

W
A
R
 Down · 4 letters

Tunneling pests

A
N
T
S
 Down · 5 letters

Unwilling (to)

L
O
A
T
H
 Down · 5 letters

Video game brother

L
U
I
G
I
 Down · 8 letters

__ service

T
U
R
N
D
O
W
N

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The LA Times Crossword for Friday, August 21, 2026 contains 78 clues (37 Across, 41 Down). Based on the day of the week, this puzzle is rated Hard difficulty.

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