Sunday · 144 clues

LA Times Crossword August 23, 2026 answers

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

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Puzzle stats

144 total clues

Day

Sunday

Themed (large grid) difficulty

Total clues

144

in today's grid

Across

65

horizontal answers

Down

79

vertical answers

Across clues

65 clues
Across · 5 letters

"Bye-bye!"

I
M
O
F
F
 Across · 4 letters

"Can't argue with that"

T
R
U
E
 Across · 17 letters

"I need to install brighter lights later"?

B
E
T
T
E
R
L
U
X
N
E
X
T
T
I
M
E
 Across · 3 letters

"Pretentious? __?"

M
O
I
 Across · 8 letters

"So helpful!"

W
H
A
T
A
P
A
L
 Across · 8 letters

"Unfortunately, yes"

A
F
R
A
I
D
S
O
 Across · 5 letters

All fired up

E
A
G
E
R
 Across · 5 letters

Backless slippers

M
U
L
E
S
 Across · 5 letters

Bad look

S
N
E
E
R
 Across · 6 letters

Bert's favorite bird, on "Sesame Street"

P
I
G
E
O
N
 Across · 6 letters

Birds associated with the Egyptian god Thoth

I
B
I
S
E
S
 Across · 4 letters

Broccoli part

S
T
E
M
 Across · 10 letters

Charon?

S
T
Y
X
F
I
G
U
R
E
 Across · 12 letters

Child's complaint to Father Time?

Y
O
U
M
A
K
E
M
E
S
I
X
 Across · 5 letters

Comic-Con event

P
A
N
E
L
 Across · 17 letters

Common finds in a salmon smokehouse?

L
O
X
S
T
O
C
K
A
N
D
B
A
R
R
E
L
 Across · 12 letters

Country known for its devotion to a General Mills cereal?

C
H
E
X
R
E
P
U
B
L
I
C
 Across · 10 letters

Cowboy boots, saddles, etc.?

T
E
X
S
U
P
P
O
R
T
 Across · 4 letters

Currency of Vietnam

D
O
N
G
 Across · 3 letters

D-backs, in box scores

A
R
I
 Across · 5 letters

Decided

O
P
T
E
D
 Across · 4 letters

Discovery org.

N
A
S
A
 Across · 9 letters

Doozy

H
U
M
D
I
N
G
E
R
 Across · 9 letters

Drama produced in a recording studio

R
A
D
I
O
P
L
A
Y
 Across · 4 letters

Electronic music duo __ Punk

D
A
F
T
 Across · 5 letters

Entourage

P
O
S
S
E
 Across · 4 letters

Father

S
I
R
E
 Across · 4 letters

Feed adequately

S
A
T
E
 Across · 6 letters

Field with a trolley problem

E
T
H
I
C
S
 Across · 4 letters

Finnish currency

E
U
R
O
 Across · 5 letters

Finnish tech giant

N
O
K
I
A
 Across · 3 letters

Fragrant chain

L
E
I
 Across · 3 letters

Furisode sash

O
B
I
 Across · 5 letters

Gave one's word

S
W
O
R
E
 Across · 4 letters

Get ready

P
R
E
P
 Across · 3 letters

Having four sharps

I
N
E
 Across · 10 letters

High-strung Latin ruler?

N
E
R
V
O
U
S
R
E
X
 Across · 4 letters

Howler with four legs and teeth

W
O
L
F
 Across · 4 letters

Icelandic saga

E
D
D
A
 Across · 8 letters

In hot water?

S
T
E
E
P
I
N
G
 Across · 3 letters

Kung __ tofu

P
A
O
 Across · 10 letters

Linen-lined outerwear?

F
L
A
X
J
A
C
K
E
T
 Across · 3 letters

Mender's target

R
I
P
 Across · 4 letters

Name in a Chinese American dish

T
S
O
S
 Across · 4 letters

North __ Sea: Kazakh lake

A
R
A
L
 Across · 7 letters

Not in favor

O
P
P
O
S
E
D
 Across · 3 letters

Part of BTW

T
H
E
 Across · 3 letters

Printer supply

I
N
K
 Across · 3 letters

Produce, as an egg

L
A
Y
 Across · 5 letters

Purple or green herb

B
A
S
I
L
 Across · 8 letters

Reacted to a chill

S
H
I
V
E
R
E
D
 Across · 4 letters

Roman moon goddess

L
U
N
A
 Across · 3 letters

Sargasso Sea fish

E
E
L
 Across · 5 letters

Skybox setting

A
R
E
N
A
 Across · 4 letters

Some tennis shots

L
O
B
S
 Across · 3 letters

South, south of the border

S
U
R
 Across · 5 letters

Start of a religious title

D
A
L
A
I
 Across · 5 letters

Superhero who says, "For the honor of Grayskull!"

S
H
E
R
A
 Across · 3 letters

Swine

P
I
G
 Across · 6 letters

Transparent layer in the eye

C
O
R
N
E
A
 Across · 3 letters

Unit of corn

E
A
R
 Across · 7 letters

Unwanted giveaway?

S
P
O
I
L
E
R
 Across · 5 letters

Wee bits

I
O
T
A
S
 Across · 7 letters

West Indies country also known as the "Island of Spice"

G
R
E
N
A
D
A
 Across · 4 letters

Window shade

T
I
N
T

Down clues

79 clues
Down · 4 letters

"All right"

O
K
A
Y
 Down · 4 letters

"For real?"

I
T
I
S
 Down · 5 letters

"Holy cannoli!"

Y
I
P
E
S
 Down · 5 letters

"One Piece" medium

A
N
I
M
E
 Down · 5 letters

"This is not a __!"

D
R
I
L
L
 Down · 4 letters

Arctic seabirds

A
U
K
S
 Down · 4 letters

Available for a meeting

F
R
E
E
 Down · 6 letters

Badger

B
E
R
A
T
E
 Down · 5 letters

Be theatrical

E
M
O
T
E
 Down · 4 letters

Cabbage variety called "big white vegetable" in Chinese

N
A
P
A
 Down · 6 letters

Can't-miss activity

M
U
S
T
D
O
 Down · 3 letters

Cantopop star Andy

L
A
U
 Down · 5 letters

Cast out

E
X
I
L
E
 Down · 8 letters

Certain close-up

I
N
S
E
T
M
A
P
 Down · 4 letters

Chef's collection

P
A
N
S
 Down · 4 letters

Converse rival

V
A
N
S
 Down · 3 letters

Cry of exasperation

G
A
H
 Down · 8 letters

Cutter with four legs and teeth

T
A
B
L
E
S
A
W
 Down · 6 letters

Discordant, musically

A
T
O
N
A
L
 Down · 6 letters

Dish served in a sizzling skillet

F
A
J
I
T
A
 Down · 4 letters

Exchange heated words?

S
E
X
T
 Down · 5 letters

Exhibits brilliance

G
L
O
W
S
 Down · 5 letters

Exodus mount

S
I
N
A
I
 Down · 3 letters

Expected

D
U
E
 Down · 5 letters

Eye-related

O
P
T
I
C
 Down · 5 letters

Fallingwater architect Frank __ Wright

L
L
O
Y
D
 Down · 4 letters

Fillet's lack

B
O
N
E
 Down · 5 letters

French brother

F
R
E
R
E
 Down · 4 letters

Furtive "C'mere!"

P
S
S
T
 Down · 4 letters

Geographic region

A
R
E
A
 Down · 6 letters

GoPro product

C
A
M
E
R
A
 Down · 4 letters

Grade before grades, for short

P
R
E
K
 Down · 4 letters

Greek wrap

G
Y
R
O
 Down · 7 letters

Green gem

P
E
R
I
D
O
T
 Down · 5 letters

Grinding tooth

M
O
L
A
R
 Down · 4 letters

Holiday precursors

E
V
E
S
 Down · 3 letters

Jam

F
I
X
 Down · 4 letters

James Bond's first movie foe

D
R
N
O
 Down · 5 letters

K9 of "Doctor Who," for one

R
O
B
O
T
 Down · 4 letters

Kiddos

T
O
T
S
 Down · 5 letters

Less polluted

P
U
R
E
R
 Down · 4 letters

Lie for, say

A
B
E
T
 Down · 4 letters

Like favorite jeans

W
O
R
N
 Down · 7 letters

Like last month's deals

E
X
P
I
R
E
D
 Down · 6 letters

Like post-marathon muscles

A
C
H
I
N
G
 Down · 4 letters

Like some LAX flights

I
N
T
L
 Down · 4 letters

Mammoth

H
U
G
E
 Down · 5 letters

Marine Corps cry

O
O
R
A
H
 Down · 6 letters

Mass arrival

I
N
F
L
U
X
 Down · 4 letters

Mattress choice

K
I
N
G
 Down · 4 letters

Oracle

S
E
E
R
 Down · 4 letters

Otherwise

E
L
S
E
 Down · 4 letters

Palo __, California

A
L
T
O
 Down · 4 letters

Peak

A
P
E
X
 Down · 5 letters

Pilsner, for one

L
A
G
E
R
 Down · 5 letters

Pluck

M
O
X
I
E
 Down · 4 letters

Polynesian carving

T
I
K
I
 Down · 3 letters

Possesses

H
A
S
 Down · 4 letters

Roman emperor after Claudius

N
E
R
O
 Down · 5 letters

Schoolkid

P
U
P
I
L
 Down · 7 letters

Ships overnight, in a way

F
E
D
E
X
E
S
 Down · 4 letters

Soap Box Derby rod

A
X
L
E
 Down · 4 letters

Softball clubs

B
A
T
S
 Down · 6 letters

Some belly buttons

I
N
N
I
E
S
 Down · 4 letters

South Asian wrap

S
A
R
I
 Down · 4 letters

Spanish "but"

P
E
R
O
 Down · 6 letters

Speedy fish

D
A
R
T
E
R
 Down · 5 letters

Spot

P
L
A
C
E
 Down · 4 letters

Stage signals

C
U
E
S
 Down · 4 letters

Three-time AL MVP in the 2000s

A
R
O
D
 Down · 4 letters

Trail cam regular

D
E
E
R
 Down · 4 letters

Trident-shaped letters

P
S
I
S
 Down · 5 letters

Ultrasound targets

U
T
E
R
I
 Down · 6 letters

Waxes, maybe

S
H
I
N
E
S
 Down · 4 letters

Wearing 47-Across, perhaps

S
H
O
D
 Down · 4 letters

Wormlike larva

G
R
U
B
 Down · 4 letters

[And it's gone!]

P
O
O
F
 Down · 3 letters

__ and downs

U
P
S
 Down · 7 letters

__ point

D
E
C
I
M
A
L

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The LA Times Crossword for Sunday, August 23, 2026 contains 144 clues (65 Across, 79 Down). Based on the day of the week, this puzzle is rated Themed (large grid) difficulty.

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