Sunday · 142 clues

LA Times Crossword August 9, 2026 answers

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

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Puzzle stats

142 total clues

Day

Sunday

Themed (large grid) difficulty

Total clues

142

in today's grid

Across

65

horizontal answers

Down

77

vertical answers

Across clues

65 clues
Across · 5 letters

"Don't play," in music

T
A
C
E
T
 Across · 4 letters

"Fiddlesticks"

D
A
R
N
 Across · 3 letters

"Midsommar" director Aster

A
R
I
 Across · 6 letters

"Play slowly," in music

A
D
A
G
I
O
 Across · 4 letters

"Stranger Things" actor Wolfhard

F
I
N
N
 Across · 4 letters

"What fun!"

W
H
E
E
 Across · 3 letters

Actor Kilmer

V
A
L
 Across · 5 letters

Alpaca kin

L
L
A
M
A
 Across · 5 letters

Ancient hulled wheat

S
P
E
L
T
 Across · 6 letters

Beguile

E
N
T
I
C
E
 Across · 5 letters

Beyoncé's "I Am... __ Fierce"

S
A
S
H
A
 Across · 3 letters

Biblical suffix

E
T
H
 Across · 4 letters

Blackthorn berry

S
L
O
E
 Across · 3 letters

Blunder

E
R
R
 Across · 5 letters

Broadcast again

R
E
A
I
R
 Across · 5 letters

Castle trenches

M
O
A
T
S
 Across · 6 letters

Castle-breaching explosive

P
E
T
A
R
D
 Across · 5 letters

Cause friction

C
H
A
F
E
 Across · 6 letters

Chemist Mendeleev who created the periodic table

D
M
I
T
R
I
 Across · 3 letters

Chuckle syllable

H
E
H
 Across · 4 letters

Cookie whose website has recipes for cheesecake and empanadas

O
R
E
O
 Across · 3 letters

Derby-sporting Addams

I
T
T
 Across · 6 letters

Enemy of ancient Athens

S
P
A
R
T
A
 Across · 4 letters

Founded, as a co.

E
S
T
D
 Across · 6 letters

Fox or ox

A
N
I
M
A
L
 Across · 14 letters

Glass ceiling-breaking event?

A
S
C
E
N
T
O
F
A
W
O
M
A
N
 Across · 5 letters

Go out for a while?

S
L
E
E
P
 Across · 4 letters

Golfer McIlroy

R
O
R
Y
 Across · 6 letters

Hackers' shout of success

W
E
R
E
I
N
 Across · 3 letters

Halloween mo.

O
C
T
 Across · 3 letters

Hit the slopes

S
K
I
 Across · 3 letters

Hoppy fave

I
P
A
 Across · 4 letters

Hurdle for an aspiring JD

L
S
A
T
 Across · 6 letters

Hybrid synth instrument

K
E
Y
T
A
R
 Across · 4 letters

In the mail

S
E
N
T
 Across · 7 letters

Invertebrate found in every ocean

S
E
A
S
T
A
R
 Across · 6 letters

Jaunty neckwear

A
S
C
O
T
S
 Across · 6 letters

Keeps occupied

T
I
E
S
U
P
 Across · 3 letters

Liberty Mutual's bus.

I
N
S
 Across · 4 letters

Lysol target

G
E
R
M
 Across · 4 letters

Matar paneer vegetables

P
E
A
S
 Across · 6 letters

Minor flaw

F
O
I
B
L
E
 Across · 6 letters

Musical weakness

T
I
N
E
A
R
 Across · 18 letters

Oak trees?

C
H
I
L
D
R
E
N
O
F
T
H
E
A
C
O
R
N
 Across · 3 letters

Off-rd. wheels

A
T
V
 Across · 6 letters

Old Jutland resident

T
E
U
T
O
N
 Across · 18 letters

One who can only rasp quietly?

T
H
E
H
O
A
R
S
E
W
H
I
S
P
E
R
E
R
 Across · 7 letters

Peanut butter and jelly

S
P
R
E
A
D
S
 Across · 4 letters

Pedal pushers

F
E
E
T
 Across · 4 letters

Phi __ Kappa

B
E
T
A
 Across · 14 letters

Public square that gets really sticky in the heat?

L
I
C
O
R
I
C
E
P
I
A
Z
Z
A
 Across · 3 letters

Quite the commotion

A
D
O
 Across · 11 letters

R-rated NASA event?

N
A
K
E
D
L
A
U
N
C
H
 Across · 3 letters

Rapper Dr. __

D
R
E
 Across · 3 letters

Sandbox visitor

T
O
T
 Across · 4 letters

Ski lift

T
B
A
R
 Across · 6 letters

Some latte orders

D
E
C
A
F
S
 Across · 3 letters

Sp. address

S
R
A
 Across · 11 letters

Spot in a store with toys, water bowls, and leashes?

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

Title for Judi Dench

D
A
M
E
 Across · 11 letters

Warning before a particularly scary monster flick?

B
E
A
S
T
I
N
S
H
O
W
 Across · 3 letters

Wireless std.

L
T
E
 Across · 6 letters

Would rather not

H
A
T
E
T
O
 Across · 4 letters

__ monster

G
I
L
A
 Across · 6 letters

__ roll

K
A
I
S
E
R

Down clues

77 clues
Down · 5 letters

"Ethan Frome" novelist Wharton

E
D
I
T
H
 Down · 8 letters

"M*A*S*H" star?

A
S
T
E
R
I
S
K
 Down · 4 letters

"Nothing you say is true!"

L
I
A
R
 Down · 3 letters

"Play very, very softly," in music

P
P
P
 Down · 7 letters

"There isn't anything else!?"

T
H
A
T
S
I
T
 Down · 3 letters

"Told you!"

S
E
E
 Down · 4 letters

"Um, think again"

U
H
N
O
 Down · 6 letters

Affectionate sign-off

A
S
E
V
E
R
 Down · 7 letters

As a departure from the norm

F
O
R
O
N
C
E
 Down · 4 letters

Assessment

R
E
A
D
 Down · 3 letters

Battle of Helm's Deep combatant

O
R
C
 Down · 7 letters

Boston University athlete

T
E
R
R
I
E
R
 Down · 5 letters

Brief appearance

C
A
M
E
O
 Down · 4 letters

Broad valley

D
A
L
E
 Down · 5 letters

Browser storage

C
A
C
H
E
 Down · 3 letters

Buzzer?

B
E
E
 Down · 6 letters

California city near Santa Ana

I
R
V
I
N
E
 Down · 4 letters

Calligraphy tools

P
E
N
S
 Down · 6 letters

Capital west of Montreal

O
T
T
A
W
A
 Down · 6 letters

Change genetically

M
U
T
A
T
E
 Down · 3 letters

Curved cutting tool

A
D
Z
 Down · 4 letters

Dust jacket part

F
L
A
P
 Down · 6 letters

Fancy affair

S
O
I
R
E
E
 Down · 3 letters

Fix badly?

R
I
G
 Down · 7 letters

From Cairo or Cape Town

A
F
R
I
C
A
N
 Down · 4 letters

Glam gala

F
E
T
E
 Down · 5 letters

Grams

N
A
N
A
S
 Down · 5 letters

Hair texture, e.g.

T
R
A
I
T
 Down · 3 letters

In the past

A
G
O
 Down · 8 letters

Intro to many a newsreel

D
A
T
E
L
I
N
E
 Down · 3 letters

Junior

S
O
N
 Down · 4 letters

Lettuce or cabbage

C
A
S
H
 Down · 5 letters

Like a daisy

R
A
Y
E
D
 Down · 6 letters

Like molecules that cannot form permanent bonds

A
P
O
L
A
R
 Down · 7 letters

Lipton division

T
A
Z
O
T
E
A
 Down · 4 letters

Listen to

H
E
E
D
 Down · 6 letters

Makes with skill

C
R
A
F
T
S
 Down · 4 letters

Many Christmas trees

F
I
R
S
 Down · 6 letters

Medium for deep-frying

H
O
T
O
I
L
 Down · 4 letters

Met highlight

A
R
I
A
 Down · 3 letters

Minecraft material

O
R
E
 Down · 5 letters

More family-friendly

T
A
M
E
R
 Down · 5 letters

Movement while asking "How do I look?"

T
W
I
R
L
 Down · 3 letters

NNW reversal

S
S
E
 Down · 7 letters

Natural history museum display

D
I
O
R
A
M
A
 Down · 6 letters

Neutral shades

B
E
I
G
E
S
 Down · 5 letters

Nickname for Louis Armstrong

S
A
T
C
H
 Down · 6 letters

Not on the same page

A
T
O
D
D
S
 Down · 4 letters

Noted times

E
R
A
S
 Down · 4 letters

Paul of "The Batman"

D
A
N
O
 Down · 3 letters

Piercing tool

A
W
L
 Down · 3 letters

Product of incomplete combustion

A
S
H
 Down · 5 letters

Put a name to

P
L
A
C
E
 Down · 4 letters

Ramona, per Beezus

P
E
S
T
 Down · 4 letters

Rubber-stamped

O
K
E
D
 Down · 5 letters

Savanna antelope

O
R
I
B
I
 Down · 6 letters

Shiny fabric

S
A
T
E
E
N
 Down · 4 letters

Ship stabilizer

K
E
E
L
 Down · 4 letters

Short-horned bighorns

E
W
E
S
 Down · 3 letters

Showy carp

K
O
I
 Down · 6 letters

Snare

E
N
M
E
S
H
 Down · 4 letters

Some Tripadvisor recommendations

I
N
N
S
 Down · 3 letters

Some city trains

E
L
S
 Down · 4 letters

Sultry growl

R
A
W
R
 Down · 3 letters

Tennis do-over

L
E
T
 Down · 3 letters

Texting tech

S
M
S
 Down · 8 letters

Tight squeezes

B
E
A
R
H
U
G
S
 Down · 5 letters

Trails

P
A
T
H
S
 Down · 3 letters

Trivial objection

N
I
T
 Down · 4 letters

Voting against

A
N
T
I
 Down · 4 letters

Walks or runs

S
T
A
T
 Down · 4 letters

Warty amphibian

T
O
A
D
 Down · 3 letters

Washington's Sea-__ Airport

T
A
C
 Down · 4 letters

Web design code

H
T
M
L
 Down · 3 letters

Where some get tired quickly?

P
I
T
 Down · 8 letters

Without any planning

O
N
T
H
E
F
L
Y
 Down · 4 letters

Young hippopotamus

C
A
L
F

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The LA Times Crossword for Sunday, August 9, 2026 contains 142 clues (65 Across, 77 Down). Based on the day of the week, this puzzle is rated Themed (large grid) difficulty.

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