Thursday · 76 clues

LA Times Crossword July 2, 2026 answers

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

Puzzle stats

76 total clues

Day

Thursday

Medium difficulty

Total clues

76

in today's grid

Across

41

horizontal answers

Down

35

vertical answers

Across clues

41 clues
Across · 6 letters

"... at the very least"

O
R
M
O
R
E
Across · 3 letters

"Close enough"

I
S
H
Across · 4 letters

"I am in this meme"

I
T
M
E
Across · 4 letters

"Like, yesterday"

S
T
A
T
Across · 6 letters

"Parks and Recreation" town

P
A
W
N
E
E
Across · 4 letters

"The Pat McAfee Show" network

E
S
P
N
Across · 9 letters

"Today was rough"

I
N
E
E
D
A
H
U
G
Across · 4 letters

Architect's constraint, for short

S
P
E
C
Across · 4 letters

Banh mi spread

M
A
Y
O
Across · 5 letters

Big mad and not hiding it

A
G
G
R
O
Across · 4 letters

Bird on the Canadian dollar coin

L
O
O
N
Across · 4 letters

Boo-boo

O
W
I
E
Across · 5 letters

Bracelet spot

A
N
K
L
E
Across · 4 letters

Bread for an Italian sandwich?

E
U
R
O
Across · 3 letters

Checkpoint for the terminally on line?

T
S
A
Across · 5 letters

Command to attack

S
I
C
E
M
Across · 5 letters

Dame introduction?

N
O
T
R
E
Across · 4 letters

Engrave on glass

E
T
C
H
Across · 6 letters

Fashion week focus

D
E
S
I
G
N
Across · 3 letters

Feminine pronoun

H
E
R
Across · 6 letters

Floor connectors

S
T
A
I
R
S
Across · 3 letters

HS fundraiser

P
T
A
Across · 5 letters

Hard to erase, perhaps

I
N
I
N
K
Across · 5 letters

Health insurance giant

A
E
T
N
A
Across · 5 letters

High cost for the Super Bowl

A
D
F
E
E
Across · 4 letters

Jazzy improvisation

R
I
F
F
Across · 3 letters

Kilt companion

T
A
M
Across · 4 letters

Meaty sauce

R
A
G
U
Across · 6 letters

Middle-distance runners

M
I
L
E
R
S
Across · 6 letters

Ocean escapades?

H
E
I
S
T
S
Across · 5 letters

Oktoberfest souvenir

S
T
E
I
N
Across · 9 letters

Potbelly that needs constant feeding?

C
O
A
L
S
T
O
V
E
Across · 4 letters

Red friend of Cookie Monster

E
L
M
O
Across · 4 letters

Taylor-Joy of "The Queen's Gambit"

A
N
Y
A
Across · 4 letters

Turow book set at Harvard

O
N
E
L
Across · 3 letters

Update from a Lyft driver

E
T
A
Across · 4 letters

Very, informally

U
B
E
R
Across · 4 letters

Vulgar one

B
O
O
R
Across · 3 letters

Was first

W
O
N
Across · 4 letters

Whimper

P
U
L
E
Across · 4 letters

Yemen port that faces the Somaliland port Berbera

A
D
E
N

Down clues

35 clues
Down · 11 letters

"Can you believe this scam?"

W
H
A
T
A
R
A
C
K
E
T
Down · 3 letters

Actress Vardalos

N
I
A
Down · 3 letters

Adversary

F
O
E
Down · 3 letters

Atom with a sign

I
O
N
Down · 5 letters

Awards ceremony host

E
M
C
E
E
Down · 13 letters

Cartesian concept that questions the reality of waking life

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A
M
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M
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N
T
Down · 5 letters

Childish comeback

I
S
T
O
O
Down · 3 letters

Contend (for)

V
I
E
Down · 5 letters

Dane introduction?

G
R
E
A
T
Down · 5 letters

Deli pockets

P
I
T
A
S
Down · 4 letters

Director Kazan

E
L
I
A
Down · 11 letters

Engage in some strength training, or what this puzzle's circled letters do

L
I
F
T
W
E
I
G
H
T
S
Down · 5 letters

Figure in a halo

A
N
G
E
L
Down · 5 letters

First page of el calendario

E
N
E
R
O
Down · 3 letters

Fitting

A
P
T
Down · 4 letters

Go back a step

U
N
D
O
Down · 13 letters

Key influencers?

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I
A
N
O
T
E
A
C
H
E
R
S
Down · 7 letters

Level of authority

E
C
H
E
L
O
N
Down · 3 letters

Long sammich

S
U
B
Down · 4 letters

NYC nabe below Union Square

N
O
H
O
Down · 3 letters

Nigiri topper never served raw

E
E
L
Down · 4 letters

Peachy follower

K
E
E
N
Down · 5 letters

Portfolio piece

A
S
S
E
T
Down · 3 letters

Possess

O
W
N
Down · 3 letters

Prefix with day or way

M
I
D
Down · 5 letters

Refrigerant trademark since the 1930s

F
R
E
O
N
Down · 3 letters

Sac fly result

R
B
I
Down · 15 letters

Skeptical remark

Y
O
U
R
E
N
O
T
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R
I
O
U
S
Down · 5 letters

Social rules

N
O
R
M
S
Down · 4 letters

Spots for education?

P
S
A
S
Down · 5 letters

Subtle hair dyes

T
I
N
T
S
Down · 4 letters

Take part in an outdoor fantasy game

L
A
R
P
Down · 7 letters

Tree-lined walkway

A
L
A
M
E
D
A
Down · 3 letters

Umami enhancer, briefly

M
S
G
Down · 3 letters

__ shadow

E
Y
E

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The LA Times Crossword for Thursday, July 2, 2026 contains 76 clues (41 Across, 35 Down). Based on the day of the week, this puzzle is rated Medium difficulty.

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