Wednesday · 78 clues

LA Times Crossword September 2, 2026 answers

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

Puzzle stats

78 total clues

Day

Wednesday

Medium difficulty

Total clues

78

in today's grid

Across

37

horizontal answers

Down

41

vertical answers

Across clues

37 clues
Across · 5 letters

"All sales are __"

F
I
N
A
L
Across · 3 letters

"Sweet!"

R
A
D
Across · 5 letters

1/16 of a pound

O
U
N
C
E
Across · 10 letters

1990s grunge icon

K
U
R
T
C
O
B
A
I
N
Across · 4 letters

2026 "Legally Blonde" prequel

E
L
L
E
Across · 4 letters

Azerbaijan neighbor

I
R
A
N
Across · 4 letters

Beloved

D
E
A
R
Across · 4 letters

Colossal

V
A
S
T
Across · 10 letters

Easy A's

G
U
T
C
O
U
R
S
E
S
Across · 3 letters

Former quarterback Manning

E
L
I
Across · 5 letters

General locations

A
R
E
A
S
Across · 15 letters

Going the faster way, hopefully

T
A
K
I
N
G
A
S
H
O
R
T
C
U
T
Across · 5 letters

Green growth in a pond

A
L
G
A
E
Across · 4 letters

Hayride seat, say

B
A
L
E
Across · 10 letters

Judge's directive, or a feature of each set of circled letters?

C
O
U
R
T
O
R
D
E
R
Across · 4 letters

Junction point

N
O
D
E
Across · 4 letters

Learning tools

A
I
D
S
Across · 3 letters

Make a choice

O
P
T
Across · 6 letters

Make a value judgment

A
S
S
E
S
S
Across · 3 letters

Manatee habitat

S
E
A
Across · 3 letters

Only word spoken in "Silent Movie"

N
O
N
Across · 3 letters

Prefix with -tainment

E
D
U
Across · 5 letters

Rascal

S
C
A
M
P
Across · 4 letters

Ray of McDonald's history

K
R
O
C
Across · 5 letters

Result of haste, in an adage

W
A
S
T
E
Across · 5 letters

Right-hand page

R
E
C
T
O
Across · 4 letters

Rip-off

S
C
A
M
Across · 4 letters

Rotating shaft

A
X
L
E
Across · 4 letters

Salt-N-Pepa, e.g.

T
R
I
O
Across · 4 letters

Scrabble board symbol covered in the first play of the game

S
T
A
R
Across · 3 letters

See 6-Across

U
S
A
Across · 4 letters

So much

A
L
O
T
Across · 10 letters

Some street food vendors

T
A
C
O
T
R
U
C
K
S
Across · 3 letters

Taxpayer ID

S
S
N
Across · 6 letters

VEX creations

R
O
B
O
T
S
Across · 4 letters

With 30-Across, FIFA women's powerhouse

T
E
A
M
Across · 5 letters

Young horses

F
O
A
L
S

Down clues

41 clues
Down · 3 letters

"48 Hours" airer

C
B
S
Down · 4 letters

"Giant" novelist Ferber

E
D
N
A
Down · 4 letters

"Un-Break My Heart" singer Braxton

T
O
N
I
Down · 4 letters

"Works for me!"

D
E
A
L
Down · 5 letters

América del __: México's continent

N
O
R
T
E
Down · 4 letters

As many as

U
P
T
O
Down · 3 letters

Big boys

M
E
N
Down · 3 letters

Breakfast bit that might soak overnight

O
A
T
Down · 5 letters

Ceremonial events

R
I
T
E
S
Down · 6 letters

Eat like a bird?

P
E
C
K
A
T
Down · 4 letters

Fifth Avenue retailer

S
A
K
S
Down · 5 letters

Frowned upon

T
A
B
O
O
Down · 4 letters

Game with secret passages

C
L
U
E
Down · 4 letters

Green dip, briefly

G
U
A
C
Down · 4 letters

Green growth in a terrarium

M
O
S
S
Down · 4 letters

Helper: Abbr.

A
S
S
T
Down · 3 letters

Home of Sugarloaf Mountain

R
I
O
Down · 3 letters

Key near F1

E
S
C
Down · 3 letters

Legend in the ring

A
L
I
Down · 5 letters

Many a Hollywood Walk of Fame honoree

A
C
T
O
R
Down · 4 letters

Middle-earth monsters

O
R
C
S
Down · 4 letters

Model/activist Holliday

T
E
S
S
Down · 5 letters

More uncommon

R
A
R
E
R
Down · 5 letters

Pays to play

A
N
T
E
S
Down · 10 letters

Science fair volcano ingredient

B
A
K
I
N
G
S
O
D
A
Down · 5 letters

Severely plain

S
T
A
R
K
Down · 5 letters

Spiritual essences

S
O
U
L
S
Down · 5 letters

Spoken exams

O
R
A
L
S
Down · 5 letters

Spot-on

E
X
A
C
T
Down · 4 letters

Steam __: latte-making gadget

W
A
N
D
Down · 4 letters

Sunburn treatment

A
L
O
E
Down · 5 letters

Swiss pharmaceutical giant

R
O
C
H
E
Down · 4 letters

Taj Mahal city

A
G
R
A
Down · 5 letters

Throat dangler

U
V
U
L
A
Down · 10 letters

Throws in the towel

C
R
I
E
S
U
N
C
L
E
Down · 5 letters

Total

U
T
T
E
R
Down · 5 letters

Total stranger

R
A
N
D
O
Down · 6 letters

Trigger, as an alarm

S
E
T
O
F
F
Down · 4 letters

Verdi opera

A
I
D
A
Down · 4 letters

Web addresses

U
R
L
S
Down · 3 letters

Yoga surface

M
A
T

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The LA Times Crossword for Wednesday, September 2, 2026 contains 78 clues (37 Across, 41 Down). Based on the day of the week, this puzzle is rated Medium difficulty.

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