Thursday · 76 clues

LA Times Crossword September 3, 2026 answers

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

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Puzzle stats

76 total clues

Day

Thursday

Medium difficulty

Total clues

76

in today's grid

Across

37

horizontal answers

Down

39

vertical answers

Across clues

37 clues
Across · 15 letters

"Don't wait for anyone else, go ahead and write a song"?

C
O
M
P
O
S
E
Y
O
U
R
S
E
L
F
 Across · 10 letters

"Learn to recognize the pattern of sharps and flats"?

M
A
S
T
E
R
K
E
Y
S
 Across · 10 letters

"Now play C major and C minor descending"?

S
C
A
L
E
S
D
O
W
N
 Across · 10 letters

"Step one: make sure everything is in tune"?

F
I
R
S
T
P
I
T
C
H
 Across · 4 letters

Aware of

O
N
T
O
 Across · 5 letters

Beer with the largest single-site brewery in the world

C
O
O
R
S
 Across · 4 letters

Big heads

E
G
O
S
 Across · 4 letters

Catches forty winks

N
A
P
S
 Across · 6 letters

Draw out

E
L
I
C
I
T
 Across · 4 letters

Drill or clamp

T
O
O
L
 Across · 4 letters

Green Gables girl

A
N
N
E
 Across · 3 letters

Groove

R
U
T
 Across · 3 letters

Hazy brew, briefly

I
P
A
 Across · 4 letters

Mirror pic letters on social media

O
O
T
D
 Across · 5 letters

Olympic judo medalist Rousey

R
O
N
D
A
 Across · 4 letters

On-the-job protection org.

O
S
H
A
 Across · 4 letters

One with elitist tastes

S
N
O
B
 Across · 4 letters

Onigiri wrapper

N
O
R
I
 Across · 4 letters

Opportunity org.

N
A
S
A
 Across · 3 letters

Origin of a plot hole?

H
O
E
 Across · 5 letters

Parting mot

A
D
I
E
U
 Across · 5 letters

Party game with forbidden words

T
A
B
O
O
 Across · 3 letters

Perpignan pal

A
M
I
 Across · 3 letters

Photo __

O
P
S
 Across · 3 letters

Place for a tug

S
E
A
 Across · 5 letters

Put a new price on

R
E
T
A
G
 Across · 6 letters

Raise in relief

E
M
B
O
S
S
 Across · 4 letters

Regretted

R
U
E
D
 Across · 4 letters

Run while sitting

I
D
L
E
 Across · 10 letters

Score symbols, or a description of 17-, 24-, 39-, and 49-Across

M
U
S
I
C
N
O
T
E
S
 Across · 5 letters

Short digression

A
S
I
D
E
 Across · 4 letters

Shortly, quaintly

A
N
O
N
 Across · 3 letters

Tonewood used to make ukuleles

K
O
A
 Across · 5 letters

Wedding party member, perhaps

G
R
O
O
M
 Across · 3 letters

Word with order or reel

G
A
G
 Across · 4 letters

Yuks, online

L
O
L
S
 Across · 5 letters

__ farming: asking for upvotes on Reddit

K
A
R
M
A

Down clues

39 clues
Down · 9 letters

"My streak continues!"

I
M
O
N
A
R
O
L
L
 Down · 9 letters

"Sure, that's a very normal response ... "

A
S
O
N
E
D
O
E
S
 Down · 5 letters

"Why are you still here?"

G
O
N
O
W
 Down · 6 letters

"__ Pointe Blank"

G
R
O
S
S
E
 Down · 5 letters

Airbnb option

C
O
N
D
O
 Down · 5 letters

Baloney descriptor

P
H
O
N
Y
 Down · 4 letters

Bird that was once endemic to Mauritius

D
O
D
O
 Down · 5 letters

Birth day party?

D
O
U
L
A
 Down · 5 letters

Caravan's rest spot

O
A
S
I
S
 Down · 5 letters

Cold brew style

N
I
T
R
O
 Down · 4 letters

Diet with fat bombs

K
E
T
O
 Down · 4 letters

Drink brand with lizards in its logo

S
O
B
E
 Down · 3 letters

Edebiri of "The Bear"

A
Y
O
 Down · 3 letters

Feedback provider, maybe

A
M
P
 Down · 5 letters

Fliers who are often light-headed?

M
O
T
H
S
 Down · 5 letters

Greta known as the "Swedish Sphinx"

G
A
R
B
O
 Down · 3 letters

Here, in Le Havre

I
C
I
 Down · 5 letters

Hive-minded?

A
P
I
A
N
 Down · 5 letters

Like tulle

S
H
E
E
R
 Down · 8 letters

Nutty confections

P
R
A
L
I
N
E
S
 Down · 5 letters

Pave the way for, as a topic of conversation

T
E
E
U
P
 Down · 4 letters

Prerequisite to a deal

A
N
T
E
 Down · 5 letters

Removes

O
U
S
T
S
 Down · 5 letters

Retail statistic

S
A
L
E
S
 Down · 3 letters

Sound from a pen

M
O
O
 Down · 3 letters

Spain's El __

C
I
D
 Down · 4 letters

Springfield watering hole

M
O
E
S
 Down · 4 letters

Sukiyaki noodle, maybe

U
D
O
N
 Down · 5 letters

Sunflower kin

A
S
T
E
R
 Down · 3 letters

Syracuse's gp.

A
C
C
 Down · 5 letters

Talents

G
I
F
T
S
 Down · 3 letters

Theater director's deg.

M
F
A
 Down · 5 letters

Tie at a racetrack?

A
S
C
O
T
 Down · 6 letters

Tommy Pickles, for one

R
U
G
R
A
T
 Down · 3 letters

Triple Crown stat

R
B
I
 Down · 5 letters

Words on a docent's badge

A
S
K
M
E
 Down · 3 letters

World Cup cheer

O
L
E
 Down · 8 letters

Zero interest

N
O
T
A
K
E
R
S
 Down · 5 letters

__ mail

S
N
A
I
L

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The LA Times Crossword for Thursday, September 3, 2026 contains 76 clues (37 Across, 39 Down). Based on the day of the week, this puzzle is rated Medium difficulty.

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