Saturday · 72 clues

LA Times Crossword September 5, 2026 answers

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

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Puzzle stats

72 total clues

Day

Saturday

Hard difficulty

Total clues

72

in today's grid

Across

35

horizontal answers

Down

37

vertical answers

Across clues

35 clues
Across · 4 letters

"The Mystery at Lilac Inn" sleuth

D
R
E
W
 Across · 11 letters

Absolute noob

R
A
N
K
A
M
A
T
E
U
R
 Across · 5 letters

Allegro

R
A
P
I
D
 Across · 6 letters

Arise

E
M
E
R
G
E
 Across · 4 letters

Back up

S
A
V
E
 Across · 8 letters

Cereal with a vanilla-flavored Confetti version

C
H
E
E
R
I
O
S
 Across · 6 letters

Collection of highlights, perhaps

T
O
P
T
E
N
 Across · 10 letters

Conversion that some pray will be successful?

E
X
T
R
A
P
O
I
N
T
 Across · 4 letters

Cricket field shape

O
V
A
L
 Across · 4 letters

Dreamcast maker

S
E
G
A
 Across · 4 letters

Headphones maker based in Milwaukee

K
O
S
S
 Across · 10 letters

Help line?

D
O
M
E
A
S
O
L
I
D
 Across · 5 letters

Hermitlike

A
L
O
N
E
 Across · 11 letters

Hybrid punctuation mark

I
N
T
E
R
R
O
B
A
N
G
 Across · 4 letters

Improvise

V
A
M
P
 Across · 3 letters

Jane in a suit?

D
O
E
 Across · 4 letters

Kathryn of "WandaVision"

H
A
H
N
 Across · 5 letters

Kleptocracy ruler

T
H
I
E
F
 Across · 3 letters

Light touch

P
A
T
 Across · 3 letters

Logical start

G
E
O
 Across · 4 letters

Nowhere near

A
F
A
R
 Across · 5 letters

Pantheon honoree

D
E
I
T
Y
 Across · 5 letters

Pernod flavor

A
N
I
S
E
 Across · 10 letters

Podcaster's software option

G
A
R
A
G
E
B
A
N
D
 Across · 5 letters

Pretty penny or bad penny

I
D
I
O
M
 Across · 5 letters

Retraced one's steps, in a way

P
A
C
E
D
 Across · 4 letters

Secondary social media accounts

A
L
T
S
 Across · 8 letters

Setting of Frank McCourt's "Angela's Ashes"

L
I
M
E
R
I
C
K
 Across · 3 letters

Sportscaster Patrick

D
A
N
 Across · 3 letters

Steered

L
E
D
 Across · 10 letters

Strong desire for one in search of just desserts?

S
W
E
E
T
T
O
O
T
H
 Across · 6 letters

Unsure where to go

A
D
R
I
F
T
 Across · 3 letters

Wanders in an airport?

T
S
A
 Across · 6 letters

Words of warning

O
R
E
L
S
E
 Across · 4 letters

Work with Python, say

C
O
D
E

Down clues

37 clues
Down · 5 letters

"Cancel the launch!"

A
B
O
R
T
 Down · 3 letters

"Silent Spring" subj.

D
D
T
 Down · 5 letters

"The Wrestler" Oscar nominee

T
O
M
E
I
 Down · 11 letters

"We agreed on this!"

A
D
E
A
L
S
A
D
E
A
L
 Down · 3 letters

"__ no use"

I
T
S
 Down · 5 letters

2025 WNBA Rookie of the Year Bueckers

P
A
I
G
E
 Down · 3 letters

Actuarial stat

A
G
E
 Down · 4 letters

Alcove

N
O
O
K
 Down · 4 letters

Article

I
T
E
M
 Down · 11 letters

Bar exam setting?

T
R
I
V
I
A
N
I
G
H
T
 Down · 3 letters

Bath lav

L
O
O
 Down · 11 letters

Beggared belief

M
A
D
E
N
O
S
E
N
S
E
 Down · 6 letters

Country star Yearwood

T
R
I
S
H
A
 Down · 6 letters

Fundraising promise

P
L
E
D
G
E
 Down · 6 letters

Halt

A
R
R
E
S
T
 Down · 5 letters

Informal lexicon

V
O
C
A
B
 Down · 4 letters

Intruder from under the surface

W
E
E
D
 Down · 5 letters

Light blades

E
P
E
E
S
 Down · 4 letters

Like an Inverted Jenny stamp

R
A
R
E
 Down · 3 letters

Mamdani political org.

D
S
A
 Down · 4 letters

Mine wagon

T
R
A
M
 Down · 3 letters

Minute Maid brand

H
I
C
 Down · 9 letters

Neighborhood that may contain a paifang

C
H
I
N
A
T
O
W
N
 Down · 3 letters

Org. that oversees 41-Across

D
H
S
 Down · 3 letters

Quaint transmission

F
A
X
 Down · 4 letters

Semisoft cheese

E
D
A
M
 Down · 6 letters

Showed up at dinner?

O
U
T
A
T
E
 Down · 9 letters

Something that may be on display while playing D&D

I
N
N
E
R
G
E
E
K
 Down · 4 letters

Subpar

P
O
O
R
 Down · 4 letters

Trampoline park gear

P
A
D
S
 Down · 6 letters

Turn into a competition, say

G
A
M
I
F
Y
 Down · 6 letters

Turn sharply to the right?

R
E
P
E
N
T
 Down · 4 letters

Unserious

I
D
L
E
 Down · 4 letters

Utah's Capitol __ National Park

R
E
E
F
 Down · 11 letters

Vegetarian sushi option

A
V
O
C
A
D
O
R
O
L
L
 Down · 3 letters

Word with pop or op

A
R
T
 Down · 5 letters

Zen riddles

K
O
A
N
S

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The LA Times Crossword for Saturday, September 5, 2026 contains 72 clues (35 Across, 37 Down). Based on the day of the week, this puzzle is rated Hard difficulty.

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