Daily Puzzle Solution
LA Times Crossword
Wednesday, February 4, 2026
The Los Angeles Times crossword puzzle for Wednesday, February 4, 2026 features 74 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 5.2 letters. The longest answer is "sewingmachine".
Total Clues
74
Longest
sewingmachine
Avg Length
5.2
Shortest
hay
ALLComplete Solution List
Excerpt from a film
4clip
Like back legs
4hind
Wanders
5ROAMS
Highway division
4LANE
Purple berry in healthy smoothies
4acai
Illuminated from below
5UPLIT
Food thickener made from seaweed
4AGAR
Takes a snooze
4NAPS
Gritty
5NITTY
Tailor's tool
13sewingmachine
Get ready
7PREPARE
Word before "bar" or "drink"
6ENERGY
Contents of a barn stack
3hay
Nursing spot
4TEAT
WNW's opposite
3ESE
Very pale
5ASHEN
Inker's tool
9tattoogun
The sun, for one
4STAR
Common living room piece
5couch
Big name in volleyballs
4voit
*Intelligence agent's tool
9polygraph
Jai alai basket
5CESTA
Shorthand in a coffee order
3caf
Went as a passenger
4RODE
Only Canadian MLB city, for short
3TOR
Consumed uncooked
6ATERAW
Look of the recently woken
7bedhead
Make a measurable difference, or what the answers to the starred clues do
13movetheneedle
Honeycrisp, e.g.
5apple
Shoe bottom
4SOLE
Hubbubs
4ADOS
Gives stars to
5RATES
Work with yarn
4KNIT
NHL venue
4RINK
Romantic meeting
5TRYST
Goes out with
4SEES
Disappointing report card grades
4dees
Jewelry fastener
5CLASP
Golden beer
5LAGER
Amazed
5INAWE
Outer edge
9periphery
Grumpy due to lack of food
6hangry
Start of Caesar's boast
5ICAME
California wine valley
4NAPA
Many a drink coaster
4disc
Encounter
7RUNINTO
State one's view
5OPINE
Mr. Incredible and Elastigirl, e.g.
9alteregos
Cambridge univ.
3MIT
Total dump
3STY
Flat bread served with curry
4naan
Toffee bar brand
5HEATH
"Top Gun" outfit
5gsuit
Gossipy sort
5YENTA
Brownish gray
5TAUPE
Engrave
4ETCH
Pet adoption org.
5ASPCA
Weasel with a short black-tipped tail
5stoat
Pessimist's description of a glass, perhaps
9halfempty
Super Mario character who looks like a mushroom
4toad
Picked up, in a way
9overheard
Director Cameron
5CROWE
Most serious.
7GRAVEST
Girls Who __: nonprofit that supports STEM initiatives
4code
Religious beliefs
6TENETS
Parts
5ROLES
Contradict
5BELIE
Pearl Jam vocalist Vedder
5EDDIE
Without company
5ALONE
Classroom workspaces
5desks
Sounds of disapproval
4TSKS
Sharpen, as a knife
4HONE
Gallery display
3ART
Golf course standard
3PAR
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