Daily Puzzle Solution
LA Times Crossword
Thursday, February 5, 2026
The Los Angeles Times crossword puzzle for Thursday, February 5, 2026 features 78 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 4.7 letters. The longest answer is "villagepeople".
Total Clues
78
Longest
villagepeople
Avg Length
4.7
Shortest
IBM
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Title said with a hat tip, perhaps
4maam
__ daddy
4PAPA
_____ out
5peace
Photographer Geddes
4ANNE
Wasn't colorfast
4BLED
Complete
5UTTER
Sign gas
4NEON
"Aquaman" star
10jasonmomoa
Out of order
5AMISS
"Hey, Soul Sister" rock band
5train
Cocktail that may be made with Bombay Sapphire
11ginandtonic
PC pioneer
3IBM
Chow down
3EAT
Small battery, or an org. that may help with a car battery
3aaa
Iditarod racer
7sleddog
Suomi speakers
5finns
Ages and ages
4EONS
Band with the hit "In the Navy"
13villagepeople
Gyro bread
4PITA
Give a bit more
5topup
Accounts with round numbers?
7bartabs
Spy-fi novelist Deighton
3len
Visitor in a knock-knock joke that ends, "It's nothing to cry about!"
3boo
Tricky
3SLY
Microsoft Azure competitor
11googlecloud
Herb in caprese salad
5BASIL
Upper crust
5ELITE
Children's show whose title character leaves paw-print hints, and what 18-, 23-, 36-, and 52-Across have in common
10bluesclues
Sad to say ...
4ALAS
Goodyear products
5tires
Legendary rebuke
4ETTU
Memory units, for short
4MEGS
Branch of Islam
5SUNNI
Leader whose address ends with .edu
4dean
Bailiwick
4AREA
Run
6MANAGE
Condition often treated with iron supplements
6anemia
Tap, as one's successor
6anoint
High-IQ society
5MENSA
Many a school sammie
3pbj
In the style of
3ALA
55-Across sauce
5pesto
Decorates
6ADORNS
Pedicure stone
6PUMICE
Harry and William's alma mater
4eton
Convenience in a cash-only venue
3atm
Corp. leader
3CEO
Shaded section of a timeline
3era
Execute perfectly
4NAIL
Slug kin
5SNAIL
Comedian, ___ Carvey
4DANA
Punchy flavor
4tang
Pop sensation
4IDOL
Barbecue discard
4bone
Booker T.'s band
3MGS
"Nosferatu" actress Lily-Rose
4depp
No longer fizzy
4FLAT
Game, ___, match!
3SET
Lab container
4VIAL
It was nothing
4ITRY
Exit
4POLL
Fencing blade
4EPEE
Light weight?
5OUNCE
Nova network
3PBS
Tennis star Andre
6AGASSI
Anjou alternative
4BOSC
Dirtied.
6SOILED
Tank in a basement
6boiler
Service interruption
6OUTAGE
Black Sea port
6ODESSA
Posterior muscle, informally
5glute
Many a denizen of Machu Picchu
5llama
It's ___ a minute!
4BEEN
Mic Drop K-pop septet
3BTS
Actor Simu
3LIU
Samovar
3URN
Due-in hr.
3ETA
Phoenix NBAer
3SUN
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