Daily Puzzle Solution
LA Times Crossword
Friday, February 20, 2026
The Los Angeles Times crossword puzzle for Friday, February 20, 2026 features 74 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 4.9 letters. The longest answer is "projectrunway".
Total Clues
74
Longest
projectrunway
Avg Length
4.9
Shortest
ROB
ALLComplete Solution List
Catastrophe writer/star Delaney
3ROB
Power unit
4WATT
School assignment
5ESSAY
Filter target
4SPAM
2025 Pixar film about a boy who meets aliens
4elio
Hollers
5YELLS
Nix
4VETO
Big pig
4BOAR
Windows shopping
5etail
*Aircraft marshaling?
13projectrunway
Grammy winner Baker
5ANITA
Thus far
5ASYET
Lara Croft target
4TOMB
Taoism founder
6LAOTZU
Couch surfer's spot
5futon
*Lifeguarding?
9laborpool
Ore. neighbor
3IDA
Pressed sandwich that's part of a friendly rivalry between Miami and Tampa
5cuban
Quaint quarters
3INN
*Bounty hunting?
9jobsearch
Accordion-heavy music
5polka
Latin for "as originally positioned"
6insitu
One on the Mohs scale
4TALC
Spills the beans
5TELLS
"Let's maybe take it down a __ or two"
5notch
Advice to a problem solver, or an apt description of the answers to the starred clues
13workbackwards
Country singer Rimes
5LEANN
Lemon-shaped
4OVAL
Choose yea or nay
4vote
Bright and airy courtyards
5atria
Relocate
4MOVE
Icicle locale
4EAVE
Streisand film with the song "The Way He Makes Me Feel"
5yentl
Imp
4BRAT
Scolding sound
3TSK
Choose yes or no
4rsvp
Place for binoculars
5opera
Track and field handout
5baton
Zoom lens?
6WEBCAM
Bundles
4alot
Quinceañera crown
5tiara
Doughnut shape
5TORUS
Monocle, for one
7eyewear
Put on
7setatop
You ___ me!
4SLAY
Actor Mahershala
3ALI
Fashion monogram
3YSL
Cocktail garnished with mint
6mojito
Collar
4ETON
Synthetic fabric
5NYLON
Fuzzy memory
4BLUR
Slog away
4TOIL
Pass (out)
4ZONK
Fibula counterpart
4ULNA
Pacific nation that exports water
4fiji
Nagoya noodles
4udon
Pop-top tops
4tabs
Pre-K sequence
3abc
Thai Coin
4BAHT
Sealing substance
5caulk
Happy Days retort
7SITONIT
Everlasting
7ETERNAL
Bulldoze
4PLOW
Interval of eight notes
6OCTAVE
Jewelry often worn with sandals
6anklet
Relationship-deepening word, informally
5lbomb
Really relish
5SAVOR
Slovenian neighbor
5croat
Man cave fixtures
5HDTVS
Alert
4WARN
Vena __: major blood line
4CAVA
Switch roles after hiding
4seek
___ of the land
3LAY
Beach season in Marseille
3ete
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