Daily Puzzle Solution
LA Times Crossword
Tuesday, February 24, 2026
The Los Angeles Times crossword puzzle for Tuesday, February 24, 2026 features 79 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 5.0 letters. The longest answer is "ticklemeelmo".
Total Clues
79
Longest
ticklemeelmo
Avg Length
5.0
Shortest
emu
ALLComplete Solution List
Direction in the name of only one U.S. state
4west
News network that changed its name in 2025
5msnbc
Story that spans generations
4SAGA
Writer Wiesel
4ELIE
Spanish nana
6abuela
Large primates
4APES
Performer who might play finger cymbals
11bellydancer
Baseball glove
4MITT
"But that's not why I __ ... "
6called
___ cassette
4TAPE
Australian bird with secondary eyelids
3emu
Fennel flavor
5anise
Easily frightened sort
10scaredycat
The Simpsons tavern owner
3MOE
Plausible explanation
6theory
Leather with a fuzzy finish
5SUEDE
Blog feed initials
3RSS
Sort
3ILK
Shiny Happy People band
3REM
Furry red "Sesame Street" toy
12ticklemeelmo
Small eggs
3roe
Very small eggs
3ova
Guffaw
3YUK
__-hair pasta
5ANGEL
Echoing guitar effect
6reverb
Bar bill
3TAB
Hardware store device that makes custom colors
10paintmixer
Led Zeppelin's "Whole __ Love"·
5LOTTA
Feel poorly
3AIL
Breakaway group
4SECT
Actress/inventor Hedy
6LAMARR
Sheet-music symbol
4CLEF
"How goes it?," or a question that could be answered by 17-, 25-, 36-, and 53-Across
11whatsshakin
Listen to
4HEAR
Connected
6LINKED
Hawaii's state bird
4NENE
Small whirlpool
4EDDY
___ Hall (New Jersey university)
5SETON
My stars!
4ISAY
Online video tool
6webcam
Roosevelt who was first lady for 12 years
7eleanor
Most inane
8SILLIEST
Rats (on)
5TELLS
Exec's degree, often
3MBA
__-dried tomatoes
3SUN
Hummingbird food
6NECTAR
Like sleep-deprived eyes
6bleary
____ diem
5CARPE
Actor Waterston
3SAM
Each
6APIECE
Grow angry
6getmad
Insightful
6ASTUTE
Sum up
3ADD
Toss aside forcefully, in slang
4yeet
Ford that flopped
5edsel
Peddle
4SELL
Cola choice
4coke
Delish!
5YUMMY
Go backpacking
4HIKE
Warning wail
5SIREN
Raise, as kids
4REAR
Young male horses
5COLTS
Checkers turn
4MOVE
Best. Day. __!
4EVER
Blooper reel bits
8outtakes
Hurricane in Jesmyn Ward's novel "Salvage the Bones"
7katrina
Navajo neighbors
6APACHE
Did exactly right
6NAILED
"The Handmaid's Tale" setting
6gilead
Lionel of the Commodores
6richie
Still around
6EXTANT
Meh
4BLAH
Fred's friend in Bedrock
6barney
Whimpers
5MEWLS
Muscat citizen
5OMANI
Acid rock's acid
3LSD
Word after waffle or curly
3fry
Boxing ring ruling, for short
3tko
One of a D.C. 100
3SEN
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