Daily Puzzle Solution
LA Times Crossword
Saturday, February 28, 2026
The Los Angeles Times crossword puzzle for Saturday, February 28, 2026 features 70 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 5.6 letters. The longest answer is "romantasyseries".
Total Clues
70
Longest
romantasyseries
Avg Length
5.6
Shortest
ANT
ALLComplete Solution List
Superdome player
5SAINT
Energy crisis?
8badvibes
Some belly buttons
6INNIES
Result of doomscrolling, perhaps
8brainrot
Perform precisely
6dotoat
Maintain one's dignity
8saveface
Sanctions
7enables
Had no defense?
7gotopen
Buggy site
4DUNE
SEC-regulated events
4ipos
Farm worker?
3ANT
M-W alternative
3oed
Surname of both founders of the fashion label The Row
5olsen
Appears to point to
5bodes
Pan handler
8OVENMITT
Animal with a white rump
3ELK
"A Court of Thorns and Roses," for one
15romantasyseries
Apple product
3PIE
You wanna fight??
8comeatme
Composer with a namesake horn
5SOUSA
Ignored a scarecrow, perhaps
5cawed
Take down
3JOT
Reactions to stubs
3ows
Automaker Karl
4BENZ
Simple shelters
4HUTS
Left over, in a way
7UNEATEN
Pretend
7ACTASIF
Pico de gallo, e.g.
8redsalsa
Short person?
6DEBTOR
Suddenly gave way
8crumpled
Solution for wounds
6saline
Ingredient in carajillo and affogato
8espresso
En ___!
5MASSE
Something that might be right up one's alley
8sidedoor
Nochevieja follower
8anonuevo
As one
8intandem
Weeping mother of Greek myth
5niobe
Charlotte Hornets color
4teal
Not-so-big shots
3bbs
Catalonia neighbor
6ARAGON
Swiss host of the World Economic Forum
5davos
"The Sympathizer" Pulitzer winner __ Thanh Nguyen
4viet
Skinny
4INFO
Push-up form?
6brapad
Epoch whose name means "new dawn"
6eocene
Artery inserts
6STENTS
Office building subdivision, for short
3ste
Queen Latifah's "Nature of a __"
5sista
Imaging technique
7petscan
___ vincit amor
5OMNIA
Lo-cal
4LITE
Run
5BLEED
National vegetable of Pakistan
4okra
Quick outings?
4naps
Hanna star Creed-Miles
4ESME
Holy cow!
5YOWZA
Unsatisfying response to "Why?"
8itjustis
Love and hate
8EMOTIONS
Releases
8SETSFREE
Point of origin
6SOURCE
People with good deeds to their names?
6owners
Finished
6USEDUP
Perfumes during a rite
6censes
Quintet in London’s Elizabeth Tower
5bells
Se ___ inglés?
5HABLA
Video genre that may cause chills, for short
4asmr
Box closer
4tape
S&L options
3cds
Bears, e.g.
4TEAM
Flap
3ADO
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