Daily Puzzle Solution
LA Times Crossword
Wednesday, March 4, 2026
The Los Angeles Times crossword puzzle for Wednesday, March 4, 2026 features 78 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 4.9 letters. The longest answer is "animatronic".
Total Clues
78
Longest
animatronic
Avg Length
4.9
Shortest
BCC
ALLComplete Solution List
Dept. of Labor div.
4OSHA
Clinks with drinks
6toasts
Loop in on the DL
3BCC
Tangible
4REAL
The great outdoors
6NATURE
WC
3LOO
Like many theme park puppets
11animatronic
School URL ending
3EDU
__ off
5NOTON
Award season oversight
4snub
Barter
4SWAP
Dating app that went public in 2022
6grindr
Apple store purchase?
8ipadcase
Coat with, as melted chocolate
5dipin
Dining table extender
4leaf
__ and cheese
3MAC
Running jokes
4GAGS
Hurled
5FLUNG
Not for
7AGAINST
Pays to play
7ANTESUP
World Heritage Site in Jordan
5PETRA
Huge production
4EPIC
"Wheels down" hr.
3eta
Shoe brand known for a checkerboard design
4vans
Butch Cassidy or "The Sundance Kid"
5ALIAS
Rum cocktail
8DAIQUIRI
Sundial need
6shadow
Grocery chain that requires a deposit for a shopping cart
4aldi
Darn
4MEND
Upscale Honda
5ACURA
"Emilia Pérez" Oscar winner Saldaña
3zoe
Midmorning respite, or what can be found four times in this puzzle
11coffeebreak
Musician Brian who co-developed the Oblique Strategies creative process
3eno
Like disposable products
6oneuse
Diminutive suffix
4ETTE
__ Moines, Iowa
3DES
Camelot figure
6MERLIN
Female deer
4DOES
Chimp kin
5ORANG
Man of La Mancha
5SENOR
Wyclef Jean's birth country
5haiti
Amaretto flavor
6ALMOND
Letters on red Minecraft blocks
3tnt
Rower's pair
4OARS
Performing acts of contrition
7atoning
Vampire's bedtime
5SUNUP
Of a clan.
6TRIBAL
Jiffy
3SEC
Flew off the handle
9blewafuse
Musical finales
5CODAS
Sedan alternative
5COUPE
"__ Mack": Disney Channel series featuring seventh graders
4andi
Beaufort ___
5SCALE
D&D, et al.
4RPGS
Artful
4DEFT
Already had a bite
4IATE
World view
3MAP
Information conveyed by tree rings
3age
Social media posts by some pet owners
9catvideos
Breeze (by)
4SAIL
Trail-mix morsel
3NUT
Dean's list fig.
3GPA
Mosul resident
5IRAQI
Half of Mork's farewell
4NANU
Procedural that spun off from "JAG"
4NCIS
Throbbing
7painful
Olympian Biles who wears a goat necklace
6simone
Starbuck's boss
4AHAB
Revered
6SACRED
Seeing stars
5DAZED
Without help
5ALONE
Send to a specialist
5REFER
Because of
5DUETO
Go on the stump
5ORATE
Rouses from sleep
5WAKES
Lydic of "The Daily Show"
4DESI
Rom follower
3com
Velvet finish
3EEN
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