Daily Puzzle Solution
LA Times Crossword
Saturday, March 14, 2026
The Los Angeles Times crossword puzzle for Saturday, March 14, 2026 features 71 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 5.9 letters. The longest answer is "overestimate".
Total Clues
71
Longest
overestimate
Avg Length
5.9
Shortest
MUM
ALLComplete Solution List
Coagulate
4CLOT
Batter's boxful?
7cattoys
Not giving anything away
3MUM
Rather blue
4racy
Puzzle (out)
7unravel
One-on-one play in a five-on-five b-ball game
3iso
Say too much
12overestimate
Actor Beatty
3NED
"They had our number"
6welost
Mani-pedi option
3gel
April option
5efile
Mile High horses?
7broncos
Jerk components
6spices
Up-front stake
4ante
In descending order
11mosttoleast
Hi-__
3RES
Targets of biannual battery replacements
11smokealarms
Flash the Dolphin or Splash the Whale
10beaniebaby
High-flying Iñupiat tradition
11blankettoss
Significant figure
3vip
Jab in a one-two combo?
11boostershot
Bona ___
4FIDE
Releases, in a way
6UNTIES
Reduced
7smaller
"A Master of __": P. Djèlí Clark novel inspired by Islamic mythology
5djinn
Basis of some protein powders
3pea
Unit left after a white flag in NASCAR
6onelap
Scooby-__
3DOO
Structure that's built to scale
12climbingwall
Head up
3RUN
Box on a table
7element
Mahjong piece
4TILE
Timeline divs.
3YRS
Starting point
7SCRATCH
Translucent chalcedony
4ONYX
Source of leverage
7crowbar
Actress Cox
7laverne
Animals with spots
7ocelots
Erykah Badu's signature song
6tyrone
Builds specially
11custommakes
Insect in the family Formicidae
3ant
Calc. prerequisite
4TRIG
Get under control
4TAME
Like some tracks
4OVAL
However
3YET
Places where days of rest are observed?
9sleeplabs
Device in a TV news van
7minicam
No help
7USELESS
"Don't be so __"
6modest
Letters above a tilde
3ESC
Passionate
5FIERY
Later alternative
6SOONER
A few weeks out?
11solastmonth
Interludes on some hip-hop albums
5skits
Enforceability metaphor
5teeth
Social prohibitions.
6taboos
No and others.
9sentences
Nevada's Great ___ National Park
5BASIN
Cannes opener
7bonjour
Ash removers
7lotions
Heavy
7VILLAIN
If all goes well ...
7ideally
Throw
7perplex
"Why ask why?" beer
6buddry
Reached by air
6FLEWTO
Lust, Caution director Lee
3ANG
Docking station?
4PIER
1815 novel set in Highbury
4EMMA
Support
4ABET
Business letters?
3LLC
Business letters?
3INC
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