Daily Puzzle Solution
LA Times Crossword
Wednesday, March 18, 2026
The Los Angeles Times crossword puzzle for Wednesday, March 18, 2026 features 78 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 4.8 letters. The longest answer is "raspberryjams".
Total Clues
78
Longest
raspberryjams
Avg Length
4.8
Shortest
BOY
ALLComplete Solution List
Tend the garden
4WEED
Wound covers
5SCABS
Spanish 23-Across
4nino
Sicilian volcano
4ETNA
Crème de ___
5CACAO
Superstar
4IDOL
Savoir-faire
4TACT
Just Mercy actor __ Jackson Jr.
5OSHEA
Unhip type
4NERD
*Some fruity sandwich spreads
13raspberryjams
Lad
3BOY
Pod unit
3PEA
Bother a lot
5EATAT
Criticize harshly
11riptoshreds
WSW opposite
3ENE
Informal "but"
5altho
Hawthorne Heights music genre
3EMO
Cold War initials
4USSR
*Long-handled, long-toothed combs
9afropicks
Throw out a line
4CAST
Number of orbits around the sun Neptune has completed since its discovery
3one
Beer ingredient
5YEAST
Not cool
3OUT
*Hollow floaties
11poolnoodles
Carne option
5asada
Middle-earth denizen
3ENT
___ of luxury
3LAP
Stirs emotions, or how a guitarist might interpret the ends of the answers to the starred clues?
13strikesachord
Hardy title character
4TESS
Dwarf planet in the Kuiper belt
5PLUTO
"Why the heck not" hashtag
4yolo
Actor Stoltz
4ERIC
Potpourri piece
5PETAL
The Celts singer
4ENYA
City near Tahoe
4RENO
Shape of some cocktail picks
5sword
Hunt for
4SEEK
Burrito option
3wet
Landing hr.
3eta
Secure, as 4-Down, perhaps
7encrypt
Facts and figures
4DATA
Checks (out) in advance
6scopes
Rock the ___ (hit song for The Clash)
6CASBAH
Hurt
4ACHE
Boxer Max
4BAER
Take to the sky
4SOAR
Big name in small appliances
5ninja
Conceptualizes
7IDEATES
Conquerors of England in 1066
7normans
Golden ager
7OLDSTER
Parody
5SPOOF
Absolutely!
3YES
Honeylove purchase
3bra
Substance in the Hanukkah miracle
3oil
Yonder thing
4THAT
Deter
5repel
Queen's record label
3EMI
Grumpy friend?
3DOC
Like most Facebook Marketplace items
4used
Piglet pal
3ROO
Subject of the song "Oh Yoko!"
3ono
Former capital of Japan
5KYOTO
Bar mat
7COASTER
Spartan
7AUSTERE
Leads the cast of
7starsin
Ta-da!
7alldone
Lighthouse view
3SEA
Abbr. on a measuring spoon
3tsp
Intl. cricket powerhouse
3pak
Drink of the gods
6NECTAR
Waiting for a representative, say
6onhold
__ fries: poutine kin
5disco
Comedian Mike of "The Upshaws"
4epps
Boatload
4SLEW
Part of an insurance bundle
4auto
Marbled loaves
4RYES
Soap chemical
3LYE
Barrel wood
3OAK
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