Daily Puzzle Solution
LA Times Crossword
Thursday, April 2, 2026
The Los Angeles Times crossword puzzle for Thursday, April 2, 2026 features 78 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 4.8 letters. The longest answer is "titlecharacters".
Total Clues
78
Longest
titlecharacters
Avg Length
4.8
Shortest
AIR
ALLComplete Solution List
Rae of "Barbie"
4ISSA
Baseball card giant owned by Fanatics
5topps
Covert summons
4PSST
Court dividers?
4NETS
Fast train in the Northeast
5ACELA
Hoppy drafts
4ales
Insta post
4snap
Untamed
5FERAL
Namesake of a speed ratio
4MACH
Cause of inflation
3AIR
Spotty
7stained
___ Lanka
3SRI
Celestial explosions
5novae
__ a chance!
3NOT
Bygone anesthetic
5ETHER
Standing straight
5ERECT
Church headquartered in SLC
3lds
"Shrinking" actor/co-creator Goldstein
5brett
The Phanatic's team, on scoreboards
3phi
Basket made on a rebound
5TIPIN
Form 1099 agcy.
3IRS
Dry as a desert
4ARID
Soul singer Baker
5ANITA
Creative degs.
4MFAS
Campaign-funding gps.
4pacs
"The Hunger Games" ally of Katniss
5peeta
Trig ratio
4SINE
Weekly skit show, familiarly
3SNL
Symbol produced by pressing shift+5
7percent
Cell service letters
3LTE
Just make do
5ekeby
Spanish infinitive
3SER
Darn it!
5AWMAN
Add up to
3ARE
Connecticut Ivy Leaguer
3ELI
Some lead roles, or features of 3-, 7-, and 11-Down?
15titlecharacters
Hat part
4BRIM
Indulge
5HUMOR
Group of three
4TRIO
Turn down
4DENY
But of course!
5OHYES
Goes on and on
4YAPS
Absurd, as a scheme
6INSANE
Shenanigans of the upper class?
11seniorprank
"M*A*S*H," in a way?
11starvehicle
Nile viper
3ASP
27th U.S. President
4TAFT
Passenger ships
11oceanliners
"E.T.," in a way?
11periodpiece
Temporary water provider
11PLANTSITTER
Red-tag event
4SALE
Cooking spray brand
3PAM
"Face/Off," in a way?
11slasherfilm
December tradition in some offices
11secretsanta
Gym top
6tshirt
Ready
3SET
Former Interior Secretary Haaland
3DEB
Litmus reddeners
5ACIDS
Takes a little off the top, say
5trims
___ cassette
4TAPE
Bread baked in a tandoor
4NAAN
Church recess
4APSE
Observed
4SEEN
Combustible pile
4PYRE
Soft mineral
4TALC
Pleasant, as a summer night
5balmy
Good at banter, say
5witty
Parrot
4ECHO
I'm all __
4EARS
Up in the air, briefly
3TBD
Great vexation
3IRE
Soft metal
3TIN
"You don't see that every day!"
3huh
Poehler who co-founded the Upright Citizens Brigade
3amy
Fish-to-be
3ROE
Bullpen stat
3ERA
Fabric tear
3RIP
Request for a tropical getaway, perhaps?
3sos
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