Daily Puzzle Solution
LA Times Crossword
Tuesday, April 7, 2026
The Los Angeles Times crossword puzzle for Tuesday, April 7, 2026 features 74 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 5.1 letters. The longest answer is "cropcircles".
Total Clues
74
Longest
cropcircles
Avg Length
5.1
Shortest
set
ALLComplete Solution List
One last thing...
7andalso
Gadget for a seafood chef
6scaler
Chewy bits in some oatmeal cookies
7raisins
Estrogen, e.g.
7hormone
Noisy insects that emerge in summer
7cicadas
Small crustaceans.
7ISOPODS
Luge, for one
4SLED
Get stuff ready for vacation
6packup
Series of reps in the gym
3set
Empty spaces
4GAPS
Sponged (off)
7leeched
__-ching!
3CHA
Bohemian Rhapsody Oscar winner Malek
4RAMI
O Sole __
3MIO
Target
3AIM
Sch. that hosts the Sun Bowl
4UTEP
To-do list trip
6errand
Fuss at the mirror
5PREEN
"Euphoria" cable network
3hbo
Chocolate source
5CACAO
Made a cozy home
6nested
Not written down, as a contract
4oral
Official who calls balls and strikes
3ump
Laudatory poem
3ODE
Ready, willing, and ___
4ABLE
Driver's seat
3tee
Snack brand named for a Roman moon goddess
7lunabar
Dept. of Labor div.
4OSHA
Equinox mo.
3SEP
Fool around (with)
6noodle
Kimono sashes
4OBIS
Consider anew
7RETHINK
Seasonal quaffs
7eggnogs
Awakens
7AROUSES
Take revenge
7GETEVEN
Electronic keyboards, informally
6synths
Appetizer-size burgers
7SLIDERS
Rainbow shapes
4ARCS
Get just right
4NAIL
Yahtzee, craps, et al.
9dicegames
Carne __ tacos: steak dish
5ASADA
Tupperware top
3LID
Gets short with
7SNAPSAT
Mount of Greek myth
4OSSA
Offender's defiant challenge
7sosueme
Mysterious designs in fields
11cropcircles
Concert device
3AMP
Start to change?
5loose
Came to a stop
5ended
Sit for a spell
4REST
Long walk
4HIKE
Portable writing surface
9CLIPBOARD
Fruit-filled breakfast treat
11prunedanish
Jewish wedding dance
4HORA
Crunch's rank in the cereal aisle
4capn
Fill a job opening
4hire
"It's alright, I suppose"
3meh
On the next level, or what 3-, 9-, 20-, and 23-Down literally have
9acutabove
First entry on many a form
4NAME
Suss (out), informally
4dope
School attended by many English statesmen
4ETON
Poetic sphere
3ORB
Fillets, as a flounder
7debones
Soothing balm for a sunburn
7aloegel
Suspicious of
5LEERY
The Jungle writer Sinclair
5UPTON
NASA go-aheads
4AOKS
Made sharper
5HONED
Sp. titles
4SRAS
Staying power
4LEGS
Disney CEO before D'Amaro
4iger
Hyphenated personal IDs
4ssns
Crude dwelling
3HUT
VW hatchback
3GTI
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