Daily Puzzle Solution
LA Times Crossword
Tuesday, April 14, 2026
The Los Angeles Times crossword puzzle for Tuesday, April 14, 2026 features 78 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 4.8 letters. The longest answer is "grammynorma".
Total Clues
78
Longest
grammynorma
Avg Length
4.8
Shortest
fly
ALLComplete Solution List
__ the fat: gab
4chew
Get the last of, as gravy
5SOPUP
Nap spot
4SOFA
Tibetan spiritual leader
4LAMA
Teaser ad
5PROMO
Rather wicked
4EVIL
Some early PCs
4IBMS
Finding Nemo setting
5OCEAN
Irish ancestor
4CELT
Household pest with wings
3fly
*Wise maternal figure voiced by Betty White in "The Lorax"
11grammynorma
Groovy, man!
6FAROUT
Nutrient in kale
4iron
Answers for a mistake
6ownsit
Like some swimming pools
6INDOOR
Washbowl
5BASIN
Celebration with rainbow flags
5PRIDE
Dallas sch.
3SMU
Clever ploy
4RUSE
Household pest with a tail
5mouse
Base's chemical opposite
4ACID
37-Across email ending
3edu
Military academy student
5CADET
Speechify
5ORATE
Chinese small bites
6dimsum
Wireless network device
6ROUTER
Stitched borders
4hems
Large crustaceans
6prawns
*Mob boss played by James Gandolfini
11tonysoprano
Physics particle
3ION
Soothing gel
4ALOE
Hidden treasure
5TROVE
Bummed out
4BLUE
Beer barrels
4KEGS
Corkscrew shape
5HELIX
Novelist Ferber
4EDNA
"Grand slam" awards acronym spelled out by the starts of the answers to the starred clues
4egot
Look at, in the Bible
5SEEST
Cubicle fixture
4DESK
Hang glider's launching spot, perhaps
5cliff
Se __ español
5HABLA
*Actress who plays Fiona Gallagher on "Shameless"
10emmyrossum
Now, where ___ I?
3WAS
Newspaper section with game recaps
6sports
Black-and-white 18-Across predator
4orca
Verse
4POEM
Savory flavor
5UMAMI
Short trip on a short horse
8ponyride
Fraction of a minute
6SECOND
Completed
4OVER
Cannes festival showing
4film
Utah ski resort
4ALTA
Fashion icon Tim
4gunn
Zero
4NONE
Tot's injury
4OWIE
Onetime Zune rival
4ipod
More loyal
5TRUER
*"The Picture of Dorian Gray" novelist
10oscarwilde
Fail to mention
4OMIT
Impolite
4RUDE
Born and __
4BRED
Automaker with a four-ring logo
4AUDI
Analogy words
4ISTO
Woolly beasts of the past
8mammoths
Zone
4AREA
Pool hall sticks
4cues
Other, in Spanish
4OTRO
Least assertive
6SHYEST
Coming after the break...
6UPNEXT
Buying binge
5SPREE
Subjects of most sentences
5NOUNS
Tiptoe
5SNEAK
Grab
4TAKE
Designer Cassini
4OLEG
Scrapped, at NASA
4NOGO
Actor's goal
4ROLE
Rental car giant
4avis
___-and-breakfast
3BED
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