Daily Puzzle Solution
LA Times Crossword
Friday, April 17, 2026
The Los Angeles Times crossword puzzle for Friday, April 17, 2026 features 78 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 4.9 letters. The longest answer is "youcoulddoverse".
Total Clues
78
Longest
youcoulddoverse
Avg Length
4.9
Shortest
GAP
ALLComplete Solution List
Unaccounted-for period
3GAP
Six-time WNBA All-Star Thomas
6alyssa
Textspeak qualifier
4IMHO
Timetable abbr.
3ARR
Talked up
6TOUTED
Lion's "I'm going to eat you!"
4roar
Encouragement to a writer who shows an early penchant for rhyme?
15youcoulddoverse
Singer Jason with the album "Love Is a Four Letter Word"
4mraz
Core muscles
3ABS
Ga. capital
3ATL
SHADOW
4TAIL
Carefully evaluate pasta?
10vetnoodles
Quartz suffix
3ITE
Much sitar music
5RAGAS
Actress Russo
4RENE
Gardener who only plants the most exquisite ivy?
8vinesnob
Pop duo __ & Him
3SHE
Scale intervals
7octaves
Cry of frustration
7blastit
Waze tech
3GPS
Anthem for a Colorado ski resort?
8vailsong
Taylor, to Swifties
4idol
Actor Vaughn
5VINCE
Compass dir.
3ESE
Weapon wielded by a particularly dangerous snake?
10viperblade
Punxsutawney figure
4phil
Individual
3ONE
Small battery
3AAA
Experts
4PROS
Safes made in the Volunteer State?
15tennesseevaults
Lake into which the Cuyahoga empties
4ERIE
"A Real Pain" Oscar winner Culkin
6kieran
Mama deer
3DOE
Heap affection (on)
4DOTE
Has disdain for
6scorns
1975 TV debut, familiarly
3snl
Writer/editor Roxane who co-owns the online literary magazine The Rumpus
3gay
Like basmati rice
8aromatic
Appealing to one's baser nature
8prurient
Encyclopedic in range
4atoz
Reed of the Velvet Underground
3LOU
Actor Brynner
3YUL
Time zone wd.
3std
Some cars
6SEDANS
Vinegary marinade
5ADOBO
Choler
3IRE
Spirits
6MORALE
Hurry
6HASTEN
... if you know what's good for you!
6ORELSE
Berkeley, familiarly
3CAL
Brandy letters
3VSO
DVR option
4TIVO
Wind instruments
5vanes
Big personalities
4EGOS
Word often seen under a tilde?
3TAB
___ code
5dress
Say "I'll be there!", say
4RSVP
Old quarter back
5EAGLE
Cake serving
5SLICE
In fine fettle
4HALE
Kansas or Alabama
4BAND
Climbers' supports
8TOEHOLDS
Demand
8INSISTON
Neutrogena shampoo
4tgel
Passing through
3VIA
November sticker
6ivoted
Bread
6DINERO
"I can't wait to see what's inside!"
6openit
Pickle brand
6VLASIC
Hair Love voice actress Issa
3RAE
Soaks up the sun
5BASKS
Newark-based insurer, on stock tickers
3pru
Kitchen array
4PANS
Once called
3NEE
Job listing letters
3EEO
Make a blunder
3ERR
Many an airport shuttle
3VAN
Salt, in French
3SEL
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