Daily Puzzle Solution
LA Times Crossword
Monday, April 27, 2026
The Los Angeles Times crossword puzzle for Monday, April 27, 2026 features 78 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 4.7 letters. The longest answer is "jollyranchers".
Total Clues
78
Longest
jollyranchers
Avg Length
4.7
Shortest
DMS
ALLComplete Solution List
Allure of a coffee shop
5aroma
Private convos
3DMS
Initial phase
5ONSET
Student
5PUPIL
Snakelike fish
3EEL
And there you have it!
5VOILA
Flower part
5PETAL
D-backs on scoreboards
3ARI
ATM key
5ENTER
Carnival ride with seats shaped like animals
12merrygoround
Strong urge
6DESIRE
Earsplitting
4LOUD
Pick up the tab
3PAY
Before, poetically
3ERE
Frustrated cry
3GAH
Recipe amount
3CUP
Hard candies with blue raspberry and green apple flavors
13jollyranchers
Tibet's continent
4ASIA
Sign before Virgo
3LEO
Dinghy pair
4OARS
Brand of heavy-duty trash bags
13gladforceflex
One who may have a platonic partner, for short
3aro
Flesh and blood
3KIN
Photo ___
3OPS
Delivery room docs
3OBS
Backless shoe
4MULE
"This sale ends soon!"
6actnow
Golfer played by Adam Sandler
12happygilmore
Rashomon director Kurosawa
5AKIRA
Actress Goth of Guillermo del Toro's "Frankenstein"
3mia
I'm the best!
5YAYME
Intel job
5RECON
K-pop band who began their Arirang World Tour in 2026
3bts
__ to (before)
5PRIOR
Very skilled
5ADEPT
Dead __ Scrolls
3SEA
Categories
5TYPES
Program opened with a tap
3APP
Truly regret
3RUE
Choose
3OPT
Metropolis east of the Everglades
5MIAMI
Hypersensitivity that may be diagnosed with a scratch test
7allergy
Precious
4DEAR
Actress Streep
5MERYL
Irish county next to Mayo
5sligo
Like a library book one has to pay for
7overdue
Off-limits move
4nono
"Quit slouching!"
5situp
Supreme Court Justice Kagan
5ELENA
Not on time
5TARDY
Tail end
4REAR
Cry of pain
4OUCH
___vu: familiar feeling
4DEJA
God with a bow and arrow
4EROS
Former baseball commissioner Bud
5SELIG
Grapefruit serving, often
4HALF
Univ. teacher
4PROF
Singsong syllables
4LALA
Opposite of paleo-
3NEO
Wine stopper
4CORK
Cut-and-dry spot
5SALON
Seized auto
4REPO
Annual festival in Austin, TX
4SXSW
Insect that forages in large raids
7armyant
Heisman winner Flutie
4DOUG
Italian farewell
4CIAO
Put into code
7ENCRYPT
Catherine of "The Studio"
5OHARA
Made cookies, say
5baked
Jazz up
5SPICE
Arms and legs
5LIMBS
Crème de la crème
5ELITE
In need of tissues
5TEARY
Actor's accessory
4PROP
Tortilla dough
4MASA
Shrill bark
3YIP
Fellow Stooge of Larry and Curly
3moe
Hosp. triage areas
3ERS
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