Daily Puzzle Solution
LA Times Crossword
Wednesday, April 29, 2026
The Los Angeles Times crossword puzzle for Wednesday, April 29, 2026 features 76 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 4.9 letters. The longest answer is "sojournertruth".
Total Clues
76
Longest
sojournertruth
Avg Length
4.9
Shortest
YTD
ALLComplete Solution List
Be starstruck
4gawk
Oft-pickled pod
4OKRA
Check for freshness
5SNIFF
Actor Clive
4OWEN
Eclipse body
4moon
Voice above baritone
5TENOR
The Fates. e.g.
4TRIO
Game played "with my little eye"
4ISPY
Hoarse
5RASPY
Cinematic cultural phenomenon in the summer of 2023
12barbenheimer
Since Jan. 1
3YTD
Misery
3WOE
Toward sunrise, on an equinox
7dueeast
Abolitionist known for her "Ain't I a Woman" speech
14sojournertruth
Green lights
3OKS
Winery wood
3OAK
Narrow inlet
3RIA
With 39-Across, diametrically opposed, or what this puzzle's sets of circled letters are
5poles
Cal. divisions
3MOS
See 35-Across
5apart
Purple yam
3UBE
Vehicle that can really move?
3van
Hurdle for M.A. hopefuls
3GRE
Literary movement that included Lawrence Ferlinghetti and Allen Ginsberg
14beatgeneration
Some Middle Easterners
7SYRIANS
Yalie
3ELI
Numeral associated with "The Force Awakens"
3vii
Micronutrient such as zinc or iodine
12traceelement
Powder __
5chili
Hot rod's rod
4AXLE
Geometric calculation
4AREA
Bamboozles
5DUPES
Academic reviewer, often
4peer
Vermeer's "___ With a Pearl Earring"
4GIRL
Runaway hit
5SMASH
Small vortex
4EDDY
Site for artisans
4ETSY
Eked out a living
5GOTBY
Fiddlesticks!
6awrats
Odd duck
6WEIRDO
Radio dial
4KNOB
Portending danger
7ominous
Acceptable, casually
6kosher
Line that might get tied up
4rope
What do you think?
8anyideas
F1 circuit type
6street
More warm, in a way
6NEARER
Useful connections
3INS
Dandy
3FOP
Cook, as pot stickers
3fry
Endor inhabitants
5EWOKS
Gloom
4MURK
Spiritual glow
4AURA
Hullabaloo
4STIR
"Fine, be like __!"
4that
Average
3JOE
Who lives in a ghost town?
5noone
Trivia night spots
4pubs
Heed
4OBEY
"O, that way madness lies" king
4lear
Use Beard Club products, perhaps
8manscape
Glee teen played by Kevin McHale
5ARTIE
Smallest Canadian prov.
3PEI
___ cava
4VENA
Drawing room
7GALLERY
Mr. and Mrs.
6TITLES
Like some Christmas sweaters
6garish
Had trouble moving steadily
6reeled
Ready to move on
6OVERIT
SF NFLers
6niners
2026 Olympics host
5italy
Crossed (out)
4EXED
Final Fantasy spellcaster
4mage
Jewel case items
3cds
Sound of a running fridge
3hum
Hoppy brew, for short
3IPA
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