Daily Puzzle Solution
LA Times Crossword
Tuesday, June 9, 2026
The Los Angeles Times crossword puzzle for Tuesday, June 9, 2026 features 78 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 4.8 letters. The longest answer is "solideffort".
Total Clues
78
Longest
solideffort
Avg Length
4.8
Shortest
SMS
ALLComplete Solution List
Wig makeup
4HAIR
Food that might be served alla vodka
5pasta
Diamond experts.
4UMPS
"KPop Demon Hunters" bandmate of Mira and Zoey
4rumi
Fuel-carrying ship
5OILER
Go past a simmer
4boil
Cocktail poured with a heavy hand
10stiffdrink
Teeny bit
4IOTA
Norway's capital
4OSLO
Texting format, briefly
3SMS
School composition
5ESSAY
...as ___ on TV
4SEEN
Dessert that quivers
5JELLO
Chopping tool
3AXE
Honest amount of reliable work
11solideffort
Young chap
3LAD
Male cat
3TOM
Some church donations
6TITHES
Frosty
3ICY
Grasped
3GOT
___ and yang
3YIN
Hoppy beer letters
3IPA
Like plagiarized text
6stolen
Delt neighbor
3LAT
La Brea ___ Pits
3TAR
Resilient person
11toughcookie
Method: Abbr.
3SYS
Sportscaster Musburger
5BRENT
Another thing...
4ALSO
Like steaks with a lot of marbling
5fatty
Mermaid's realm
3SEA
Singular
4LONE
Baghdad locale
4iraq
Social media debut of a romantic relationship, or what 17-, 29-, and 45-Across have
10hardlaunch
iPhone virtual assistant
4siri
Skip, as a syllable
5ELIDE
Passed-down tales
4LORE
Ciao!
4TATA
Breadmaking need
5yeast
Like some Olympic races
4SWUM
Time sheet figs.
3HRS
___-car
4AUTO
"So happy to be back together!"
10imissedyou
Rummage through
5RIFLE
"Love Is Blind" personal space
3pod
Broadcasts
4AIRS
Car-unlocking tool
7slimjim
Grew anxious
6tensed
Torah holder
3ARK
Assassin's Creed game company
7UBISOFT
Sounds from cows
4MOOS
Pocket bread
4PITA
Defeat, as a dragon
4SLAY
Enemies
4FOES
Pixieish
5ELFIN
Never!
7NOTONCE
Wright of "Black Panther"
7LETITIA
Red carpet celebs
5ALIST
Precision knife brand
5XACTO
Thanks a ___!
3LOT
"You asked for a fight, you'll get one!"
10ohitsonnow
Square up with
5REPAY
Former Russian rulers
5TSARS
Walt Disney Concert Hall designer Frank
5gehry
Shaggy ox
3YAK
Letters on some Pride merch
7lgbtqia
Traditional Mexican game of chance
7loteria
At a reduced price
6ONSALE
Jazz icon Fitzgerald
4ELLA
All __ Day (November 2)
5SOULS
Black Power symbol
4FIST
Song that might end on a high note
4aria
Like a cranberry, or a dessert that might contain cranberries
4tart
Does some math
4adds
Very light brown
4ECRU
Wait just a minute!
3hey
Permit
3LET
Dress edge
3HEM
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