Daily Puzzle Solution
LA Times Crossword
Wednesday, June 17, 2026
The Los Angeles Times crossword puzzle for Wednesday, June 17, 2026 features 78 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 4.8 letters. The longest answer is "runsonfumes".
Total Clues
78
Longest
runsonfumes
Avg Length
4.8
Shortest
ssi
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5paste
Stage accessory
4PROP
Spring bloom
4IRIS
Affirms
5AVOWS
___ and hearty
4HALE
List that may drop with a click
4menu
Golfer's gouge
5DIVOT
Leave out
4OMIT
Bus charge
4FARE
Govt. support program
3ssi
Summons one's last bits of energy
11runsonfumes
Wipe clean
5ERASE
Feel unwell
3AIL
Sets of eight
6OCTADS
Complete fluke
8dumbluck
Italian grandma
5NONNA
Lung sections
5lobes
Vietnamese soup
3PHO
Division d'une nation
4ETAT
Congregation areas
5naves
Mallorca, por ejemplo
4ISLA
Off-rd. ride
3ATV
Meal with charoset and maror
5seder
Drum major's stick
5BATON
Nursery outfits
8LAYETTES
Poet Langston
6HUGHES
Japanese honorific
3SAN
River rental
5CANOE
Feature of a prestige miniseries, perhaps
11allstarcast
Easter mo., often
3APR
Luke's twin
4LEIA
Lofgren of the E Street Band
4NILS
Same old same old feeling
5ENNUI
Like some energy bars
4OATY
Campus sports gp.
4NCAA
Back in fashion
5RETRO
Squeezes (out)
4EKES
Longings
4YENS
Like some energy bars
5sweet
Removable parts of some bras
4PADS
Alamo rival
4AVIS
Cold War force that included the Baltic Fleet and the Caspian Flotilla
10sovietnavy
Retired jersey number for Derek Jeter
3two
Erik who played Poncherello on "CHiPs"
7estrada
Give a buzz
5PHONE
Los Angeles team
4RAMS
Hodgepodge
4OLIO
Terms of endearment
8PETNAMES
No more for me, thanks!
6IMFULL
500 sheets
4REAM
Memo header
4INRE
Takes legal action
4SUES
Aircraft carrier letters
3USS
Bits of baloney
4FIBS
Deliver a tirade
4RANT
Oscar winner Tatum
5ONEAL
Terra-__ flowerpot
5cotta
Cooing birds
5DOVES
Get a lift, but not a Lyft
4UBER
Increases both risk and reward, or what 3-, 9-, or 38-Down does?
10upstheante
Olympic snowboarder Kim
5CHLOE
Zen paradoxes
5KOANS
Stow, as cargo
4LADE
Parental control software
8netnanny
Othello's false friend
4IAGO
Right now
4STAT
Players known to make sacrifices
7bunters
Op-ed pieces, e.g.
6essays
___-been
3HAS
Durango dwellings
5CASAS
Succulent with medicinal uses
4aloe
Showerhead problem
4leak
Miller option
4LITE
Texas school with an owl mascot
4rice
Tight-knit group
4CLAN
Undiluted
4PURE
Laugh-a-minute type
4RIOT
Green, in a way
3NEW
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