Daily Puzzle Solution
LA Times Crossword
Tuesday, June 23, 2026
The Los Angeles Times crossword puzzle for Tuesday, June 23, 2026 features 72 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 5.3 letters. The longest answer is "ultimatefrisbee".
Total Clues
72
Longest
ultimatefrisbee
Avg Length
5.3
Shortest
job
ALLComplete Solution List
Voting faction
4bloc
Botanical transplant
5GRAFT
Post that's bigger than a gig
3job
Like chocolate lava cake
4rich
"Folklore" music artist Swift
6taylor
__ seen worse
3IVE
Disc-tossing team sport
15ultimatefrisbee
"Aw, so sweet!"
7toocute
Like elevator music
7ambient
Chicken ___ king
3ALA
Actor Cariou
3LEN
Contest played on a star-shaped board
15chinesecheckers
Ascends
5RISES
South African language with click consonants
5xhosa
Tuna roll topper
3ROE
Some "hazy" brews, for short
4IPAS
Piano pieces for four hands
5duets
You're not wrong
4TRUE
28-Down amenity, maybe
3spa
Ballet class rail
5barre
Plump pet, slangily
5chonk
Pool hall activity
15pocketbilliards
__ de la Cité: Notre-Dame home
3ILE
Coffee container
3URN
Not much
7ALITTLE
Spine-tingling artwork?
7backtat
Nintendo player's side quest, or what the circled letters of 16-, 23-, and 41-Across create
15gamewithinagame
Cenozoic __
3ERA
Like alpacas
6andean
A bird flying into the house, say
4omen
Cold War operative
3spy
Agreements
5YESES
Bit of headway
4DENT
Like dry champagne
4BRUT
Disney girl who teaches Stitch the meaning of ohana
4lilo
Prefix meaning eight
4OCTO
Sequences of tight turns on racecourses
8chicanes
Frontier departure point?
4gate
Marbled bread
3rye
Italian sports car, briefly
4ALFA
Unshaped
8formless
NYC nabe south of SoHo
7tribeca
Align (with)
4jibe
Roasting appliance
4OVEN
Red root vegetable used in some dyes
4beet
Breezy goodbyes
5tatas
Cocktails made with lime, vodka, and ginger beer
5mules
Dishwasher's station
4sink
Like tempura
5crisp
River-dwelling mammal that can't swim
5hippo
Sci-fi writer Asimov
5ISAAC
Area far from downtown
5exurb
French darling
5CHERI
Tourist's base
5hotel
___ in judgment
5ERROR
Tournament division
5round
Tries to find
5SEEKS
NBC news show since 1992
8dateline
What a relief!
8thankgod
I-495 in Washington, D.C., e.g.
7beltway
About, in dates
5CIRCA
Toy that may get stuck in a tree
4KITE
Greg Evans comic strip
5LUANN
Grows older
4AGES
In-person fantasy event, casually
4larp
Thinking about it
4IMAY
LAX projections
4etds
Lack of objectivity
4BIAS
Unlikely to get out of hand
4tame
"Darn straight"
4amen
Sleeping bag spot
4tent
__ Haw
3HEE
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