Daily Puzzle Solution
LA Times Crossword
Wednesday, July 1, 2026
The Los Angeles Times crossword puzzle for Wednesday, July 1, 2026 features 74 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 5.1 letters. The longest answer is "thatsastretch".
Total Clues
74
Longest
thatsastretch
Avg Length
5.1
Shortest
bah
ALLComplete Solution List
"A Christmas Carol" scoff
3bah
Insta posts
4pics
Discomfit
5ABASH
County seat of Hawaii County
4hilo
Home of the Mighty Five national parks
4UTAH
Bundled software collection
5suite
Disapproving sounds
4TSKS
Plumbing part
4PIPE
Play a banjo
5STRUM
"Well, not quite ... "
13thatsastretch
Well-mannered
6POLITE
IRS form expert
3CPA
Catchy part of a song
4HOOK
Book part
5SPINE
The gall!
9whatnerve
Persona non __
5GRATA
Worked for
6EARNED
Compass rose dir.
3SSW
Portuguese greeting
3OLA
Sch. in the smallest U.S. state
3URI
Some SAT takers
3SRS
Excuses
6ALIBIS
Fashion
5STYLE
Move to the country?
9linedance
Scope
5AMBIT
Small whirlpool
4EDDY
Murmur
3COO
Smooth and suave
6urbane
Go to great lengths, or what this puzzle's circled letters do?
13movemountains
Share one's thoughts
5OPINE
Financing figs.
4APRS
Skirt feature
4SLIT
Sweet, in Italian
5DOLCE
Bro
4DUDE
Goes out with
4SEES
Stella who founded an acting school in New York City
5adler
Short railroad branch
4SPUR
Fabric store meas.
3YDS
Diagonal mover in chess
6bishop
High-pH substance
6ALKALI
In charge of Thanksgiving dinner, say
7hosting
Butterflies-to-be
5PUPAE
Yep
4itis
Bot blocker
7captcha
Tibetan people.
6sherpa
Exec's helper
4ASST
Mispronounce horrendously, as a name
7butcher
Shock jock's sound effects
8airhorns
The Simpsons disco guy
3STU
Tailored edge
3hem
Part of an encrypted URL
5https
Anti-inflammatory choice
7steroid
Restaurant
6EATERY
Finito
4OVER
"Comfortable. Confident." shoe brand
4keds
Elena Rybakina's org.
3wta
Finger painting?
7NAILART
Cultural territory in France's Grand Est region
6alsace
Realtor's success
4SALE
Made it home quickly?
4slid
Image on Dutch Bros coffee cups
8windmill
Sporty truck, briefly
3UTE
"Cowboy Carter" icon
7beyonce
Grab before anyone else can
7scoopup
Diplomatic mission
7EMBASSY
Migratory people
6nomads
Helped out
6BAILED
Concave belly buttons
6INNIES
Tries, as patience
5tests
Auto-racing family name
5UNSER
Swerve
4VEER
Rawalpindi language
4URDU
Ghost psychic __ Mae Brown
3ODA
Okra or orca unit
3POD
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