Daily Puzzle Solution
LA Times Crossword
Saturday, July 4, 2026
The Los Angeles Times crossword puzzle for Saturday, July 4, 2026 features 70 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 5.5 letters. The longest answer is "askyfullofstars".
Total Clues
70
Longest
askyfullofstars
Avg Length
5.5
Shortest
TOE
ALLComplete Solution List
Scratch pads?
8cattrees
Coastal region along the Santa Lucia Mountains
6bigsur
Backspin producer?
8REARAXLE
Coffee drink made with a frother
6frappe
Coldplay hit co-produced by Avicii
15askyfullofstars
Low digit?
3TOE
Brand whose logo adorns Argentine soccer jerseys
6adidas
Lake just south of London
4erie
Market openings, briefly
4ipos
Heroic poetry
4EPOS
Fig. in a background check
3ssn
Like Pluto, once
5ninth
Hook's boatswain
4smee
Germ
4SEED
Series opener
7gameone
School zone sign
4SLOW
For the first time ___ ...
5newly
No-nonsense
5STERN
Socket set
4EYES
Platform for content creators
7patreon
Bracelet component
4bead
Towering
4TALL
Not perfectly round
5OVATE
NYC setting
3EST
Football coach Pederson
4doug
Gouda alternative
4EDAM
Alexa device
4echo
Like 56-Down
6fanged
Purple yam used in desserts
3ube
"Seven Nation Army" band
15thewhitestripes
"Vacancy" singer Ari
6lennox
Trattoria tubes
8RIGATONI
Apples in the trash, e.g.
6ewaste
Fourth of July treats
8snocones
Packing
7crating
Using coded language
8aesopian
1980s hit whose video drew a lot of attention?
8takeonme
Tax
3TRY
Rival of The Djoker and Fed Express
4rafa
Ooze
5EXUDE
Shape with minor and major axes
7ellipse
Hardly ever
6SELDOM
Ride-or-dies, for short
4bffs
Org. whose first commissioner was former treasury secretary George S. Boutwell
3irs
Flight board info
4GATE
Few and far between
6SPARSE
Revolt
6UPRISE
Email again
6RESEND
Palm Springs.
5oases
Worried
6STEWED
__ guacamole!
4HOLY
Queen who appears at Epcot's Royal Sommerhus
4elsa
Sharp turn
6SWERVE
Russian refusal
4NYET
2022 title role for Tom Hanks
4otto
Learn by the book?
8readupon
Latin attention-getter
8notabene
Anwar who wrote "Revolt on the Nile"
5sadat
Connects
7PLUGSIN
Itchy, to Scratchy
7nemesis
Grown-up grub
6BEETLE
Refrain from
6ESCHEW
Zeus's brain child?
6athena
Solitary sorts
6LONERS
Onset
5getgo
Up to
4OWNS
Prix ___
4FIXE
"Hotel Transylvania" protagonist
4drac
Mild alternative
3hot
Olympian Midori
3ITO
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