Daily Puzzle Solution
LA Times Crossword
Thursday, July 9, 2026
The Los Angeles Times crossword puzzle for Thursday, July 9, 2026 features 78 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 4.8 letters. The longest answer is "doorstep".
Total Clues
78
Longest
doorstep
Avg Length
4.8
Shortest
WON
ALLComplete Solution List
Hotel waiters?
4cabs
Carried the day
3WON
Cuts it close?
6SHAVES
Skip past
4OMIT
__ takers?
3ANY
Nikon product
6CAMERA
Dance move performed when entering a room?
8doorstep
Unexpectedly funny
6IRONIC
Adopt, as an alias
6ASSUME
Cancan move performed while skydiving?
8dropkick
Makeshift swing
4TIRE
Bard's before
3ERE
Network supported by "Viewers Like You"
3PBS
Number of legs on a prawn.
3TEN
Shows up
7ARRIVES
Tango move on "Yellowstone"?
8ranchdip
Half an Everest expedition
6ascent
Actor Sharif
4OMAR
Club VIPs
3DJS
Inner (prefix)
4ENTO
Curt
6ABRUPT
Five-point spin on the dance floor?
8starturn
James M. Cain's "__ Pierce"
7mildred
Spanish gold
3ORO
Contact site
3EYE
Singer Yoko
3ONO
Wasabi ___
4PEAS
Leap at a military ballet?
8basejump
Coffee shop emanations
6AROMAS
Artful Dodger
6EVADER
Pas de deux move performed where the road divides?
8forklift
Spot
6NOTICE
Apple core, for short
3CPU
Store that sells Frakta shopping bags
4ikea
Sounds like a bird
6TWEETS
Slump
3SAG
Like a lawn at dawn
4DEWY
Led Zeppelin's final studio album
4coda
Famous __ cookies
4AMOS
"About me" summaries
4bios
Move with a swagger.
5strut
Used sprinklers on
7watered
United
3ONE
Blue Bloods org.
4NYPD
Annabella of "The Sopranos"
7SCIORRA
___ Ferry, West Virginia.
7HARPERS
Wildly out of control
4AMOK
Start of Caesar's boast
4VENI
Actor Bana
4ERIC
Burlap bag
4SACK
Suffix that means "maker"
5smith
Mens ___ (criminal intent)
3REA
Wednesday's roommate at Nevermore
4enid
Many a charity tourney
5PROAM
Deer friend of Flower and Thumper
5bambi
Warning from a doghouse
5SNARL
Rhyme Pays rapper
4ICET
Locale
5VENUE
Log passage
5entry
Granite or marble
5STONE
Yucky stuff
4CRUD
Comfy loungewear
3PJS
Enough!
4STOP
Assignment
7project
Terms of service
7TENURES
Accent piece
7AREARUG
The Fountainhead protagonist
5ROARK
___ Pérignon
3DOM
Utterly reliable
5solid
Not erect
4BENT
Solemnly swear
4AVOW
Fully appease
4SATE
Falco of "The Sopranos"
4EDIE
Some USO patrons
4PFCS
Podcaster's purchase
4MIKE
Several
4AFEW
Remain
4STAY
Happy Greek cry
3OPA
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