Daily Puzzle Solution
LA Times Crossword
Friday, July 17, 2026
The Los Angeles Times crossword puzzle for Friday, July 17, 2026 features 77 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 5.4 letters. The longest answer is "avoidavoid".
Total Clues
77
Longest
avoidavoid
Avg Length
5.4
Shortest
SIC
ALLComplete Solution List
Agreeing with
6siding
Unleash (on)
3SIC
Chemically "quiet"
5INERT
Rocker Dee
6snider
Industry network
3HBO
Levi's Stadium player
5NINER
Vague advice for space travelers worried about black holes?
10avoidavoid
Prickly plants
5CACTI
Green prefix
3ECO
Folk icon Joan
4baez
Washed-out
6PALLID
Espresso froth
5CREMA
Air travel that's the fifth-best option?
10planeplane
Element of many English breakfast blends
8assamtea
Sci-fi beings
3ETS
Vehicle with sliding doors
3VAN
Waver
6TEETER
Group of badgers
4clan
Part of R&R
4REST
"My job is ranking people on a scale of 'miffed' to 'downright furious'"?
10irateirate
Catchall gp.
4misc
Bad mouth
4DISS
Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend singer
6monroe
Sun Devils' sch.
3ASU
Snag
3GET
Treble-makers?
8tweeters
Juliet's response when her love asks what city is as eternal as their bond?
10romeoromeo
Colorful South Asian dresses
5saris
Running groups?
6SLATES
Aphrodite's son
4EROS
Thai neighbor
3LAO
Places for soaks
5baths
Helpful draw when trying to play a Q word in Scrabble?
10utileutile
Pair of hearts
5ATRIA
Enthusiast
3FAN
Tickled
6AMUSED
Show emotion
5REACT
Estadio cheer
3OLE
Most easygoing
6LAXEST
Org. with a "Get Ready for Baby" page
3ssa
Multiplication, to division
7inverse
Bishop's domain
7DIOCESE
Hard to translate, in a way
9IDIOMATIC
Nancy Drew's boyfriend
3NED
Snag
4GRAB
Slip-ons' lack
9shoelaces
Third-largest of the Balearic Islands
5IBIZA
Fish oil source
3COD
Like LOL, but not haha
6incaps
Horan of One Direction
5NIALL
Lesotho, for one
7enclave
Organ parts with rods and cones
7retinas
Aquaman's staff
7trident
Pen
4VAPE
Honey or sugar
7PETNAME
Feline
3CAT
Pt. of USA
4AMER
Far from far
4near
Goods people
7traders
Scope rival
9listerine
Wedding attire, for some
9rentaltux
"Mambo Birdland" Grammy winner Puente
4tito
Low digits?
4TOES
Milky Way kin
7marsbar
Silo
7isolate
Indonesian island crossed by the Equator
7SUMATRA
Bring up again?
7reraise
Colorful songbirds
7orioles
{/Sourdough/} starter?
3ESS
Charges
6GOESAT
Product removed by shear force?
4wool
Value system
5ETHIC
Heavy
5METAL
Shut tight
4SEAL
Sci-fi craft
3UFO
Thurman of "Gattaca"
3UMA
Philly summer hrs.
3edt
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