Daily Puzzle Solution
LA Times Crossword
Monday, July 20, 2026
The Los Angeles Times crossword puzzle for Monday, July 20, 2026 features 78 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 4.8 letters. The longest answer is "trafficticket".
Total Clues
78
Longest
trafficticket
Avg Length
4.8
Shortest
nod
ALLComplete Solution List
Scouting mission, briefly
5RECON
Assent nonverbally
3nod
Blue-green hue
4AQUA
Greeting at a luau
5ALOHA
Identical
4SAME
Organ with bronchioles
4lung
Nickname for Hollywood
10TINSELTOWN
Meaty spread
4PATE
Meh
4SOSO
Tastes great!
3YUM
__ to go: full of enthusiasm
5rarin
Sanction for running a red light
13trafficticket
Hopelessly stuck
6INARUT
Peruvian capital
4LIMA
One-named "Dancing on My Own" singer
5robyn
Astonish
4STUN
Pepper partner
4SALT
Comm. used by many CODAs
3asl
Collections with cups and saucers, or a phonetic description of 16-, 22-, 49-, and 60-Across
7teasets
Fish eggs
3ROE
Require
4NEED
Tears
4RIPS
Secures with a key
5LOCKS
King of the Norse pantheon
4odin
Many a chart-topping song
6pophit
"Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers," e.g.
13tonguetwister
Express feelings
5EMOTE
Approves
3OKS
Like a plump red strawberry
4ripe
Org. with a phonetic alphabet
4NATO
"Magic Tree House" subject
10timetravel
Gender-neutral pronoun
4THEY
Zone
4AREA
Gaming giant
5ATARI
Back talk
4SASS
Frying vessel
3PAN
Gets soupy, as ice cream
5MELTS
Sewer scurriers
4RATS
Pixar film about a boy who meets aliens
4elio
British police officer
9constable
"Whoops, my bad"
7ohsorry
Scottish denial
3NAE
Tennis star Osaka
5NAOMI
Texter's "Coming!"
3omw
Cozy room
3DEN
Pack animals known for spitting
7alpacas
Elementary subatomic particle
5quark
Loosen, as a knot
5UNTIE
Representative
5AGENT
Double __ Oreo
4STUF
Uber competitor
4LYFT
Outer edge
3RIM
Mom's sister
4AUNT
"Blue's __": Nick Jr. show
5clues
Add color to
4TINT
Tehran's country
4IRAN
Rudolph's red body part
4NOSE
Exceptionally kind person
5saint
Baking qty.
3tsp
Biggest competitor
9archrival
Trickster of the Norse pantheon
4loki
Midterm, e.g.
4TEST
Shallowest Great Lake
4ERIE
Opening in a spatula
4slot
Nylabones, squeak balls, and the like
7dogtoys
Do surgery
7OPERATE
Payable now
3DUE
Soft "Hey, you!"
4PSST
Camp shelters
5TENTS
Biggest city in the Cornhusker State
5omaha
Parts of a scale
5notes
People celebrated internationally every March 8
5women
Furniture chain founded in Sweden
4IKEA
Cheeky
4PERT
Yale students
4ELIS
Alternative to bottled, in a restaurant
3tap
Golden yrs. fund
3IRA
Aries animal
3RAM
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