Daily Puzzle Solution
LA Times Crossword
Thursday, July 23, 2026
The Los Angeles Times crossword puzzle for Thursday, July 23, 2026 features 78 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 4.8 letters. The longest answer is "shootyourshot".
Total Clues
78
Longest
shootyourshot
Avg Length
4.8
Shortest
HIS
ALLComplete Solution List
Like a specialized committee
5adhoc
Qualified
4ABLE
Sheer delight
4GLEE
Ready to drop
5WEARY
Squander
4BLOW
Wet and squirmy
4EELY
Springsteen portrayer Jeremy __ White
5allen
__-carotene
4BETA
Athletic brand
4nike
Cinematographer's assignment?
13shootyourshot
Short greetings
3HIS
Straight, for short
3HET
Make an alliance
6teamup
Novel that inspired "There Will Be Blood"
3oil
Opposite of {/sans/}
4AVEC
Many a Chiwere language student
3oto
Screenwriter's assignment?
9formaline
Toys with tails
5KITES
Nutrient in spinach
4IRON
Srsly?!
5omgno
iPhone helper
4SIRI
Ghostbusters actor Harold
5RAMIS
Costume designer's assignment?
9pitchafit
Question in reply to "omw," maybe
3eta
Anyone __?
4ELSE
Detroit labor org.
3UAW
Town in Ontario County, New York
6seneca
The works
3ALL
Aves. and blvds.
3RDS
Director's assignment?
13getthepicture
Low on dough
4poor
Zither kin
4HARP
Sound that comes from on high
5YODEL
Volkswagen Group subsidiary
4AUDI
Like supervillains
4EVIL
Hall of Famer Shaquille
5oneal
Get out of bed
4RISE
French jeweler and glassmaker Lalique
4rene
Bookish sorts
5NERDS
Teeming (with)
5AWASH
Metropolis in north central India
5DELHI
The MLB's Angels, to fans
5halos
Cookie with a limited-edition BTS collaboration
4oreo
"Harriet" and "Wicked" Oscar nominee Erivo
7cynthia
Monastery leader
5ABBOT
Veal cordon ___
4BLEU
Tolkien saga, briefly
4LOTR
Old mice and such
6ewaste
Italian salami city
5GENOA
Recurring melodic phrase
9leitmotif
Big grazer
3ELK
Cornea locale
3EYE
Mello __ soda
5yello
Dang!
4HECK
Gestation sites
5UTERI
Put forth
5POSIT
High-end hotel chain
4OMNI
"Concrete Rose" novelist Thomas
5angie
Dryer outlet
4VENT
S'mores cookers
5fires
Speak from a rostrum
5orate
Namesakes of most planets
9romangods
Little devils
4IMPS
"That didn't escape my notice"
4isaw
Windows shaped like 13-Downs
5oculi
Product of a schism
4SECT
Golden, as bygone days
7halcyon
Foam
6LATHER
Otherworldly
5EERIE
Waldorf salad fruit
5APPLE
Less polite
5RUDER
Trepidation
5DREAD
Exchanges for money
5SELLS
Order at a restaurant
4HAVE
CNN anchor Burnett
4ERIN
__ poem: free-form orchestral work
4tone
Target score in disc golf
3par
Bien sûr
3OUI
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