Daily Puzzle Solution
LA Times Crossword
Friday, July 31, 2026
The Los Angeles Times crossword puzzle for Friday, July 31, 2026 features 74 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 5.0 letters. The longest answer is "aroundthecorner".
Total Clues
74
Longest
aroundthecorner
Avg Length
5.0
Shortest
DOT
ALLComplete Solution List
*Executive space with great views
6office
*Area in Westminster Abbey where Chaucer is buried
5poets
Quaint term for "patella"
7kneepan
Supporting Mideast unity
7panarab
Björk's country
7iceland
Ferrera of "Ugly Betty"
7america
Winnow
4CULL
Simple shelters
5tents
Rat on
4NARC
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest novelist
5KESEY
Period
3DOT
Albanian currency
3LEK
Tubular!
3RAD
Fire up
3REV
Texter's "Just a sec"
3BRB
Atlanta-based health agcy.
3CDC
String of dried chile peppers
6ristra
Reign
4RULE
Not far off, or where to look to make this puzzle's starred clues match their answers?
15aroundthecorner
Jazz singer Sylvia
4SYMS
One on parental leave, perhaps
6newdad
"A Boy Named __": Johnny Cash hit
3sue
Navy noncom
3CPO
Simple shirt
3TEE
Pained cry
3YOW
Kung ___ chicken
3PAO
Trippy drug
3LSD
Molten rock
5MAGMA
Luxury hotel chain
4OMNI
Label again
5RETAG
___ word
4TERM
Wedding crasher's destination, perhaps
7openbar
Pen pal's signoff
7writeme
"House __": longtime HGTV series
7hunters
"Airplane!" star Leslie
7nielsen
Place to find a date?
5stone
*Stop sign locale
6street
At just the right moment
5ONCUE
Senses
5FEELS
Hall of Fame pitcher Bob who won the World Series in 1948 with Cleveland
6feller
Bitter brew, briefly
3IPA
Jargon
4CANT
Over and done
5ENDED
Tennis player Shriver and actress Grier
4pams
Low digit?
3ONE
Merit
4EARN
Dress rehearsals
9trialruns
French cry of surprise
9sacrebleu
*Scoring opportunity in soccer
4kick
Spoke rapidly.
8pattered
*Defensive player who's often the fastest on the football field
4back
The Pacific ___.
9northwest
Knitter's ball
4YARN
Neglected to
5DIDNT
Holiday, casually
5vacay
Cool remark
3brr
__ in Charlie
3CAS
College with an alcohol ban
9drycampus
Part
9COMPONENT
Pittsburgh team
8STEELERS
Afore
3ERE
GI show gp.
3USO
Leslie ___ Jr. of "Hamilton"
4ODOM
Turkey appendage
6WATTLE
*Eeyore's home
4pooh
New beginnings
5DAWNS
Gaggle birds
5GEESE
Mascot Hall of Fame inductee from Queens
5MRMET
*Challenging stretch at Augusta National
4amen
A fan of
4INTO
Uncommon
4RARE
Spunk
4GRIT
"Severance" director Stiller
3ben
Suffix with front or cash
3ier
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