Daily Puzzle Solution
LA Times Crossword
Thursday, August 6, 2026
The Los Angeles Times crossword puzzle for Thursday, August 6, 2026 features 76 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 5.0 letters. The longest answer is "spillthetea".
Total Clues
76
Longest
spillthetea
Avg Length
5.0
Shortest
HEE
ALLComplete Solution List
To __ their own
4EACH
One with a supporting role
6pillar
Giggle syllable
3HEE
Potatoes, in Indian dishes
4ALOO
Nutty Italian cheese
6ASIAGO
Verbal fillers
3UMS
"I want all the juicy details!"
11spillthetea
Was introduced to
3MET
Tightens up
6TENSES
If I had to bet ...
7ODDSARE
"Use your umbrella!"
7staydry
Aladdin figure
5GENIE
Features of some old socks
5holes
Figure skating jump that has only been landed in competition by Ilia Malinin
8quadaxel
Feature of some old socks
4odor
Replay reviewer
3REF
First-aid pro
3EMT
With 37-Across, place for a pawdicure
3pet
Emoji from one who's down
7sadface
See 34-Across
3spa
Fitting
3APT
Gross!
3ICK
Inner workings
4GUTS
Makes a clutch putt, perhaps
8savespar
Key mistakes?
5typos
Heart chambers
5ATRIA
"Want to play again?"
7onemore
Global spirits giant that began as a rum maker in Cuba
7bacardi
Oscars, e.g.
6AWARDS
Pretend
3ACT
Wildly successful, or what three black squares in this puzzle literally are
11gangbusters
Lodge
3SKI
Like loose laces
6untied
Pulitzer-winning novelist Jennifer
4EGAN
Exit full screen key
3ESC
Get cozy
6NESTLE
Cries noisily
4SOBS
Direction that plays first in mahjong
4east
Mont Blanc, par exemple
4ALPE
Place that welcomes change?
8coinslot
Wild West costume accessory
7holster
Easy mark
5PATSY
Kinda, sorta
3ISH
Falsehood
3LIE
"Stay the Night" singer Jackson
6latoya
Like 15 Across.
4aged
Occasion to wear away uniforms
8roadgame
Compassionate
6HUMANE
Celebrity chef with a flagship restaurant in New Orleans
6emeril
Cosmetician Lauder
5ESTEE
Grassy expanses
4LEAS
Message one may wish to open in private
4sext
Kicked out of a competition, briefly
4dqed
Scoundrel
7RUFFIAN
Word with bell or bar
3hop
Lines of praise
3ODE
Dealer's handful
4DECK
Aw, shoot
4RATS
Free diver's weapon
8speargun
Unit of farmland
4ACRE
Id counterpart
8superego
Vacation hrs.
3PTO
Pack animal
3ASS
Nike rival
4AVIA
Takes turns?
7GYRATES
Library area
6STACKS
Powerfully cold
6arctic
Score units
6points
AAA offerings
4TOWS
Take down a peg
5ABASE
Apatow of "Euphoria"
5maude
Copenhagen native
4DANE
Lacking pizzazz
4DRAB
Form W-2 digits
4ssns
Scram!
3GIT
___ canto
3BEL
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