Daily Puzzle Solution
LA Times Crossword
Saturday, August 8, 2026
The Los Angeles Times crossword puzzle for Saturday, August 8, 2026 features 70 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 5.5 letters. The longest answer is "anyquestions".
Total Clues
70
Longest
anyquestions
Avg Length
5.5
Shortest
and
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Kitchen drawer?
5AROMA
Follow
4OBEY
NYC venue whose final show featured Patti Smith
4cbgb
Economic justice topic
10livingwage
Willie who broke the NHL's color barrier
4OREE
Forest formations with mythological associations
10fairyrings
Crux
4MEAT
Useful element in making connections
3and
Group in Mercury's orbit?
5queen
Causes of spiraling, at times
5fears
Their feet may have claws
4tubs
Writers commissioned for tributes
6odists
Tightens, perhaps
6reties
Down for drama?
6fourth
Stuff
5ITEMS
Chrysler that won the 1978 Motor Trend Car of the Year Award
9dodgeomni
Receive
5GREET
Offline
3irl
Threw a pity party, perhaps
5cried
Feature of HAL 9000 in "2001: A Space Odyssey"
9sentience
Nephric
5RENAL
Coin bearing a bear
6toonie
Bear claw, e.g.
6PASTRY
Volunteer
6SIGNON
Result of productive talks
4pact
Some bookmarks
5sites
Find out
5GOASK
Mercury, for one
3GOD
Nursing spot
4TEAT
Perfectly reasonable
10icanseewhy
Some Indigenous Canadians
4innu
Clue in evolutionary history
10markergene
Cobbler's tool
4rasp
__ Around
4ORSO
Maker of the One SL speaker
5sonos
__-Romeo
4ALFA
Filmmaker Johnson
4rian
Poet frequently referenced in "Don Quixote"
4ovid
Bygone orbiter
3MIR
All clear
12anyquestions
Boo-boos
5OWIES
Curse
4BANE
Spaetzle, e.g.
9eggnoodle
Uh-huh
3YES
Settles
11comestorest
One may be taken on a date
10breathmint
Shift workers?
5gears
Kalshi actions
4bets
Some bait
5grubs
Party poppers
12firecrackers
Cock-a-doodle-doo
11timetogetup
Vibed on
3dug
Fixes
4RIGS
Peut-__: French "perhaps"
4ETRE
Animated superhero series featuring the voice of Tara Strong
10teentitans
Word in Beaufort readings
5force
Setting for some on-line orders?
9diningcar
Close
4NEAR
How much scrolling is done
4idly
Producer on seven U2 albums
3eno
Dated
5PASSE
Italian home of the world's oldest bank
5siena
Coat put on in the kitchen?
5panko
Verb in a polenta recipe
4stir
Sticks in the water?
4OARS
Longtime "PBS News Hour" anchor Ifill
4gwen
Gah!
4ohno
Top jobs?
4dyes
Letters expressing personal thoughts
3imo
Team challenge
3ego
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