Daily Puzzle Solution
LA Times Crossword
Wednesday, August 12, 2026
The Los Angeles Times crossword puzzle for Wednesday, August 12, 2026 features 74 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 5.1 letters. The longest answer is "longtimegoal".
Total Clues
74
Longest
longtimegoal
Avg Length
5.1
Shortest
RED
ALLComplete Solution List
Succeed in a class
4pass
With 47-Down, tropical shade providers
4palm
Content warning letters
4nsfw
Two-tone apex predator
4ORCA
Inventor's jumping-off point
4idea
Underwater detector
5SONAR
I like it!
9looksgood
Location
5PLACE
Out like a light
6ASLEEP
Vintner's harvest
6GRAPES
Top stripe of a pride flag
3RED
Lousy grade
3DEE
Gosh!
3GEE
Channel with music videos and "Reba" reruns
3cmt
Bucket list item, perhaps
12longtimegoal
Statistical average
4MEAN
Jokes
4GAGS
Cunning plan
4ruse
A Change Is ___ Come
5GONNA
Victor Wembanyama's org.
3NBA
Features of 4c hair
5kinks
A single time
4ONCE
Plant anchor
4ROOT
CPR pros
4EMTS
Not rigid
12looseygoosey
Seasonal vaccine target
3FLU
Some undergrad degs.
3BAS
Fleeting snooze
3nap
Pvt. trainer
3SGT
Chicken ___ bleu
6CORDON
Throw trash away, but not in a trash can
6litter
An additional time
5again
Distance shot in basketball, or what 16-, 26-, and 39-Across are altogether?
9logothree
Sport with scrums
5RUGBY
Component of steel
4iron
Lack of difficulty
4EASE
Simple tops
4TEES
Domestic four-leggers
4pets
Their ___ Were Watching God
4EYES
Big name in seltzer water
5polar
Came up
5AROSE
Give a talking to
5SCOLD
For goodness' ___!
4SAKE
Animal enclosure with a namesake cipher
6pigpen
And now, without further __ ...
3ADO
Sign before Virgo
3LEO
Ticked off
3MAD
Mardi Gras city, familiarly
4NOLA
Signals called by a quarterback before each play
9snapcount
Protections against respiratory illnesses
9facemasks
Competes on a mat
8wrestles
Shopping jag
5SPREE
Arizona city near the Seven Sacred Pools
6sedona
Precious stones
4GEMS
Creamy Christmas concoctions
7eggnogs
Huge unit of mass
7gigaton
Pool divisions
5LANES
Like a dirty word
5taboo
Dirty
5GRIMY
Actor's audition selection
9monologue
Spur on
9ENCOURAGE
Transport on the way to sink a putt
8golfcart
"You hang on to that"
6keepit
"Sinners" director Coogler
4ryan
Dark wood
5EBONY
Makeover sites
6salons
Wander off
5STRAY
V-formation flyers
5GEESE
See 5-Across
5trees
I call it!
4DIBS
Old-school "you"
4thee
Guff
3LIP
Metallic resource
3ORE
Duped
3got
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