Daily Puzzle Solution
LA Times Crossword
Monday, August 17, 2026
The Los Angeles Times crossword puzzle for Monday, August 17, 2026 features 78 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 4.8 letters. The longest answer is "playground".
Total Clues
78
Longest
playground
Avg Length
4.8
Shortest
HOE
ALLComplete Solution List
Magic: The Gathering fan's collection
5cards
"You are __": map message
4here
Slugger Sammy
4SOSA
Capital of Ghana
5ACCRA
Yemen neighbor
4OMAN
Birds associated with wisdom
4OWLS
Attraction in a neighborhood park
10playground
Skewed view
4BIAS
Flow slowly
4SEEP
General idea
5SENSE
Lobby group for seniors
4AARP
Illuminating item in an emergency kit
10flashlight
Word before metal and music
5sheet
Buoyant
6AFLOAT
Kitchen tool needed for some potato dishes
6peeler
Commuter's fee
4toll
Garden implement
3HOE
Phone history list
7calllog
Fail to show up for
7blowoff
Streaming interruptions
3ADS
Argentine author Jorge ___ Borges
4LUIS
Italian town with a namesake coast
6amalfi
"Go Birds!" NFL team
6eagles
Iron alloy
5STEEL
Outing for two couples
10DOUBLEDATE
Literary governess Jane
4EYRE
Up to
5UNTIL
Love, in Spanish
4AMOR
Actor Estrada
4ERIK
Consecutive, or a hint to what can follow the first parts and precede the second parts of 17-, 25-, 38-, 40-, and 49-Across
10backtoback
Country singer Lovett
4LYLE
Shrek, for one
4OGRE
Nintendo's The Legend of __
5ZELDA
Notices
4SEES
Some small dogs
4TOYS
Official order
5EDICT
Lid
3CAP
Knee surgery target, for short
3ACL
Color TV pioneer
3RCA
Unproductive period
8DRYSPELL
Mint-family herb
4SAGE
Fuss
6HOOPLA
Down under bird
3EMU
Appeared in print
3RAN
Cease!
3END
"That's that, then"
6sobeit
In debt
5OWING
Cut drastically, as prices
5SLASH
Valuable quality
5ASSET
Gridiron official
3REF
Ski races with gates
7SLALOMS
Pet welfare org.
5ASPCA
On track to win
5AHEAD
Film spools
5REELS
Away from the bow, on a boat
3aft
Untidy one
4SLOB
Say hi, in slang
5HOLLA
Dishy memoir
7tellall
Cheek colorer
5ROUGE
Like moth-eaten clothing
5holey
Buyer's proposal
5OFFER
Submit taxes online
5EFILE
__ the lily: add unnecessary decor
4gild
Sloshy mattress
8waterbed
Salty expanse
3SEA
Chargeable two-wheelers
6ebikes
Poles in a tomato garden
6stakes
Old-fashioned showdowns
5DUELS
Sandwich request
5ONRYE
Purposeful
5UTILE
First responder: Abbr.
3EMT
Flow slowly
4OOZE
'Droid
3BOT
In the past
3AGO
Get weepy
3CRY
___ Baba and the Forty Thieves
3ALI
Public health agcy.
3CDC
Dennings of "WandaVision"
3KAT
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