Daily Puzzle Solution
LA Times Crossword
Tuesday, August 18, 2026
The Los Angeles Times crossword puzzle for Tuesday, August 18, 2026 features 78 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 4.8 letters. The longest answer is "performingarts".
Total Clues
78
Longest
performingarts
Avg Length
4.8
Shortest
ELI
ALLComplete Solution List
Ed of "Lou Grant"
5ASNER
Flower holder
4STEM
Baseball officials
4UMPS
Stir up
5STOKE
Bar mitzvah dance
4HORA
Bean fermented to make miso
4soya
*Be a little nosy
10pokearound
___ a living
4EARN
Yale student
3ELI
Song for two
4DUET
Apple Music predecessor
6ITUNES
Whys and wherefores.
7REASONS
Invitation letters
4RSVP
Toward the stern
3AFT
Store
4SHOP
Acai bowl grain
3oat
*Music, dance, drama, and the like
14performingarts
Penne ___ vodka
4ALLA
+ or - atomic particle
3ION
Self-referential
4META
*Squeeze-box instrument with a keyboard
14pianoaccordion
___-Hur
3BEN
Move like a spooked horse, maybe
4buck
McKellen of "X-Men"
3IAN
Alien-hunting subj.
4seti
Royalties, e.g.
7payouts
Deli order
6NOMAYO
Ultrasoft mineral
4talc
More, on a music score
3PIU
"Growing Pains" actor Thicke
4alan
*Public relations manager
10pressagent
Suppressed, with "up"
4PENT
Toward sunrise
4EAST
Ore finder
5MINER
On a trawler, say
4asea
Gains after taxes
4nets
Bamboo-loving bear, or, when parsed in three parts, a feature of the answers to the starred clues
5panda
According to
5ASPER
Took without asking
5STOLE
Big name in brick phones
5nokia
__ out a living
3EKE
List, as names during roll call
7readoff
Footwear
5SHOES
Sell aggressively
4TOUT
Directional suffix
3ERN
Wisconsin's capital
7MADISON
Drain completely
5useup
Kvetch
4MOAN
Funeral pile
4PYRE
Comic __: informal typeface
4sans
Reach a cost of
5RUNTO
Rating for many shows aired at 8 p.m.
4tvpg
Plastic-wrap brand
5SARAN
Big horned animal
5rhino
Recommended garment when using glitter glue
5smock
Double Stuf cookie
4OREO
Env. directive
4ATTN
Bag-screening org.
3TSA
Part of a glissade, in ballet
4plie
Dynamism
4ELAN
Christina who played Wednesday Addams and appeared on "Wednesday"
5ricci
__ acid
5AMINO
PD alert
3APB
Listen to
4OBEY
Signature replicator
7autopen
Iranian currency
5RIALS
Summer childcare option
7daycamp
Christmas cookie receiver
5santa
Histories
5PASTS
Philly Ivy League sch.
5UPENN
Like a fork
5TINED
Kama __
5SUTRA
West Coast wine region
4NAPA
Fútbol cheers
4OLES
Locks on a mustang
4mane
Exam
4TEST
Insecure star Issa
3RAE
Supermodel Carangi
3GIA
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