Daily Puzzle Solution
LA Times Crossword
Thursday, August 20, 2026
The Los Angeles Times crossword puzzle for Thursday, August 20, 2026 features 76 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 4.9 letters. The longest answer is "naturaldiamonds".
Total Clues
76
Longest
naturaldiamonds
Avg Length
4.9
Shortest
LIT
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Error
7MISSTEP
Radio static sound
7crackle
Do the same as
7IMITATE
Peaceful getaway spot
7retreat
Hard stuff in rings
15naturaldiamonds
You said it!
4AMEN
Ignited
3LIT
Small floral bundle
4posy
Robin Hood foe
7sheriff
Hard stuff in school
13rocketscience
Gets even with
6REPAYS
Relativity, for one
6THEORY
Bucks and does
4DEER
Org. that oversees food recalls
3fda
Half a sextet
4TRIO
Hard stuff in a bar
15alcoholicdrinks
Utterly exhausted
9bonetired
"How amusing"
3heh
__ culpa
3MEA
Marina ___ Rey, California
3DEL
Proper
3APT
Fuming
5IRATE
Nocturnal flapper
3bat
Word with circle and tube
5INNER
Hard stuff for a sweet tooth
15jawbreakercandy
Doesn't just assume
4ASKS
Licoricelike herb
5ANISE
Ore-rich vein
4seam
Appliance alert
4BEEP
Numbers for letters
5rents
Tollbooth pricing unit
4AXLE
Sports analyst Kimes
4MINA
Mosque leader
4IMAM
Place
4SITE
Leave speechless
4STUN
Fossil-preserving gunk
3TAR
Unreliable stat from the fashionably late
3ETA
Bit of hamster food
6pellet
One who always gives star treatment?
6critic
Belfast-born actor Stephen
3REA
Bread machine?
3ATM
Trim, as a photo
4CROP
Casino game
4KENO
Boyos
4LADS
Marketplace with personalized gifts
4ETSY
NNE, SSW, etc.
4dirs
Contrail location
3sky
Bucks, but not does
3hes
In shape
3FIT
Dismissive syllable
3FEH
Bit of fishing gear
4REEL
Well-financed gp.
4OPEC
Chocolate substitute
5CAROB
Online access username within universities, briefly
5netid
Grain ground to make masa
4corn
"The Devil in the White City" writer Larson
4erik
Nutritional amt.
3RDA
Casual hellos
3YOS
Flowering plant once believed to repel pests
8fleabane
E, in Morse code
3DIT
Rigorous evaluation
8acidtest
Big hit at the ballpark
5homer
Unspecified person
3ONE
Hip-hop pioneer Dr. __
3dre
Thing of the past
5RELIC
Muslim headscarf
5HIJAB
Create a clean slate?
5erase
Ethan of the "Before" trilogy
5hawke
Secondary structure
5annex
Bike faster!
5PEDAL
Defiant response to a threat
5tryme
Ingredient meas.
4tbsp
Similar (to)
4AKIN
Mars rover org.
4NASA
"My conscience whispers in your __": "King John"
3ear
High or low follower, in graphics
3res
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