Daily Puzzle Solution
LA Times Crossword
Friday, August 21, 2026
The Los Angeles Times crossword puzzle for Friday, August 21, 2026 features 78 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 4.8 letters. The longest answer is "newtonslatte".
Total Clues
78
Longest
newtonslatte
Avg Length
4.8
Shortest
DYE
ALLComplete Solution List
Graduate from a balance bike
5PEDAL
Zounds!
4EGAD
Not only that
4PLUS
Sauce for chipotles
5adobo
German automaker
4AUDI
Nana's daughter
4aunt
Collar clip-on
5IDTAG
Hard punch
4SLUG
Big name in morning TV
4RIPA
Get the gray out, say
3DYE
"A bottle where the rapid decrease in pressure upon opening creates foam, please" request?
11boyleslager
Caitlin Clark's home state
4IOWA
Topical antiseptic
6iodine
"A light coffee, and do not drop it, please" request?
12newtonslatte
Small flower
5CREEK
Raw minerals
4ORES
Nature airer
3PBS
Biblical name of ancient Syria
4ARAM
Wolverines and Badgers
5teams
Canada Goose garment
4coat
Inquire
3ASK
Head of a museum?
4bust
Full of passion
5FIERY
"I'll take my potato as a pancake (but you'll probably bring fries)" request?
12murphyslatke
Future resident
6INTERN
Cringeworthy, in Gen Alpha slang
4ohio
Strict enforcement of the rules for a civil society, or how to process the requests in 21-, 26-, and 43-Across?
11lawandorder
Greek T
3TAU
Tofu nutrient
4IRON
Drama honor
4OBIE
Feature of some accents
5twang
Smoothie berry
4ACAI
Merino, e.g.
4wool
"Pale Blue Dot" subject
5earth
Top of many an indoor stadium
4dome
Trawling equipment
4NETS
Clothe
5DRESS
Took care of, say
4paid
Circular current
4EDDY
Shower with love, with "on"
4DOTE
Old hoops gp.
3ABA
Daily record
7LOGBOOK
Causes of some grade inflation
6easyas
Beach party
4gull
For two voices, in music
4ADUE
Archaeologist's workplaces
8digsites
Mardi Gras event
6PARADE
Video game brother
5LUIGI
Let out, as pigs
5UNPEN
Try to decipher a stereogram, perhaps
5stare
Have
3OWN
Auction units
4LOTS
Bullet point
4ITEM
Bracket org.
4ncaa
Messes up
4ERRS
Ineffective
4WEAK
Unwilling (to)
5LOATH
Branch
3ARM
Ballad writer
4poet
Oak exterior
4bark
Ocular woe
4STYE
Service
8turndown
Medium ability
3ESP
Ta-ta!
4CIAO
Cutting comeback
4burn
Toyed with
7FLIRTED
"Stop being such a jerk!"
6meanie
Singing in some Ricola ads
6yodels
Shakira's "__ Wolf"
3she
Odyssey prelude
5ILIAD
Many a "Breaking Bad" figure
5narco
Clock-changing hr.
5twoam
Cor anglais kin
4OBOE
Real hoot
4RIOT
Scale button
4TARE
Tunneling pests
4ANTS
Cries of disgust
4UGHS
Tug-of-__
3WAR
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