Daily Puzzle Solution
LA Times Crossword
Saturday, August 22, 2026
The Los Angeles Times crossword puzzle for Saturday, August 22, 2026 features 70 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 5.5 letters. The longest answer is "didalittledance".
Total Clues
70
Longest
didalittledance
Avg Length
5.5
Shortest
ART
ALLComplete Solution List
Camera setting with a moon icon
9nightmode
Makes a run for it
5bolts
Like rocks and minerals
9inorganic
"Farewell, mon amie"
5adieu
Literary figure who rings a bell
9quasimodo
Remote spots?
5SOFAS
Finesse
3ART
Beach Soccer World Cup org.
4fifa
Overly caffeinated
5WIRED
Nancy Drew chum
4bess
Lab infestation?
5FLEAS
Foxy Brown 'do
3FRO
Middle set
3abs
Cousin with floor-length hair
3ITT
Heads out
4GOES
"Ugh, I'm so sorry!"
13thatstheworst
Some transformations
13characterarcs
I know, right?
13youretellinme
Mackey of "Ella McCay"
4emma
Ceci n'est pas __ pipe
3UNE
Confidentiality doc.
3NDA
One bro to another?
3sib
Takes to heart
5HEEDS
Some "Call the Midwife" figures
4nuns
Exclaims
5CRIES
Crushed
4ACED
Pause to catch up?
3nap
Essential fatty __
5ACIDS
Avoid having to hoof it
9snagaride
Things to avoid
5NONOS
Like some high-flying performers
9acrobatic
Point of view
5ANGLE
Jargon in a video game chat, maybe
9leetspeak
Muslim face covering
5NIQAB
Harden
5INURE
Nannies and kids
5goats
Work wk. units
3hrs
Work wk. conclusion
4tgif
Term of affection para una chica
4mami
Switch positions
5ONOFF
Celebrated, perhaps
15didalittledance
Italian scholar Umberto
3eco
"On the __ of Sex": 2018 biopic
5basis
Baking soda target
4ODOR
___ chi
9lifeforce
Cocktail party attire
8teadress
Kinda sketch
3sus
Hydrate right after planting, as seedlings
7waterin
Source of siroccos
6sahara
Journalist Payne known as the "First Lady of the Black Press"
5ethel
German "east"
3OST
Uncovered
4BARE
Hall of Fame figures
7statues
First poet to perform at the Super Bowl
6gorman
Comparatively large band
9thumbring
Theater section
5scene
Mascara applicator
4WAND
Gathering that celebrates DC icons
8comiccon
Love that
3yes
Siddhartha novelist
5HESSE
"We __ because we care": Monsters, Inc. motto
5scare
Bring together
5UNITE
"Russian Doll" protagonist
5nadia
Mote
5SPECK
Object of reverence
4IDOL
Spielberg quartet
4egot
Tends to a stain, maybe
4dabs
De Armas of "Ballerina"
3ana
Actor Mineo
3SAL
Knock-__
3RAP
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