Daily Puzzle Solution
LA Times Crossword
Monday, August 24, 2026
The Los Angeles Times crossword puzzle for Monday, August 24, 2026 features 78 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 4.8 letters. The longest answer is "hitsforthecycle".
Total Clues
78
Longest
hitsforthecycle
Avg Length
4.8
Shortest
DEE
ALLComplete Solution List
Dancing Queen pop group
4ABBA
"Wish I was there!" anxiety, for short
4fomo
Department store chain headquartered in New York's Herald Square
5macys
Crystal ball gazer
4SEER
Not of the clergy
4LAIC
Anticipate
5AWAIT
Fix for torn jeans, perhaps
9kneepatch
Dried beef snack
5JERKY
Small brawl
5SETTO
Copperhead Road singer Steve
5EARLE
Near-failing grade
3DEE
Foil-wrapped chocolate drop
12hersheyskiss
Election season event
6DEBATE
Driver's approx.
3ETA
Mined find
3ORE
Cartoon explorer with a talking backpack
4DORA
___ no big deal
5ITSOK
Gets a single, double, triple, and home run in one game
15hitsforthecycle
Hay fever sound
5achoo
Unwelcome campground visitor
4BEAR
Do some sums
3ADD
__ Angeles Sparks
3LOS
Loves a bunch
6ADORES
Accept unintended consequences
12facethemusic
Abbreviation on a toothpaste box
3ada
Mexican coins
5PESOS
Many a Chopin piano piece
5etude
Phi Beta __
5KAPPA
Ideal partners, and what can be found at the ends of 17-, 24-, 40-, and 52-Across?
9soulmates
Everglades wader
5EGRET
Jai __: fast-moving court game
4alai
Competes (for)
4VIES
Get to, as a destination
5reach
Ivy League school in New Haven
4YALE
Baby-voiced red Muppet
4ELMO
Inquires
4ASKS
Molto ___ ("Very good," in Italian)
4BENE
Red root vegetable
4BEET
Respect singer Franklin
6ARETHA
St. Pete's st.
3fla
Hall's Rock & Roll Hall of Fame partner
5OATES
Old Testament book after Jonah
5micah
Autumn colour
5OCHRE
Magnificent
8majestic
Bowl over
3AWE
Rapper ___ B
5CARDI
*"Yowza!"
5YIKES
Eyelid sores
5STYES
Ode writer
4POET
Caustic chemical
3LYE
Upgrade, as decor
4REDO
Teenage Dream singer Perry
4KATY
Capital of Qatar
4DOHA
{/The Little Mermaid/} prince
4ERIC
"Little Women" sister of Meg, Jo, and Amy
4beth
Poetic sphere
3ORB
Numbered hwy.
3RTE
Eureka!
3AHA
Injury reminder
4SCAR
Merrie ___ England
4OLDE
Sneaker brand since 1916
4KEDS
One and only
4SOLE
Walking trail
8footpath
Timeline units
4ERAS
That lady
3SHE
Day, in Latin
4diem
Eight-note interval
6OCTAVE
Fraud
5FAKER
Pithy bit of wisdom
5ADAGE
It's a Wonderful Life director Frank
5CAPRA
Writing class assignment
5ESSAY
Simoleons
5MOOLA
Typical
5USUAL
Gas or elec.
4UTIL
Consider to be
4DEEM
Gas brand in Canada
4ESSO
Chest muscle, for short
3PEC
Fib
3LIE
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