Daily Puzzle Solution
LA Times Crossword
Monday, August 31, 2026
The Los Angeles Times crossword puzzle for Monday, August 31, 2026 features 76 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 4.9 letters. The longest answer is "turkeyvultures".
Total Clues
76
Longest
turkeyvultures
Avg Length
4.9
Shortest
pol
ALLComplete Solution List
Confess (to)
5ADMIT
___ at the moon
4howl
23-Down fig.
3pol
Extract, as minerals from soil
5leach
Gobi Desert continent
4ASIA
Egg cells
3OVA
Avian scavengers with red heads
14turkeyvultures
Tread the boards
3ACT
Feathery neckwear
3BOA
Smitten Kitchen blogger Perelman
3DEB
Some QB protectors
3RTS
Neatens up text boxes, say
8realigns
Hangry plea
6feedme
Demo release
12trialversion
Secretly included on an email
5BCCED
Pop singer Carly __ Jepsen
3RAE
"The Incredibles" supersuit designer Mode
4edna
Portuguese phone greeting
3alo
Health retreat
3SPA
Recipe amt.
3TSP
Addams cousin
3ITT
Gambling town near Tahoe
4RENO
One of eight on an octopus
3ARM
Supple
5LITHE
Paperwork for leisure travelers
12touristvisas
Nonprofit journalism agcy.
6apnews
Most civil
8POLITEST
Rotten
3BAD
20-vol. lexicon
3OED
Karate rank
3dan
Dallas City Hall architect I.M. __
3pei
Part of speech that requires a direct object
14transitiveverb
Enter a race
3run
Benefit
4GAIN
Baking tool with holes
5sieve
Actress Adams of "The Muppets"
3amy
Fairy-tale opening
4ONCE
Screen found in many a living room, or what 16-, 29-, 49-, and 63-Across can be called
5tvset
I do location
5ALTAR
Card with two pips
5DEUCE
"Knives Out" protagonist
5marta
Grody!
3ICK
Hitchcock film with nonhuman villains
8thebirds
Capital of Cuba?
6HAVANA
Columbus sch.
3OSU
Untamed
4WILD
Penalties for missing due dates
8latefees
___ favor (please, in Spanish)
3POR
Indulged too much
9overdidit
May, in June
9lastmonth
Bear who steals "pic-a-nic" baskets
4yogi
__ Eats: DoorDash rival
4uber
Upper house of Congress
6SENATE
Cell service initials
3LTE
High-end camera, for short
3SLR
Language ending
3ESE
Large cask
3VAT
Running tally of drinks at a pub
6bartab
Pharaoh played by Elizabeth Taylor
9cleopatra
Puzzle
9CONUNDRUM
Collects $200 in Monopoly
8passesgo
Class with easels
3ART
Least fancy
8plainest
Valuable excavation find
3ore
Team VIP
3MVP
Real or ideal suffix
3ist
Cry of victory
4IWON
Antiseptic fluid
6iodine
Czech or Pole
4SLAV
Olympic swords
5EPEES
Start a tennis rally
5serve
Neighbor of Nepal
5TIBET
Gorilla researcher Fossey
4DIAN
Indefinite amount
3ANY
Nervous twitch
3TIC
"The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" aunt, familiarly
3viv
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