Daily Puzzle Solution
LA Times Crossword
Wednesday, September 2, 2026
The Los Angeles Times crossword puzzle for Wednesday, September 2, 2026 features 78 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 4.8 letters. The longest answer is "takingashortcut".
Total Clues
78
Longest
takingashortcut
Avg Length
4.8
Shortest
sea
ALLComplete Solution List
Rascal
5SCAMP
With 30-Across, FIFA women's powerhouse
4team
Rip off
4SCAM
Green growth in a pond
5ALGAE
Rotating shaft
4AXLE
Salt-N-Pepa, e.g.
4TRIO
1990s grunge icon
10kurtcobain
Learning tools
4aids
Manatee habitat
3sea
Ray of McDonald's history
4kroc
General locations
5AREAS
Some street food vendors
10tacotrucks
VEX creations
6robots
Make a choice
3OPT
See 6-Across
3usa
Azerbaijan neighbor
4IRAN
Right-hand page
5RECTO
Only word spoken in "Silent Movie"
3non
Going the faster way, hopefully
15takingashortcut
Former quarterback Manning
3ELI
1/16 of a pound
5OUNCE
2026 "Legally Blonde" prequel
4elle
Taxpayer ID
3SSN
Sweet
3RAD
Make a value judgment
6assess
Easy as __
10gutcourses
Result of haste, in an adage
5WASTE
Colossal
4VAST
Prefix with -tainment
3EDU
So much
4ALOT
Judge's directive, or a feature of each set of circled letters?
10courtorder
Junction point
4NODE
Hayride seat, say
4bale
All sales are ___
5FINAL
Beloved
4DEAR
Scrabble board symbol covered in the first play of the game
4star
Young horses
5FOALS
Fifth Avenue retailer
4SAKS
Game with secret passages
4clue
Taj Mahal city
4AGRA
Yoga surface
3MAT
Eat like a bird
6PECKAT
Frowned upon
5TABOO
Spot-on
5EXACT
Legend in the ring
3ALI
Big boys?
3MEN
Severely plain
5stark
Throws in the towel
10criesuncle
Verdi opera
4AIDA
Green growth in a terrarium
4moss
Middle-earth monsters
4ORCS
Many a Hollywood Walk of Fame honoree
5actor
Un-Break My Heart singer Braxton
4TONI
Swiss pharmaceutical giant
5ROCHE
As many as
4UPTO
Ceremonial events
5rites
Spoken exams
5ORALS
Science fair volcano ingredient
10bakingsoda
Spiritual essences
5SOULS
Pays to play
5ANTES
Total stranger
5RANDO
Key near F1
3ESC
América del __: México's continent
5norte
Green dip, briefly
4guac
Model/activist Holliday
4TESS
Helper (abbr.)
4ASST
Trigger, as an alarm
6SETOFF
Total
5UTTER
Throat dangler
5UVULA
More uncommon
5RARER
Steam __: latte-making gadget
4wand
Sunburn treatment
4ALOE
Giant novelist Ferber
4EDNA
Works for me
4DEAL
Web addresses
4URLS
48 Hours airer
3CBS
Breakfast bit that might soak overnight
3oat
Home of Sugarloaf Mountain
3rio
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