Daily Puzzle Solution
LA Times Crossword
Thursday, September 3, 2026
The Los Angeles Times crossword puzzle for Thursday, September 3, 2026 features 76 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 4.9 letters. The longest answer is "composeyourself".
Total Clues
76
Longest
composeyourself
Avg Length
4.9
Shortest
GAG
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Word with order or reel
3GAG
__ farming: asking for upvotes on Reddit
5karma
Catches forty winks
4NAPS
Hazy brew, briefly
3ipa
Raise in relief
6EMBOSS
On-the-job protection org.
4OSHA
"Step one: make sure everything is in tune"?
10firstpitch
Drill or clamp
4tool
Party game with forbidden words
5taboo
Origin of a plot hole?
3hoe
Green Gables girl
4ANNE
One with elitist tastes
4snob
"Learn to recognize the pattern of sharps and flats"?
10masterkeys
Big heads
4EGOS
Regretted
4RUED
Perpignan pal
3ami
Put a new price on
5RETAG
Wedding party member, perhaps
5groom
"Don't wait for anyone else, go ahead and write a song"?
15composeyourself
Beer with the largest single-site brewery in the world
5coors
Olympic judo medalist Rousey
5ronda
Place for a tug
3sea
Opportunity org.
4nasa
Mirror pic letters on social media
4ootd
"Now play C major and C minor descending"?
10scalesdown
Aware of
4ONTO
Onigiri wrapper
4NORI
Tonewood used to make ukuleles
3koa
Parting mot
5ADIEU
Shortly, quaintly
4ANON
Score symbols, or a description of 17-, 24-, 39-, and 49-Across
10musicnotes
Run while sitting
4idle
Draw out
6ELICIT
Groove
3RUT
Yuks, online
4lols
Short digression
5ASIDE
Photo ___
3OPS
Talents
5GIFTS
Hive-minded?
5APIAN
Greta known as the "Swedish Sphinx"
5garbo
Diet with fat bombs
4KETO
Feedback provider, maybe
3amp
Triple Crown stat.
3RBI
Fliers who are often light-headed?
5moths
Tie at a racetrack?
5ascot
Zero interest
8notakers
"Sure, that's a very normal response ... "
9asonedoes
Baloney descriptor
5phony
Retail statistic
5SALES
Like tulle
5sheer
Drink brand with lizards in its logo
4SOBE
Springfield watering hole
4MOES
Sunflower kin
5aster
Tommy Pickles, for one
6RUGRAT
___ Pointe Blank
6GROSSE
Syracuse's gp.
3acc
Sound from a pen
3moo
"My streak continues!"
9imonaroll
Edebiri of "The Bear"
3AYO
Why are you still here?
5gonow
World Cup cheer
3OLE
Theater director's deg.
3mfa
Nutty confections
8PRALINES
Sukiyaki noodle, maybe
4udon
Words on a docent's badge
5ASKME
Bird that was once endemic to Mauritius
4dodo
Mail
5SNAIL
Airbnb option
5condo
Birth day party?
5DOULA
Caravan's rest spot
5oasis
Cold brew style
5NITRO
Pave the way for, as a topic of conversation
5teeup
Removes
5OUSTS
Prerequisite to a deal
4ante
Here, in Le Havre
3ICI
Spain's El __
3CID
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