Daily Puzzle Solution
LA Times Crossword
Monday, September 7, 2026
The Los Angeles Times crossword puzzle for Monday, September 7, 2026 features 76 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 4.8 letters. The longest answer is "therightstuff".
Total Clues
76
Longest
therightstuff
Avg Length
4.8
Shortest
cat
ALLComplete Solution List
Owl sound
4HOOT
Blue-green hue used in color printing
4cyan
Pet that can be laser-focused?
3cat
Committee
5ADHOC
Volcano's output
4LAVA
Task list heading
4TODO
Citrus garnish for many a cocktail
10lemonwedge
Toiling away
4ATIT
Manipulate, as bread dough
5KNEAD
Playground fixture with a ladder
5SLIDE
SportsCenter network
4ESPN
Driver's rush-hour headache
10trafficjam
Ice cream servings
6SCOOPS
Cut off
3LOP
Donkey
3ASS
Little bite
5TASTE
Least hospitable
6ICIEST
Tom Wolfe book about Project Mercury, or an apt description of the ends of 16-, 24-, 47-, and 56-Across
13therightstuff
Moves like a crab
6SIDLES
Mistake
5ERROR
Canyon edge
3RIM
Scooby-__
3DOO
Fast-casual bakery franchise
6panera
Budget chain owned by Choice Hotels
10econolodge
Genesis garden
4EDEN
West Point student
5CADET
Sloshed through water
5waded
Field of study
4AREA
Average guy?
10JOESIXPACK
Sound like a 9-Across
4purr
Fencing sword
4EPEE
Familiar theme
5TROPE
Oft-redacted ID
3SSN
Pen points
4NIBS
Moisturizer brand
4OLAY
Actor Holbrook
3HAL
Tribute poem
3ODE
Unit of resistance
3OHM
Didn't count on one's memory in class
9tooknotes
See-through
5CLEAR
When repeated, "and so on"
5yadda
The "A" of GPA: Abbr.
3avg
Scottish no
3NAE
Crumbly Mexican cheese
6COTIJA
Nike rival
6ADIDAS
Sacred tribal carvings
6totems
Erin Burnett OutFront channel
3CNN
Very soft mineral
4TALC
Moistens
4WETS
Enjoys gossip without adding to it, in slang
7sipstea
C'___ la vie!
3EST
Buzz off!
4SCAT
Swanky
4POSH
Darts around
5flits
Rivals
4FOES
August birthstone
7PERIDOT
Shelter made of compressed snow
5IGLOO
Weekend Update comic Michael
3CHE
Gave up one's amateur status, perhaps
9turnedpro
Pop sensation
4IDOL
Mister Rogers
4FRED
Golfer's warning shout
4FORE
Hightailed it
3RAN
Previously on ... segments
6RECAPS
Son of Daedalus
6ICARUS
Contemporary
6MODERN
Spa treatment for feet, briefly
4pedi
At hand
4NEAR
Dorky one
5DWEEB
Elements that make up most of the atmosphere
5gases
Telephone no. addition
3EXT
MS NOW's "The Briefing With __ Psaki"
3jen
Nail polish brand
3OPI
Pioneering ISP
3AOL
Fig. figuring figures
3cpa
__ lime pie
3KEY
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