LA Times Crossword hints and answers for August 1, 2026

Every clue with a hint and the answer behind separate buttons, so nothing is spoiled until you tap.

Clues70
Across35
Down35
DaySaturday

Today’s LA Times Crossword clues, hints & answers

Every clue from this puzzle with a hint and the answer behind separate buttons, so you only see what you need. Click a clue for its own page.

Across

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Impetus (6)
Starts with R, ends with NREASON→
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Sentimental one (3)
Starts with S, ends with PSAP→
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"Measure twice, cut once," for one (5)
Starts with M, ends with OMOTTO→
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Show stopper? (12)
Starts with S, ends with ESERIESFINALE→
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Fed action (7)
Starts with R, ends with TRATECUT→
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House Stark patriarch (3)
Starts with N, ends with DNED→
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WashU's city (3)
Starts with S, ends with LSTL→
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Ten ahead? (4)
Starts with D, ends with ADECA→
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Poivre partner (3)
Starts with S, ends with LSEL→
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Golf course halves (5)
Starts with N, ends with SNINES→
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"__ of Me": PJ Harvey album (3)
Starts with R, ends with DRID→
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Noted law maker (6)
Starts with N, ends with NNEWTON→
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Fashion designer Saab (4)
Starts with E, ends with EELIE→
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Buttoned-up sort (5)
Starts with P, ends with EPRUDE→
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Makes (9)
Starts with G, ends with SGENERATES→
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Norse pantheon (5)
Starts with A, ends with RAESIR→
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Espresso variety (9)
Starts with A, ends with OAMERICANO→
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Signal to change a battery (5)
Starts with C, ends with PCHIRP→
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Fender Deluxe Reverb, e.g. (3)
Starts with A, ends with PAMP→
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Drag event? (9)
Starts with S, ends with TSNOREFEST→
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First name in landscape photography (5)
Starts with A, ends with LANSEL→
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Race unit (9)
Starts with K, ends with RKILOMETER→
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Shinto shrine entrance (5)
Starts with T, ends with ITORII→
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Joint tissue (9)
Starts with C, ends with ECARTILAGE→
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Take care of (5)
Starts with S, ends with OSEETO→
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WNBA positions: Abbr. (4)
Starts with C, ends with SCTRS→
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"Help me out, would ya?" (6)
Starts with B, ends with LBEAPAL→
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Many a Maximum Fun collaborator (9)
Starts with P, ends with RPODCASTER→
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Contests (6)
Starts with A, ends with SARGUES→
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Title choice on some forms (3)
Starts with M, ends with SMRS→
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Feature of an ungulate (4)
Starts with H, ends with FHOOF→
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UFC style (3)
Starts with M, ends with AMMA→
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Goss (3)
Starts with T, ends with ATEA→
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Look down upon (7)
Starts with S, ends with TSCOFFAT→
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Discount emporia (12)
Starts with T, ends with STHRIFTSTORES→

Down

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Skipper, for short (4)
Starts with C, ends with NCAPN→
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Fighting words? (10)
Starts with D, ends with SDISSTRACKS→
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"Train Dreams" writer Johnson (5)
Starts with D, ends with SDENIS→
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Ad hoc (6)
Starts with O, ends with FONEOFF→
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"Frozen" character who sings "In Summer" (4)
Starts with O, ends with FOLAF→
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Antecedes (8)
Starts with P, ends with SPREDATES→
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Lampoon (8)
Starts with R, ends with ERIDICULE→
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"Consider it done!" (8)
Starts with I, ends with NISURECAN→
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"That girl?" (3)
Starts with H, ends with RHER→
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Lack of sensitivity (6)
Starts with T, ends with RTINEAR→
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Athletic position? (10)
Starts with R, ends with TROSTERSPOT→
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TMZ alternative (5)
Starts with E, ends with SENEWS→
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Security line machine (7)
Starts with S, ends with RSCANNER→
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Cause of inflation (3)
Starts with A, ends with RAIR→
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No answer? (6)
Starts with D, ends with LDENIAL→
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Tamagoyaki, e.g. (6)
Starts with O, ends with TOMELET→
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Re-strain? (6)
Starts with M, ends with EMUTATE→
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"__ Mine": George Harrison book (3)
Starts with I, ends with EIME→
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Runoff cause, perhaps (3)
Starts with T, ends with ETIE→
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Get hot (4)
Starts with B, ends with LBOIL→
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Sign of treble? (5)
Starts with G, ends with FGCLEF→
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Valencia's country (5)
Starts with S, ends with NSPAIN→
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Declare (6)
Starts with A, ends with TASSERT→
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Picks a lane? (6)
Starts with M, ends with SMERGES→
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Motorola devices (6)
Starts with P, ends with SPAGERS→
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Many a "Selling Sunset" cast member (7)
Starts with R, ends with RREALTOR→
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Mild (4)
Starts with T, ends with ETAME→
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Highway enforcers (8)
Starts with T, ends with STROOPERS→
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"Gimme a break" (8)
Starts with O, ends with NOHCOMEON→
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Stratovolcano in NorCal (8)
Starts with M, ends with AMTSHASTA→
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"I could __" (3)
Starts with E, ends with TEAT→
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Shortchange (5)
Starts with S, ends with FSTIFF→

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