LA Times Crossword hints and answers for August 5, 2026
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Clues77
Across35
Down42
DayWednesday
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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Antlered grazer (3)
Starts with E, ends with KELK→
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Lute in Hindi cinema (5)
Starts with S, ends with RSITAR→
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Some jeans (4)
Starts with L, ends with SLEES→
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Leap happily (5)
Starts with B, ends with DBOUND→
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Mexican state on the Gulf of California (6)
Starts with S, ends with ASONORA→
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Uttered (4)
Starts with S, ends with DSAID→
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Rights org. (4)
Starts with A, ends with UACLU→
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First lesson in "Plumbing: A Beginner's Guide"? (13)
Starts with T, ends with ETAKETHEPLUNGE→
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Vocalized (4)
Starts with O, ends with LORAL→
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Trauma ctrs. (3)
Starts with E, ends with SERS→
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"Let me say it again ... " (7)
Starts with I, ends with TIREPEAT→
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Summer shirts (8)
Starts with T, ends with STANKTOPS→
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First lesson in "How To DJ"? (16)
Starts with S, ends with HSTARTFROMSCRATCH→
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Family, in Hawaiian (5)
Starts with O, ends with AOHANA→
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Upfront stake (4)
Starts with A, ends with EANTE→
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Sneeze sound (5)
Starts with A, ends with OACHOO→
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Golden Arches sandwich (5)
Starts with M, ends with BMCRIB→
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Beer foam (4)
Starts with H, ends with DHEAD→
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First lesson in "A Handbook of Competitive Eating"? (16)
Starts with S, ends with ESTEPUPTOTHEPLATE→
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High-protein grain (5)
Starts with S, ends with TSPELT→
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Scottish lids (4)
Starts with T, ends with STAMS→
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Welcome relief on a hot day (5)
Starts with S, ends with ESHADE→
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Locations for Christmas lights (5)
Starts with E, ends with SEAVES→
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Ingredient in a cooling lotion (4)
Starts with A, ends with EALOE→
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More frigid (5)
Starts with I, ends with RICIER→
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Mess up (5)
Starts with B, ends with HBOTCH→
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Natural disaster, legally (8)
Starts with A, ends with DACTOFGOD→
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Home exercise bike brand (7)
Starts with P, ends with NPELOTON→
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Poke bowl protein (3)
Starts with A, ends with IAHI→
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Coconut __ (3)
Starts with O, ends with LOIL→
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Like Death Valley (4)
Starts with A, ends with DARID→
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First lesson in "Sport Climbing and You"? (13)
Starts with L, ends with SLEARNTHEROPES→
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Forecast no. (4)
Starts with T, ends with PTEMP→
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2022 Super Bowl winners (4)
Starts with R, ends with SRAMS→
Down
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Thai currency whose symbol was once used to represent Bitcoin (4)
Starts with B, ends with TBAHT→
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Wyatt of Tombstone (4)
Starts with E, ends with PEARP→
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Family nickname (4)
Starts with G, ends with MGRAM→
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Scribbled reminder (4)
Starts with N, ends with ENOTE→
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Bushels and pecks (5)
Starts with U, ends with SUNITS→
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Like the rice terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras (6)
Starts with T, ends with DTIERED→
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Guitar peg, e.g. (5)
Starts with T, ends with RTUNER→
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"Heavens!" (6)
Starts with O, ends with ROHDEAR→
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Dice game (5)
Starts with C, ends with SCRAPS→
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Tined flatware (5)
Starts with F, ends with SFORKS→
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Biblical brother (4)
Starts with A, ends with LABEL→
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Cuzco civilization (4)
Starts with I, ends with AINCA→
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Assign stars to (4)
Starts with R, ends with ERATE→
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Crack, as lips (4)
Starts with C, ends with PCHAP→
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Cherries atop Black Forest cake (8)
Starts with M, ends with SMORELLOS→
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"You are my fire / The one __": "I Want It That Way" opening lyrics (6)
Starts with D, ends with EDESIRE→
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Self-serve bank device (3)
Starts with A, ends with MATM→
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Actress Mireille (4)
Starts with E, ends with SENOS→
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Ice dweller off the coast of Greenland (8)
Starts with H, ends with LHARPSEAL→
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Throat-soothing brew (6)
Starts with H, ends with AHOTTEA→
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Tequila plant (5)
Starts with A, ends with EAGAVE→
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Lisbon greeting (3)
Starts with O, ends with AOLA→
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Try to fly (4)
Starts with F, ends with PFLAP→
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Chemistry class model (4)
Starts with A, ends with MATOM→
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Pointed column (4)
Starts with O, ends with DOPED→
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Skywalker raised on Alderaan (4)
Starts with L, ends with ALEIA→
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__ A Sketch (4)
Starts with E, ends with HETCH→
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Trident-shaped letters (4)
Starts with P, ends with SPSIS→
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Namely (5)
Starts with I, ends with TIDEST→
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Guest spot? (5)
Starts with H, ends with LHOTEL→
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Winery keepsake (4)
Starts with C, ends with KCORK→
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Gets married by Elvis, perhaps (6)
Starts with E, ends with SELOPES→
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Suggest (6)
Starts with H, ends with THINTAT→
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Ill will (5)
Starts with S, ends with ESPITE→
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Sharpen on a leather belt (5)
Starts with S, ends with PSTROP→
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Makes out (8)
Starts with S, ends with SSMOOCHES→
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Unfold, as a protein (8)
Starts with D, ends with EDENATURE→
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Pixar film about a young sea monster (4)
Starts with L, ends with ALUCA→
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"Follow me" (4)
Starts with C, ends with ECOME→
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"You'll __ me someday" (5)
Starts with T, ends with KTHANK→
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In base eight (5)
Starts with O, ends with LOCTAL→
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Slather with butter, perhaps (5)
Starts with B, ends with EBASTE→
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77 clues: 35 Across and 42 Down.
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