LA Times Crossword hints and answers for August 9, 2026
Every clue with a hint and the answer behind separate buttons, so nothing is spoiled until you tap.
Clues142
Across65
Down77
DaySunday
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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Cookie whose website has recipes for cheesecake and empanadas (4)
Starts with O, ends with OOREO→
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Fox or ox (6)
Starts with A, ends with LANIMAL→
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__ monster (4)
Starts with G, ends with AGILA→
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Spot in a store with toys, water bowls, and leashes? (11)
Starts with A, ends with SAISLEOFDOGS→
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Castle-breaching explosive (6)
Starts with P, ends with DPETARD→
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Sandbox visitor (3)
Starts with T, ends with TTOT→
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Rapper Dr. __ (3)
Starts with D, ends with EDRE→
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Matar paneer vegetables (4)
Starts with P, ends with SPEAS→
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Cause friction (5)
Starts with C, ends with ECHAFE→
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Title for Judi Dench (4)
Starts with D, ends with EDAME→
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Derby-sporting Addams (3)
Starts with I, ends with TITT→
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Ancient hulled wheat (5)
Starts with S, ends with TSPELT→
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Old Jutland resident (6)
Starts with T, ends with NTEUTON→
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"Fiddlesticks" (4)
Starts with D, ends with NDARN→
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Warning before a particularly scary monster flick? (11)
Starts with B, ends with WBEASTINSHOW→
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Lysol target (4)
Starts with G, ends with MGERM→
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Chemist Mendeleev who created the periodic table (6)
Starts with D, ends with IDMITRI→
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Castle trenches (5)
Starts with M, ends with SMOATS→
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Sp. address (3)
Starts with S, ends with ASRA→
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Enemy of ancient Athens (6)
Starts with S, ends with ASPARTA→
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Alpaca kin (5)
Starts with L, ends with ALLAMA→
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"Play slowly," in music (6)
Starts with A, ends with OADAGIO→
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Peanut butter and jelly (7)
Starts with S, ends with SSPREADS→
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Keeps occupied (6)
Starts with T, ends with PTIESUP→
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Public square that gets really sticky in the heat? (14)
Starts with L, ends with ALICORICEPIAZZA→
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Would rather not (6)
Starts with H, ends with OHATETO→
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Biblical suffix (3)
Starts with E, ends with HETH→
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Hit the slopes (3)
Starts with S, ends with ISKI→
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Quite the commotion (3)
Starts with A, ends with OADO→
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Ski lift (4)
Starts with T, ends with RTBAR→
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Actor Kilmer (3)
Starts with V, ends with LVAL→
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Chuckle syllable (3)
Starts with H, ends with HHEH→
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Founded, as a co. (4)
Starts with E, ends with DESTD→
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"Don't play," in music (5)
Starts with T, ends with TTACET→
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Phi __ Kappa (4)
Starts with B, ends with ABETA→
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One who can only rasp quietly? (18)
Starts with T, ends with RTHEHOARSEWHISPERER→
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Go out for a while? (5)
Starts with S, ends with PSLEEP→
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Hoppy fave (3)
Starts with I, ends with AIPA→
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Wireless std. (3)
Starts with L, ends with ELTE→
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"Midsommar" director Aster (3)
Starts with A, ends with IARI→
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Minor flaw (6)
Starts with F, ends with EFOIBLE→
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Glass ceiling-breaking event? (14)
Starts with A, ends with NASCENTOFAWOMAN→
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Musical weakness (6)
Starts with T, ends with RTINEAR→
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Invertebrate found in every ocean (7)
Starts with S, ends with RSEASTAR→
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Hackers' shout of success (6)
Starts with W, ends with NWEREIN→
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"Stranger Things" actor Wolfhard (4)
Starts with F, ends with NFINN→
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Beguile (6)
Starts with E, ends with EENTICE→
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Jaunty neckwear (6)
Starts with A, ends with SASCOTS→
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__ roll (6)
Starts with K, ends with RKAISER→
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Blackthorn berry (4)
Starts with S, ends with ESLOE→
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Beyoncé's "I Am... __ Fierce" (5)
Starts with S, ends with ASASHA→
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In the mail (4)
Starts with S, ends with TSENT→
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Blunder (3)
Starts with E, ends with RERR→
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Liberty Mutual's bus. (3)
Starts with I, ends with SINS→
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Hybrid synth instrument (6)
Starts with K, ends with RKEYTAR→
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R-rated NASA event? (11)
Starts with N, ends with HNAKEDLAUNCH→
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Pedal pushers (4)
Starts with F, ends with TFEET→
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Some latte orders (6)
Starts with D, ends with SDECAFS→
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"What fun!" (4)
Starts with W, ends with EWHEE→
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Oak trees? (18)
Starts with C, ends with NCHILDRENOFTHEACORN→
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Golfer McIlroy (4)
Starts with R, ends with YRORY→
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Broadcast again (5)
Starts with R, ends with RREAIR→
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Hurdle for an aspiring JD (4)
Starts with L, ends with TLSAT→
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Halloween mo. (3)
Starts with O, ends with TOCT→
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Off-rd. wheels (3)
Starts with A, ends with VATV→
Down
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Savanna antelope (5)
Starts with O, ends with IORIBI→
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Tight squeezes (8)
Starts with B, ends with SBEARHUGS→
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Listen to (4)
Starts with H, ends with DHEED→
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Fix badly? (3)
Starts with R, ends with GRIG→
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Texting tech (3)
Starts with S, ends with SSMS→
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Put a name to (5)
Starts with P, ends with EPLACE→
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Natural history museum display (7)
Starts with D, ends with ADIORAMA→
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"M*A*S*H" star? (8)
Starts with A, ends with KASTERISK→
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Not on the same page (6)
Starts with A, ends with SATODDS→
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Piercing tool (3)
Starts with A, ends with LAWL→
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Glam gala (4)
Starts with F, ends with EFETE→
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Trails (5)
Starts with P, ends with SPATHS→
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Intro to many a newsreel (8)
Starts with D, ends with EDATELINE→
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Calligraphy tools (4)
Starts with P, ends with SPENS→
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Some city trains (3)
Starts with E, ends with SELS→
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As a departure from the norm (7)
Starts with F, ends with EFORONCE→
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Without any planning (8)
Starts with O, ends with YONTHEFLY→
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Change genetically (6)
Starts with M, ends with EMUTATE→
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"Play very, very softly," in music (3)
Starts with P, ends with PPPP→
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Met highlight (4)
Starts with A, ends with AARIA→
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Assessment (4)
Starts with R, ends with DREAD→
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Lipton division (7)
Starts with T, ends with ATAZOTEA→
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Curved cutting tool (3)
Starts with A, ends with ZADZ→
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"Nothing you say is true!" (4)
Starts with L, ends with RLIAR→
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Tennis do-over (3)
Starts with L, ends with TLET→
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Affectionate sign-off (6)
Starts with A, ends with RASEVER→
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More family-friendly (5)
Starts with T, ends with RTAMER→
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Like molecules that cannot form permanent bonds (6)
Starts with A, ends with RAPOLAR→
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Nickname for Louis Armstrong (5)
Starts with S, ends with HSATCH→
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"There isn't anything else!?" (7)
Starts with T, ends with TTHATSIT→
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Lettuce or cabbage (4)
Starts with C, ends with HCASH→
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Neutral shades (6)
Starts with B, ends with SBEIGES→
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Web design code (4)
Starts with H, ends with LHTML→
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Warty amphibian (4)
Starts with T, ends with DTOAD→
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Paul of "The Batman" (4)
Starts with D, ends with ODANO→
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Ramona, per Beezus (4)
Starts with P, ends with TPEST→
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Medium for deep-frying (6)
Starts with H, ends with LHOTOIL→
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California city near Santa Ana (6)
Starts with I, ends with EIRVINE→
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Young hippopotamus (4)
Starts with C, ends with FCALF→
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Capital west of Montreal (6)
Starts with O, ends with AOTTAWA→
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Brief appearance (5)
Starts with C, ends with OCAMEO→
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Hair texture, e.g. (5)
Starts with T, ends with TTRAIT→
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Dust jacket part (4)
Starts with F, ends with PFLAP→
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Makes with skill (6)
Starts with C, ends with SCRAFTS→
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Voting against (4)
Starts with A, ends with IANTI→
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Short-horned bighorns (4)
Starts with E, ends with SEWES→
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Some Tripadvisor recommendations (4)
Starts with I, ends with SINNS→
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Buzzer? (3)
Starts with B, ends with EBEE→
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"Told you!" (3)
Starts with S, ends with ESEE→
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Washington's Sea-__ Airport (3)
Starts with T, ends with CTAC→
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Minecraft material (3)
Starts with O, ends with EORE→
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Battle of Helm's Deep combatant (3)
Starts with O, ends with CORC→
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Boston University athlete (7)
Starts with T, ends with RTERRIER→
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Walks or runs (4)
Starts with S, ends with TSTAT→
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Where some get tired quickly? (3)
Starts with P, ends with TPIT→
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Movement while asking "How do I look?" (5)
Starts with T, ends with LTWIRL→
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Junior (3)
Starts with S, ends with NSON→
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Rubber-stamped (4)
Starts with O, ends with DOKED→
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Like a daisy (5)
Starts with R, ends with DRAYED→
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Shiny fabric (6)
Starts with S, ends with NSATEEN→
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Sultry growl (4)
Starts with R, ends with RRAWR→
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NNW reversal (3)
Starts with S, ends with ESSE→
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Trivial objection (3)
Starts with N, ends with TNIT→
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Product of incomplete combustion (3)
Starts with A, ends with HASH→
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Ship stabilizer (4)
Starts with K, ends with LKEEL→
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Noted times (4)
Starts with E, ends with SERAS→
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"Um, think again" (4)
Starts with U, ends with OUHNO→
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Showy carp (3)
Starts with K, ends with IKOI→
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From Cairo or Cape Town (7)
Starts with A, ends with NAFRICAN→
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Broad valley (4)
Starts with D, ends with EDALE→
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"Ethan Frome" novelist Wharton (5)
Starts with E, ends with HEDITH→
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Browser storage (5)
Starts with C, ends with ECACHE→
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In the past (3)
Starts with A, ends with OAGO→
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Many Christmas trees (4)
Starts with F, ends with SFIRS→
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Fancy affair (6)
Starts with S, ends with ESOIREE→
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142 clues: 65 Across and 77 Down.
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For example: Cookie whose website has recipes for cheesecake and empanadas (OREO); Fox or ox (ANIMAL); __ monster (GILA).
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