LA Times Crossword

July 26, 2026 Answers

Every Across and Down clue from the LA Times Crossword on July 26, 2026. Tap any tile to reveal a letter, or click the clue text for the full breakdown.

144
Total Clues
69
Across
75
Down
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Across 69

Do something
Nonprofit org. with a school for aspiring moviemakers
In flames
Relaxed sigh
Tudyk of "Firefly"
Improviser's concluding phrase
Vader's childhood nickname
Insects in a colony
McIntosh or Macintosh
Clarifying phrase
Claim forcefully
Daisylike flowers
New York City's __ Place
*Person who works a lot?
*Perform a daring act
Software-driven F/X
*Ink-filled tool for illustrators
Winter cap feature
Bark beetle target
Westernmost city in Texas
Insert, as a link
Poison Ivy, to Robin
Telepath's ability
Coup target
Make public
*Command to turn
*Recovers somewhat
Lions and tigers
Snack for a frog
Infatuated
Starts to work together
Party leader?
Start of a spelling rule, or a rule to keep in mind while answering the starred clues
Emulate Alysa Liu
Spot of land
Fat-heavy diet
Of vital importance
Prepping period
Lower in fat
*Places to drop envelopes
*Flourishing
Part of LAPD
"Despacito" singer Fonsi
Org. running many missions
Dedicated poem
"Look what I found!"
Previously
Apex predators of the sea
Southernmost Ivy
Fancy-schmancy
Small camping shelter
Slowpoke's place
Parts in a play
Seasoning for kimchi
Vidal of hair care
Gets the picture
Ione of "La Brea"
High-five sound
Speak unclearly
Too sure of oneself
Jam
Stains with ash
*Makes explicitly clear
Tuck away
Career fair haul
Trial spin on a bike
Novel at the center of Bloomsday celebrations
Baseless
Mammals with big calves

Down 75

Help out on a heist
Card with a single pip
Amazon contents
__ Romeo: motorsport brand
Switch on the radio?
Bank lobby devices
Dazzle
Command
Grammy-winning banjoist Fleck
Regattas
Easily broken
Reports by hotline
Discontinue
Cypress, for one
National park north of Anchorage
High-end camera initials
Garden with forbidden fruit
Quietly unnerving
Discovery astronaut Ochoa
Prefix with graph or gram
Workplaces for some RNs
OPI rival
Ian Fleming's alma mater
Raison d'__
Shout of discovery
Kiwi in Kyoto, say
Display flagrantly
Texter's "Victory!"
Destructive wind
"Rise and shine!"
Genetics pioneer Mendel
Shorebird with webbed feet
Head lights?
"What's up, bro!"
Subjects of fan clubs
"In that case ... "
Nome dome home
Like some heated posts
"Kinda"
Piehole
Dragon's place
Sierra __, Africa
Leisurely gait
Sequence of film cuts
Front page material
Home for a squirrel
Responsibility
Alley-__
Cozumel coin
Smoothing tool
__-sci
"I'm gonna be straight with you ... "
Some deli loaves
Open-toed shoe
Draped wedding garment
Glance over
Ooze
Vertical passages
Quits fidgeting
Snow day rides
Features of some skirts
Cunning folks
Busiest airport in MO
Hybrid thoroughfare with frequent access points
Gimbap alternative
Bird with a long neck
Electronica instrument
Implicit
Scouting unit
Cough syrup amts.
Salade Niçoise fish
Up to
"Roman Holiday" scooter
Nintendo consoles that debuted in 2006
Throws, in slang

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