LA Times Crossword hints and answers for July 28, 2026
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Clues76
Across35
Down41
DayTuesday
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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"Gravity's Rainbow" novelist (13)
Starts with T, ends with NTHOMASPYNCHON→
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Egg cells (3)
Starts with O, ends with AOVA→
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"That's my intention" (7)
Starts with I, ends with OIPLANTO→
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Chuckle in a DM (3)
Starts with L, ends with LLOL→
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Everglades wading bird (5)
Starts with H, ends with NHERON→
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Bert who played the Cowardly Lion (4)
Starts with L, ends with RLAHR→
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On the house (4)
Starts with F, ends with EFREE→
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Art technique also known as French embossing (12)
Starts with G, ends with GGLASSETCHING→
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Chapel Hill sch. (3)
Starts with U, ends with CUNC→
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Tuned to, as a radio dial (5)
Starts with S, ends with TSETAT→
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Photo book (5)
Starts with A, ends with MALBUM→
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Get down __ knee (5)
Starts with O, ends with EONONE→
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Frying liquids (4)
Starts with O, ends with SOILS→
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Drag Defense Fund org. (4)
Starts with A, ends with UACLU→
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Speaks foolishly (5)
Starts with J, ends with SJIVES→
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Coffee cups (4)
Starts with M, ends with SMUGS→
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Document with an executor (4)
Starts with W, ends with LWILL→
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Oven setting (4)
Starts with B, ends with EBAKE→
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Cyan shade (4)
Starts with A, ends with AAQUA→
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"Don't __ me, but ... " (4)
Starts with H, ends with EHATE→
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Take it easy (4)
Starts with R, ends with TREST→
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Little bouquet (4)
Starts with P, ends with YPOSY→
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Midday (4)
Starts with N, ends with NNOON→
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Like the score at the start of overtime (4)
Starts with E, ends with NEVEN→
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MC or Visa alternative (4)
Starts with A, ends with XAMEX→
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Diet food phrase (5)
Starts with N, ends with TNOFAT→
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Ginger cookie (4)
Starts with S, ends with PSNAP→
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Irish currency (4)
Starts with E, ends with OEURO→
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Pop icon Lauper (5)
Starts with C, ends with ICYNDI→
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Psychological cause of personal failure, or a feature of 19-, 24-, 38-, and 45-Across (13)
Starts with I, ends with RINNERSABOTEUR→
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Stuffed grape leaf (5)
Starts with D, ends with ADOLMA→
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Energizer size (3)
Starts with A, ends with AAAA→
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Act with chivalry (12)
Starts with B, ends with NBEAGENTLEMAN→
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Med school subj. (4)
Starts with A, ends with TANAT→
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Et __: and others (4)
Starts with A, ends with AALIA→
Down
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Sulu player in recent "Star Trek" films (7)
Starts with J, ends with OJOHNCHO→
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Pest in a cloud (4)
Starts with G, ends with TGNAT→
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__ Scotia, Canada (4)
Starts with N, ends with ANOVA→
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Word after curling or waffle (4)
Starts with I, ends with NIRON→
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"Ghostbusters" actor Hudson (5)
Starts with E, ends with EERNIE→
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"We __ Overcome" (5)
Starts with S, ends with LSHALL→
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Ritual prayer of Islam (5)
Starts with S, ends with TSALAT→
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Swiss peak (3)
Starts with A, ends with PALP→
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Use scissors on (3)
Starts with C, ends with TCUT→
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Hartsfield-Jackson airport code (3)
Starts with A, ends with LATL→
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Extra fat (4)
Starts with F, ends with BFLAB→
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WNW's opposite (3)
Starts with E, ends with EESE→
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"Jazz" documentarian Burns (3)
Starts with K, ends with NKEN→
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Cosmetics giant that started as the California Perfume Company (4)
Starts with A, ends with NAVON→
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Juliette of "The English Patient" (7)
Starts with B, ends with EBINOCHE→
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Not easy on the eyes (4)
Starts with U, ends with YUGLY→
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Witty remark (4)
Starts with Q, ends with PQUIP→
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Singer-songwriter Tori (4)
Starts with A, ends with SAMOS→
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Depart (5)
Starts with L, ends with ELEAVE→
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"__-hoo! Over here!" (3)
Starts with Y, ends with OYOO→
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"The Source With Kaitlan Collins" network (3)
Starts with C, ends with NCNN→
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Like the Honda Element (4)
Starts with B, ends with YBOXY→
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Greek war god (4)
Starts with A, ends with SARES→
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Japanese wrestling (4)
Starts with S, ends with OSUMO→
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Gather (4)
Starts with R, ends with PREAP→
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The 411 (4)
Starts with I, ends with OINFO→
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"__ you clever!" (5)
Starts with A, ends with TARENT→
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Silences, as on Zoom (5)
Starts with M, ends with SMUTES→
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Bird's feathers (7)
Starts with P, ends with EPLUMAGE→
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"Sorry, laddie" (3)
Starts with N, ends with ENAE→
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One more (7)
Starts with A, ends with RANOTHER→
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Kampala native (7)
Starts with U, ends with NUGANDAN→
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Scottish cap (3)
Starts with T, ends with MTAM→
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"No fooling" (7)
Starts with I, ends with TIMEANIT→
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Actor Idris (4)
Starts with E, ends with AELBA→
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Actor's part to play (4)
Starts with R, ends with EROLE→
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Portion out (5)
Starts with A, ends with TALLOT→
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Wall recess (5)
Starts with N, ends with ENICHE→
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Slaps (at) (5)
Starts with S, ends with SSWATS→
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76 clues: 35 Across and 41 Down.
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