LA Times Crossword

July 5, 2026 Answers

Every Across and Down clue from the LA Times Crossword on July 5, 2026. Tap any tile to reveal a letter, or click the clue text for the full breakdown.

144
Total Clues
60
Across
84
Down
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Across 60

National park in Maine
Does some chiropractic work
Great pain
Less substantial
Actor Guinness
BOLO kin
Cornstarch brand
Naval fleet
Pt. of YMCA
Taken for granted
Reading with medium comprehension?
Pore strip brand
Part-time gig at a summer camp?
"People walk all over me," "No one appreciates my rugged good looks," etc.?
Keep time with rhythmically
Panna __: Italian dessert
Pinch
Sign of overwork for a bird of prey?
Antidiscrimination in the workplace inits.
Takes a hand in Vegas, perhaps
Digital read
Summer months in Argentina
Register
__ Games: Fortnite company
Most popular member of a 1960s television family?
Sticky stuff
Hold firmly
Southeast Africa's "Sunshine City"
Den fixture
Party planners
See 66-Across
__ suit
Focus group?
Anderson of "WKRP in Cincinnati"
Brick-and-mortar workers
"I won't __ words ... "
Acceptable
Nebraska city
Expressway entrance
Smock stain
Grilled fruta on some tacos
Perfect nursery gift for a future astronomer?
Apply (for)
Spellbound
Cesar who played the Joker
Cut
Read quickly
"Get outta here!"
Catch of the day choice
Display an unfair lack of confidence in
Bypasses
Heath bar alternative
Story links
With 71-Across, terse rejection note?
Ankle-related
Move quietly
Clock sound
Just a hint of flavor in some ice cream?
Shields on some helmets
High-fiber cereal ingredient

Down 84

1860s prez
Nautical greetings
Italian auto, familiarly
Everyone
To boot
Source of indigo
Soon, quaintly
Outfits
Rubber-stamp
Bldg. units
Amount to
Java's home
Breakfast tea variety
Many sports nos.
Luzon peninsula on Manila Bay
Some cricket players
Inclination
Bali garment
Give a darn
Purr former
Like a good advertising jingle
Smoke, briefly
Try for the title
Black Sea peninsula
Some govt. lawyers
"Agreed!"
Tact-ical experts?
Winds down
Key near F1
Anka song with a Spanish title
Inexact fig.
Trot or canter
Take shape
"So frustrating!"
Vittles
Locking device
"Darn it all to __!"
Lady bird
Think tank output
Deadlock
Big day for a co.
Ain't right?
Part of FWIW
"__ Talkin'": 1975 Bee Gees hit
"Funny Face" actress Thompson who wrote the "Eloise" books
Eager
Tibetan monk
Thou squared
Snooze
Sounding congested
Pen tips
SF NFL team
Protein bar grain
Omega, in physics
"Got this, boss"
News stands?
Take one's pick
Mine deposit
Cushion
Guest's guest
"It's been __!"
Pensioner
Barbecue bone
Band aide
Fish-to-be
Spanish red
Unearth
Dress for Less discount store
Spanish gentlemen
Took hold
__ milk
Olfaction
Brillo rival
Missouri city nickname
California's Big __
Subscription level
The Raptors, on schedules
Not even a little important
PreCheck org.
Informal reversals
Mom's bro
Games org. that added a "P" to its initials in 2019
Unknown qualities
"Wonder Woman" backdrop, briefly

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