LA Times Crossword hints and answers for June 18, 2026
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Clues78
Across42
Down36
DayThursday
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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Sudoku figs. (3)
Starts with N, ends with SNOS→
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Flow stopper (3)
Starts with D, ends with MDAM→
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Genetic messenger molecule (3)
Starts with R, ends with ARNA→
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"Casablanca" star, affectionately (5)
Starts with B, ends with EBOGIE→
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Debt letters (3)
Starts with I, ends with UIOU→
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Share an office workstation (7)
Starts with H, ends with KHOTDESK→
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Neck wrap (3)
Starts with B, ends with ABOA→
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Acid rock's acid (3)
Starts with L, ends with DLSD→
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Longtime Buick model (7)
Starts with L, ends with ELESABRE→
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Core muscles (3)
Starts with A, ends with SABS→
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Exercise that may wind up in a playground (9)
Starts with F, ends with LFIREDRILL→
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Big name in the school supply aisle (5)
Starts with E, ends with RELMER→
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Egg cells (3)
Starts with O, ends with AOVA→
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Email option since 1997 (5)
Starts with Y, ends with OYAHOO→
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Tiny amount (4)
Starts with I, ends with AIOTA→
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Piano composition (5)
Starts with E, ends with EETUDE→
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Kiss, in Cancún (4)
Starts with B, ends with OBESO→
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Sharpen (4)
Starts with H, ends with EHONE→
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Cacophonous (5)
Starts with A, ends with RAROAR→
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Like some history and hygiene (4)
Starts with O, ends with LORAL→
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Policy chief (4)
Starts with C, ends with RCZAR→
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Iraq port city (5)
Starts with B, ends with ABASRA→
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Current fashion (5)
Starts with T, ends with DTREND→
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Sphere (3)
Starts with O, ends with BORB→
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Medicine derived from the bark of the willow tree (7)
Starts with A, ends with NASPIRIN→
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Ipanema's city (3)
Starts with R, ends with ORIO→
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"Chandelier" singer (3)
Starts with S, ends with ASIA→
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"Say 'aye' forcefully and project confidence," e.g. (7)
Starts with P, ends with SPROTIPS→
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Anxiety-related med. condition (3)
Starts with O, ends with DOCD→
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Winter fishing tool (6)
Starts with I, ends with WICESAW→
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Exactly (6)
Starts with J, ends with OJUSTSO→
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Chest muscles (4)
Starts with P, ends with SPECS→
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Completely smitten (4)
Starts with G, ends with AGAGA→
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Gymnast's move (4)
Starts with F, ends with PFLIP→
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20-Across alternative (3)
Starts with A, ends with LAOL→
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Tourism prefix (3)
Starts with E, ends with OECO→
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In need of a towel (3)
Starts with W, ends with TWET→
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"What's Your Country Song" singer Thomas (5)
Starts with R, ends with TRHETT→
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Cars singer Ocasek (3)
Starts with R, ends with CRIC→
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Minor disagreements (5)
Starts with T, ends with STIFFS→
Down
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Blip producer (11)
Starts with R, ends with NRADARBEACON→
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E-file org. (3)
Starts with I, ends with SIRS→
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__ Speedwagon (3)
Starts with R, ends with OREO→
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Marvel assassin played by Jennifer Garner (7)
Starts with E, ends with AELEKTRA→
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Output of some furnaces (7)
Starts with O, ends with TOILHEAT→
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Backup camera's view (4)
Starts with R, ends with RREAR→
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Opening payment (4)
Starts with A, ends with EANTE→
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Google Meet alternative (4)
Starts with Z, ends with MZOOM→
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Put on ice (5)
Starts with C, ends with LCHILL→
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"__ you sure?" (3)
Starts with A, ends with EARE→
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"Mamma Mia!" band (4)
Starts with A, ends with AABBA→
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"Hug the shore until you reach the ocean," e.g. (11)
Starts with S, ends with ESOUNDADVICE→
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Professional who specializes in oil cleanups? (11)
Starts with A, ends with RARTRESTORER→
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Sweetie (3)
Starts with B, ends with EBAE→
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Cool and distant (5)
Starts with A, ends with FALOOF→
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Nasty wound (4)
Starts with G, ends with HGASH→
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Region (4)
Starts with A, ends with AAREA→
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Prefer to be called (4)
Starts with G, ends with YGOBY→
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Saint __: Lesser Antilles island (5)
Starts with L, ends with ALUCIA→
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401(k) kin (3)
Starts with I, ends with AIRA→
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Actor Meadows (3)
Starts with T, ends with MTIM→
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Choose (3)
Starts with O, ends with TOPT→
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"Teach Your Children" gp. (4)
Starts with C, ends with YCSNY→
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Spread (4)
Starts with S, ends with NSPAN→
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Ear cleaners (5)
Starts with S, ends with SSWABS→
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City southeast of Alexandria (5)
Starts with C, ends with OCAIRO→
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Use, as a ladle (5)
Starts with D, ends with NDIPIN→
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Body part with 27- and 52-Across (5)
Starts with T, ends with OTORSO→
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Scandinavian inlet (5)
Starts with F, ends with DFJORD→
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"Wouldn't that be nice!" (5)
Starts with I, ends with EIHOPE→
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Lacking skill (5)
Starts with I, ends with TINEPT→
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Sign of disuse (4)
Starts with D, ends with TDUST→
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Out of shape, say (4)
Starts with S, ends with TSOFT→
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"The cinnamon version tastes better than the original," e.g. (10)
Starts with L, ends with NLIFELESSON→
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"Pair it with thyme or rosemary," e.g. (10)
Starts with S, ends with MSAGEWISDOM→
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Obnoxious one (4)
Starts with B, ends with RBOOR→
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78 clues: 42 Across and 36 Down.
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