Daily LA Times Crossword Answers Archives - LA Times Crossword (2024)

Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Sunday February 4th 2024, LA Times crossword puzzle.

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1 Muscles toned by planks : ABS
4 Does, e.g. : SHES
8 Goes out swinging? : GOLFS
13 Longest reptile in the world : PYTHON
19 “Gosh, that was a long time ago” : I FEEL OLD
21 Buck in the Baseball Hall of Fame : O’NEIL
22 Bring back on board : REHIRE
23 *Canaries : RAT FINKS
24 *Bar food served with blue cheese and vegetable sticks : BUFFALO WINGS
26 Gets slippery : ICES UP
28 Patronize, as a hotel : STAY AT
29 Hush-hush docs : NDAS
30 Bundle of hay : BALE
32 Caustic cleaners : LYES
34 Enter stealthily : SNEAK IN
36 *Orange flowers that represent wealth in some Asian traditions : TIGER LILIES
40 __ Domani: Italian wine brand : ECCO
41 Promising letters? : IOU
42 Really bothered : ATE AT
43 *”Peace Train” singer : CAT STEVENS
49 *Atlanta event for sci-fi fans : DRAGON CON
52 Actress Shawkat : ALIA
53 Museum item : RELIC
54 “Thumbs up” answers : YESES
55 Smashing success : HIT
56 Provided at no cost : COMPED
59 Wealthy : RICH
60 “r u coming soon?” : ETA
62 Call to the on-deck circle : BATTER UP
64 Beads on blades : DEW
65 *Sacred Hopi ritual : SNAKE DANCE
71 *Western, slangily : HORSE OPERA
73 “One Mississippi” star Notaro : TIG
74 Dulse and nori seaweeds, e.g. : RED ALGAE
76 __-mo video : SLO
77 Coup target : ETAT
79 “You can’t do that!” : NO FAIR
80 Aggravate : IRK
83 Top-tier celebs : A-LIST
87 Basic font : ARIAL
89 Window shade : TINT
90 *Absurdly chaotic situation : GOAT RODEO
92 *Playground fixture : MONKEY BARS
95 Russian crepes : BLINI
96 Short “Stop!” : TMI
97 Vinaigrette acronym : EVOO
98 *Spray behind a speedboat : ROOSTER TAIL
101 Act omnipotent : PLAY GOD
104 Burkina __ : FASO
105 Assns. : ORGS
106 Some ballpark figs. : ERAS
107 Total accord : UNISON
109 Mogadishu resident : SOMALI
113 *Sheet with a folded corner : DOG-EARED PAGE
116 *Ashtray for trash, e.g. : PIG LATIN
120 “Let me rephrase that … ” : I MEANT
121 Appointed : NAMED
122 Soul mate : TRUE LOVE
123 Sandwiches made with bolillos : TORTAS
124 Secret rendezvous : TRYST
125 Black bit inside a papaya : SEED
126 Vietnamese New Year, which is represented by the Zodiac animals at the starts of the answers to the starred clues : TET

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1 Cause of inflation : AIR
2 Graphic designer’s deg. : BFA
3 Part of a match : SET
4 Deli apparatus : SLICER
5 Fine-tune : HONE
6 Community group with a deer logo : ELKS
7 SoCal campus with Mission Revival architecture : SDSU
8 Lump of goo : GOB
9 Heavy loads : ONUSES
10 Some boxing punches : LEFTS
11 World Cup overseer: Abbr. : FIFA
12 Leaves in stitches : SLAYS
13 Safeguard : PROTECT
14 Tree with flexible wood : YEW
15 Weigh, in a way : THINK OVER
16 Main language of India : HINDI
17 Heart, but not soul : ORGAN
18 Legendary loch : NESS
20 Use TurboTax, perhaps : E-FILE
25 Pool divisions : LANES
27 Easily influenced : PLIANT
30 “Free your pores” brand : BIORE
31 __ frescas: fruity Mexican drinks : AGUAS
33 So far : YET
35 Maker of eco-friendly Vero computers : ACER
36 Neat and clean : TIDY
37 PC hookup : LAN
38 Rash symptom : ITCH
39 Sainted pope called “the Great” : LEO I
43 Put into gear? : CLOTHE
44 Have the intention of : AIM TO
45 Thin candle : TAPER
46 Drop in pronunciation : ELIDE
47 More pleasant : NICER
48 Phonetic symbol : SCHWA
50 __ Squad: Best Buy tech support team : GEEK
51 KitchenAid rival : OSTER
52 Covered California statute, for short : ACA
57 Critical-care ctrs. : ERS
58 Club fees : DUES
61 Major Yemen port : ADEN
62 Starts : BEGINS
63 Quite cold : POLAR
65 Cook dim sum, say : STEAM
66 Part of TNT : NITRO
67 “Encore!” : AGAIN
68 Big deal : ADO
69 Trade pact from 1994 to 2020 : NAFTA
70 Debussy’s “__ de lune” : CLAIR
72 Casual collared shirt : POLO
75 Sketchy subject? : ART
78 Waiting room directive : TAKE A SEAT
80 Digs in the snow : IGLOOS
81 Versailles residents : ROIS
82 Philosopher Immanuel : KANT
84 Pet pendant : ID TAG
85 Tractor-trailers : SEMIS
86 Plug away (at) : TOIL
88 Impose, as a tax : LEVY
91 Hair __ : TIE
93 Cultured products? : YOGURTS
94 Bret with four Gold Gloves : BOONE
95 Red Sox, on scoreboards : BOS
98 Hot spots : RANGES
99 Got going : ROLLED
100 “Judge Judy” event : TRIAL
101 Product pitch : PROMO
102 Light brew : LAGER
103 Failed to : DIDN’T
104 Like bubble baths : FOAMY
106 Make a long story short? : EDIT
108 Trade jabs : SPAR
110 Makes a choice : OPTS
111 Bog down : MIRE
112 Shivering fit : AGUE
114 “Blonde” star de Armas : ANA
115 Summer hrs. in Philly : EDT
117 Kiddo : TOT
118 “Or so __ heard” : I’VE
119 Pickleball need : NET

Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Saturday February 3rd 2024, LA Times crossword puzzle.

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1 Tells : BLABS
6 Randall Munroe webcomic : XKCD
10 In a tizzy : AGOG
14 Instant success? : RAMEN
15 Move, informally : RELO
16 Athletic brand that makes Scoot Zeros : PUMA
17 “So … you’re not saying no … ?” : IS THAT A YES
19 Conditionally give : LEND
20 “My mistake” : OH SORRY
21 Contamination process : OSMOSIS
23 Drab shade : OLIVE
25 Pet brand since 1946 : IAMS
26 “Rock’n Me” band : STEVE MILLER BAND
32 Worked on the road : PAVED
33 “Good thinking!” : SMART
34 Congressional auditing org. : GAO
35 Squeezes (out) : EKES
36 Devout : PIOUS
37 Some recyclables : CANS
38 __ Lingus : AER
39 For company : ALONG
40 Actress Tazel of “Justified” : ERICA
41 Correct : RIGHT ON THE MONEY
44 Thé addition : LAIT
45 Singer who never toured outside North America : ELVIS
46 Spots for fireside chats : HEARTHS
49 “You must let me” : I INSIST
53 Actor who hosted “Scientific American Frontiers” from 1993 to 2005 : ALDA
54 Editorial piece, perhaps : OPEN LETTER
56 Side hustle option : UBER
57 Peignoir frill : LACE
58 __ wafers : NILLA
59 Hit with an intense beam : LASE
60 First asteroid landed on by a NASA craft : EROS
61 Wimbledon set? : TELLY

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1 Con __: with vigor, in music : BRIO
2 Word in some mascara names : LASH
3 Receipt figs. : AMTS
4 Is incumbent upon : BEHOOVES
5 Congested, in a way : SNARLED
6 Penetrating gaze? : X-RAY VISION
7 Escape room find : KEY
8 Jazz singer Laine : CLEO
9 Files : DOSSIERS
10 Grace under pressure : APLOMB
11 “Still wrong” : GUESS AGAIN
12 Hotel chain headquartered in Dallas : OMNI
13 __ about : GADS
18 Short cut : TRIM
22 Outlet : MART
24 San Gabriel Valley city north of Whittier : EL MONTE
26 Pike, e.g. : SPEAR
27 “Oh Myyy! There Goes the Internet” memoirist : TAKEI
28 Largest subtropical wilderness reserve in North America : EVERGLADES
29 Wrinkles in time? : LAUGH LINES
30 Actor Jack who often collaborated with David Lynch : NANCE
31 “If I __ so myself” : DO SAY
36 Glitch in “The Matrix,” maybe? : PLOT HOLE
37 Rail yard piece : CROSSTIE
39 Busy, busy, busy : AT IT
40 Celebrated : EMINENT
42 Capital of Zimbabwe : HARARE
43 Pernicious : EVIL
46 Spoils : HAUL
47 Heimdall player in Marvel’s “Thor” films : ELBA
48 Box : SPAR
50 “__ come to me … ” : IT’LL
51 Pitch well? : SELL
52 Buffet surface : TRAY
55 Prefix with footprint : ECO-

Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Saturday January 27th 2024, LA Times crossword puzzle.

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1 Start of communications with NATO : ALFA
5 Building blocks : ABCS
9 Seacrest vehicle, familiarly : IDOL
13 Baby hippo : CALF
14 Studio Ghibli’s animated fuzz ball : SOOT SPRITE
17 Rhyming song that’s acted out : I’M A LITTLE TEAPOT
19 Fanning of “Coraline” : DAKOTA
20 Uber CEO Khosrowshahi : DARA
21 Article in a French periodical : LES
22 In : AMID
24 Some shortcuts : MACROS
26 “I’m late!” : GOTTA RUN
30 Overflow (with) : TEEM
31 “Ew, no” : UGH
32 Doner __: Turkish dish : KEBAB
34 Gems formed by silica deposits : OPALS
37 Get up : ARISE
39 Valuable diamond, say : ACE
40 “Ask anyone else” : NOT IT
41 Change : CENTS
42 Fuming : IRATE
44 Shiba __ : INU
45 Meet face-to-face? : KISS
47 Magnified : ENHANCED
49 Pro who worked with Magic : KAREEM
51 “Memories of the Future” author Hustvedt : SIRI
52 Cribbage piece : PEG
53 Just so : NEAT
55 Figure in a Clement Clarke Moore poem : ST NICK
59 First play written by a Black woman to be produced on Broadway : A RAISIN IN THE SUN
62 Many a Gillian Flynn work : CRIME NOVEL
63 Gladys Knight, for one : ALTO
64 Sardine cans : TINS
65 Used cars? : RODE
66 With 57-Down, rom-com trope : MEET-

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1 Rock type : ACID
2 Dharma teacher : LAMA
3 Barrage of criticism : FLAK
4 Solvent : AFLOAT
5 “Easter Parade” star : ASTAIRE
6 Spam maker : BOT
7 Dispassionate : COLD
8 Video game distribution platform : STEAM
9 A Gershwin : IRA
10 Strategically polite : DIPLOMATIC
11 Chiwere speakers : OTOES
12 “I’m down” : LET’S
15 Classic Fender, for short : STRAT
16 Message on some holiday cards : PEACE ON EARTH
18 “That tracks” : IT MAKES SENSE
23 Home of the Museum of the Future : DUBAI
25 Default action, informally : REPO
26 Quick dip? : GUAC
27 Princess Fiona, after sunset : OGRE
28 “Nope” : THINK AGAIN
29 Mother-of-pearl : NACRE
33 Part of a full English breakfast : BEANS
35 Stick figure’s torso : LINE
36 First earring, maybe : STUD
38 Mix : STIR
43 Symbol of Scotland : THISTLE
46 Receive : SEE IN
48 Starting hr. for some : NINE AM
49 Gymnast Strug : KERRI
50 Estate : MANOR
52 Accord : PACT
54 Late show broadcaster? : TIVO
56 “__ of Dogs”: Wes Anderson film : ISLE
57 See 66-Across : -CUTE
58 Bedhead problem : KNOT
60 Cyberchats : IMS
61 Composer Rorem : NED

Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Friday January 26th 2024, LA Times crossword puzzle.

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1 Moussaka ingredient : LAMB
5 Harmonious church groups : CHOIRS
11 Parachute necessity : CORD
15 Cookie with a Java Chip flavor : OREO
16 Solitary sort : HERMIT
17 Mind : OBEY
18 Wolverine, for one : X-MAN
19 Esoteric information : ARCANA
20 A few : SOME
21 EMIT? : TURN BACK TIME
24 Not quite aligned : OFFSET
26 Inventor who said, “I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work” : EDISON
29 Slugger Judge who was AP Athlete of the Year in 2022 : AARON
30 Ankle-length attire : MAXI
34 Mouthwash brand : SCOPE
35 Feudal estate : FIEF
36 Selena or Selena Gomez : LATINA
38 Katniss Everdeen portrayer, to fans : J LAW
39 LOOP? : REFLECTING POOL
42 Overhang : EAVE
43 Midwestern Native : SAUK
44 Five-time Olympic gold-medal swimmer Ian : THORPE
47 Comes down hard? : SLEETS
51 “Just a Geek” memoirist Wheaton : WIL
52 SPOT? : FLIP TOPS
57 Tate Modern filler : ART
58 Verdi aria that translates to “It was you” : ERI TU
60 Lisa Halaby’s royal name : NOOR
61 Sunlit lobbies : ATRIA
63 RAW? : REVOLUTIONARY WAR
66 Intense : KEEN
67 Some green sauces : PESTOS
68 Senate position : PAGE
69 Divisions in an outdated atlas: Abbr. : SSRS
70 Plumes : CRESTS
71 Exxon constituents? : EXES

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1 Bagel topping : LOX
2 Branch : ARM
3 Vegetarian : MEAT FREE
4 Pot sweetener : BONUS OFFER
5 Root words? : CHANT
6 Cilantro, e.g. : HERB
7 Wolf of the sea : ORCA
8 Apple since 1998 : IMAC
9 Curling spot : RINK
10 Washington, but not Washington, D.C. : STATE
11 Life itself, to a crepehanger : COSMIC JOKE
12 Recital piece for a double-reed woodwind : OBOE SOLO
13 “Collapse Into Now” band : REM
14 Go green, perhaps : DYE
22 Kylo __: “The Last Jedi” villain : REN
23 Picks out, for short : IDS
24 Lummox : OAF
25 Just : FAIR
27 Iridescent gem : OPAL
28 Not old : NEW
30 Spice cookie spice : MACE
31 QB stat : ATT
32 Roman dozen : XII
33 Accommodating places : INNS
36 Flatten : LEVEL
37 Shocked : AGASP
40 Squiggly baby, to a sitter : LAPFUL
41 Radio wave-emitting star : PULSAR
44 Dances provocatively : TWERKS
45 New faces in the staff lounge : HIREES
46 “Last Week Tonight” host John : OLIVER
48 Swab target : EARWAX
49 Emergency priority system : TRIAGE
50 Unblinking looks : STARES
53 __ Miami CF : INTER
54 Self-composure : POISE
55 Friendly horn sounds : TOOTS
56 ” … but I could be wrong” : OR NOT
59 Heavy weights : TONS
62 Variety : TYPE
64 Lines at the register? : UPC
65 Donkey : ASS

Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Thursday January 25th 2024, LA Times crossword puzzle.

ACROSS

1 Element of ecclesiastical architecture : APSE
5 Pave over : RE-TAR
10 Business magnate : CZAR
14 Tailless cat : MANX
15 “Same here,” more formally : AS AM I
16 Gold element of some religious paintings : HALO
17 Thing that may have twists and turns : PLOT
18 Capacitance unit : FARAD
19 Penny-__ : ANTE
20 Add bulk to cured meat? : BEEF UP JERKY
23 Pro Bowl org. : NFL
24 California’s Big __ : SUR
25 Treat haricot verts to extra plant food? : BUTTER UP BEANS
32 Longtime “Dancing With the Stars” judge Goodman : LEN
33 “My bad” : SORRY
34 Zelenskyy’s country: Abbr. : UKR
36 Range units : ACRES
39 Hubbub : ADO
40 __ del Carmen, Mexico : PLAYA
42 Give some oomph to pot stickers? : SOUP UP DUMPLINGS
45 “No time to talk!” : I’M LATE
46 Half of an interrogation pair : BAD COP
47 Decryption need : KEY
48 Highway sign no. : RTE
50 WWII carrier : LST
51 Dreyer’s partner in ice cream : EDY
52 Concerns for commuters, or an apt title for this puzzle : FARE HIKES
55 Corn Belt state : IOWA
58 Shiraz resident : IRANI
59 Milton setting : EDEN
63 Pub contest : QUIZ
64 Disciplined, in a way : FINED
65 Roof overhang : EAVE
66 Place to build : SITE
67 Months and months : YEARS
68 Was positive : KNEW

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1 Band aid : AMP
2 Sidekick : PAL
3 Stuffed shirt : SNOB
4 Length : EXTENT
5 Some drawings : RAFFLES
6 Biblical birthright seller : ESAU
7 Renovator’s protective cover : TARP
8 Key of Beethoven’s Sym. No. 7 : A MAJ
9 Rolls past : RIDES BY
10 Yogic spiritual center : CHAKRA
11 Off-the-wall : ZANY
12 PC key near Z : ALT
13 Sturgeon delicacy : ROE
21 Young salamander : EFT
22 Have regrets about : RUE
25 Turn into : BECOME
26 Disorderly : UNRULY
27 Thing that may have twists and turns : ROAD
28 Pakistani language : URDU
29 Dance with a queen : PROM
30 Fine point : NUANCE
31 Heavenly body? : SKY GOD
32 Shortsighted solution? : LASIK
35 Rough, in a way : RASPY
37 Org. concerned with plastic pollution : EPA
38 Buddhist teaching : SUTRA
40 One in a buffet stack : PLATE
41 Starbucks top : LID
43 Paralyze with fear : PETRIFY
44 “The Not-Too-Late Show With Elmo” airer : PBS KIDS
49 Strange and scary : EERIE
50 Hard-hit baseball : LINER
52 Throw for a loop : FAZE
53 Mandlíková in the International Tennis Hall of Fame : HANA
54 Try to find : SEEK
55 Sharpness figs. : IQS
56 “Absolument!” : OUI
57 One with a knack for snappy comebacks : WIT
60 Auerbach of the Black Keys : DAN
61 “House of the Dragon” actress Best : EVE
62 Word in four state names : NEW