LA Times Crossword hints and answers for August 30, 2026
Every clue with a hint and the answer behind separate buttons, so nothing is spoiled until you tap.
Clues144
Across69
Down75
DaySunday
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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Device that might buzz during a night out? (12)
Starts with S, ends with RSOCIALBEEPER→
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Recliner part (7)
Starts with A, ends with TARMREST→
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Ibiza, por ejemplo (4)
Starts with I, ends with AISLA→
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Like draft beer (5)
Starts with O, ends with PONTAP→
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Totally stoked (5)
Starts with H, ends with DHYPED→
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UFO engineers (3)
Starts with E, ends with SETS→
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Blue-roofed breakfast chain (4)
Starts with I, ends with PIHOP→
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Symbol of resistance (5)
Starts with O, ends with AOMEGA→
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Tick away (6)
Starts with E, ends with EELAPSE→
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Big spender? (14)
Starts with P, ends with NPRODIGALPERSON→
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Kitchen cover-ups (6)
Starts with A, ends with SAPRONS→
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Just slightly (4)
Starts with A, ends with TABIT→
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Disc golf obstacle (4)
Starts with T, ends with ETREE→
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Blueprint deet (4)
Starts with S, ends with CSPEC→
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Spearheaded (3)
Starts with L, ends with DLED→
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Actor Sheridan (3)
Starts with T, ends with ETYE→
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Cause for a blessing (5)
Starts with A, ends with OACHOO→
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Key below ~ (3)
Starts with T, ends with BTAB→
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__ acid (5)
Starts with A, ends with OAMINO→
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Space balls? (4)
Starts with O, ends with SORBS→
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"Sesame Street" basics (4)
Starts with A, ends with SABCS→
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Zipper alternative (5)
Starts with S, ends with SSNAPS→
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Mushroom with a pitted cap (5)
Starts with M, ends with LMOREL→
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Home of the Nazca Lines (4)
Starts with P, ends with UPERU→
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Coachella aesthetic (4)
Starts with B, ends with OBOHO→
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Fit to eat, to Muslims (5)
Starts with H, ends with LHALAL→
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Bonus for never giving up? (15)
Starts with P, ends with YPERSEVERANCEPAY→
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Legal addendum? (3)
Starts with E, ends with EESE→
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Part of a play (5)
Starts with S, ends with ESCENE→
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Fusses over, with "on" (5)
Starts with D, ends with SDOTES→
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Some contract negotiators (6)
Starts with A, ends with SAGENTS→
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Nursery arrival (4)
Starts with B, ends with YBABY→
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Win the heart of (6)
Starts with E, ends with RENAMOR→
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Flight board stats (4)
Starts with E, ends with SETDS→
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Quick meeting? (4)
Starts with S, ends with HSESH→
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Actor Simu (3)
Starts with L, ends with ULIU→
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Singer India.__ (4)
Starts with A, ends with EARIE→
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Gave the once-over (4)
Starts with E, ends with DEYED→
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Virtual persona (6)
Starts with A, ends with RAVATAR→
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Nonglossy lipstick option (5)
Starts with M, ends with EMATTE→
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Blissful spots (5)
Starts with E, ends with SEDENS→
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Starbucks size (5)
Starts with V, ends with IVENTI→
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People who pack picnic lunches? (15)
Starts with H, ends with SHAMPEROPERATORS→
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Fizzled out (5)
Starts with E, ends with DENDED→
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Slushy treat (4)
Starts with I, ends with EICEE→
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Great balls of fire (5)
Starts with S, ends with SSTARS→
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Fuse together (4)
Starts with M, ends with DMELD→
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Give conditionally (4)
Starts with L, ends with DLEND→
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Canary feed (5)
Starts with S, ends with SSEEDS→
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Sock end (3)
Starts with T, ends with ETOE→
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Think piece? (4)
Starts with I, ends with AIDEA→
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"This Is Us" director Ken (4)
Starts with O, ends with NOLIN→
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Trade show (4)
Starts with E, ends with OEXPO→
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Spoiled (6)
Starts with M, ends with DMARRED→
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Elaborately embroidered falsehoods? (12)
Starts with G, ends with YGRANDPERJURY→
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"Buck-a-shuck" delicacy (6)
Starts with O, ends with ROYSTER→
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"Tropic Thunder" actor Nick (5)
Starts with N, ends with ENOLTE→
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Gooey lump (4)
Starts with G, ends with BGLOB→
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Draw of a dim sum cart (5)
Starts with A, ends with AAROMA→
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Dining hall offerings (5)
Starts with M, ends with SMEALS→
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Swahili for "lion" (5)
Starts with S, ends with ASIMBA→
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Washington Spirit player Morgan (4)
Starts with E, ends with EESME→
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Mollusk often pan-seared (7)
Starts with S, ends with PSCALLOP→
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Green light for a lunar expedition? (14)
Starts with M, ends with NMOONPERMISSION→
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Baton Rouge sch. (3)
Starts with L, ends with ULSU→
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Hip-hop's Salt-N-__ (4)
Starts with P, ends with APEPA→
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Loads and loads (4)
Starts with A, ends with NATON→
Down
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Gathering for chile lovers? (11)
Starts with P, ends with YPEPPERRALLY→
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Light as can be (4)
Starts with A, ends with YAIRY→
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Special offers at a body shop? (11)
Starts with B, ends with SBUMPERDEALS→
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Nintendo virtual personae (4)
Starts with M, ends with SMIIS→
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Bit of moisture (7)
Starts with D, ends with TDROPLET→
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Intellectual stickler (6)
Starts with P, ends with TPEDANT→
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Secular (4)
Starts with L, ends with CLAIC→
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Great Plains people (4)
Starts with O, ends with EOTOE→
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Settle elsewhere, casually (4)
Starts with R, ends with ORELO→
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Yawn-inducing (4)
Starts with B, ends with HBLAH→
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Nokcha or sencha (3)
Starts with T, ends with ATEA→
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__ fade: haircut with shaved sides (5)
Starts with H, ends with PHITOP→
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Sculling tool (3)
Starts with O, ends with ROAR→
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Noisy migratory birds (5)
Starts with G, ends with EGEESE→
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Curved (5)
Starts with A, ends with DARCED→
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Mil. mind game (5)
Starts with P, ends with PPSYOP→
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[Not my error] (3)
Starts with S, ends with CSIC→
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None of the above (5)
Starts with O, ends with ROTHER→
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Vegan milk option (3)
Starts with S, ends with YSOY→
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Sir __ Guinness (4)
Starts with A, ends with CALEC→
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Anxiety-reducing feature of some tests (9)
Starts with O, ends with SOPENNOTES→
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Double-check, in a way (6)
Starts with R, ends with DREREAD→
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Garment once called a corselet-gorge (3)
Starts with B, ends with ABRA→
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Optical effects caused by ice crystals (7)
Starts with S, ends with SSUNDOGS→
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Help in a burglary (4)
Starts with A, ends with TABET→
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Girl who lost her sheep (6)
Starts with B, ends with PBOPEEP→
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Morally pure (6)
Starts with C, ends with ECHASTE→
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Smiles brightly (5)
Starts with B, ends with SBEAMS→
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Deep carpet (4)
Starts with S, ends with GSHAG→
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Tells all (10)
Starts with N, ends with SNAMESNAMES→
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Dress shape (5)
Starts with A, ends with EALINE→
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Trousers (5)
Starts with P, ends with SPANTS→
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Wade clumsily (5)
Starts with S, ends with HSLOSH→
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Zigs or zags (5)
Starts with V, ends with SVEERS→
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Color similar to salmon (5)
Starts with C, ends with LCORAL→
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Lauder of cosmetics (5)
Starts with E, ends with EESTEE→
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Corundum, for one (7)
Starts with M, ends with LMINERAL→
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Hackathon participant (5)
Starts with C, ends with RCODER→
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Pulpy refuse (6)
Starts with P, ends with EPOMACE→
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Molar cover (6)
Starts with E, ends with LENAMEL→
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Enter via cracks (6)
Starts with S, ends with NSEEPIN→
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Covers a lot of ground? (5)
Starts with P, ends with SPAVES→
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Special occasion (5)
Starts with E, ends with TEVENT→
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Bear in a bamboo forest (5)
Starts with P, ends with APANDA→
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Strike down, biblically (5)
Starts with S, ends with ESMITE→
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Lends a hand (4)
Starts with A, ends with SAIDS→
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Pranked with Charmin (4)
Starts with T, ends with DTPED→
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D.C. ballplayers (4)
Starts with N, ends with SNATS→
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"That's the guy!" (3)
Starts with H, ends with MHIM→
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Minecraft block (3)
Starts with O, ends with EORE→
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Lowest sudoku number (3)
Starts with O, ends with EONE→
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Casting need (3)
Starts with R, ends with DROD→
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Soon-to-be alums (3)
Starts with S, ends with SSRS→
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"Away from work" letters (3)
Starts with O, ends with OOOO→
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Square up (5)
Starts with A, ends with NALIGN→
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Pascal of "The Last of Us" (5)
Starts with P, ends with OPEDRO→
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Folk instrument (5)
Starts with B, ends with OBANJO→
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Gracefully refined (7)
Starts with E, ends with TELEGANT→
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Clearasil rival (3)
Starts with O, ends with YOXY→
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Gotham City hero (6)
Starts with B, ends with NBATMAN→
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Power source for a warp drive in "Star Trek" (10)
Starts with A, ends with RANTIMATTER→
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Offline, online (3)
Starts with I, ends with LIRL→
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Like a bad breakup (5)
Starts with M, ends with YMESSY→
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Casting need (4)
Starts with R, ends with LREEL→
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Promotional sample (4)
Starts with D, ends with ODEMO→
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Lyft alternative (4)
Starts with U, ends with RUBER→
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"You got that right!" (9)
Starts with Y, ends with DYESINDEED→
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Take for a spin, perhaps (4)
Starts with T, ends with TTEST→
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Come up short (4)
Starts with L, ends with ELOSE→
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Hog with tusks (4)
Starts with B, ends with RBOAR→
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Electric violin hookup (3)
Starts with A, ends with PAMP→
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Orange sushi topping (3)
Starts with R, ends with EROE→
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Hockey great Bobby (3)
Starts with O, ends with RORR→
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144 clues: 69 Across and 75 Down.
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For example: Device that might buzz during a night out? (SOCIALBEEPER); Recliner part (ARMREST); Ibiza, por ejemplo (ISLA).
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