LA Times Crossword hints and answers for July 20, 2026
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Clues78
Across37
Down41
DayMonday
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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__ to go: full of enthusiasm (5)
Starts with R, ends with NRARIN→
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Fish eggs (3)
Starts with R, ends with EROE→
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Collections with cups and saucers, or a phonetic description of 16-, 22-, 49-, and 60-Across (7)
Starts with T, ends with STEASETS→
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Comm. used by many CODAs (3)
Starts with A, ends with LASL→
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Pepper partner (4)
Starts with S, ends with TSALT→
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Astonish (4)
Starts with S, ends with NSTUN→
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One-named "Dancing on My Own" singer (5)
Starts with R, ends with NROBYN→
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Peruvian capital (4)
Starts with L, ends with ALIMA→
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Hopelessly stuck (6)
Starts with I, ends with TINARUT→
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Sanction for running a red light (13)
Starts with T, ends with TTRAFFICTICKET→
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Require (4)
Starts with N, ends with DNEED→
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"Tastes great!" (3)
Starts with Y, ends with MYUM→
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Meaty spread (4)
Starts with P, ends with EPATE→
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Nickname for Hollywood (10)
Starts with T, ends with NTINSELTOWN→
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Organ with bronchioles (4)
Starts with L, ends with GLUNG→
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Identical (4)
Starts with S, ends with ESAME→
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Greeting at a luau (5)
Starts with A, ends with AALOHA→
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Blue-green hue (4)
Starts with A, ends with AAQUA→
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Assent nonverbally (3)
Starts with N, ends with DNOD→
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Org. with a phonetic alphabet (4)
Starts with N, ends with ONATO→
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Gets soupy, as ice cream (5)
Starts with M, ends with SMELTS→
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Frying vessel (3)
Starts with P, ends with NPAN→
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Back talk (4)
Starts with S, ends with SSASS→
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Gaming giant (5)
Starts with A, ends with IATARI→
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Gender-neutral pronoun (4)
Starts with T, ends with YTHEY→
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"Magic Tree House" subject (10)
Starts with T, ends with LTIMETRAVEL→
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Scouting mission, briefly (5)
Starts with R, ends with NRECON→
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Like a plump red strawberry (4)
Starts with R, ends with ERIPE→
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Approves (3)
Starts with O, ends with SOKS→
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Express feelings (5)
Starts with E, ends with EEMOTE→
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"Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers," e.g. (13)
Starts with T, ends with RTONGUETWISTER→
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Many a chart-topping song (6)
Starts with P, ends with TPOPHIT→
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King of the Norse pantheon (4)
Starts with O, ends with NODIN→
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Secures with a key (5)
Starts with L, ends with SLOCKS→
Down
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Double __ Oreo (4)
Starts with S, ends with FSTUF→
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Baking qty. (3)
Starts with T, ends with PTSP→
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Exceptionally kind person (5)
Starts with S, ends with TSAINT→
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Rudolph's red body part (4)
Starts with N, ends with ENOSE→
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Tehran's country (4)
Starts with I, ends with NIRAN→
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Add color to (4)
Starts with T, ends with TTINT→
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"Blue's __": Nick Jr. show (5)
Starts with C, ends with SCLUES→
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Mom's sister (4)
Starts with A, ends with TAUNT→
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Outer edge (3)
Starts with R, ends with MRIM→
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Uber competitor (4)
Starts with L, ends with TLYFT→
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Biggest competitor (9)
Starts with A, ends with LARCHRIVAL→
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Representative (5)
Starts with A, ends with TAGENT→
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Loosen, as a knot (5)
Starts with U, ends with EUNTIE→
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Elementary subatomic particle (5)
Starts with Q, ends with KQUARK→
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Pack animals known for spitting (7)
Starts with A, ends with SALPACAS→
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Cozy room (3)
Starts with D, ends with NDEN→
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Texter's "Coming!" (3)
Starts with O, ends with WOMW→
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Tennis star Osaka (5)
Starts with N, ends with INAOMI→
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Scottish denial (3)
Starts with N, ends with ENAE→
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"Whoops, my bad" (7)
Starts with O, ends with YOHSORRY→
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Camp shelters (5)
Starts with T, ends with STENTS→
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Aries animal (3)
Starts with R, ends with MRAM→
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Golden yrs. fund (3)
Starts with I, ends with AIRA→
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Alternative to bottled, in a restaurant (3)
Starts with T, ends with PTAP→
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Yale students (4)
Starts with E, ends with SELIS→
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Cheeky (4)
Starts with P, ends with TPERT→
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Furniture chain founded in Sweden (4)
Starts with I, ends with AIKEA→
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People celebrated internationally every March 8 (5)
Starts with W, ends with NWOMEN→
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Parts of a scale (5)
Starts with N, ends with SNOTES→
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Biggest city in the Cornhusker State (5)
Starts with O, ends with AOMAHA→
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British police officer (9)
Starts with C, ends with ECONSTABLE→
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Soft "Hey, you!" (4)
Starts with P, ends with TPSST→
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Payable now (3)
Starts with D, ends with EDUE→
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Do surgery (7)
Starts with O, ends with EOPERATE→
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Nylabones, squeak balls, and the like (7)
Starts with D, ends with SDOGTOYS→
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Opening in a spatula (4)
Starts with S, ends with TSLOT→
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Shallowest Great Lake (4)
Starts with E, ends with EERIE→
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Midterm, e.g. (4)
Starts with T, ends with TTEST→
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Trickster of the Norse pantheon (4)
Starts with L, ends with ILOKI→
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Pixar film about a boy who meets aliens (4)
Starts with E, ends with OELIO→
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Sewer scurriers (4)
Starts with R, ends with SRATS→
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How many clues are in the LA Times Crossword for July 20, 2026?+
78 clues: 37 Across and 41 Down.
What are some answers in today’s LA Times Crossword?+
For example: __ to go: full of enthusiasm (RARIN); Fish eggs (ROE); Collections with cups and saucers, or a phonetic description of 16-, 22-, 49-, and 60-Across (TEASETS).
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