LA Times Crossword Clue

Dirty

The Answer

GRIMY

Letters 5

Published August 12, 2026

Day Wednesday

The clue “Dirty” appeared in the LA Times Crossword on August 12, 2026. The correct answer is GRIMY (5 letters). The same clue text may appear in different puzzles with different answers, so always check the date and letter count.

"A Change Is __ Come"

"And now, without further __ ... "

"For goodness' __!"

"Gosh!"

"I call it!"

"I like it!"

"Sinners" director Coogler

"Their __ Were Watching God"

"You hang on to that"

A single time

Actor's audition selection

An additional time

Animal enclosure with a namesake cipher

Arizona city near the Seven Sacred Pools

Big name in seltzer water

Bucket list item, perhaps

CPR pros

Came up

Channel with music videos and "Reba" reruns

Chicken __ bleu

Competes on a mat

Component of steel

Content warning letters

Creamy Christmas concoctions

Cunning plan

Dark wood

Distance shot in basketball, or what 16-, 26-, and 39-Across are altogether?

Domestic four-leggers

Duped