LA Times Crossword August 18 2026 Answers

LA Times Crossword August 18 2026 Answers & Clues

"Growing Pains" actor Thicke

ALAN

"Insecure" star Issa

RAE

"Kama __"

SUTRA

"__-Hur"

BEN

*Be a little nosy

POKEAROUND

*Music, dance, drama, and the like

PERFORMINGARTS

*Public relations manager

PRESSAGENT

*Squeeze-box instrument with a keyboard

PIANOACCORDION

+ or - atomic particle

ION

Acai bowl grain

OAT

According to

ASPER

Alien-hunting subj.

SETI

Apple Music predecessor

ITUNES

Bag-screening org.

TSA

Bamboo-loving bear, or, when parsed in three parts, a feature of the answers to the starred clues

PANDA

Bar mitzvah dance

HORA

Baseball officials

UMPS

Bean fermented to make miso

SOYA

Big horned animal

RHINO

Big name in brick phones

NOKIA

Christina who played Wednesday Addams and appeared on "Wednesday"

RICCI

Christmas cookie receiver

SANTA

Comic __: informal typeface

SANS

Deli order

NOMAYO

Directional suffix

ERN

Double Stuf cookie

OREO

Drain completely

USEUP

Dynamism

ELAN

Ed of "Lou Grant"

ASNER

Env. directive

ATTN

Exam

TEST

Flower holder

STEM

Footwear

SHOES

Funeral pile

PYRE

Fútbol cheers

OLES

Gains after taxes

NETS

Histories

PASTS

Invitation letters

RSVP

Iranian currency

RIALS

Kvetch

MOAN

Like a fork

TINED

List, as names during roll call

READOFF

Listen to

OBEY

Locks on a mustang

MANE

McKellen of "X-Men"

IAN

More, on a music score

PIU

Move like a spooked horse, maybe

BUCK

On a trawler, say

ASEA

Ore finder

MINER

PD alert

APB

Part of a glissade, in ballet

PLIE

Penne __ vodka

ALLA

Philly Ivy League sch.

UPENN

Plastic wrap brand

SARAN

Rating for many shows aired at 8 p.m.

TVPG

Reach a cost of

RUNTO

Recommended garment when using glitter glue

SMOCK

Royalties, e.g.

PAYOUTS

Self-referential

META

Sell aggressively

TOUT

Signature replicator

AUTOPEN

Song for two

DUET

Stir up

STOKE

Store

SHOP

Summer childcare option

DAYCAMP

Supermodel Carangi

GIA

Suppressed, with "up"

PENT

Took without asking

STOLE

Toward sunrise

EAST

Toward the stern

AFT

Ultrasoft mineral

TALC

West Coast wine region

NAPA

Whys and wherefores

REASONS

Wisconsin's capital

MADISON

Yale student

ELI

__ a living

EARN

__ acid

AMINO

__ out a living

EKE