LA Times Crossword August 23 2026 Answers

LA Times Crossword August 23 2026 Answers & Clues

"All right"

OKAY

"Bye-bye!"

IMOFF

"Can't argue with that"

TRUE

"For real?"

ITIS

"Holy cannoli!"

YIPES

"I need to install brighter lights later"?

BETTERLUXNEXTTIME

"One Piece" medium

ANIME

"Pretentious? __?"

MOI

"So helpful!"

WHATAPAL

"This is not a __!"

DRILL

"Unfortunately, yes"

AFRAIDSO

All fired up

EAGER

Arctic seabirds

AUKS

Available for a meeting

FREE

Backless slippers

MULES

Bad look

SNEER

Badger

BERATE

Be theatrical

EMOTE

Bert's favorite bird, on "Sesame Street"

PIGEON

Birds associated with the Egyptian god Thoth

IBISES

Broccoli part

STEM

Cabbage variety called "big white vegetable" in Chinese

NAPA

Can't-miss activity

MUSTDO

Cantopop star Andy

LAU

Cast out

EXILE

Certain close-up

INSETMAP

Charon?

STYXFIGURE

Chef's collection

PANS

Child's complaint to Father Time?

YOUMAKEMESIX

Comic-Con event

PANEL

Common finds in a salmon smokehouse?

LOXSTOCKANDBARREL

Converse rival

VANS

Country known for its devotion to a General Mills cereal?

CHEXREPUBLIC

Cowboy boots, saddles, etc.?

TEXSUPPORT

Cry of exasperation

GAH

Currency of Vietnam

DONG

Cutter with four legs and teeth

TABLESAW

D-backs, in box scores

ARI

Decided

OPTED

Discordant, musically

ATONAL

Discovery org.

NASA

Dish served in a sizzling skillet

FAJITA

Doozy

HUMDINGER

Drama produced in a recording studio

RADIOPLAY

Electronic music duo __ Punk

DAFT

Entourage

POSSE

Exchange heated words?

SEXT

Exhibits brilliance

GLOWS

Exodus mount

SINAI

Expected

DUE

Eye-related

OPTIC

Fallingwater architect Frank __ Wright

LLOYD

Father

SIRE

Feed adequately

SATE

Field with a trolley problem

ETHICS

Fillet's lack

BONE

Finnish currency

EURO

Finnish tech giant

NOKIA

Fragrant chain

LEI

French brother

FRERE

Furisode sash

OBI

Furtive "C'mere!"

PSST

Gave one's word

SWORE

Geographic region

AREA

Get ready

PREP

GoPro product

CAMERA

Grade before grades, for short

PREK

Greek wrap

GYRO

Green gem

PERIDOT

Grinding tooth

MOLAR

Having four sharps

INE

High-strung Latin ruler?

NERVOUSREX

Holiday precursors

EVES

Howler with four legs and teeth

WOLF

Icelandic saga

EDDA

In hot water?

STEEPING

Jam

FIX

James Bond's first movie foe

DRNO

K9 of "Doctor Who," for one

ROBOT

Kiddos

TOTS

Kung __ tofu

PAO

Less polluted

PURER

Lie for, say

ABET

Like favorite jeans

WORN

Like last month's deals

EXPIRED

Like post-marathon muscles

ACHING

Like some LAX flights

INTL

Linen-lined outerwear?

FLAXJACKET

Mammoth

HUGE

Marine Corps cry

OORAH

Mass arrival

INFLUX

Mattress choice

KING

Mender's target

RIP

Name in a Chinese American dish

TSOS

North __ Sea: Kazakh lake

ARAL

Not in favor

OPPOSED

Oracle

SEER

Otherwise

ELSE

Palo __, California

ALTO

Part of BTW

THE

Peak

APEX

Pilsner, for one

LAGER

Pluck

MOXIE

Polynesian carving

TIKI

Possesses

HAS

Printer supply

INK

Produce, as an egg

LAY

Purple or green herb

BASIL

Reacted to a chill

SHIVERED

Roman emperor after Claudius

NERO

Roman moon goddess

LUNA

Sargasso Sea fish

EEL

Schoolkid

PUPIL

Ships overnight, in a way

FEDEXES

Skybox setting

ARENA

Soap Box Derby rod

AXLE

Softball clubs

BATS

Some belly buttons

INNIES

Some tennis shots

LOBS

South Asian wrap

SARI

South, south of the border

SUR

Spanish "but"

PERO

Speedy fish

DARTER

Spot

PLACE

Stage signals

CUES

Start of a religious title

DALAI

Superhero who says, "For the honor of Grayskull!"

SHERA

Swine

PIG

Three-time AL MVP in the 2000s

AROD

Trail cam regular

DEER

Transparent layer in the eye

CORNEA

Trident-shaped letters

PSIS

Ultrasound targets

UTERI

Unit of corn

EAR

Unwanted giveaway?

SPOILER

Waxes, maybe

SHINES

Wearing 47-Across, perhaps

SHOD

Wee bits

IOTAS

West Indies country also known as the "Island of Spice"

GRENADA

Window shade

TINT

Wormlike larva

GRUB

[And it's gone!]

POOF

__ and downs

UPS

__ point

DECIMAL