LA Times Crossword August 9 2026 Answers

LA Times Crossword August 9 2026 Answers & Clues

"Don't play," in music

TACET

"Ethan Frome" novelist Wharton

EDITH

"Fiddlesticks"

DARN

"M*A*S*H" star?

ASTERISK

"Midsommar" director Aster

ARI

"Nothing you say is true!"

LIAR

"Play slowly," in music

ADAGIO

"Play very, very softly," in music

PPP

"Stranger Things" actor Wolfhard

FINN

"There isn't anything else!?"

THATSIT

"Told you!"

SEE

"Um, think again"

UHNO

"What fun!"

WHEE

Actor Kilmer

VAL

Affectionate sign-off

ASEVER

Alpaca kin

LLAMA

Ancient hulled wheat

SPELT

As a departure from the norm

FORONCE

Assessment

READ

Battle of Helm's Deep combatant

ORC

Beguile

ENTICE

Beyoncé's "I Am... __ Fierce"

SASHA

Biblical suffix

ETH

Blackthorn berry

SLOE

Blunder

ERR

Boston University athlete

TERRIER

Brief appearance

CAMEO

Broad valley

DALE

Broadcast again

REAIR

Browser storage

CACHE

Buzzer?

BEE

California city near Santa Ana

IRVINE

Calligraphy tools

PENS

Capital west of Montreal

OTTAWA

Castle trenches

MOATS

Castle-breaching explosive

PETARD

Cause friction

CHAFE

Change genetically

MUTATE

Chemist Mendeleev who created the periodic table

DMITRI

Chuckle syllable

HEH

Cookie whose website has recipes for cheesecake and empanadas

OREO

Curved cutting tool

ADZ

Derby-sporting Addams

ITT

Dust jacket part

FLAP

Enemy of ancient Athens

SPARTA

Fancy affair

SOIREE

Fix badly?

RIG

Founded, as a co.

ESTD

Fox or ox

ANIMAL

From Cairo or Cape Town

AFRICAN

Glam gala

FETE

Glass ceiling-breaking event?

ASCENTOFAWOMAN

Go out for a while?

SLEEP

Golfer McIlroy

RORY

Grams

NANAS

Hackers' shout of success

WEREIN

Hair texture, e.g.

TRAIT

Halloween mo.

OCT

Hit the slopes

SKI

Hoppy fave

IPA

Hurdle for an aspiring JD

LSAT

Hybrid synth instrument

KEYTAR

In the mail

SENT

In the past

AGO

Intro to many a newsreel

DATELINE

Invertebrate found in every ocean

SEASTAR

Jaunty neckwear

ASCOTS

Junior

SON

Keeps occupied

TIESUP

Lettuce or cabbage

CASH

Liberty Mutual's bus.

INS

Like a daisy

RAYED

Like molecules that cannot form permanent bonds

APOLAR

Lipton division

TAZOTEA

Listen to

HEED

Lysol target

GERM

Makes with skill

CRAFTS

Many Christmas trees

FIRS

Matar paneer vegetables

PEAS

Medium for deep-frying

HOTOIL

Met highlight

ARIA

Minecraft material

ORE

Minor flaw

FOIBLE

More family-friendly

TAMER

Movement while asking "How do I look?"

TWIRL

Musical weakness

TINEAR

NNW reversal

SSE

Natural history museum display

DIORAMA

Neutral shades

BEIGES

Nickname for Louis Armstrong

SATCH

Not on the same page

ATODDS

Noted times

ERAS

Oak trees?

CHILDRENOFTHEACORN

Off-rd. wheels

ATV

Old Jutland resident

TEUTON

One who can only rasp quietly?

THEHOARSEWHISPERER

Paul of "The Batman"

DANO

Peanut butter and jelly

SPREADS

Pedal pushers

FEET

Phi __ Kappa

BETA

Piercing tool

AWL

Product of incomplete combustion

ASH

Public square that gets really sticky in the heat?

LICORICEPIAZZA

Put a name to

PLACE

Quite the commotion

ADO

R-rated NASA event?

NAKEDLAUNCH

Ramona, per Beezus

PEST

Rapper Dr. __

DRE

Rubber-stamped

OKED

Sandbox visitor

TOT

Savanna antelope

ORIBI

Shiny fabric

SATEEN

Ship stabilizer

KEEL

Short-horned bighorns

EWES

Showy carp

KOI

Ski lift

TBAR

Snare

ENMESH

Some Tripadvisor recommendations

INNS

Some city trains

ELS

Some latte orders

DECAFS

Sp. address

SRA

Spot in a store with toys, water bowls, and leashes?

AISLEOFDOGS

Sultry growl

RAWR

Tennis do-over

LET

Texting tech

SMS

Tight squeezes

BEARHUGS

Title for Judi Dench

DAME

Trails

PATHS

Trivial objection

NIT

Voting against

ANTI

Walks or runs

STAT

Warning before a particularly scary monster flick?

BEASTINSHOW

Warty amphibian

TOAD

Washington's Sea-__ Airport

TAC

Web design code

HTML

Where some get tired quickly?

PIT

Wireless std.

LTE

Without any planning

ONTHEFLY

Would rather not

HATETO

Young hippopotamus

CALF

__ monster

GILA

__ roll

KAISER