LA Times Crossword July 2 2026 Answers

LA Times Crossword July 2 2026 Answers & Clues

"... at the very least"

ORMORE

"Can you believe this scam?"

WHATARACKET

"Close enough"

ISH

"I am in this meme"

ITME

"Like, yesterday"

STAT

"Parks and Recreation" town

PAWNEE

"The Pat McAfee Show" network

ESPN

"Today was rough"

INEEDAHUG

Actress Vardalos

NIA

Adversary

FOE

Architect's constraint, for short

SPEC

Atom with a sign

ION

Awards ceremony host

EMCEE

Banh mi spread

MAYO

Big mad and not hiding it

AGGRO

Bird on the Canadian dollar coin

LOON

Boo-boo

OWIE

Bracelet spot

ANKLE

Bread for an Italian sandwich?

EURO

Cartesian concept that questions the reality of waking life

DREAMARGUMENT

Checkpoint for the terminally on line?

TSA

Childish comeback

ISTOO

Command to attack

SICEM

Contend (for)

VIE

Dame introduction?

NOTRE

Dane introduction?

GREAT

Deli pockets

PITAS

Director Kazan

ELIA

Engage in some strength training, or what this puzzle's circled letters do

LIFTWEIGHTS

Engrave on glass

ETCH

Fashion week focus

DESIGN

Feminine pronoun

HER

Figure in a halo

ANGEL

First page of el calendario

ENERO

Fitting

APT

Floor connectors

STAIRS

Go back a step

UNDO

HS fundraiser

PTA

Hard to erase, perhaps

ININK

Health insurance giant

AETNA

High cost for the Super Bowl

ADFEE

Jazzy improvisation

RIFF

Key influencers?

PIANOTEACHERS

Kilt companion

TAM

Level of authority

ECHELON

Long sammich

SUB

Meaty sauce

RAGU

Middle-distance runners

MILERS

NYC nabe below Union Square

NOHO

Nigiri topper never served raw

EEL

Ocean escapades?

HEISTS

Oktoberfest souvenir

STEIN

Peachy follower

KEEN

Portfolio piece

ASSET

Possess

OWN

Potbelly that needs constant feeding?

COALSTOVE

Prefix with day or way

MID

Red friend of Cookie Monster

ELMO

Refrigerant trademark since the 1930s

FREON

Sac fly result

RBI

Skeptical remark

YOURENOTSERIOUS

Social rules

NORMS

Spots for education?

PSAS

Subtle hair dyes

TINTS

Take part in an outdoor fantasy game

LARP

Taylor-Joy of "The Queen's Gambit"

ANYA

Tree-lined walkway

ALAMEDA

Turow book set at Harvard

ONEL

Umami enhancer, briefly

MSG

Update from a Lyft driver

ETA

Very, informally

UBER

Vulgar one

BOOR

Was first

WON

Whimper

PULE

Yemen port that faces the Somaliland port Berbera

ADEN

__ shadow

EYE