LA Times Crossword July 26 2026 Answers

LA Times Crossword July 26 2026 Answers & Clues

"Despacito" singer Fonsi

LUIS

"I'm gonna be straight with you ... "

REALTALK

"In that case ... "

IFSO

"Kinda"

ISH

"Look what I found!"

OHO

"Rise and shine!"

GETUP

"Roman Holiday" scooter

VESPA

"What's up, bro!"

HEYMAN

*Command to turn

FACELIFT

*Flourishing

LIVINGWILL

*Ink-filled tool for illustrators

DRAWINGPIN

*Makes explicitly clear

SPILLSOUT

*Perform a daring act

BILLTHECAT

*Person who works a lot?

AUTODIALER

*Places to drop envelopes

LITTERBOXES

*Recovers somewhat

FEELSBITTER

Alley-__

OOP

Amazon contents

AGUA

Apex predators of the sea

ORCAS

Bank lobby devices

ATMS

Bark beetle target

ELM

Baseless

UNTRUE

Bird with a long neck

SWAN

Busiest airport in MO

STL

Card with a single pip

ACE

Career fair haul

SWAG

Claim forcefully

ASSERT

Clarifying phrase

ASIN

Command

BEHEST

Cough syrup amts.

TSPS

Coup target

ETAT

Cozumel coin

PESO

Cunning folks

SLYFOXES

Cypress, for one

CONIFER

Daisylike flowers

ASTERS

Dazzle

AWE

Dedicated poem

ODE

Destructive wind

GALE

Discontinue

CEASE

Discovery astronaut Ochoa

ELLEN

Display flagrantly

FLAUNT

Do something

ACT

Dragon's place

LAIR

Draped wedding garment

SAREE

Easily broken

BRITTLE

Electronica instrument

SYNTH

Emulate Alysa Liu

ICESKATE

Fancy-schmancy

POSH

Fat-heavy diet

KETO

Features of some skirts

SLITS

Front page material

NEWS

Garden with forbidden fruit

EDEN

Genetics pioneer Mendel

GREGOR

Gets the picture

SEES

Gimbap alternative

SUSHI

Glance over

SCAN

Grammy-winning banjoist Fleck

BELA

Head lights?

HALOS

Help out on a heist

ABET

High-end camera initials

DSLR

High-five sound

SLAP

Home for a squirrel

OAKTREE

Hybrid thoroughfare with frequent access points

STROAD

Ian Fleming's alma mater

ETON

Implicit

TACIT

Improviser's concluding phrase

ANDSCENE

In flames

AFIRE

Infatuated

GAGA

Insects in a colony

ANTS

Insert, as a link

EMBED

Ione of "La Brea"

SKYE

Jam

SNARL

Kiwi in Kyoto, say

EXPAT

Leisurely gait

LOPE

Like some heated posts

INCAPS

Lions and tigers

FELINES

Lower in fat

LEANER

Make public

EXPOSE

Mammals with big calves

WHALES

McIntosh or Macintosh

APPLE

National park north of Anchorage

DENALI

New York City's __ Place

ASTOR

Nintendo consoles that debuted in 2006

WIIS

Nome dome home

IGLOO

Nonprofit org. with a school for aspiring moviemakers

AFI

Novel at the center of Bloomsday celebrations

ULYSSES

OPI rival

ESSIE

Of vital importance

KEY

Ooze

SEEP

Open-toed shoe

SANDAL

Org. running many missions

NASA

Part of LAPD

LOS

Parts in a play

ROLES

Party leader?

HOST

Piehole

KISSER

Poison Ivy, to Robin

ENEMY

Prefix with graph or gram

EPI

Prepping period

LEADTIME

Previously

ONCE

Quietly unnerving

EERIE

Quits fidgeting

SITSSTILL

Raison d'__

ETRE

Regattas

BOATRACES

Relaxed sigh

AHH

Reports by hotline

CALLSIN

Responsibility

ONUS

Salade Niçoise fish

TUNA

Scouting unit

TROOP

Seasoning for kimchi

SALT

Sequence of film cuts

MONTAGE

Shorebird with webbed feet

GULL

Shout of discovery

EUREKA

Sierra __, Africa

LEONE

Slowpoke's place

REAR

Small camping shelter

PUPTENT

Smoothing tool

PLANER

Snack for a frog

FLY

Snow day rides

SLEDS

Software-driven F/X

CGI

Some deli loaves

RYES

Southernmost Ivy

PENN

Speak unclearly

SLUR

Spot of land

ISLET

Stains with ash

SOOTS

Start of a spelling rule, or a rule to keep in mind while answering the starred clues

IBEFOREE

Starts to work together

GELS

Subjects of fan clubs

IDOLS

Switch on the radio?

AMFM

Telepath's ability

ESP

Texter's "Victory!"

FTW

Throws, in slang

YEETS

Too sure of oneself

SMUG

Trial spin on a bike

TESTRIDE

Tuck away

STOW

Tudyk of "Firefly"

ALAN

Up to

UNTIL

Vader's childhood nickname

ANI

Vertical passages

SHAFTS

Vidal of hair care

SASSOON

Westernmost city in Texas

ELPASO

Winter cap feature

EARLAP

Workplaces for some RNs

ERS

__ Romeo: motorsport brand

ALFA

__-sci

POLI