LA Times Crossword August 12, 2026 Answers

Across

Succeed in a class4 With 47-Down, tropical shade providers4 Content warning letters4 Two-tone apex predator4 Inventor's jumping-off point4 Underwater detector5 "I like it!"9 Location5 Out like a light6 Vintner's harvest6 Top stripe of a pride flag3 Lousy grade3 "Gosh!"3 Channel with music videos and "Reba" reruns3 Bucket list item, perhaps12 Statistical average4 Jokes4 Cunning plan4 "A Change Is __ Come"5 Victor Wembanyama's org.3 Features of 4c hair5 A single time4 Plant anchor4 CPR pros4 Not rigid12 Seasonal vaccine target3 Some undergrad degs.3 Fleeting snooze3 Pvt. trainer3 Chicken __ bleu6 Throw trash away, but not in a trash can6 An additional time5 Distance shot in basketball, or what 16-, 26-, and 39-Across are altogether?9 Sport with scrums5 Component of steel4 Lack of difficulty4 Simple tops4 Domestic four-leggers4 "Their __ Were Watching God"4

Down

Big name in seltzer water5 Came up5 Give a talking-to5 "For goodness' __!"4 Animal enclosure with a namesake cipher6 "And now, without further __ ... "3 Sign before Virgo3 Ticked off3 Mardi Gras city, familiarly4 Signals called by a quarterback before each play9 Protections against respiratory illnesses9 Competes on a mat8 Shopping jag5 Arizona city near the Seven Sacred Pools6 Precious stones4 Creamy Christmas concoctions7 Huge unit of mass7 Pool divisions5 Like a dirty word5 Dirty5 Actor's audition selection9 Spur on9 Transport on the way to sink a putt8 "You hang on to that"6 "Sinners" director Coogler4 Dark wood5 Makeover sites6 Wander off5 V-formation flyers5 See 5-Across5 "I call it!"4 Old-school "you"4 Guff3 Metallic resource3 Duped3