LA Times Crossword August 18, 2026 Answers

Across

Ed of "Lou Grant"5 Flower holder4 Baseball officials4 Stir up5 Bar mitzvah dance4 Bean fermented to make miso4 *Be a little nosy10 __ a living4 Yale student3 Song for two4 Apple Music predecessor6 Whys and wherefores7 Invitation letters4 Toward the stern3 Store4 Acai bowl grain3 *Music, dance, drama, and the like14 Penne __ vodka4 + or - atomic particle3 Self-referential4 *Squeeze-box instrument with a keyboard14 "__-Hur"3 Move like a spooked horse, maybe4 McKellen of "X-Men"3 Alien-hunting subj.4 Royalties, e.g.7 Deli order6 Ultrasoft mineral4 More, on a music score3 "Growing Pains" actor Thicke4 *Public relations manager10 Suppressed, with "up"4 Toward sunrise4 Ore finder5 On a trawler, say4 Gains after taxes4 Bamboo-loving bear, or, when parsed in three parts, a feature of the answers to the starred clues5

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According to5 Took without asking5 Big name in brick phones5 __ out a living3 List, as names during roll call7 Footwear5 Sell aggressively4 Directional suffix3 Wisconsin's capital7 Drain completely5 Kvetch4 Funeral pile4 Comic __: informal typeface4 Reach a cost of5 Rating for many shows aired at 8 p.m.4 Plastic wrap brand5 Big horned animal5 Recommended garment when using glitter glue5 Double Stuf cookie4 Env. directive4 Bag-screening org.3 Part of a glissade, in ballet4 Dynamism4 Christina who played Wednesday Addams and appeared on "Wednesday"5 __ acid5 PD alert3 Listen to4 Signature replicator7 Iranian currency5 Summer childcare option7 Christmas cookie receiver5 Histories5 Philly Ivy League sch.5 Like a fork5 "Kama __"5 West Coast wine region4 Fútbol cheers4 Locks on a mustang4 Exam4 "Insecure" star Issa3 Supermodel Carangi3