LA Times Crossword August 21, 2026 Answers

Across

Graduate from a balance bike5 "Zounds!"4 "Not only that ... "4 Sauce for chipotles5 German automaker4 Nana's daughter4 Collar clip-on5 Hard punch4 Big name in morning TV4 Get the gray out, say3 "A bottle where the rapid decrease in pressure upon opening creates foam, please" request?11 Caitlin Clark's home state4 Topical antiseptic6 "A light coffee, and do not drop it, please" request?12 Small flower?5 Raw minerals4 "Nature" airer3 Biblical name of ancient Syria4 Wolverines and Badgers5 Canada Goose garment4 Inquire3 Head of a museum?4 Full of passion5 "I'll take my potato as a pancake (but you'll probably bring fries)" request?12 Future resident6 Cringeworthy, in Gen Alpha slang4 Strict enforcement of the rules for a civil society, or how to process the requests in 21-, 26-, and 43-Across?11 Greek T3 Tofu nutrient4 Drama honor4 Feature of some accents5 Smoothie berry4 Merino, e.g.4 "Pale Blue Dot" subject5 Top of many an indoor stadium4 Trawling equipment4 Clothe5

Down

Took care of, say4 Circular current4 Shower with love, with "on"4 Old hoops gp.3 Daily record7 Causes of some grade inflation6 Beach party?4 For two voices, in music4 Archaeologists' workplaces8 Mardi Gras event6 Video game brother5 Let out, as pigs5 Try to decipher a stereogram, perhaps5 Have3 Auction units4 Bullet point4 Bracket org.4 Messes up4 Ineffective4 Unwilling (to)5 Branch3 Ballad writer4 Oak exterior4 Ocular woe4 __ service8 Medium ability3 "Ta-ta!"4 Cutting comeback4 Toyed (with)7 "Stop being such a jerk!"6 Singing in some Ricola ads6 Shakira's "__ Wolf"3 "Odyssey" prelude5 Many a "Breaking Bad" figure5 Clock-changing hr.5 Cor anglais kin4 Real hoot4 Scale button4 Tunneling pests4 Cries of disgust4 Tug-of-__3