LA Times Crossword August 23, 2026 Answers

Across

Purple or green herb5 Discovery org.4 "Bye-bye!"5 Electronic music duo __ Punk4 Skybox setting5 North __ Sea: Kazakh lake4 Finnish tech giant5 Finnish currency4 Cowboy boots, saddles, etc.?10 Linen-lined outerwear?10 Feed adequately4 Drama produced in a recording studio9 Birds associated with the Egyptian god Thoth6 Part of BTW3 South, south of the border3 Broccoli part4 Child's complaint to Father Time?12 "So helpful!"8 Wee bits5 Backless slippers5 "Pretentious? __?"3 Roman moon goddess4 Get ready4 Entourage5 Transparent layer in the eye6 Swine3 Unit of corn3 "I need to install brighter lights later"?17 Reacted to a chill8 Fragrant chain3 Unwanted giveaway?7 D-backs, in box scores3 Not in favor7 Printer supply3 West Indies country also known as the "Island of Spice"7 Produce, as an egg3 "Unfortunately, yes"8 Common finds in a salmon smokehouse?17 Mender's target3 Furisode sash3 Field with a trolley problem6 Decided5 Window shade4 Howler with four legs and teeth4 Having four sharps3 Bad look5 Start of a religious title5 In hot water?8 Country known for its devotion to a General Mills cereal?12 Currency of Vietnam4 Kung __ tofu3 Sargasso Sea fish3 Bert's favorite bird, on "Sesame Street"6 Doozy9 Icelandic saga4 Charon?10 High-strung Latin ruler?10 Father4 All fired up5 "Can't argue with that"4 Comic-Con event5 Name in a Chinese American dish4 Superhero who says, "For the honor of Grayskull!"5 Some tennis shots4 Gave one's word5

Down

Softball clubs4 Geographic region4 Exchange heated words?4 Certain close-up8 Cantopop star Andy3 Cabbage variety called "big white vegetable" in Chinese4 Three-time AL MVP in the 2000s4 South Asian wrap4 Palo __, California4 Mass arrival6 Grinding tooth5 "All right"4 Jam3 Dish served in a sizzling skillet6 __ point7 Arctic seabirds4 Available for a meeting4 Kiddos4 Grade before grades, for short4 Lie for, say4 Trident-shaped letters4 Possesses3 Waxes, maybe6 "Holy cannoli!"5 Marine Corps cry5 Ultrasound targets5 Be theatrical5 Can't-miss activity6 Otherwise4 Oracle4 Like favorite jeans4 Schoolkid5 "One Piece" medium5 Pilsner, for one5 Pluck5 Green gem7 Stage signals4 Like last month's deals7 Discordant, musically6 Badger6 Fallingwater architect Frank __ Wright5 Polynesian carving4 Converse rival4 Spot5 Chef's collection4 Speedy fish6 Exhibits brilliance5 K9 of "Doctor Who," for one5 Cast out5 Like post-marathon muscles6 French brother5 "This is not a __!"5 Exodus mount5 Eye-related5 Mattress choice4 Fillet's lack4 Peak4 Cutter with four legs and teeth8 Ships overnight, in a way7 Wearing 47-Across, perhaps4 Expected3 [And it's gone!]4 Some belly buttons6 GoPro product6 Spanish "but"4 Less polluted5 Furtive "C'mere!"4 "For real?"4 Greek wrap4 Mammoth4 Like some LAX flights4 Roman emperor after Claudius4 Wormlike larva4 Holiday precursors4 James Bond's first movie foe4 Trail cam regular4 Soap Box Derby rod4 Cry of exasperation3 __ and downs3