LA Times Crossword August 8, 2026 Answers

Across

Kitchen drawer?5 Follow4 NYC venue whose final show featured Patti Smith4 Economic justice topic10 Willie who broke the NHL's color barrier4 Forest formations with mythological associations10 Crux4 Useful element in making connections3 Group in Mercury's orbit?5 Causes of spiraling, at times5 Their feet may have claws4 Writers commissioned for tributes6 Tightens, perhaps6 Down for drama?6 Stuff5 Chrysler that won the 1978 Motor Trend Car of the Year Award9 Receive5 Offline3 Threw a pity party, perhaps5 Feature of HAL 9000 in "2001: A Space Odyssey"9 Nephric5 Coin bearing a bear6 Bear claw, e.g.6 Volunteer6 Result of productive talks4 Some bookmarks5 "Find out"5 Mercury, for one3 Nursing spot4 "Perfectly reasonable"10 Some Indigenous Canadians4 Clue in evolutionary history10 Cobbler's tool4 Around4 Maker of the One SL speaker5

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__ Romeo4 Filmmaker Johnson4 Poet frequently referenced in "Don Quixote"4 Bygone orbiter3 "All clear?"12 Boo-boos5 Curse4 Spaetzle, e.g.9 "Uh-huh!"3 Settles11 One may be taken on a date10 Shift workers?5 Kalshi actions4 Some bait5 Party poppers12 "Cock-a-doodle-doo!"11 Vibed on3 Fixes4 Peut-__: French "perhaps"4 Animated superhero series featuring the voice of Tara Strong10 Word in Beaufort readings5 Setting for some on-line orders?9 Close4 How much scrolling is done4 Producer on seven U2 albums3 Dated5 Italian home of the world's oldest bank5 Coat put on in the kitchen?5 Verb in a polenta recipe4 Sticks in the water4 Longtime "PBS News Hour" anchor Ifill4 "Gah!"4 Top jobs?4 Letters expressing personal thoughts3 Team challenge3