LA Times Crossword July 12, 2026 Answers

Across

Option B precursor5 Creature in "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland"4 Winter resort rentals4 Supermodel Kate4 Old Renault5 Apple tablet4 Penny4 Each4 Not suitable5 Mandala medium, often4 "__ you asked ... "5 Count (on)4 Took unnecessary risks, in a British idiom20 WNW opposite3 Love, in Italian5 Asian language3 Handel oratorio7 Former5 All excited7 Ginger __3 Backup for a proofreader, perhaps17 Lightweight fabric5 Romance3 "C'est la __!"3 Trolley car4 Celebrity couple4 Pres. on a dime3 Imrie of "The Thursday Murder Club"5 Square things5 Grow increasingly recalcitrant18 2028 Olympics host: Abbr.3 "The Fresh Prince of __-Air"3 __ acid5 Apology starter3 Male swan3 Suffer public humiliation18 2024 Olympics host5 Newark's county5 Permit3 Burden4 Lasting mark4 Org. nicknamed "No Such Agency"3 Owns3 Nimble5 2010 animated film featuring Princess Fiona17 Singer __ King Cole3 Game for little batters7 Hazardous gas5 Goes on and on7 Finish3 OB test5 Reuben sandwich bread3 Oxymoron, or what can be found five times in this puzzle20 __ of paradise4 Flared skirt style5 Voting group4 Inbox message5 Demolish4 Ice sheet4 85-Across figure4 Mother-of-pearl5 Rude one4 Throw out4 "Easier __ than done"4 Woolen cloth5

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"And also ... "4 Singer and civil rights activist Horne4 Palm berry4 City where pizza was invented6 __ well8 Frisbee, e.g.4 Birthstone between sapphire and topaz4 Paul who played twins in "There Will Be Blood"4 "Most likely ... "7 Annabella of "Tulsa King"7 __ cloth: Ghanaian textile5 Move slowly4 Digital protection device?8 Figure that comes with strings attached10 Accepting customers4 "Deal!"4 Intel gatherer3 Small porch5 Campus leader4 Mideast leader4 Urchin4 Beach city near Pepperdine6 Powerful groups6 __ Falls Convention6 "What a bore"7 Soup often garnished with bean sprouts3 Nev. neighbor3 Wrap with tzatziki4 Tilt4 "Hanna" star Creed-Miles4 Having trouble deciding4 Physiologist Pavlov4 Given to moping, maybe3 Sense4 Unresponsive states5 Party-planning site5 Massachusetts home of the Tanglewood Music Festival5 Wrinkle remover4 Quaint word of despair4 Many execs4 Lasses4 Pardon7 Vivid vegetable4 Pointy tooth6 Eye-related6 Attacks from all sides6 Figure who manipulates flames in a Nickelodeon fantasy series10 Phobia4 Villainous Count of kid-lit4 Confused state3 Note-passer's utterance4 Head or heart follower4 Valuable to collectors4 Annual Player Selection Meeting, informally8 Step on the scale?3 Largest Chinese ethnic group3 Military encampment unit8 Philosopher Immanuel4 Winter stoats7 "Lovecraft Country" actor Courtney B. __5 Revise4 Reddish-brown tea7 Work hard for4 Grandma, to some6 "Farewell, amigos!"5 "Farewell, amici!"4 Ricelike pasta4 French greeting4 Tokarczuk who won the 2018 Nobel Prize in Literature4 Onigiri wrapper4 Like cupcakes but not muffins, usually4 Compete against the clock4 Slimy mud4 Toboggan, e.g.4 Texter's "Just a moment"3