LA Times Crossword July 20, 2026 Answers

Across

Scouting mission, briefly5 Assent nonverbally3 Blue-green hue4 Greeting at a luau5 Identical4 Organ with bronchioles4 Nickname for Hollywood10 Meaty spread4 Meh4 "Tastes great!"3 __ to go: full of enthusiasm5 Sanction for running a red light13 Hopelessly stuck6 Peruvian capital4 One-named "Dancing on My Own" singer5 Astonish4 Pepper partner4 Comm. used by many CODAs3 Collections with cups and saucers, or a phonetic description of 16-, 22-, 49-, and 60-Across7 Fish eggs3 Require4 Tears4 Secures with a key5 King of the Norse pantheon4 Many a chart-topping song6 "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers," e.g.13 Express feelings5 Approves3 Like a plump red strawberry4 Org. with a phonetic alphabet4 "Magic Tree House" subject10 Gender-neutral pronoun4 Zone4 Gaming giant5 Back talk4 Frying vessel3 Gets soupy, as ice cream5

Down

Sewer scurriers4 Pixar film about a boy who meets aliens4 British police officer9 "Whoops, my bad"7 Scottish denial3 Tennis star Osaka5 Texter's "Coming!"3 Cozy room3 Pack animals known for spitting7 Elementary subatomic particle5 Loosen, as a knot5 Representative5 Double __ Oreo4 Uber competitor4 Outer edge3 Mom's sister4 "Blue's __": Nick Jr. show5 Add color to4 Tehran's country4 Rudolph's red body part4 Exceptionally kind person5 Baking qty.3 Biggest competitor9 Trickster of the Norse pantheon4 Midterm, e.g.4 Shallowest Great Lake4 Opening in a spatula4 Nylabones, squeak balls, and the like7 Do surgery7 Payable now3 Soft "Hey, you!"4 Camp shelters5 Biggest city in the Cornhusker State5 Parts of a scale5 People celebrated internationally every March 85 Furniture chain founded in Sweden4 Cheeky4 Yale students4 Alternative to bottled, in a restaurant3 Golden yrs. fund3 Aries animal3