LA Times Crossword July 21, 2026 Answers

Across

Prattles on4 Bay Area sch.4 Uninspiring5 Mapa of "Ugly Betty"4 "New Rules" and "New Love" singer Dua4 Twisted humor5 Shampoo for horses as well as humans9 Honeycomb units5 Neither partner3 Future atty.'s exam4 Southeast Asian language3 Meatless Chinese noodle dish15 Hullabaloo3 Light __ feather3 Product labels6 Private aid gp.3 Sure winner6 "The Theory of Everything" Best Actor Oscar winner13 Not asea6 Poem of praise3 Former House Speaker Nancy6 Due-in hr.3 Crank (up)3 Tender salad greens15 "The Lord of the Rings" beast3 Move for one's co., say4 Olive extract3 Capone cohort Frank5 Principal draw on fight night, or an apt title for this puzzle9 "OK, that was dishonest"5 Ritz-Carlton competitor4 Tops with frosting4 Ride a bike5 "Auld Lang __"4 Every __ and cranny4

Down

Thanksgiving tuber3 __ carte menu3 Writing tool3 All-too-public argument5 Marathons longer than 26.2 miles, familiarly6 U.S. intel org.3 Tell all, as gossip5 Untrue5 Beckham also known as Posh Spice8 "__ we there yet?"3 Wind-borne allergen6 Embedded, as tiles6 High-end vacuum cleaners6 The "N" of N.B.4 "Tuesdays With Morrie" writer Mitch5 Vehicle for movers3 Microsoft web browser4 Yummy4 Iraq port city5 Plenty of4 __ of the woods mushrooms3 More quirky5 Entryway4 Without losing one's cool8 Renée __ Goldsberry of "Girls5eva"5 Sushi seaweed4 Biblical garden4 41-Down woman3 Relating to sound6 In a creepy way6 Acid type built up during high-intensity exercise6 Nickname for Canada's $2 coin6 French friend4 "Battlestar Galactica" actor Edward James __5 Like hand soap5 Singing brother of Simon and Theodore5 No. on a resume3 Airbnb alternative3 __-friendly3 Opposite of paleo-3 Sound of disapproval3