LA Times Crossword July 26, 2026 Answers

Across

Do something3 Career fair haul4 Claim forcefully6 Insert, as a link5 Prepping period8 Mammals with big calves6 Stains with ash5 *Command to turn8 Winter cap feature6 Jam5 Clarifying phrase4 Too sure of oneself4 *Recovers somewhat11 Coup target4 Small camping shelter7 Slowpoke's place4 "Despacito" singer Fonsi4 Part of LAPD3 Nonprofit org. with a school for aspiring moviemakers3 Infatuated4 *Flourishing10 *Perform a daring act10 Dedicated poem3 Tudyk of "Firefly"4 Emulate Alysa Liu8 Bark beetle target3 Fancy-schmancy4 Previously4 Relaxed sigh3 Novel at the center of Bloomsday celebrations7 Westernmost city in Texas6 McIntosh or Macintosh5 Poison Ivy, to Robin5 Seasoning for kimchi4 *Makes explicitly clear9 Insects in a colony4 Apex predators of the sea5 New York City's __ Place5 Baseless6 Vidal of hair care7 Vader's childhood nickname3 Southernmost Ivy4 Party leader?4 Software-driven F/X3 Improviser's concluding phrase8 Fat-heavy diet4 "Look what I found!"3 *Person who works a lot?10 *Ink-filled tool for illustrators10 Org. running many missions4 Snack for a frog3 Of vital importance3 Speak unclearly4 Ione of "La Brea"4 Lions and tigers7 Gets the picture4 *Places to drop envelopes11 High-five sound4 Starts to work together4 In flames5 Make public6 Start of a spelling rule, or a rule to keep in mind while answering the starred clues8 Spot of land5 Lower in fat6 Trial spin on a bike8 Parts in a play5 Daisylike flowers6 Tuck away4 Telepath's ability3

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__ Romeo: motorsport brand4 Discontinue5 Implicit5 Busiest airport in MO3 Nintendo consoles that debuted in 20064 Switch on the radio?4 "Rise and shine!"5 Dazzle3 Vertical passages6 Draped wedding garment5 Discovery astronaut Ochoa5 "I'm gonna be straight with you ... "8 Cough syrup amts.4 OPI rival5 Sequence of film cuts7 Regattas9 Raison d'__4 High-end camera initials4 National park north of Anchorage6 Shorebird with webbed feet4 Easily broken7 Salade Niçoise fish4 __-sci4 Nome dome home5 Bird with a long neck4 Display flagrantly6 Destructive wind4 Bank lobby devices4 Leisurely gait4 Subjects of fan clubs5 "Roman Holiday" scooter5 Like some heated posts6 Command6 "Kinda"3 "What's up, bro!"6 Reports by hotline7 Head lights?5 Prefix with graph or gram3 Electronica instrument5 Hybrid thoroughfare with frequent access points6 Smoothing tool6 Shout of discovery6 Open-toed shoe6 Alley-__3 Scouting unit5 Gimbap alternative5 Cypress, for one7 Up to5 Ian Fleming's alma mater4 Glance over4 Amazon contents4 Quits fidgeting9 Card with a single pip3 Front page material4 Cunning folks8 Garden with forbidden fruit4 Responsibility4 Home for a squirrel7 Some deli loaves4 Genetics pioneer Mendel6 Piehole6 Throws, in slang5 Kiwi in Kyoto, say5 Sierra __, Africa5 Features of some skirts5 Quietly unnerving5 Snow day rides5 Dragon's place4 "In that case ... "4 Grammy-winning banjoist Fleck4 Help out on a heist4 Cozumel coin4 Ooze4 Workplaces for some RNs3 Texter's "Victory!"3