LA Times Crossword July 9, 2026 Answers

Across

Hotel waiters4 Carried the day3 Cuts it close6 Skip past4 "__ takers?"3 Nikon product6 Dance move performed when entering a room?8 Unexpectedly funny6 Adopt, as an alias6 Cancan move performed while skydiving?8 Makeshift swing4 Bard's before3 Network supported by "viewers like you"3 Number of legs on a prawn3 Shows up7 Tango move on "Yellowstone"?8 Half an Everest expedition6 Actor Sharif4 Club VIPs3 Inner: Prefix4 Curt6 Five-point spin on the dance floor?8 James M. Cain's "__ Pierce"7 Spanish gold3 Contact site3 Singer Yoko3 Wasabi __4 Leap at a military ballet?8 Coffee shop emanations6 Artful dodger?6 Pas de deux move performed where the road divides?8 Spot6 Apple core, for short3 Store that sells Frakta shopping bags4 Sounds like a bird6 Slump3 Like a lawn at dawn4

Down

Led Zeppelin's final studio album4 Famous __ cookies4 "About me" summaries4 Move with a swagger5 Used sprinklers on7 United3 "Blue Bloods" org.4 Annabella of "The Sopranos"7 __ Ferry, West Virginia7 Wildly out of control4 Start of Caesar's boast4 Actor Bana4 Burlap bag4 Suffix that means "maker"5 Mens __: criminal intent3 Wednesday's roommate at Nevermore4 Many a charity tourney5 Deer friend of Flower and Thumper5 Warning from a doghouse5 "Rhyme Pays" rapper4 Locale5 Log passage5 Granite or marble5 Yucky stuff4 Comfy loungewear3 "Enough!"4 Assignment7 Terms of service7 Accent piece7 "The Fountainhead" protagonist5 __ Pérignon3 Utterly reliable5 Not erect4 Solemnly swear4 Fully appease4 Falco of "The Sopranos"4 Some USO patrons4 Podcaster's purchase4 Several4 Remain4 Happy Greek cry3