LA Times Crossword June 23, 2026 Answers

Across

Voting faction4 Botanical transplant5 Post that's bigger than a gig3 Like chocolate lava cake4 "Folklore" music artist Swift6 "__ seen worse"3 Disc-tossing team sport15 "Aw, so sweet!"7 Like elevator music7 Chicken __ king3 Actor Cariou3 Contest played on a star-shaped board15 Ascends5 South African language with click consonants5 Tuna roll topper3 Some hazy brews, for short4 Piano pieces for four hands5 "You're not wrong"4 28-Down amenity, maybe3 Ballet class rail5 Plump pet, slangily5 Pool hall activity15 __ de la Cité: Notre-Dame home3 Coffee container3 Not much7 Spine-tingling artwork?7 Nintendo player's side quest, or what the circled letters of 16-, 23-, and 41-Across create15 Cenozoic __3 Like alpacas6 A bird flying into the house, say4 Cold War operative3 Agreements5 Bit of headway4

Down

Like dry champagne4 Disney girl who teaches Stitch the meaning of ohana4 Prefix meaning "eight"4 Sequences of tight turns on racecourses8 Frontier departure point?4 Marbled bread3 Italian sports car, briefly4 Unshaped8 NYC nabe south of SoHo7 Align (with)4 Roasting appliance4 Red root vegetable used in some dyes4 Breezy goodbyes5 Cocktails made with lime, vodka, and ginger beer5 Dishwasher's station4 Like tempura5 River-dwelling mammal that can't swim5 Sci-fi writer Asimov5 Area far from downtown5 French darling5 Tourist's base5 __ in judgment5 Tournament division5 Tries to find5 NBC news show since 19928 "What a relief!"8 I-495 in Washington, D.C., e.g.7 About, in dates5 Toy that may get stuck in a tree4 Greg Evans comic strip5 Grows older4 In-person fantasy event, casually4 "Thinking about it"4 LAX projections4 Lack of objectivity4 Unlikely to get out of hand4 "Darn straight"4 Sleeping bag spot4 "__ Haw"3