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LA Times Crossword Answers & Hints - August 22, 2026
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August 22, 2026
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1.Camera setting with a moon icon9 letters10.Makes a run for it5 letters15.Like rocks and minerals9 letters16."Farewell, mon amie"5 letters17.Literary figure who rings a bell9 letters18.Remote spots?5 letters19.Finesse3 letters20.Beach Soccer World Cup org.4 letters21.Overly caffeinated5 letters22.Nancy Drew chum4 letters24.Lab infestation5 letters26."Foxy Brown" do3 letters28.Middle set3 letters31.Cousin with floor-length hair3 letters32.Heads out4 letters33."Ugh, I'm so sorry!"13 letters36.Some transformations13 letters37."I know, right?!"13 letters38.Mackey of "Ella McCay"4 letters39."Ceci n'est pas __ pipe"3 letters40.Confidentiality doc3 letters41.One bro to another?3 letters42.Takes to heart5 letters44.Some "Call the Midwife" figures4 letters48.Exclaims5 letters50.Crushed4 letters53.Pause to catch up?3 letters54.Essential fatty __5 letters55.Avoid having to hoof it9 letters57.Things to avoid5 letters58.Like some high-flying performers9 letters59.Point of view5 letters60.Jargon in a video game chat, maybe9 letters
Down
1.Muslim face covering5 letters2.Harden5 letters3.Nannies and kids5 letters4.Work wk. units3 letters5.Work wk. conclusion4 letters6.Term of affection para una chica4 letters7.Switch positions5 letters8.Celebrated, perhaps15 letters9.Italian scholar Umberto3 letters10."On the __ of Sex": 2018 biopic5 letters11.Baking soda target4 letters12.Chi9 letters13.Cocktail party attire8 letters14.Kinda sketch3 letters21.Hydrate right after planting, as seedlings7 letters23.Source of siroccos6 letters25.Journalist Payne known as the "First Lady of the Black Press"5 letters27.German "east"3 letters29.Uncovered4 letters30.Hall of Fame figures7 letters32.First poet to perform at the Super Bowl6 letters33.Comparatively large band9 letters34.Theater section5 letters35.Mascara applicator4 letters36.Gathering that celebrates DC icons8 letters37."Love that!"3 letters42."Siddhartha" novelist5 letters43."We __ because we care": Monsters, Inc. motto5 letters45.Bring together5 letters46."Russian Doll" protagonist5 letters47.Mote5 letters49.Object of reverence4 letters51.Spielberg quartet4 letters52.Tends to a stain, maybe4 letters54.De Armas of "Ballerina"3 letters55.Actor Mineo3 letters56.Knock3 letters
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