LA Times Crossword Answers February 26 2026
LA Times Crossword February 26 2026 Answers
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1A
Former "Top Chef" host Lakshmi
PADMA
6A
Imperfection
FLAW
10A
Tennis champion Swiatek
IGA
13A
Second calling?
ALIAS
14A
Untimely?
LATE
15A
Carpentry wedge
SHIM
16A
See 33-Across
CLOCKFACES
18A
"Educated" memoirist Westover
TARA
19A
Creative inspiration
MUSE
20A
"In __ of gifts ... "
LIEU
21A
Coffees, casually
JAVAS
22A
Branch
ARM
23A
See 33-Across
CARDPLAYERS
25A
Marcus partner
NEIMAN
27A
__ baseball: esoteric knowledge
INSIDE
28A
Dove bar
SOAP
29A
Pacific resort, casually
CABO
32A
"__ but a scratch"
TIS
33A
Walk with one's sweetie, and what 16-, 23-, 49-, and 58-Across do?
HOLDHANDS
37A
General on a takeout menu
TSO
40A
Financial services co. for mil. families
USAA
41A
Checkout device
IPAD
44A
Down counterpart
ACROSS
47A
Margaret who was the first editor of the New York Times crossword
FARRAR
49A
See 33-Across
RANCHHOUSES
53A
Molecule in some vaccines
RNA
54A
"No fooling!"
TRUTH
55A
Mousetrap brand
DCON
56A
Supermodel Hadid
GIGI
57A
Land measure
ACRE
58A
See 33-Across
WOOLGLOVES
60A
Take five
REST
61A
Ponte Vecchio river
ARNO
62A
"25" and "30" singer
ADELE
63A
Afore
ERE
64A
403(b) IDs
SSNS
65A
Early PC platform
MSDOS
1D
Arcade classic with ghosts
PACMAN
2D
Draws
ALLURES
3D
"¡Ay, caramba!"
DIOSMIO
4D
Spice cookie spice
MACE
5D
"Thought you'd never __"
ASK
6D
14-time WWE Women's Champion Charlotte
FLAIR
7D
Like most sneakers
LACED
8D
Devoured
ATEUP
9D
Bentley of "Yellowstone"
WES
10D
"Found a solution!"
IHAVEIT
11D
Yankees manager after Torre
GIRARDI
12D
Racks up
AMASSES
15D
Hotel bookings
STAYS
17D
Custard dessert similar to crème caramel
FLAN
21D
First mo.
JAN
23D
Guitar accessory
CAPO
24D
Animal in the Premier League logo
LION
26D
__-jongg
MAH
29D
Pre-iTunes stack
CDS
30D
Cry with a finger snap
AHA
31D
Response to Bo Peep
BAA
34D
Rich
LUSH
35D
Semana parts
DIAS
36D
Beautiful time of yr. at a botanical garden
SPR
37D
Raw preparation
TARTARE
38D
Harder to find
SCARCER
39D
Hosp. caregiver during surgery
ORNURSE
42D
Got somewhere
ARRIVED
43D
Beverly of the "Vacation" films
DANGELO
45D
Largish jazz combo
OCTET
46D
"Quiet, you!"
SHH
47D
__ shui
FENG
48D
Hikes
RAISES
50D
Baking soda targets
ODORS
51D
NCAA school with the most first-round WNBA draft picks
UCONN
52D
Pilots' milestones
SOLOS
56D
Mercury and Neptune
GODS
58D
Once cost
WAS
59D
Go on the __
LAM
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