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LA Times Crossword Answers for Saturday, July 4, 2026

Saturday, July 4, 2026/70 clues solved

Every clue and answer from today's LA Times Crossword for Saturday, July 4, 2026, across and down, in grid order. Clues are kept with their answers rather than listed separately, so a half-remembered clue from an old grid stays findable — the whole archive is searchable the same way.

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Across

  • 1Scratch pads?
  • 9Coastal region along the Santa Lucia Mountains
  • 15Backspin producer?
  • 16Coffee drink made with a frother
  • 17Coldplay hit co-produced by Avicii
  • 19Low digit?
  • 20Brand whose logo adorns Argentine soccer jerseys
  • 21Lake just south of London
  • 22Market openings, briefly
  • 24Heroic poetry
  • 25Fig. in a background check
  • 26Like Pluto, once
  • 28Hook's boatswain
  • 30Germ
  • 31Series opener
  • 33School zone sign
  • 35For the first time
  • 36No-nonsense
  • 39Socket set
  • 41Platform for content creators
  • 43Bracelet component
  • 46Towering
  • 48Not perfectly round
  • 49NYC setting
  • 50Football coach Pederson
  • 52Gouda alternative
  • 53Alexa device
  • 55Like 56-Down
  • 57Purple yam used in desserts
  • 58"Seven Nation Army" band
  • 61"Vacancy" singer Ari
  • 62Trattoria tubes
  • 63Apples in the trash, e.g.
  • 64Fourth of July treats

Down

  • 1Packing
  • 2Using coded language
  • 31980s hit whose video drew a lot of attention?
  • 4Tax
  • 5Rival of The Djoker and Fed Express
  • 6Ooze
  • 7Shape with minor and major axes
  • 8Hardly ever
  • 9Ride-or-dies, for short
  • 10Org. whose first commissioner was former treasury secretary George S. Boutwell
  • 11Flight board info
  • 12Few and far between
  • 13Revolt
  • 14Email again
  • 18Palm springs?
  • 23Worried
  • 27"__ guacamole!"
  • 29Queen who appears at Epcot's Royal Sommerhus
  • 30Sharp turn
  • 32Russian refusal
  • 342022 title role for Tom Hanks
  • 37Learn by the book?
  • 38Latin attention-getter
  • 40Anwar who wrote "Revolt on the Nile"
  • 41Connects
  • 42Itchy, to Scratchy
  • 43Grown-up grub
  • 44Refrain from
  • 45Zeus's brain child?
  • 47Solitary sorts
  • 51Onset
  • 54__ up to
  • 55Prix __
  • 56"Hotel Transylvania" protagonist
  • 59Mild alternative
  • 60Olympian Midori

Hints before the answers

  1. Today's grid is 15x15 with 70 entries.
  2. There are 34 across and 36 down.
  3. The longest answer has 15 letters and is 17-across.
  4. Constructed by Doug Peterson %26 Samuel A. Donaldson.

All 70 answers

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  • 1AScratch pads?CATTREES
  • 9ACoastal region along the Santa Lucia MountainsBIGSUR
  • 15ABackspin producer?REARAXLE
  • 16ACoffee drink made with a frotherFRAPPE
  • 17AColdplay hit co-produced by AviciiASKYFULLOFSTARS
  • 19ALow digit?TOE
  • 20ABrand whose logo adorns Argentine soccer jerseysADIDAS
  • 21ALake just south of LondonERIE
  • 22AMarket openings, brieflyIPOS
  • 24AHeroic poetryEPOS
  • 25AFig. in a background checkSSN
  • 26ALike Pluto, onceNINTH
  • 28AHook's boatswainSMEE
  • 30AGermSEED
  • 31ASeries openerGAMEONE
  • 33ASchool zone signSLOW
  • 35AFor the first timeNEWLY
  • 36ANo-nonsenseSTERN
  • 39ASocket setEYES
  • 41APlatform for content creatorsPATREON
  • 43ABracelet componentBEAD
  • 46AToweringTALL
  • 48ANot perfectly roundOVATE
  • 49ANYC settingEST
  • 50AFootball coach PedersonDOUG
  • 52AGouda alternativeEDAM
  • 53AAlexa deviceECHO
  • 55ALike 56-DownFANGED
  • 57APurple yam used in dessertsUBE
  • 58A"Seven Nation Army" bandTHEWHITESTRIPES
  • 61A"Vacancy" singer AriLENNOX
  • 62ATrattoria tubesRIGATONI
  • 63AApples in the trash, e.g.EWASTE
  • 64AFourth of July treatsSNOCONES
  • 1DPackingCRATING
  • 2DUsing coded languageAESOPIAN
  • 3D1980s hit whose video drew a lot of attention?TAKEONME
  • 4DTaxTRY
  • 5DRival of The Djoker and Fed ExpressRAFA
  • 6DOozeEXUDE
  • 7DShape with minor and major axesELLIPSE
  • 8DHardly everSELDOM
  • 9DRide-or-dies, for shortBFFS
  • 10DOrg. whose first commissioner was former treasury secretary George S. BoutwellIRS
  • 11DFlight board infoGATE
  • 12DFew and far betweenSPARSE
  • 13DRevoltUPRISE
  • 14DEmail againRESEND
  • 18DPalm springs?OASES
  • 23DWorriedSTEWED
  • 27D"__ guacamole!"HOLY
  • 29DQueen who appears at Epcot's Royal SommerhusELSA
  • 30DSharp turnSWERVE
  • 32DRussian refusalNYET
  • 34D2022 title role for Tom HanksOTTO
  • 37DLearn by the book?READUPON
  • 38DLatin attention-getterNOTABENE
  • 40DAnwar who wrote "Revolt on the Nile"SADAT
  • 41DConnectsPLUGSIN
  • 42DItchy, to ScratchyNEMESIS
  • 43DGrown-up grubBEETLE
  • 44DRefrain fromESCHEW
  • 45DZeus's brain child?ATHENA
  • 47DSolitary sortsLONERS
  • 51DOnsetGETGO
  • 54D__ up toOWNS
  • 55DPrix __FIXE
  • 56D"Hotel Transylvania" protagonistDRAC
  • 59DMild alternativeHOT
  • 60DOlympian MidoriITO

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