LA Times Daily Crossword August 8, 2026 Answers

1. Kitchen drawer? 6. Follow 10. NYC venue whose final show featured Patti Smith 14. Economic justice topic 16. Willie who broke the NHL's color barrier 17. Forest formations with mythological associations 18. Crux 19. Useful element in making connections 20. Group in Mercury's orbit? 21. Causes of spiraling, at times 22. Their feet may have claws 23. Writers commissioned for tributes 25. Tightens, perhaps 28. Down for drama? 29. Stuff 30. Chrysler that won the 1978 Motor Trend Car of the Year Award 33. Receive 34. Offline 35. Threw a pity party, perhaps 36. Feature of HAL 9000 in "2001: A Space Odyssey" 38. Nephric 39. Coin bearing a bear 40. Bear claw, e.g. 41. Volunteer 42. Result of productive talks 43. Some bookmarks 44. "Find out" 46. Mercury, for one 49. Nursing spot 50. "Perfectly reasonable" 52. Some Indigenous Canadians 53. Clue in evolutionary history 54. Cobbler's tool 55. Around 56. Maker of the One SL speaker

1. __ Romeo 2. Filmmaker Johnson 3. Poet frequently referenced in "Don Quixote" 4. Bygone orbiter 5. "All clear?" 6. Boo-boos 7. Curse 8. Spaetzle, e.g. 9. "Uh-huh!" 10. Settles 11. One may be taken on a date 12. Shift workers? 13. Kalshi actions 15. Some bait 21. Party poppers 22. "Cock-a-doodle-doo!" 24. Vibed on 25. Fixes 26. Peut-__: French "perhaps" 27. Animated superhero series featuring the voice of Tara Strong 28. Word in Beaufort readings 30. Setting for some on-line orders? 31. Close 32. How much scrolling is done 37. Producer on seven U2 albums 40. Dated 41. Italian home of the world's oldest bank 42. Coat put on in the kitchen? 43. Verb in a polenta recipe 45. Sticks in the water 46. Longtime "PBS News Hour" anchor Ifill 47. "Gah!" 48. Top jobs? 50. Letters expressing personal thoughts 51. Team challenge