LA Times Daily Crossword July 20, 2026 Answers

1. Scouting mission, briefly 6. Assent nonverbally 9. Blue-green hue 13. Greeting at a luau 14. Identical 15. Organ with bronchioles 16. Nickname for Hollywood 18. Meaty spread 19. Meh 20. "Tastes great!" 21. __ to go: full of enthusiasm 22. Sanction for running a red light 26. Hopelessly stuck 28. Peruvian capital 29. One-named "Dancing on My Own" singer 30. Astonish 32. Pepper partner 36. Comm. used by many CODAs 37. Collections with cups and saucers, or a phonetic description of 16-, 22-, 49-, and 60-Across 40. Fish eggs 41. Require 43. Tears 44. Secures with a key 46. King of the Norse pantheon 48. Many a chart-topping song 49. "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers," e.g. 54. Express feelings 55. Approves 56. Like a plump red strawberry 59. Org. with a phonetic alphabet 60. "Magic Tree House" subject 63. Gender-neutral pronoun 64. Zone 65. Gaming giant 66. Back talk 67. Frying vessel 68. Gets soupy, as ice cream

1. Sewer scurriers 2. Pixar film about a boy who meets aliens 3. British police officer 4. "Whoops, my bad" 5. Scottish denial 6. Tennis star Osaka 7. Texter's "Coming!" 8. Cozy room 9. Pack animals known for spitting 10. Elementary subatomic particle 11. Loosen, as a knot 12. Representative 14. Double __ Oreo 17. Uber competitor 21. Outer edge 23. Mom's sister 24. "Blue's __": Nick Jr. show 25. Add color to 26. Tehran's country 27. Rudolph's red body part 30. Exceptionally kind person 31. Baking qty. 33. Biggest competitor 34. Trickster of the Norse pantheon 35. Midterm, e.g. 38. Shallowest Great Lake 39. Opening in a spatula 42. Nylabones, squeak balls, and the like 45. Do surgery 47. Payable now 48. Soft "Hey, you!" 49. Camp shelters 50. Biggest city in the Cornhusker State 51. Parts of a scale 52. People celebrated internationally every March 8 53. Furniture chain founded in Sweden 57. Cheeky 58. Yale students 60. Alternative to bottled, in a restaurant 61. Golden yrs. fund 62. Aries animal