LA Times Crossword Answers for June 3 2026
Every Across and Down clue from today’s LA Times Crossword, with the answers spelled out. Edited by Patti Varol.
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Lee Child protagonist
REACHER
Starchy root in poi
TARO
Schlepped
TOTED
USN officers
CDRS
History book sections
ERAS
Grey Goose rival
STOLI
Paddington, but not Waterloo
BEAR
Overhauls that have lasting effects, or what can be found in this puzzle's circled letters
SWEEPINGCHANGES
Jewel box
CDCASE
Kylo Ren's father in "Star Wars"
HANSOLO
Blood bank fluids
SERA
Smug cry
OHO
Instrument that makes the sound of adults talking in "Peanuts" cartoons
SLIDETROMBONE
TV executive Arledge
ROONE
Gymnast Korbut
OLGA
Genetic material
DNA
Will beneficiary
HEIR
Second chances for students
RETESTS
Fig. in a QB's completion percentage
ATT
Cabbage side
SLAW
Love, in Verona
AMORE
San Francisco counterculture center of the 1960s
HAIGHTASHBURY
"Rules __ rules"
ARE
Foal's father
SIRE
"Today" producer
NBCNEWS
Many a Sunday talk show panelist
PUNDIT
One skilled in routine deliveries?
STANDUPCOMEDIAN
Adept
ABLE
"Yellow Odalisque" painter Matisse
HENRI
Gillette razor
ATRA
"hahahahahaha"
ROFL
Thick-furred dog whose tail curls over its back
SPITZ
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U.K.-based bank
HSBC
"Hot diggity dog!"
YAHOO
Miss. neighbor
TENN
Cypress or cedar
TREE
Task manager?
TODOLIST
Ocean fleet
ARMADA
Corn core
COB
Some classic muscle cars
GTS
Total failures
LOSERS
Waffle House rival
IHOP
Dragon's mouth, e.g.
ORCHID
Capital of 9-Down
HARARE
Wowed
AWED
Close by
NEAR
"I think you're __ something"
ONTO
Tech trends site
CNET
Indian tourist city with a mausoleum
AGRA
Step in a scallops recipe
SEAR
Petro-Canada rival
ESSO
Realized
GOT
Guardians, on a scoreboard
CLE
Fault
FLAW
Words said to Marcus Junius Brutus
ETTU
Modern Persia
IRAN
Pretoria currency
RAND
"Quit yapping!"
SHUTIT
Cheer team feeling
PEP
Company abbr.
INC
Jumbo suffix
TRON
Country between the Zambezi and Limpopo rivers
ZIMBABWE
"It's Always Something" memoirist Gilda
RADNER
Theater honor
OBIE
Strongbox fastener
HASP
Camera part
LENS
Sink accumulation
DISHES
Sandy shade
ECRU
Do a bit of grapplin'
RASSLE
Night school subj.
ESL
Like some cider
HARD
Blessing response
AMEN
Bitty bits
IOTAS
Pre-MBA hurdle
GRE