LA Times Crossword Answers for June 4 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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Viking weapon
AXE
Little newt
EFT
Feel icky
AIL
One of a cereal trio
SNAP
Thrash about
FLAIL
Cause of interrupted sleep, perhaps
APNEA
Ávila aunt
TIA
Alyosha Karamazov, for one
DOSTOEVSKYHERO
OR workers
RNS
Forty-second cousin
DISTANTRELATIVE
D-backs, in box scores
ARI
Final touch for some desserts
DUSTINGOFSUGAR
Metallurgist's material
ORE
Private pupil
TUTEE
Ivory soap ad word
PURE
Word in four state names
NEW
Down-at-the-heels
SEEDY
Elevated on the course
TEED
Prefix with -metric
ISO
Grass unit
BLADE
Sobriquet letters
AKA
Plains people
OTOE
Tulip : bulb :: oak : __
ACORN
"__ betcha"
YOU
Evil actions of a cartoon villain, e.g.
DASTARDLYDEEDS
__ de cologne
EAU
Tune
AIR
Millennial follower, briefly
GENZ
Having no chance of success
DESTINEDTOFAIL
Greek letter that represents torque in equations
TAU
Gold medalist at the 1936 Summer Olympics
OWENS
Got on the nerves of
IRKED
__ mater
ALMA
Grain in many a Quaker product
OAT
Card in an around-the-corner straight
ACE
↓ Down
City grid feature
AVENUE
Wiped out
ATEIT
Strike zone?
ALLEY
Not having that sinking feeling?
AFLOAT
Kindle display
EINK
Secret plans
INTRIGUE
Japanese laptop maker
VAIO
Safe Drinking Water Act org.
EPA
New Deal pres.
FDR
"Sweeney Todd" setting
LONDON
Make certain
ASSURE
Tiny bit
TAD
"Eureka!" cries
AHAS
Goes out
EXITS
Go off
ERUPT
Hem, but not haw
SEW
Former telecom co.
GTE
20-volume ref. work
OED
First host of "Saturday Night Live UK"
FEY
"__ you decent?"
ARE
Color of Lucky Charms balloons
RED
Frazer Lake bear
KODIAK
Pilot's approx.
ETA
Tiny biters
NOSEEUMS
Followers of epsilons
ZETAS
Where to find a priest, a minister, and a rabbi?
BAR
"American Dream" band __ Soundsystem
LCD
Early ISP
AOL
Forest nymphs
DRYADS
Break off a romance
ENDIT
Vote in favor
AYE
Mars or Mercury
GOD
One who may say "G'day"
AUSSIE
Motor vehicle
AUTO
Beethoven's Third
EROICA
Vintage
OLD
"Meditative Rose" artist
DALI
Terse refusal
IWONT
Clutter-free
NEAT
Sets up
ENTRAPS
Guitar bars
FRETS