LA Times Crossword Answers for June 8 2026
Every Across and Down clue from today’s LA Times Crossword, with the answers spelled out. Edited by Patti Varol.
Across clues…
Down clues…
EditorPatti Varol
SourceLA Times
Spoiler ahead! Every clue and answer is right below.
→ Across
__ the pot: causes trouble
STIRS
"Sounds like a __!": "Works for me!"
PLAN
"Hamilton" creator __-Manuel Miranda
LIN
Corporal or private
RANK
Feudal lord
LIEGE
School organizer with three rings
LOOSELEAFBINDER
Extra helping
MORE
Tenant's monthly payment
RENT
App replaced by Microsoft Teams
SKYPE
Tusked hogs
BOARS
Word before a maiden name
NEE
Righteous Brothers hit in the film "Ghost"
UNCHAINEDMELODY
Feathery garland
BOA
Comedy counterpart
DRAMA
Otherworldly
EERIE
Cello's sect.
STR
Cloyingly sentimental
SAPPY
Coins that can be screwdrivers in a pinch
DIMES
Great Plains Natives
OTOES
Play, as a guitar
STRUM
Lifesaving skill, for short
CPR
Yankees manager Aaron
BOONE
Make fun of
TEASE
Scoffing laugh
HAH
Get-up-and-go that never goes
BOUNDLESSENERGY
Crumb-carrying insect
ANT
Toffee bar brand
HEATH
Table where Holy Communion is consecrated
ALTAR
Quick look
PEEK
Family nickname for some matriarchs
GRAN
Therapy technique that encourages a thoughtful flow of ideas
FREEASSOCIATION
Sped
RACED
Sound of relief
SIGH
Forensic sci. specialty
CSI
Megastar
IDOL
↓ Down
Natural sandbank
BERM
Geometric fig. with a radius
CIR
Missouri River tributary
OSAGE
Bay Area NFLer
NINER
Hay bundle
BALE
__ and only
ONE
Ice cream purchase
PINT
Goes over again, as a contract
REREADS
Type of oil extracted from flax
LINSEED
Former frosh
SOPH
Start of many long weekends
FRIDAY
Japanese port city
OSAKA
Long sandwiches
SUBS
Nautical speed unit
KNOT
Simple fastener
SNAP
Fill-in worker
TEMP
Convention
NORM
Emmy winner Falco
EDIE
Potato buds
EYES
401(k) rollover target
IRA
Tropical garland
LEI
Told the story of
CHRONICLED
Canadian lake bird with a unique call
LOON
Promote loudly
TOUT
__ Arbor, Michigan
ANN
One with hair like Little Orphan Annie
REDHEAD
T-bones, e.g.
STEAKS
Sample
TEST
Foolishly impulsive
RASH
"__ it or lose it!"
USE
Hanukkah centerpiece
MENORAH
"Dancing Queen" pop quartet
ABBA
Beep on a beeper
PAGE
Actor Matthew of Netflix's "The Beast in Me"
RHYS
Wine sediment
LEES
Coup d'__
ETAT
Rind
PEEL
Jobs for a band
GIGS
Perk
FRILL
"All Things Considered" medium
RADIO
Option for travelers on a budget, perhaps
ECONOMYCAR