LA Times Mini Crossword Answers - Jul 29

By Elizabeth C. Gorski

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LA Times Mini Crossword Clues

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Crossword clues, hints, and answers

Across

  1. 1. Like a ripe peach — Answer: JUICY. Hint: Describes something full of sweet, flavorful goodness 🍑
  2. 6. Prefix for "red" or "structure" — Answer: INFRA. Hint: Think of something that means “below” and shows up in both a color term and a building term. 🌍
  3. 7. Vital fluid — Answer: BLOOD. Hint: What keeps the body going and flows through every vein? 🩸
  4. 8. "Electric" creatures — Answer: EELS. Hint: Slippery swimmers that can give a shocking surprise ⚡
  5. 9. Norms, for short — Answer: STDS. Hint: Commonly abbreviated standards that set the bar for behavior 📏

Down

  1. 1. Is in harmony (with) — Answer: JIBES. Hint: Matches up nicely with someone’s view or story 🎵
  2. 2. Vacant, as an apartment — Answer: UNLET. Hint: Still waiting for a tenant to move in 🏠
  3. 3. Poker player's declaration — Answer: IFOLD. Hint: What a player says when the hand isn’t worth chasing anymore 🃏
  4. 4. Pen name? — Answer: CROSS. Hint: A mark left when two lines meet, or what you might see on a map where roads intersect. ✖️
  5. 5. Ritual pointer used by Torah readers — Answer: YAD. Hint: A little hand-held guide helps readers keep their place without touching the sacred text 🖐️

Here are the LA Times Mini Crossword answers for Wednesday, July 29, 2026 — every solution for that day's small puzzle, listed at the top of this page. Whether you're catching up on a puzzle you missed, settling a “what was the answer on July 29?” question, or checking a grid you finished that day, the complete clue-by-clue solution is right here. Looking for today's puzzle instead? Head to our live LA Times Mini Crossword answers page.

LA Times Mini Crossword answers for July 29, 2026

The full solution for the July 29 LA Times Mini is shown above, laid out clue by clue — every Across answer followed by every Down answer, exactly as that day's grid read. Each answer is listed separately, so you can check just the clue you were stuck on and leave the rest. This is the confirmed grid as published on Wednesday, July 29.

Full LA Times Mini Crossword answer list for July 29, 2026

Every clue from the July 29 grid next to its solution — the same answers as the board above, in one plain list you can scan without tapping.

Across

#ClueAnswer
1Like a ripe peachJUICY
6Prefix for "red" or "structure"INFRA
7Vital fluidBLOOD
8"Electric" creaturesEELS
9Norms, for shortSTDS

Down

#ClueAnswer
1Is in harmony (with)JIBES
2Vacant, as an apartmentUNLET
3Poker player's declarationIFOLD
4Pen name?CROSS
5Ritual pointer used by Torah readersYAD

Hints for the July 29 puzzle

Not ready for the full answer? Here are lighter, spoiler-free nudges for that day's grid, above the solutions. The July 29 LA Times Mini was a quick Wednesday solve — a small grid meant to be cleared in about a minute, in the LA Times' friendly, fair style. Because it's so compact, a single unfamiliar name that day was usually the one square that held people up, which is exactly why the full clue-by-clue answers are listed above. Use the hints for the trickiest clues, then reveal the answers above only if you need them.

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