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Each day, the LA Times Crossword challenges solvers with clever clues and engaging themes. If you’re stuck on today’s March 28, 2026 puzzle, don’t worry! Below, you’ll find helpful hints and complete answers to guide you through both across and down clues. Whether you’re a beginner or a seasoned expert, this daily crossword offers a fun brain workout. Use our hints to get unstuck without spoiling other parts of the puzzle. Be sure to check back tomorrow for fresh LA Times Crossword hints and answers to keep your solving streak going strong!

Across

• 1A Stratagem: PLOY
• 9A Farce: SLAPSTICK
• 13A Phrase shouted after some extras?: AND ACTION
• 16A Critical component of fast response times: LOW LATENCY
• 18A Fall bloom: ASTER
• 19A Chronicle: RECORD
• 20A Polo alternative: IZOD
• 21A Common feature of a grandfather clock: PENDULUM
• 22A Astaire and Rogers: DUO
• 23A Hamlet, for one: DANE
• 24A Capital One’s virtual assistant: ENO
• 25A Western outfit: POSSE
• 26A Fatty compound: LIPID
• 27A Place for pints: PUB
• 28A Intern, often: AIDE
• 30A Closely affiliated with: IN STEP
• 32A Drops: EBBS
• 33A Location without an outlet: DESERT ISLAND
• 35A “L.A. Law” actress: DEY
• 36A Like cappuccino: FOAMY
• 37A Wind farm structures: TURBINES
• 39A Tune paired with a silent movie, often: RAGTIME
• 42A “My bad!”: OOPS
• 43A Raptors, e.g.: DINO
• 44A “If This Is a Man” author Primo: LEVI
• 45A Turmoil: ADO
• 46A Podcast medium: AUDIO
• 47A Gainbridge Fieldhouse player: PACER
• 48A Achievement last set in 1997…: LAND SPEED RECORD
• 51A Dramatic introduction: PROLOGUE
• 52A Olden days: YORE
• 53A Two quarters, perhaps: SEMIS

Down

• 1D Location with an array of cabinets: PARLIAMENT
• 2D Work (out): EXERCISE
• 3D Heart on one’s sleeve, perhaps: TATTOO
• 4D One unlikely to have long to-do lists: IDLER
• 5D “Good point”: TRUE
• 6D Kind: SORT
• 7D Busses: KISSES
• 8D From the heart: CORDIAL
• 9D Places to lounge: SPAS
• 10D Naval base: PORT
• 11D Consumed: ATE
• 12D Cassettes that may spark nostalgia: MIXTAPES
• 14D Binges: SPREES
• 15D Adjective for a bikini…: TINY
• 17D Growing need?: ADULT
• 22D Specialty: DEPTH
• 23D Less than impressive: DIPPY
• 25D Rice field: PADDY
• 26D Most of a stick figure: LINES
• 27D Part of a support system: PILLAR
• 29D Interns, often: ADMITS
• 30D Phaser banks on the Enterprise, e.g.: ION CANNON
• 31D Captured, in a way: PHOTOGRAPHED
• 33D Whatsit: DOODAD
• 34D “Dumb & Dumber” co-star: DANIELS
• 36D Little horse: FOAL
• 38D Noggin: PATE
• 39D Apply again, as paint: RECOAT
• 40D Disinclined (to): AVERSE
• 41D Part of a support system: GIRDERS
• 43D British cellist Jacqueline: DU PRE
• 44D Corset tighteners: LACES
• 46D Whispery genre, for short: ASMR
• 47D Brazilian soccer legend: PELE
• 49D Pair: DUO
• 50D Dashboard stat: RPM