LA Times Crossword Answers

LA Times Crossword October 16 2026 Answers

81 clues total (39 Across, 42 Down). Click any clue to reveal its answer on the grid.

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Across

  • Barnyard call
  • A pop
  • Compels
  • Like some pickup-only deals
  • Prehistoric hand tool
  • Female sib
  • Cozy eatery
  • "Ferrari" actor Driver
  • Second singer to be honored with a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award
  • Some laptops
  • Man of La Mancha
  • Ernie's "Sing After Me" duet partner
  • See 74-Across
  • Monument Valley formation
  • Winter layer
  • __ Nation: Jay-Z's conglomerate
  • Novelist Quindlen
  • The complete set
  • Approximately
  • Many a K-pop singer
  • Starting lineup
  • Big flowerpot
  • Gaelic speaker
  • Cornerback Bly in the College Football Hall of Fame
  • Was gripping?
  • Breathe fire, say
  • Inhale, maybe
  • Couple
  • Extemporizes
  • "Thrilla in Manila" boxer
  • Approached bedtime
  • Wife of Zeus
  • Low-level laborer
  • "Perfect!," or how to make seven answers in this puzzle match their clues?
  • Peppers in some mole sauces
  • Writer/illustrator who often wrote in anapestic tetrameter
  • Villainous looks
  • With 27-Across, big name in watercraft
  • Therapist's maj.

Down

  • King with a touching story?
  • Battery part
  • Breakfast tea variety
  • Pea sheller's discard
  • Canyon former
  • Amber, once
  • "Seriously?"
  • "Gorilla Warfare" artist Shaquille
  • NWSL official
  • Didn't ride solo
  • Corp. bigwig
  • Goes out with
  • Retiring
  • Shake
  • Ink spot, for short
  • Digital __: remote tech worker
  • Deep defenses
  • MD-to-be's exam
  • Clearance event
  • Not nearby
  • No longer feral
  • Impetuous
  • Clarinet kin
  • "Do my eyes deceive me?"
  • Totenberg of NPR
  • Like some flaws
  • Linguistic cousin of Hindi
  • One of a geographic quintet
  • Formally decrees
  • Galena, e.g.
  • Bonny landscapes
  • Sierra Nevada lake
  • Match point?
  • Sells
  • Came together
  • Olive oil maker
  • Flip
  • Intro courses?
  • Swimmer Marchand who won four gold medals at Paris 2024
  • "__ true!"
  • __-de-France: Paris's region
  • Govt. cybersecurity monitor

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