LA Times Crossword Answers

LA Times Crossword October 5 2026 Answers

76 clues total (36 Across, 40 Down). Click any clue to reveal its answer on the grid.

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Across

  • Tiny trims
  • "Tár" Oscar nominee Blanchett
  • Jar topper
  • Art studio stand
  • Chocolate-flavored latte
  • Fuss
  • Playful back-and-forth
  • Church seating
  • Messy person
  • Word with ocean or eye
  • Skim through
  • Wear away
  • Sprawling property
  • Workstation option since the 1980s
  • Rainbow maker
  • Attempted
  • Bath rug
  • Old hoops org.
  • Genetic material
  • Polo shirt, e.g.
  • Power strip switch
  • Not exactly, informally
  • Ticket pickup location
  • Battery terminals
  • Punchiness
  • See 58-Across
  • Crown for a prom queen
  • Wanes
  • With 51-Across, dance accessory for Fred Astaire
  • Time off that may coincide with a new calendar year, or what can be found in 16-, 26-, and 44-Across
  • Connecticut Ivy Leaguer
  • Derive
  • Possibly dangerous
  • Cozy burrow
  • Composer Stravinsky
  • River mammal

Down

  • Does some alterations
  • Place for cuticle oil
  • Analogy words
  • Spots where dogs may sit, lie down, and roll over
  • Clever
  • Meet over coffee, perhaps
  • Entr'__
  • Eerie electronic instrument
  • Musical proclivity
  • Affectionate feline
  • Brainstorm
  • Wet blanket
  • Some hotel employees
  • Move like the wind
  • Small earring
  • Fiction subgenre
  • "I didn't quite catch that"
  • Typing speed: Abbr.
  • 401(k) alternative
  • Minor quibble
  • Chicago airport code
  • Not-so-humble bragging
  • Old gridiron org.
  • Feature of many a Wile E. Coyote trap, for short
  • "__ to Joy": highlight of Beethoven's Ninth
  • Golf course standard
  • Ye __ Shoppe
  • Pool raft, e.g.
  • Receive, as a bequest
  • Squandered
  • Take a deep breath
  • Copy on an email reply
  • Apple pie-making tool
  • Minnesota representative Ilhan
  • Deets
  • Triumph over
  • Make a cake, say
  • Icelandic dairy product similar to yogurt
  • Nintendo console released in 2006
  • Certain sib

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