LA Times Crossword hints and answers for September 19, 2026
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Clues66
Across30
Down36
DaySaturday
Today’s LA Times Crossword clues, hints & answers
Every clue from this puzzle with a hint and the answer behind separate buttons, so you only see what you need. Click a clue for its own page.
Across
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Handmade letters (3)
Starts with D, ends with YDIY→
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Emigre from Kerala, say (4)
Starts with D, ends with IDESI→
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Antique counter (6)
Starts with A, ends with SABACUS→
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Pending (6)
Starts with O, ends with DONHOLD→
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Seehorn of "Pluribus" (4)
Starts with R, ends with ARHEA→
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Award-winning Netflix series about conflict (4)
Starts with B, ends with FBEEF→
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Business with a relaxed dress code? (3)
Starts with S, ends with ASPA→
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Losses (7)
Starts with D, ends with SDEFEATS→
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Sense of gloom (4)
Starts with P, ends with LPALL→
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Bearing (4)
Starts with M, ends with NMIEN→
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Cause of a mass movement? (5)
Starts with F, ends with EFORCE→
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Great Lakes fish (5)
Starts with S, ends with TSMELT→
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Need for constructing some temporary buildings (4)
Starts with P, ends with LPAIL→
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Female kangaroo (3)
Starts with D, ends with EDOE→
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Piglike herbivores (6)
Starts with T, ends with STAPIRS→
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Meet-cute genre (14)
Starts with R, ends with YROMANTICCOMEDY→
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Place where flights are astronomical (13)
Starts with C, ends with LCAPECANAVERAL→
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Amateurs who are known to make waves (12)
Starts with H, ends with SHAMOPERATORS→
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Trunk stabilizer (3)
Starts with R, ends with BRIB→
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__ Medal: National Geographic Society honor (7)
Starts with H, ends with DHUBBARD→
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Word with tester or blocker (4)
Starts with B, ends with ABETA→
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Jamaican style (3)
Starts with S, ends with ASKA→
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Classic Times Square lights (5)
Starts with N, ends with SNEONS→
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Two-time NBA Finals MVP Durant (5)
Starts with K, ends with NKEVIN→
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Student setting out for the bar? (4)
Starts with O, ends with LONEL→
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Reward for a sacrifice, at times (3)
Starts with R, ends with IRBI→
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"Farewell" (6)
Starts with S, ends with GSOLONG→
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Solar-powered lighting? (14)
Starts with A, ends with SAURORABOREALIS→
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One whose digits are shielded (13)
Starts with P, ends with RPRIVATECALLER→
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Guest spots? (12)
Starts with S, ends with SSLEEPERSOFAS→
Down
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In a foxy way (5)
Starts with S, ends with YSLYLY→
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Mr. Smee in "Peter Pan," e.g. (5)
Starts with B, ends with NBOSUN→
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Triple __ (3)
Starts with S, ends with CSEC→
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Do some peer review, legally? (10)
Starts with D, ends with EDELIBERATE→
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"__ Frome" (5)
Starts with E, ends with NETHAN→
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Doomscroller's milieu (4)
Starts with F, ends with DFEED→
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Recipe amts. (4)
Starts with T, ends with STSPS→
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New York/New Jersey's __ Mountains (6)
Starts with R, ends with ORAMAPO→
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Ballet dancer Misty (8)
Starts with C, ends with DCOPELAND→
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"Farewell" (8)
Starts with A, ends with RAUREVOIR→
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Spoke multiple times? (5)
Starts with R, ends with IRADII→
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Water : naiad :: mountain : __ (5)
Starts with O, ends with DOREAD→
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Coverage resource (4)
Starts with T, ends with PTEMP→
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Versatile fruit, for short (3)
Starts with A, ends with OAVO→
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Furniture for a kid who's growing up fast? (10)
Starts with R, ends with DRACECARBED→
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Program extension (6)
Starts with E, ends with EENCORE→
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Was worth it (7)
Starts with P, ends with FPAIDOFF→
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Fall Classic mo. (3)
Starts with O, ends with TOCT→
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Chuckle sound (3)
Starts with H, ends with HHEH→
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Publicizes (4)
Starts with A, ends with SAIRS→
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Counter protests? (6)
Starts with S, ends with SSITINS→
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Plants whose roots are used to make tapioca (7)
Starts with M, ends with SMANIOCS→
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Complete rapidly, with "out" (4)
Starts with B, ends with GBANG→
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Fishing gadget (6)
Starts with B, ends with RBOBBER→
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__ lettres: literary genre (6)
Starts with B, ends with SBELLES→
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Daytime fare (5)
Starts with S, ends with SSOAPS→
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Metalworking ridge (5)
Starts with K, ends with LKNURL→
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American Eagle Outfitters subsidiary (5)
Starts with A, ends with EAERIE→
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Animal that sleeps 18 to 22 hours a day (5)
Starts with K, ends with AKOALA→
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Robert Indiana sculpture (4)
Starts with L, ends with ELOVE→
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Grammy category (3)
Starts with R, ends with PRAP→
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Big name in pasta sauce (3)
Starts with R, ends with ORAO→
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Mark visible on many planets (6)
Starts with H, ends with LHAMILL→
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To pieces (5)
Starts with A, ends with TAPART→
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__ rea (4)
Starts with M, ends with SMENS→
How to solve the LA Times Crossword
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LA Times Crossword tips for tomorrow
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- Look for question marks. A clue ending in “?” almost always signals a pun or non-literal definition.
- Mind the tense and number. If the clue is plural, the answer is plural; if past tense, the answer ends in -ED or follows the verb's irregular form.
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