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LA Times Crossword
Friday, January 9, 2026
The Los Angeles Times crossword puzzle for Friday, January 9, 2026 features 79 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 5.1 letters. The longest answer is "newbeginning".
Total Clues
79
Longest
newbeginning
Avg Length
5.1
Shortest
SIN
ALLComplete Solution List
Framing pieces
5JAMBS
Layer under a tee
4cami
Basketball commentator Rebecca
4LOBO
Swings and misses three times, say
5isout
Nudge
4PROD
Leaving less of a bad taste, maybe
5riper
Pseudo
10falsefront
Annual EDM festival in 22-Down
5ultra
Fashionably nostalgic
5RETRO
__ the consequences
4damn
Evil act
3SIN
Lab coat
3FUR
Neo-___
12newbeginning
Word of woe
4ALAS
Biological pouch
3SAC
Maxims
7SAYINGS
Portions (out)
5METES
Covered in crystals?
3icy
Stalter of "Hacks"
3meg
Mono-
12singleorigin
Also
3TOO
Pair
3DUO
Spot targeted by butterfly stretches
5groin
Takes up a lot of space
7SPRAWLS
"__ been a minute"
3its
Ibiza, por ejemplo
4ISLA
Mega
12grandopening
Shade tree
3ELM
Tax counterpart
3tip
Missing GI
4AWOL
Concession speech?
5ilost
Down in the dumps
5MOPEY
Anti
10nonstarter
Location, location, location
5areas
Transcript figs.
4GPAS
Racing shell
5SCULL
Leave in the lurch in the church
4jilt
"Abominable" character named Everest
4yeti
Word of woe
5sadly
Peter Pan rival
3JIF
In general
7ASARULE
"Naked" rodents
8molerats
Get three eights in blackjack, say
4bust
Unsmiling
5STERN
Procedure practiced on mannequins: Abbr.
3cpr
Preferring platonic relationships, informally
3ARO
Café du __: New Orleans shop known for beignets
5monde
Collar danglers
6idtags
Rapper ___ Mama
3LIL
Elects to participate
6optsin
Strait off the coast of Siberia
6bering
Indonesian apes
6orangs
Over-easy serving
8runnyegg
Nemeses
4FOES
Biscayne Bay city
5MIAMI
Sibs and 'rents
3FAM
Make like a banshee
4wail
Covertly included
5bcced
Sushi bite sometimes served on a model boat
6nigiri
Vegan protein option
6seitan
Winter break?
8snowdays
"We doing this?"
5youin
Decline to take the high road
5golow
Naan relative
4ROTI
Small bit of facial jewelry
8nosestud
"You won't get away with this!"
7illtell
__ khao: Laotian crispy rice salad
3nam
High-ranking noncom
6SGTMAJ
A __: literally, "from what is earlier"
6priori
Climber's descent
6RAPPEL
Absorbent
6SPONGY
Foul mood
4SNIT
Have no reception, say
5elope
Corning Museum material
5glass
Killer whale
4ORCA
Have a snack
3EAT
"Etc.," in Pittsburghese
3nat
Fed. stipend for some people with disabilities
3ssi
Srsly?!
3RLY
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