Daily Puzzle Solution
LA Times Crossword
Wednesday, January 14, 2026
The Los Angeles Times crossword puzzle for Wednesday, January 14, 2026 features 74 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 5.2 letters. The longest answer is "paperairplane".
Total Clues
74
Longest
paperairplane
Avg Length
5.2
Shortest
RAD
ALLComplete Solution List
In the thick of
4AMID
School attendee
5PUPIL
Muscles above abs
4PECS
Junction point
4NODE
Father of Kartikeya and Ganesha, in Hindu traditions
5shiva
Feedback for a prof
4eval
*Part of the bus that makes the wheels go round and round, round and round
10driveshaft
Frost
4RIME
Groovy
3RAD
Leave slack-jawed
4STUN
Extend beyond
6OUTLIE
Mass-mailing tool
5ELIST
Part of the Blessed Trinity
9HOLYGHOST
Barbecue wipe
6WETNAP
Punster
3WAG
One of the Three Stooges
3MOE
At the original rate, in sheet music
6atempo
Canasta combination
4MELD
Folded flyer
13paperairplane
Ordinances
4LAWS
Kolkata resident
6indian
Simile center
3ASA
Long stretch
3EON
Lawn care task
6edging
*Command aboard the USS Enterprise
9warpspeed
Sing in a high range?
5YODEL
Most peculiar
6ODDEST
Glorify
4LAUD
Farm-to-table program, briefly
3csa
Golda of Israel
4MEIR
Permission to adapt a novel, say, or what the answers to the starred clues all have
10filmrights
Novelist Tyler
4ANNE
Rubber-stamping
5OKING
Gets even with
4TIES
Badgers
4NAGS
Witherspoon of "The Morning Show"
5REESE
Agile
4SPRY
"Christina's World" painter Wyeth
6andrew
Booster target, perhaps
6morale
Victorious cry
6IDIDIT
Actor Patel
3DEV
Sibilant summons
4PSST
Slangy affirmative
5UHHUH
Grand instrument?
5PIANO
Assisted reproductive option: Abbr.
3ivf
Singer Jackson
6LATOYA
Capital of Western Australia
5PERTH
Really bad sign
8evilomen
Top with spaghetti straps
8CAMISOLE
Came down hard
7SLEETED
Grand property
6ESTATE
Brand of fleecy slippers
3ugg
Onesie closers
5snaps
Euphemistic expression of affection
5lword
Each
3PER
Quebec neighbor
5MAINE
Brooch
3PIN
National fruit of the Philippines
5MANGO
Caltech locale
8PASADENA
Handing an Emmy to, e.g.
8awarding
___ chart
3PIE
Royal bride of 1981
6LADYDI
Doors album whose last track is "Riders on the Storm"
7lawoman
Pothook shape
3ESS
Select
6OPTFOR
Pet-locating device
6idchip
Mama bird, for one
6nester
Like some stares
6GLASSY
French fathers
5PERES
Love Me Like You Do singer Goulding
5ELLIE
Sends to eternal punishment
5DAMNS
Craving
4URGE
Actor Barinholtz
3IKE
Classic sports cars
3GTS
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