Daily Puzzle Solution
LA Times Crossword
Friday, January 16, 2026
The Los Angeles Times crossword puzzle for Friday, January 16, 2026 features 76 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 5.0 letters. The longest answer is "secondstory".
Total Clues
76
Longest
secondstory
Avg Length
5.0
Shortest
OTC
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Lemon piece
5WEDGE
Shoe with a "Sport Mode"
4croc
Sunscreen ingredient
4ZINC
Far from familiar
5ALIEN
Off-white hue
4ECRU
Pick me!
4ohoh
[Math], science, gym, English
10firstclass
Simplicity
4EASE
Start of a long drive, perhaps
7teeshot
Available sans Rx
3OTC
Craps cube
3DIE
Journalist Katie
6couric
Formal expulsion
6ouster
Well-suited
3APT
Allegory, [fable], anecdote, parable
11secondstory
Tasks
6CHORES
Doja Cat's signature song
5sayso
Zipped ... or ripped
4TORE
"Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta" airer
3mtv
Kardashian matriarch
4KRIS
Sailor Moon headpiece
5tiara
Benoit Blanc, e.g.
6sleuth
Walkout, slowdown, [picketing], sit-in
11thirdstrike
Pigpen
3STY
Tried to improve one's score on, perhaps
6retook
Rat-__
6SNITCH
___ longa, vita brevis
3ARS
Cat seat
3lap
Some bagels
7SESAMES
Masjid prayer leader
4IMAM
Safari lodge, island property, destination spa, [all-inclusive beach hotel]
10lastresort
Bob's Burgers girl
4TINA
Redhead of classic TV
4opie
Features of some lobbies
5atria
Quit it!
4STOP
Rain delay sight
4TARP
Small
5TEENY
Travel by air
4WAFT
Lebanese fashion designer Saab
4elie
Chloé Zhao, for one
8director
Bas-relief medium
5GESSO
Gush
7ENTHUSE
Boston player
6CELTIC
TV producer
3RCA
Ish
4ORSO
Guardianship
7CUSTODY
Elmo's orange friend
3ZOE
Couldn't resist
6IHADTO
More likely to pry
6NOSIER
Chipper
6CHEERY
Targets of some workouts
5cores
Swear
4CUSS
People who get half the credit
7costars
Stir up
5STOKE
Do one's part?
3ACT
Soup with rice noodles
3PHO
Pt. of USNA
3NAV
In vogue again
5RETRO
B.A. Baracus player
3MRT
Mount with southeast-facing faces
8rushmore
Addams cousin
3ITT
Reserved
3SHY
Object of admiration
4IDOL
Have high expectations
7askalot
One with two poles
5skier
Cry of hunger?
7letseat
Qualities
6TRAITS
Crab
6HERMIT
"I'll have to pass"
6itsano
Foot part
6INSTEP
Isabel Wilkerson's "__: The Origins of Our Discontents"
5caste
Dada
4PAPA
Former "DWTS" co-host Andrews
4erin
Hotel visit
4STAY
World view
3MAP
Aaron Burr, __ ("Hamilton" song)
3SIR
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