Daily Puzzle Solution
LA Times Crossword
Saturday, January 17, 2026
The Los Angeles Times crossword puzzle for Saturday, January 17, 2026 features 70 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 5.5 letters. The longest answer is "readtheroom".
Total Clues
70
Longest
readtheroom
Avg Length
5.5
Shortest
OBS
ALLComplete Solution List
Easily moved
9hotheaded
Streetcars
5TRAMS
Minimum word count?
9oneormore
Swiss namesake of an international series of art fairs
5basel
Scheduled delivery?
9taxreturn
Editorialize
5OPINE
"__ Is Betta Than Evvah!"
4etta
C-section docs
3OBS
Kept inside
6unsaid
Island chain?
3LEI
Primary fig.
3pol
Hosp. gear
3ppe
Bit
3GAG
Actress Hayek Pinault
5SALMA
Israeli airline
4ELAL
Only
4SOLE
"How could you be so insensitive!"
11readtheroom
Roadside snacks
11streettacos
Spoiler alerts?
11sellbydates
Skirt in a Degas painting
4TUTU
Fictions.
4lies
Percolate
5LEACH
Supplementary medical benefit: Abbr.
3hsa
Perturb
3VEX
17-Across pro
3cpa
Big name in pasta sauce
3RAO
Melt down
6RENDER
Comic Margaret
3CHO
Prefix with -core for a style inspired by hiking
4gorp
Optional feature
5ADDON
Spot where sharks gather
9pooltable
Vessel implant
5STENT
My regrets
9apologies
Redfin listings
5homes
Smudging ceremony tool
9palosanto
Lodging options
6HOTELS
Going nonstop
7onatear
Leather and lace, e.g.
8textiles
Hava Nagila dance
4HORA
Poetic preposition
3ERE
Playground retort
5AMTOO
Natural structure?
11doublehelix
Isn't perfect
4ERRS
Sofa bed spot
3den
Chophouse order
5TBONE
Knocks
4RAPS
Bagel option
6asiago
Low level
6menial
When a Man Loves a Woman singer
6sledge
Transfer, in a way
6upload
"Slam Diego" player
5padre
Dubious label from The Princeton Review until 2022
11partyschool
___ Islands, archipelago in the East China Sea
5MATSU
Didn't bother
5LETBE
Didst wallop
5smote
"Fool Us" co-host
6teller
One of three national forests in Florida
5ocala
Bottom-feeding fish also called a gurnard
8searobin
Shameful tone?
7scarlet
Type of metal.
6thrash
No longer troubled by
6usedto
Single file
6TANDEM
With any luck!
6HOPESO
Air returns
5vents
34-Across option
5pollo
Wrapped
4done
Fútbol prize
4COPA
Pop star Lady __
4GAGA
Baby food
3PAP
Lean
3TOS
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