Daily Puzzle Solution
LA Times Crossword
Tuesday, January 20, 2026
The Los Angeles Times crossword puzzle for Tuesday, January 20, 2026 features 72 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 5.1 letters. The longest answer is "betteryouthanme".
Total Clues
72
Longest
betteryouthanme
Avg Length
5.1
Shortest
gum
ALLComplete Solution List
Facing attack from all sides
5beset
Getup
4GARB
Target's target, for one
4LOGO
Well done!
5BRAVO
Double-reed woodwind
4OBOE
Each, informally
4APOP
Uses as evidence in a research paper
5cites
Run a rag over
4wipe
Tuckered out
4BEAT
Trousers with tool-carrying pockets and loops
14carpenterpants
Elite squads
6ATEAMS
Bubble source, maybe
3gum
___ Lanka
3SRI
Give up, in an idiom
7cutbait
"So glad I don't have to deal with that"
15betteryouthanme
Broke bread
3ATE
Amazement
3AWE
"By __ way ... "
3the
Goal of meditation, perhaps
15stressreduction
Lifestyle brand with origins in surf culture
7hangten
Yeah, right!
3HAH
Liquor in a bee's knees cocktail
3GIN
Fitting measurement
6INSEAM
Backpedaled, or what's found in 20-, 30-, and 38-Across
14reversedcourse
Desertlike
4ARID
Layered cookie
4OREO
Whirlpool subsidiary
5AMANA
__ de gallo: salsa choice
4pico
Hot To Go! singer Chappell
4ROAN
Resonates, as a successful joke
5lands
Witnessed
4SEEN
IDs that never begin with 666
4ssns
Punctuation in a web address
5slash
EastEnders airer
3BBC
Oldest child on "The Goldbergs"
5erica
Occupied, as a diner booth
5satat
"Into Thin Air" mountain peak
7everest
More than is needed
7tospare
Bridal shop selections
5gowns
You haven't changed __
4ABIT
Tire swing line
4ROPE
Potbelly
7BEERGUT
Ritchie Valens hit
7labamba
Doing business
4OPEN
Farm animal in some yoga classes
4GOAT
Makes a choice
4OPTS
Dubai dignitary
4EMIR
"How Long" singer Charlie
4puth
Prompted on stage
4CUED
Against
4ANTI
if u ask me ...
4IMHO
Many a promgoer
4teen
Big blast
4bash
At Last singer James
4ETTA
Arctic seabird
4TERN
Crochet need
4YARN
Be behind, in a way
3OWE
Spurred to action
7EGGEDON
Tend to risotto
4STIR
Motion detectors for automatic doors
7sensors
Yeah, try again
4UHNO
Informal clothing
7CASUALS
Rising current of warm air
7THERMAL
Significant figures
5icons
Yoga pose
5ASANA
Fixes
5MENDS
Hard knocks
4RAPS
Source of Buffalo's lake-effect snow
4erie
Moral shortcoming
4vice
Cupid's counterpart
4EROS
Academic administrator with a list
4dean
Barbecue residue
3ASH
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