Daily Puzzle Solution
LA Times Crossword
Wednesday, January 21, 2026
The Los Angeles Times crossword puzzle for Wednesday, January 21, 2026 features 78 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 4.9 letters. The longest answer is "endorphins".
Total Clues
78
Longest
endorphins
Avg Length
4.9
Shortest
ooo
ALLComplete Solution List
Old car from Sweden
4SAAB
___ Rica
5COSTA
Distance runner Zátopek
4EMIL
Bike trick also called a stoppie
4endo
Poker buy-ins
5ANTES
Ciao!
4TATA
Neurochemicals that act as natural painkillers
10endorphins
Fluid-filled cavity
4CYST
Italian staple
5PASTA
Story-sharing app, briefly
5insta
"I'm on vacay" notification
3ooo
Prisoner
6INMATE
"Peter Pan" protagonist
5wendy
Bon ____
7APPETIT
Low-calorie sweetener
7SPLENDA
Source of minerals
3ore
Garden pest with tentacles
4slug
__ Mujeres, Mexico
4ISLA
One way to stop a cab?
4cork
JD seekers' hurdles
5lsats
Baking instruction
4SIFT
German article
4EINE
Heads up!
4duck
__ Paulo, Brazil
3SAO
Classifications for nouns in some languages
7genders
Wild
7BERSERK
Lets use
5LENDS
Saved option
6preset
Lennox of R&B
3ARI
Weasellike critter
5stoat
First lady of the 1950s
5MAMIE
Obsolete phone part
4DIAL
One way to tumble, or what can be found four times in this puzzle
10endoverend
Scope prefix
4tele
Wide-mouthed
5agape
Hawk
4VEND
Rough words
4ORSO
Brusque
5TERSE
Marketplace with personalized gifts
4ETSY
Leak slowly
4SEEP
"The Piano" Oscar winner Paquin
4anna
Puts two and two together
4ADDS
Part of a knitted outfit for a baby
6bootie
Part of a knitted outfit for a baby
3cap
Taking a gap year, say
8onhiatus
Spell
5STINT
Reacts to suspense
6tenses
Admin. aide
4ASST
Succinct "I could go on"
3etc
Thousand Island base
10mayonnaise
"This ain't normal"
6itsodd
"Heart Don't Lie" singer Jackson
6latoya
__ and raves
5RANTS
Piercing tools
4AWLS
Playwright Arthur
6MILLER
Bed fellows?
4eels
Rep. from the Bronx
3AOC
Expert
3PRO
Plants with a long life cycle
10perennials
Star fish
6PISCES
Knock about
3GAD
The Secret Life of Bees novelist
4KIDD
Garments that may lead to cold shoulders
8tubetops
Not close
3FAR
Tik's partner
3tok
Loch for monster hunters
4NESS
Last word in doughnuts
5KREME
My pleasure!
6GLADTO
More spine-tingling
6EERIER
Freeload
6SPONGE
Feed a cold, __ a fever
6STARVE
Meteorology tool
5RADAR
Udder part
4TEAT
Bump into
4MEET
Stops along the way
4INNS
Sink hole feature, perhaps
4eddy
Novelist Tolstoy
3LEO
Vendetta's origin?
3vee
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