Daily Puzzle Solution
LA Times Crossword
Thursday, April 9, 2026
The Los Angeles Times crossword puzzle for Thursday, April 9, 2026 features 79 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 5.0 letters. The longest answer is "reinventthewheel".
Total Clues
79
Longest
reinventthewheel
Avg Length
5.0
Shortest
eta
ALLComplete Solution List
Designation for some food carts
5halal
Outer space
4edge
Portal name with an exclamation point
5yahoo
Actress Woodard
5ALFRE
Tales as old as time
4lore
Justice Kagan
5ELENA
Needing a nap
5TIRED
Pot filler
4SOIL
Put in a seat, say
5elect
Travel approx.
3eta
Crushes underfoot
8TRAMPLES
___Misérables
3LES
Orange variety
5NAVEL
Work __
5ETHIC
Kinds
4ILKS
Online image
6AVATAR
Poetry event
4SLAM
Much-used pencils
4NUBS
One with good taste?
6palate
Falafel bread
4PITA
Langley org.
3CIA
The lady ___ protest too much, methinks
4DOTH
Small island
3CAY
Orinoco flow
4AGUA
Having more wiggle room, say
6looser
Gumbo vegetable
4OKRA
A lot alike
7similar
Arrives casually
7rollsin
Free (of)
3RID
Small tweak?
3mod
Spots to let sleeping dogs lie
7petbeds
Small spot
7SPECKLE
Waste time and effort, in a way, or progress as this puzzle's circled letters do?
16reinventthewheel
Part of UAE
4ARAB
Not as grim
6rosier
Large vases
4URNS
Green carpet?
4MOSS
Boggy places.
6swamps
Teeny bit
4MITE
Abhor
4HATE
Settled
4ALIT
"The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" novelist
10lfrankbaum
All bets ___ off
3ARE
Streaming device, maybe
5ledtv
Smallest Central American country
10ELSALVADOR
Tragic fate
4DOOM
Strong hold?
4GRIP
Durable material made from hagfish skin
10eelleather
Oof!
5YEESH
Every last one
3ALL
Sideways jump flourishes
10heelclicks
A single time
4ONCE
Quaker grains
4OATS
Sow's counterpart
4REAP
To be, in Paris
4ETRE
Donkey
3ASS
Co. for surfers
3ISP
Natives of Pre-Columbian Peru
5INCAS
Super Mario brother
5LUIGI
Potatoes, in Urdu
4aloo
Body art
4TATS
Arcade pioneer
5ATARI
Like the ruins in Tulum
5MAYAN
Some short-term rentals
7AIRBNBS
Corporate structures
7ladders
Tots' playwear
7rompers
Buddy from way back when
7oldchum
Actor Schreiber
4LIEV
Theater eponym
4loew
Brit's stroller
4pram
Wireless router brand named for a Finnish architect
4eero
Spanish aunts
4TIAS
Winter coat
4SNOW
Herding dog name
4SHEP
Russell of "The Diplomat"
4KERI
Mardi Gras follower
4LENT
"How __ can I say it ... "
4else
Org. that operates AIT scanners
3tsa
Actor/comedian Meadows
3tim
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