Daily Puzzle Solution
LA Times Crossword
Thursday, April 16, 2026
The Los Angeles Times crossword puzzle for Thursday, April 16, 2026 features 76 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 4.9 letters. The longest answer is "teammanagers".
Total Clues
76
Longest
teammanagers
Avg Length
4.9
Shortest
HOC
ALLComplete Solution List
Headcheese ingredient
5ASPIC
Nave-y bases?
4PEWS
Ad __
3HOC
Like bagpipes and wetlands
5reedy
Overly familiar
5trite
Forest hooter
3OWL
Some fines
11latecharges
Messenger
3RNA
Marked down
6ONSALE
One with snappy comebacks
3wit
Attach a patch, say
3SEW
Group leaders
12teammanagers
Broccoli __
4RABE
Go without a destination
4roam
Carol contraction
3TIS
Didn't waste
4USED
Landscaping supply
3SOD
Take exception to
6RESENT
None at all
3NIL
Old name for neon or argon
7raregas
San Francisco's ___ Hill
3NOB
Long rowboat, or a long kitchen
6galley
Square on a waffle
3pat
Best guesses: Abbr.
4ESTS
In medias __
3RES
The Smiths guitarist Johnny
4MARR
Political satire that won 17 Emmys in seven seasons
4veep
Prom purchase
12wristcorsage
Many, many years
3EON
Color me intrigued
3OOH
Drive-in server
6CARHOP
Shakshuka ingredient
3egg
Shift, or what the ends of 17-, 23-, 38-, and 48-Across do
11changegears
Low grade
3DEE
Home Alone boy
5KEVIN
Will of "Blue Bloods"
5ESTES
Orchestra sect.
3STR
Tide type
4NEAP
Surgical tube
5STENT
Collapsed in Sunbeams singer-songwriter Parks
4ARLO
Astin of "The Goonies"
4SEAN
Dependents that can't be claimed as tax deductions
4PETS
Contributed to a brainstorming session
7ideated
Repetitive sequence
5cycle
Org. that may take summers off
3pta
Miss a cue, say
3ERR
Native American hut
6wigwam
Hofbrau vessel
5STEIN
Good judgment
10HORSESENSE
One with a title
5OWNER
Scratches at.
5CLAWS
Lots of rich folks?
7estates
Word-of-mouth
7hearsay
Wuthering Heights setting
4MOOR
Met expectations, in a way
7madepar
PX patrons
3GIS
Stepladder step
4RUNG
Land east of the Urals
4ASIA
Quasimodo, for one
10BELLRINGER
Daily grind
7RATRACE
Pay attention to
4NOTE
Cookbook meas.
4TBSP
Update, as inventory
7restock
Needle-nosed swimmers
4GARS
French article
3LES
Highest point
7EVEREST
Natives of the Colorado river valley
6mohave
Works the garden
5weeds
Thesaurus creator
5ROGET
Financier Steve who owns the New York Mets
5cohen
Green plums
5GAGES
Can't stand
4HATE
__ Ishii: Lucy Liu's "Kill Bill" role
4oren
Over here!
4PSST
Actress Vardalos
3NIA
Economic fig.
3GNP
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