Daily Puzzle Solution
LA Times Crossword
Wednesday, September 9, 2026
The Los Angeles Times crossword puzzle for Wednesday, September 9, 2026 features 76 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 4.9 letters. The longest answer is "keeperofthekeys".
Total Clues
76
Longest
keeperofthekeys
Avg Length
4.9
Shortest
LAH
ALLComplete Solution List
Insensitive
5CRASS
Not out
4SAFE
Apple variety
4GALA
__ Productions: media company founded by Oprah
5harpo
West Coast sch. that joined the Big Ten in 2024
4UCLA
Team with a lot of pull?
4OXEN
All over
5AGAIN
Birds whose oil is used in Aboriginal medicine
4emus
Super Serum seller
4olay
Soccer player who shares every little detail online?
14publicdefender
__-di-dah
3LAH
Blubber
4FLAB
Accident report?
4OOPS
"What a gimme!"
4easy
Mail
4POST
King topper in a game of war
3ace
Singer Halliwell
4GERI
Leave in a fit?
6clothe
Soccer player from a Florida archipelago?
15keeperofthekeys
Like steak, but not cake
6savory
Reasons to go to extra innings
4ties
Jazz up
3AMP
Rookie gamer
4newb
Speck on a map
4ISLE
Sign
4OMEN
Long fish
4EELS
"Truthfully" initials
3tbh
Soccer player who doesn't pull their weight?
14carriedforward
Lean
4THIN
Within reach
4NEAR
Eaglet home
5AERIE
Avant-garde style
4dada
Small bird of prey
4kite
"You almost guessed it!"
5close
Staircase part
4STEP
Now
4STAT
Respected leader
5ELDER
Fella
4CHAP
Robusto! sauce brand
4RAGU
Many an Eid celebrant
4arab
Lets the cat out of the bag
6spills
Ketanji colleague
5SONIA
Sought compensation
4sued
Height
4ACME
Nickname for comedian Gabriel Iglesias
6fluffy
Stand for artistic freedom?
5easel
__ Bible
8goodbook
Wheel spinner
4AXLE
Father of Goneril, Regan, and Cordelia
4LEAR
Flexible amount
3any
Joyful
6cheery
Italy's third-largest city
6NAPLES
National trees of the United States
4oaks
Place where people cruise through life?
5ocean
Get to
5PEEVE
Preferring platonic relationships, for short
3aro
Searches (through)
5SIFTS
Iron output
5STEAM
Herb in jerk seasoning
5thyme
Company with an annual search for a spokesbaby
6gerber
Flamin' Hot puff
6cheeto
College GameDay network
4ESPN
Short time out
8powernap
From dawn __ dusk
3til
Finder's cry
6iseeit
Such is life
6OHWELL
Spot for a tee party?
5links
Knee protector
5BRACE
Small talk
4CHAT
Deputy
4AIDE
Spreadsheet input
4DATA
Guitar ridge
4FRET
Yankee nickname of the 2000s
4AROD
___ and shine!
4RISE
Lots of bucks
4DEER
Some 37-Down highlights: Abbr.
3tds
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