Daily Puzzle Solution
LA Times Crossword
Monday, September 14, 2026
The Los Angeles Times crossword puzzle for Monday, September 14, 2026 features 78 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 4.7 letters. The longest answer is "hemingwaynovel".
Total Clues
78
Longest
hemingwaynovel
Avg Length
4.7
Shortest
SOP
ALLComplete Solution List
Highly skilled
4ABLE
Mop (up), as gravy
3SOP
Valuable item
5ASSET
___ Spring
4LEAP
Perlman of "Cheers"
4RHEA
Hello, in Mandarin
5NIHAO
Star of "Ghost" and "The Substance"
9demimoore
Believe without questioning
5trust
Former
7ONETIME
Chemical in oven cleaners
3LYE
New (Prefix)
3NEO
I'm ___ roll!
3ONA
Informal lingo
5slang
"For Whom the Bell Tolls," for one
14hemingwaynovel
Supergirl accessory
4cape
Actor's prompt
3CUE
One-named singer whose studio albums have numerical titles
5adele
Braying pack animal
3ass
Thawing of diplomatic tensions
7detente
Digital collectible: Abbr.
3nft
Tale
5STORY
Fruit-filled pastry
3pie
French friends
4AMIS
Indigenous people of Oklahoma who originated in Florida
14seminolenation
Stately home in the country
5manor
Wheels
3CAR
No. 1 pal
3BFF
Cow sound
3MOO
French island near Sardinia
7corsica
Perp's excuse
5ALIBI
Game division, or what can be found in 16-, 26-, and 44-Across
9firsthalf
Ancient artifact
5RELIC
Up, Up and __
4AWAY
Dr. Frankenstein's assistant
4IGOR
Maroon vegetables
5beets
Pig heavier than 120 pounds
3hog
Stick
4POGO
Gucci of fashion
4ALDO
We've all __ there
4BEEN
Gold fabric
4LAME
Perfect example
7EPITOME
Jimmy Choo creation
4SHOE
Above, poetically
3OER
Spanish rice dish seasoned with saffron
6paella
Insect feelers.
8ANTENNAE
Knight's title
3SIR
Exclude
4shun
Smooth sailing
4EASE
Dog who visits Oz
4TOTO
Nora Roberts genre
7romance
Short skirt
4MINI
Yippee!
3YAY
Center defender in soccer
7sweeper
Immortal being
3god
Speed
5HASTE
__ salts: bathwater additive
5EPSOM
Belly-__
3GUT
Mobile payment app
5VENMO
Small and pointy-eared, perhaps
5ELFIN
Tennis do-overs
4LETS
Elliot of the Mamas and the Papas
4CASS
Branch of mechanics.
8dynamics
Diarist Anaïs
3NIN
Pot insulator, in England
7TEACOSY
Part of a basketball hoop
3RIM
Blimp, for one
7AIRSHIP
Peace activist Yoko
3ONO
Exfoliating scrubber
6LOOFAH
Fruit-filled pastry
4TART
Spike on a dragon's tail
4barb
Make a run for it
4FLEE
Nail salon tool
4FILE
Jagged rock
4CRAG
"Aladdin" parrot named for a Shakespeare villain
4iago
Plumbing problem
4CLOG
Natural hairstyle
4AFRO
Drill insert
3BIT
__ Jima
3IWO
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