Daily Puzzle Solution
LA Times Crossword
Wednesday, September 16, 2026
The Los Angeles Times crossword puzzle for Wednesday, September 16, 2026 features 74 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 4.9 letters. The longest answer is "plasticstrawban".
Total Clues
74
Longest
plasticstrawban
Avg Length
4.9
Shortest
LET
ALLComplete Solution List
Image in a botanical print
4LEAF
Feminist Frequency founder Sarkeesian
5ANITA
Hardly hard
4SOFT
Jessica of "Sin City"
4ALBA
___ New Year
5LUNAR
Wagon rod
4AXLE
Prohibition of some single-use products
15plasticstrawban
___ Domingo (Caribbean capital)
5SANTO
Permit
3LET
Grinds to a halt
5stops
German article
3DER
Earth-friendly prefix
3ECO
Female moose
3COW
Spiral burners that deter biting pests
13mosquitocoils
Bottled, as emotions
6pentup
Add to an email
6ATTACH
Subject of a miner dispute, maybe
3ore
Shuns
7ESCHEWS
Splash of color in an ornamental pond
3koi
Ties the knot
4WEDS
Granola bar fleck
3oat
Groks
4GETS
Liquid in a vampire slayer's vial
9holywater
Home of the College World Series
5OMAHA
Cover story?
5ALIBI
"Later, chumps!," or what can be said while putting 17-, 26-, and 43-Across to good use?
13solongsuckers
Actor James____ Jones
4EARL
Liquid-Plumr rival
5DRANO
Battery unit
4VOLT
Distort
4SKEW
Shoutout to a parent
5HIMOM
__ out a living
4EKED
Like muted colors
4PALE
Ukrainian port on the Black Sea
5ODESA
Tennis-match units
4SETS
Track circuits
4LAPS
Spanish pronoun
4ELLA
Like ghost towns
9ABANDONED
Like a race winner
7FASTEST
Boxer Muhammad
3ALI
Atomic centers
6NUCLEI
Bug
6INSECT
Bit of henna art
6tattoo
Train board abbr.
3ARR
Took care of a situation
7sawtoit
U-shaped body formed by a river diversion
9oxbowlake
Cardboard carton part
4flap
Till stack
4TENS
Rotational force
6TORQUE
Broad neckties
6ASCOTS
Trifling
4MERE
Company with brown trucks
3UPS
Cry from a crow's nest
3CAW
Glaswegian, e.g.
4SCOT
"Ka-blammo!"
3pow
The "H" of HMS
3HIS
Demure
3COY
Hem and __
3HAW
Greek vowel
3ETA
"Ready to get moving?"
7shallwe
Mourns
7GRIEVES
Well, well, well ...
3OHO
Cry from a crow's nest
6LANDHO
Puget Sound city
6TACOMA
Large deer
3ELK
Financial center in Honshu
5osaka
Gourmet mushroom
5MOREL
Insolvent
5BROKE
Typically uninhabited key
5islet
Sudoku diagram
4GRID
I feel seen ...
4SAME
Chicago-style pizza chain, familiarly
4UNOS
Seer's gift
3ESP
Scores equal to two FGs
3tds
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