Daily Puzzle Solution
LA Times Crossword
Thursday, September 17, 2026
The Los Angeles Times crossword puzzle for Thursday, September 17, 2026 features 78 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 4.8 letters. The longest answer is "bangleangle".
Total Clues
78
Longest
bangleangle
Avg Length
4.8
Shortest
BEG
ALLComplete Solution List
Necklace clasp spot
4NAPE
Rather peculiar
6screwy
Implore
3BEG
Tandoor, for one
4OVEN
Sub
6HOAGIE
Credit card fig.
3APR
Reporter's approach to a story about a bracelet?
11bangleangle
Game cube
3DIE
Cheap Thrills singer
3SIA
Lowe's purchase
4tool
Lariat
4ROPE
Reporter's approach to a story about a doppelgänger?
8twinspin
Workers featured in the opening scenes of "Frozen"
6icemen
Greet someone from a distance
6wavehi
Gets a rise out of, in a way
7leavens
Spanish "Listen!"
3OYE
Soy block
4TOFU
Phoenix team
4SUNS
Reporter's approach to a story about a male duck?
9draketake
Small jazz combo
4TRIO
Provide a fake alibi for, say
4ABET
Swelter
3FRY
Tap dancer Hines
7gregory
You're right
6IAGREE
Make changes to
6REVISE
Reporter's approach to a story about a picnic pest?
8antslant
Prayer ender
4AMEN
Lamb wrap with tzatziki
4gyro
Charged particle
3ION
Tennessee athlete, for short
3VOL
Reporter's approach to a story about a spring bloom?
11crocusfocus
Before, in old poetry
3ERE
Compilation
6DIGEST
Subway Series squad
4METS
Acid letters
3LSD
Sense
6SPIDEY
River through Flanders
4YSER
San Francisco's ___ Hill
3NOB
Janelle's "Abbott Elementary" role
3AVA
Deep in thought
7PENSIVE
Tuneup target
6ENGINE
__ sells seashells ...
3SHE
Tropical ring-tailed mammal
5coati
Built one's campaign around
5ranon
Breakfast brand
4EGGO
Country great Nelson
6willie
__ Haw
3YEE
Sign of trouble
7BADOMEN
Camp nurse's supply
7epipens
Salad leaves
6GREENS
Mascara target
4LASH
Variety show
5REVUE
Wee hour
3TWO
Modus operandi
3WAY
53-Across bread
4pita
Champagne barrel
4cask
Mandolin kin
4LUTE
Fine!
4OKAY
Shortest mo.
3FEB
Dinner is served!
5DIGIN
Some big hoppers
4roos
Fighting
4ATIT
Small quakes
7TREMORS
Took deep pleasure (in)
7reveled
Three-time Best Actress Oscar winner McDormand
7frances
Driver's "Star Wars" role
3REN
Up to today
3YET
Rough road surface
6GRAVEL
Fix, as a tennis racket or golf club
6regrip
Yeah, right!
4ASIF
Down in the dumps
6GLOOMY
Like an eyebrow
5ARCED
Pointless
5NOUSE
Asana expert
4YOGI
LP successors
3CDS
Farm pen
3STY
Great Basin native
3UTE
Georgia, once: Abbr.
3SSR
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