Daily Puzzle Solution
LA Times Crossword
Monday, September 21, 2026
The Los Angeles Times crossword puzzle for Monday, September 21, 2026 features 74 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 5.1 letters. The longest answer is "fullmetaljacket".
Total Clues
74
Longest
fullmetaljacket
Avg Length
5.1
Shortest
CUB
ALLComplete Solution List
Dot-__: online businesses
4coms
Capital of South Korea
5SEOUL
Clever remark
4QUIP
Shape of many a car logo
4OVAL
Inner circle
5CADRE
Caterer's coffee servers
4URNS
"Just act naturally!"
10beyourself
AirPods holders
4EARS
Chocolaty treats that may have walnuts
8brownies
Portable device with a touchscreen
6tablet
Baby bear
3CUB
___ farewell (said goodbye)
4BADE
Vietnam War film directed by Stanley Kubrick
15fullmetaljacket
Between ports
4ASEA
Second-string players
5BTEAM
Lamb's mother
3EWE
Sow's opposite
4REAP
Renewable energy option
5SOLAR
Safari park roarer
4LION
Gloomy __: pessimistic sort
3gus
Comedian Wyatt
5CENAC
Annoys
4IRKS
Quickly resolved legal matter
15openandshutcase
Finishes (up)
4ENDS
Part of FTW and BTW
3the
Talks back to
6SASSES
Morton who plays Circe in "The Odyssey"
8samantha
Help in wrongdoing
4ABET
Do the same, and what the ends of 17-, 25-, and 42-Across can do
10followsuit
Genuine
4REAL
Face-to-face exams
5ORALS
Prefix with skeleton
4ENDO
Like a couch potato
4IDLE
Move, as a root-bound houseplant
5repot
Consider to be
4DEEM
Salad with bacon and eggs
4COBB
"Back to you," in radio lingo
4over
BLT spread
4MAYO
Insincere round of applause
8slowclap
Book copier of old
6SCRIBE
Loosen up
4EASE
Poems of praise
4ODES
Address that often starts with "www"
3url
Not quite closed
8leftajar
Montreal's province
6QUEBEC
Eurasian border river
4URAL
Memo heading
4INRE
Soft "Hey, you!"
4PSST
E pluribus ___
4UNUM
Singer Lambert
4ADAM
Laundry whitener
6BLEACH
North Dakota city
5FARGO
Spend all of
5useup
Rental contract
5LEASE
Govt.-issued investments
6tbonds
Book of maps
5ATLAS
Knightley of "Bend It Like Beckham"
5KEIRA
Furry "Star Wars" creatures
5EWOKS
Uptight
5TENSE
Summons
8SENDSFOR
Officially permitted to drive, say
8licensed
Walking stick
4CANE
Big name in milk chocolate
6nestle
Ultimate
6UTMOST
Melt
4THAW
South Asian silk dress
4sari
Tucked in for the night
4ABED
Barking marine mammal
4SEAL
Smack
4SLAP
French greeting
4ALLO
Song
4TUNE
Keep out of sight
4HIDE
Tiny particle
4ATOM
Mine yield
3ORE
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