Daily Puzzle Solution
LA Times Crossword
Tuesday, September 22, 2026
The Los Angeles Times crossword puzzle for Tuesday, September 22, 2026 features 76 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 4.8 letters. The longest answer is "chickenscrawl".
Total Clues
76
Longest
chickenscrawl
Avg Length
4.8
Shortest
SEW
ALLComplete Solution List
Percussion instruments with taut tops
5drums
Highest mountain in Japan.
4FUJI
Use a needle and thread
3SEW
Superficial layer
6VENEER
Guy known for his first-person perspective?
4adam
Abu Dhabi's fed.
3UAE
Composer Shostakovich
6DMITRI
Harlem Renaissance writer __ Neale Hurston
4zora
Bikini top
3BRA
Exhibit A: That awful handwriting
13chickenscrawl
"Little Bunny __"
6foofoo
Lit __: English major's course
4crit
Arduous
4HARD
Exhibit B: That loud guffaw
10horselaugh
Belarus' capital
5MINSK
Cars
5AUTOS
___ Doubtfire
3MRS
Exhibit C: That unruly hair
7cowlick
Position
3JOB
Student
5PUPIL
With any luck!
5IHOPE
Exhibit D: That goofy stare
10sheepseyes
Gave approval to
4OKED
Out-of-pocket amount
4COST
Area of influence
6domain
Lacking all refinement, facetiously, or like the person described in 20-, 26-, 35-, and 44-Across?
13raisedinabarn
Omelet ingredient
3EGG
Dental exam image
4XRAY
Mystery
6ENIGMA
Come out on top
3WIN
Snub-nosed dogs
4PUGS
Catch, as a fish
6REELIN
Triumphant cry
3YES
High-pitched wind instrument
4OBOE
Give it a go
5tryto
Netflix format, originally
3dvd
Sleep cycle letters
3REM
Horned equines of mythology
8unicorns
Procedures
7METHODS
Typeface line
5SERIF
Unnerve
4FAZE
Japanese noodle
4UDON
Jam holders
4JARS
Apple all-in-one computer
4IMAC
Forester carmaker
6subaru
Pincered insect
6EARWIG
Riches
6WEALTH
Canon competitor
5RICOH
Kitchy-kitchy-__!
3KOO
Some old radios
4RCAS
County event with lots of fried food
4fair
___, I wonder ...
3HMM
Tennis sequence after a serve
5rally
__ generis (unique)
3SUI
And so on: Abbr.
3ETC
Norse god of mischief
4LOKI
Disposable coffee pod
4kcup
Word after {/photo/} or {/Special/}
3OPS
Golfer Michelle __ West
3WIE
In a playful manner
8jokingly
Like an unlocked door
4open
Place to sleep
3BED
Furry companions
4PETS
Whiter with age
7hoarier
Off the wall
6SCREWY
Sandwich also known as a grinder
6hoagie
Endorses digitally
6ESIGNS
Childcare expert LeShan
3eda
Clearheaded
5SOBER
Impressionist painter Édouard
5manet
Trade show
4EXPO
Defeat soundly
4DRUB
Othello villain
4IAGO
Nasdaq rival
4NYSE
Cambridge sch.
3MIT
It's __-win situation!
3ANO
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