Daily Puzzle Solution
LA Times Crossword
Wednesday, September 23, 2026
The Los Angeles Times crossword puzzle for Wednesday, September 23, 2026 features 78 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 4.7 letters. The longest answer is "isleofcapri".
Total Clues
78
Longest
isleofcapri
Avg Length
4.7
Shortest
CTO
ALLComplete Solution List
Japanese beer brand
5ASAHI
Pet adoption org.
4SPCA
Exec concerned with network security
3CTO
Piccata ingredient
5LEMON
"Celebration" band __ & the Gang
4kool
Magic spell
3HEX
Inner selves, in Jungian psychology
6animas
Tablet choice
8ipadmini
Friend ___?
4ALLY
Poker-faced
5STOIC
*Silent film based on a Leoncavallo opera
10ipagliacci
Overseas greeting
4ahoy
Formally turn over
4CEDE
Panang curry cuisine
4THAI
Summoning contraction
5cmere
Sweet potato kin
3YAM
Filmed
4SHOT
Oklahoma athlete
6SOONER
*Destination for a day trip from Naples
11isleofcapri
DraftKings user, e.g.
6bettor
Gutter locale
4EAVE
Skin pic?
3TAT
Done with
5fedup
Architect Saarinen
4EERO
Old Testament scribe
4EZRA
Pet pest
4FLEA
*Lionel Messi's MLS team
10intermiami
"The Trial" novelist Kafka
5franz
Notary imprint
4seal
*How like-minded people see, or a phonetic hint for the answers to the starred clues?
8eyetoeye
Vin in the "Fast & Furious" franchise
6diesel
Passing through
3VIA
Nautilus captain
4NEMO
None too trusting
5LEERY
Just right
3APT
Garden with forbidden fruit
4EDEN
Drum kit drum
5SNARE
Banned Books Week org.
3ALA
Capitol Hill VIP
3SEN
French friend
3AMI
Show of respect
6HOMAGE
Entirely
5INALL
Slalom, say
3SKI
Genre for many an Attenborough documentary, in brief
6popsci
Raccoon relative
5COATI
Canadian shoe brand
4ALDO
Home of the Mayan temple El Castillo
11chichenitza
Decimal base
3TEN
Commercial lead-in to Clean
3OXI
Move like a snake
7SLITHER
Spanish term of endearment
6MIAMOR
Early search engine
5yahoo
Distant
3ICY
Green shade
3PEA
Wave the white flag
11admitdefeat
Where toe beans are found
7catfeet
Minecraft mineral
3ore
Outta here
3YER
Deal with
4COPE
Low-quality A.I.-generated content
4slop
Reveled in
7SAVORED
E.B. White's "__ Little"
6STUART
Gives a darn
5CARES
One to share a matching bracelet with, informally
3bff
Unagi roll fish
3EEL
Radius locale
3ARM
__ chi (martial art)
3TAI
Biological catalyst
6ENZYME
Fashion designer Fisher
6EILEEN
"__ a nap!"
5ineed
Sends
5MAILS
First-rate
4AONE
Actress Longoria
3EVA
Puppy noise
3YIP
Countless lifetimes
3EON
Salt
3SEA
Goof up
3ERR
Caustic compound
3LYE
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