Daily Puzzle Solution
LA Times Crossword
Saturday, September 26, 2026
The Los Angeles Times crossword puzzle for Saturday, September 26, 2026 features 68 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 5.6 letters. The longest answer is "murdermystery".
Total Clues
68
Longest
murdermystery
Avg Length
5.6
Shortest
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Releases
5EMITS
Ardent supporter
7megafan
Island country that changed the shape of the International Date Line by skipping December 30, 2011
5samoa
Anything you say
8suresure
Guttural sound
5croak
Outermost meningeal membrane
9duramater
Hot ___
8INDEMAND
Bad idea
4DONT
High return
3LOB
41-Across teacher
6sensei
Army ___
4ANTS
Double-reed woodwind related to the shawm
4oboe
Seldom seen
6SCARCE
Racing headgear
11crashhelmet
Tailgating area
3LOT
Angiogram image, perhaps
5aorta
___ bien
3MUY
Durable fabric
5CHINO
Drug featured in the Dock Ellis biopic "No No: A Dockumentary"
3lsd
How's it hangin'?
11whatsshakin
Dojo discipline
6KARATE
Bernie Sanders' mittens, for one
4meme
Singer known as the "Goddess of Pop"
4CHER
Harsh critics
6haters
PC IDs
3IPS
Martinican poet Césaire who helped found the Négritude movement
4aime
Dessert often made with espresso
8tiramisu
"Chocolate in every bite" cookie maker
9chipsahoy
Sonicare rival
5ORALB
Herb in fines herbes and herbes de Provence
8tarragon
Bring up
5RAISE
Welcome words
7itsopen
Wrapped
5ENDED
Key hit in panic
3ESC
Platform game that debuted in 1983
9mariobros
You sold me!
9imonboard
Bufotoxin source
4TOAD
Array at an izakaya
5sakes
Genre in which readers are clued in to the plot?
13murdermystery
Time to study?
3ERA
Beaut
3GEM
TAQUERIA OPTION
5ASADA
Guest room fixture
5futon
__ you sweet!
5ARENT
Aw, phooey!
5nerts
Vinyasa sequence also called Surya Namaskar
13sunsalutation
Event one must prepare for exhaustively?
13dancemarathon
Vibe well
4mesh
Word in many union names
5LOCAL
Halo-halo base
3ice
Part of i.e.
3EST
Make a lasting impression
4ETCH
Skateboarding star Tony
4HAWK
This bears repeating ...
9likeisaid
Instinctively
9onimpulse
Hues
5TONES
Muffuletta ingredient
3ham
Derisive laugh
3HAH
Buona ___
4SERA
Tacos de nopales need
5cacti
Percussion set
5HIHAT
Dubai rulers
5EMIRS
High-quality proof, for short
5repro
Camping treat
5SMORE
Home country of filmmaker Asghar Farhadi
4iran
Chump
3SAP
Sit in a cellar, perhaps
3AGE
Sack
3BED
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