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LA Times Crossword
Monday, September 28, 2026
The Los Angeles Times crossword puzzle for Monday, September 28, 2026 features 76 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 5.0 letters. The longest answer is "youcancountonme".
Total Clues
76
Longest
youcancountonme
Avg Length
5.0
Shortest
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Game, ___, match!
3SET
Piece of cake
5CINCH
Granny Smith, for one
5APPLE
The 'A' of ETA: Abbr.
3ARR
Spanish form of Paul
5pablo
Get out of town
5NOWAY
Words of support from an abacus?
15youcancountonme
Brainstorming outputs
5IDEAS
Epitome of slowness
5SNAIL
Six years for a U.S. Senator, e.g.
4term
____ Arabia
5SAUDI
Pre-K basics
4ABCS
Words of support from a rideshare driver?
12imhereforyou
Santa ___, California
3ANA
Used a pair of sculls, say
5oared
Chutzpah
5NERVE
Out that gets a runner home, for short
6sacfly
Like some evening gowns
6BEADED
Invoice amount
5TOTAL
Rebuff
5SPURN
Sault __ Marie
3STE
Words of support from a crossbody bag?
12imonyourside
Orange skin?
4RIND
Madrid museum
5PRADO
Quick inhalation
4GASP
Not united
5apart
Prefix with -lithic
5PALEO
Words of support from a broken elevator?
15iwontletyoudown
Around, in dates
5CIRCA
Phone notification
5ALERT
Tasseled hat that shares a name with a Moroccan city
3fez
Leg joints
5KNEES
Smallest possible
5LEAST
Swim-bike-run race, informally
3tri
Tell me already
5SAYIT
Slowly wear away
5ERODE
More accurate
5TRUER
Pros who are busy in Apr.
4cpas
Actor McKellen
3IAN
"SNL" TV network
3nbc
Sense of finality that may be needed after a breakup
7closure
Pursued doggedly
7hounded
Against
4ANTI
Location that may have "No running" and "No diving" signs
8poolarea
Dominate, in gaming slang
3pwn
Go on the __: get out of town
3lam
Organ with a retina
3eye
Top that's useful in layering, for short
4cami
Innocent one
4NAIF
Mitchell of {/Pretty Little Liars/}
4SHAY
___ Lingus (Irish carrier)
3AER
Turn! Turn! Turn! band, with "The"
5BYRDS
Desire
5COVET
Fuzzy fabric
5suede
"Pretty in Pink" star Ringwald
5molly
Sticking straight up, as hair
5onend
Up and about
5ASTIR
Two-time Australian Open winner Osaka
5NAOMI
Follow, as a hunch
5ACTON
Burlesque performance
8fandance
Spirit
4BRIO
Inexplicably weird
7surreal
Natter on
7prattle
Amer. capital
3USD
Iridescent gem
4OPAL
Good lord!
4EGAD
In midair
5aloft
Underground waste line
5sewer
Scheme
5PONZI
School support orgs.
4PTAS
Golf stroke near the hole
4putt
How nasty
3ICK
Take first prize
3WIN
Mine lode
3ORE
Pro vote
3YEA
Surgery ctrs.
3ORS
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