Daily Puzzle Solution
LA Times Crossword
Wednesday, September 30, 2026
The Los Angeles Times crossword puzzle for Wednesday, September 30, 2026 features 76 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 4.9 letters. The longest answer is "perioddramas".
Total Clues
76
Longest
perioddramas
Avg Length
4.9
Shortest
BED
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Place to retire
3BED
Let gravity do most of the work, perhaps
5coast
Estrangements
5RIFTS
Rules __ rules
3ARE
Infuriate
5ANGER
Salon abrasive
5emery
Word often said while holding a treat
3sit
Slasher flick actress on a split screen?
11screamqueen
Summer quaff
7ICEDTEA
LINKS
7couples
Emmy and Grammy winner Burnett
5carol
Sandwich shop
4DELI
Merchant Ivory works featuring split peas?
12perioddramas
Protective cover
4TARP
W.H. Auden's "___ to the Medieval Poets"
3ODE
Slowly wear down
5ERODE
Develops over time
7EVOLVES
Dish garnished with peanuts and lime
7padthai
Marisa with a cameo in "Spider-Man: Brand New Day"
5tomei
Have a cold, say
3AIL
Schools of thought
4ISMS
Auras around people with split ends?
12energyfields
Close by
4NEAR
Chemistry class models
5ATOMS
Willing to wait a long time
7patient
Sure thing
7SAFEBET
Lack of recognition for working a split shift?
11shortshrift
Nest egg letters
3IRA
Camp David Accords figure
5SADAT
Eight-related
5OCTAL
Start of a pencil game
3TIC
Oscar and Grammy winner Burnett
5tbone
Tabloid TV host Povich
5maury
Squalid space
3STY
No-frills
5BASIC
"I Luh God" singer Campbell
5erica
Prevent
5DETER
Neuschwanstein __
6castle
As soon as
4ONCE
City in India's "Golden Triangle"
4AGRA
What'd I tell you?!
3SEE
Copied, in a way
6TRACED
Not elective
8required
My turn
4IMUP
Have a hunch
4FEEL
Sequoia, e.g.
4TREE
Thesaurus entries: Abbr.
4SYNS
Blue part of blue cheese
4MOLD
Radar ___
7doppler
A deer, a female deer
3DOE
School of tomorrow?
3ROE
Puts a name to
3IDS
Skilled performer
7ARTISTE
Mineralogist with a hardness scale
4mohs
Scott of "Severance"
4ADAM
Cuatro y dos
4SEIS
Spot for un chapeau
4TETE
Mary Kay rival
4AVON
City on the Tiber
4ROME
Brief scene
8VIGNETTE
Dessert for Little Jack Horner
3pie
ATV component
3ALL
Atmosphere
3AIR
Hankerings
4YENS
Fully grasp
6fathom
In a senseless way
6DAFTLY
Memorial bios
5OBITS
Warrant
5MERIT
London of "What Not To Wear"
5stacy
Discreet summons
4PSST
Ishmael's captain
4AHAB
Brouhaha
4TODO
Setting of the graphic novel "Persepolis"
4IRAN
In ___ (as found)
4SITU
Over yonder
4AFAR
Color TV pioneer
3RCA
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