Daily Puzzle Solution
LA Times Crossword
Monday, October 5, 2026
The Los Angeles Times crossword puzzle for Monday, October 5, 2026 features 76 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 4.9 letters. The longest answer is "windowscomputer".
Total Clues
76
Longest
windowscomputer
Avg Length
4.9
Shortest
LID
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Tiny trims
5snips
Tár Oscar nominee Blanchett
4CATE
Jar topper
3LID
Art studio stand
5EASEL
Chocolate-flavored latte
5mocha
Fuss
3ADO
Playful back-and-forth
11wittybanter
Church seating
3PEW
Messy person
4SLOB
Word with ocean or eye
5LINER
Skim through
4SCAN
Wear away
5ERODE
Sprawling property
6ESTATE
Workstation option since the 1980s
15windowscomputer
Rainbow maker
5PRISM
Attempted
5TRIED
Bath rug
3MAT
Old hoops org.
3ABA
Genetic material
3DNA
Polo shirt, e.g.
3TOP
Power strip switch
5onoff
Not exactly, informally
5kinda
Ticket pickup location
15willcallcounter
Battery terminals
6ANODES
Punchiness
5OOMPH
See 58-Across
4shoe
Crown for a prom queen
5tiara
Wanes
4EBBS
With 51-Across, dance accessory for Fred Astaire
3tap
Time off that may coincide with a new calendar year, or what can be found in 16-, 26-, and 44-Across
11winterbreak
Connecticut Ivy Leaguer
3ELI
Derive
5INFER
Possibly dangerous
5risky
Cozy burrow
3den
Composer Stravinsky
4IGOR
River mammal
5OTTER
Does some alterations
4sews
Place for cuticle oil
4NAIL
Analogy words
4ISTO
Spots where dogs may sit, lie down, and roll over
7petbeds
Clever
3SLY
Meet over coffee, perhaps
7connect
Entr'__
4ACTE
Eerie electronic instrument
8theremin
Musical proclivity
3ear
Affectionate feline
6lapcat
Brainstorm
6IDEATE
Wet blanket
6DOWNER
Some hotel employees
5maids
Move like the wind
4BLOW
Small earring
4STUD
Fiction subgenre
7romance
"I didn't quite catch that"
7speakup
Typing-speed abbr.
3WPM
401(k) alternative
3IRA
Minor quibble
3NIT
Chicago airport code
3ORD
Not-so-humble bragging
8boasting
Old gridiron org.
3afl
Feature of many a Wile E. Coyote trap, for short
3tnt
"__ to Joy": highlight of Beethoven's Ninth
3ode
Golf course standard
3PAR
Ye __ Shoppe
4OLDE
Pool raft, e.g.
7floater
Receive, as a bequest
7inherit
Squandered
6WASTED
Take a deep breath
6INHALE
Copy on an email reply
6loopin
Apple pie-making tool
5CORER
Minnesota representative Ilhan
4OMAR
Deets
4INFO
Triumph over
4BEST
Make a cake, say
4BAKE
Icelandic dairy product similar to yogurt
4skyr
Nintendo console released in 2006
3WII
Certain sib
3BRO
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