Daily Puzzle Solution
LA Times Crossword
Tuesday, October 6, 2026
The Los Angeles Times crossword puzzle for Tuesday, October 6, 2026 features 78 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 4.8 letters. The longest answer is "stopyouryapping".
Total Clues
78
Longest
stopyouryapping
Avg Length
4.8
Shortest
OAR
ALLComplete Solution List
Signs of healing on scrapes and cuts
5scabs
Dedicated poems
4ODES
omg same
4ITME
Ancient Aegean region
5IONIA
Start of a Spanish cheer
4VIVA
Phobia
4FEAR
Like grapefruit juice
5TANGY
Sinister
4EVIL
Greek-salad cheese
4FETA
Plan for ending a relationship
12exitstrategy
Boathouse blade
3OAR
World's second-tallest bird
3EMU
Hooting bird of prey
3owl
Have a meeting of the minds
9bumpheads
Major fad
5MANIA
Mil. mail drop
3APO
Deg. for a CFO or a CEO
3MBA
Feathery cleaner
6DUSTER
Can it!
15stopyouryapping
Protected place for boats
6harbor
Pirate's cry
3YAR
Fib
3LIE
Swedish home furnishing stores
5ikeas
One who's not a fast-food fan?
9sloweater
Actor Beatty
3NED
Last Week Tonight network
3HBO
Company abbr.
3INC
Nonverbal communication, or what can be found at the starts of 20-, 28-, 38-, and 46-Across
12signlanguage
Pesky insect
4GNAT
From the top
4ANEW
Push
5IMPEL
Numerous
4MANY
___ Millions lottery
4MEGA
Republic in the Himalayas
5NEPAL
Deep black
4ONYX
Crafty website
4ETSY
Diary passage
5ENTRY
Location
4SITE
Gently persuade
4COAX
Years, in old Rome
4ANNI
Circus tent
6BIGTOP
Opens up at a checkup
6saysah
Eggs ___ easy
4OVER
Aria singer, maybe
4diva
Paperless party announcements
6EVITES
Capital of Oregon
5SALEM
Questionable
4IFFY
Golf peg
3TEE
Gym cushion
3MAT
Noteworthy period
3ERA
Vibration
6TREMOR
Clog, informally
5gumup
Betting unwisely, in poker slang
6ontilt
Frankfurter
6WIENIE
More roomy
6LARGER
Knock down violently, as a door
6bashin
Quick on the ___
6UPTAKE
Secured in a 42-Across
6moored
__ Dhabi
3ABU
Hannah of Splash!
5DARYL
European viper
3ASP
Naturalist Charles with a theory of evolution
6darwin
Org. for tenpins players
3pba
Mario Kart and Mario Party dinosaur
5yoshi
Basketball Hall of Famer Ming
3yao
14-line poem
6SONNET
"Purring" car part
6engine
Shrewdness
6ACUMEN
So-so effort
5BGAME
Mythical river of the underworld
4STYX
Bench supports
4LEGS
Not home
4AWAY
Date with a doc
4APPT
Clockwork part
4GEAR
Shortstop De La Cruz who led the majors in stolen bases in 2024
4elly
Bioengineering letters
3gmo
Brit's grandma
3NAN
Volunteers?
3ANY
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