Daily Puzzle Solution
LA Times Crossword
Wednesday, October 7, 2026
The Los Angeles Times crossword puzzle for Wednesday, October 7, 2026 features 78 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 4.8 letters. The longest answer is "trashtalking".
Total Clues
78
Longest
trashtalking
Avg Length
4.8
Shortest
ARC
ALLComplete Solution List
Built (on)
5BASED
Many an A-lister
5ACTOR
Swing's path
3ARC
Cartoon canine who speaks with an "R" consonant mutation
5astro
Level
5PLANE
Argo org.
3CIA
Ruin the Olympic Games?
11spoilsports
Every last bit
3ALL
Tammy Duckworth's title, briefly
3SEN
Merry-go-round music
4LILT
Bas ___
6RELIEF
Like many dirt roads
7onelane
Home of Hawaii's Merrie Monarch Festival
4hilo
Destroy casual chitchat?
12trashtalking
Tennis great Andre
6AGASSI
Georgia airport code
3ATL
If you ask me ...
4ISAY
Massage
3RUB
Super vision?
3ESP
Polite title
3SIR
A, in geometry
4AREA
French wine classification
3CRU
Annette of "Virgin River"
6OTOOLE
Wreak havoc on origami supplies?
12butcherpaper
Forever and ever
4EONS
Repeat for emphasis
7ITERATE
__ who?
6DOESNT
Burlesque bit
4SKIT
Light touch
3TAP
Sometimes called, for short
3AKA
Lay waste to a dairy product?
11creamcheese
Virginia Woolf's "__ Dalloway"
3MRS
__ mañana
5HASTA
A list
5ELITE
Light touch
3PAT
Elizabeth who plays the Scarlet Witch
5OLSEN
Trig ratios
5SINES
Common voice for an opera villain
5basso
Colorado town near Snowmass
5ASPEN
Curling piece
5STONE
___ tu... :Verdi aria
3ERI
Brunei money
7dollars
Orchard fruit
6APPLES
Congeal
4CLOT
Viscous goo
3TAR
Having one's day in court?
7ONTRIAL
Deal in, as vintage clothing
6RESELL
Breakfast bowl berry
4acai
Annoy but good
4RILE
Baby camel
4calf
Africa-to-Asia land bridge
5SINAI
Trickster in Norse mythology
4LOKI
Jr. officers
3lts
URL starter
4HTTP
Invites to one's apartment, say
5HASUP
Childish comeback
4ISSO
Get just right
4NAIL
Giant oceanic surface current
4gyre
Part of UAE
4ARAB
Hindu mentor
4GURU
Lie for, say
4ABET
Goes astray
4ERRS
Las Vegas WNBA team
4ACES
Primary
7CENTRAL
Nerve
5OPTIC
Shows signs of growth?
7teethes
Hockey Hall of Famer Bobby
3ORR
Top dog
6HONCHO
Three-time Super Bowl-winning quarterback Troy
6aikman
Saved on supper, perhaps
5ATEIN
Sample size?
5taste
Stage combat props
5EPEES
Not quite dry
4DAMP
Sticky pod
4OKRA
From Perth to Sydney
4EAST
Make full
4SATE
Curvy letter
3ESS
Yale grad
3ELI
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