Daily Puzzle Solution
LA Times Crossword
Thursday, October 8, 2026
The Los Angeles Times crossword puzzle for Thursday, October 8, 2026 features 73 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 4.8 letters. The longest answer is "itsnotthathard".
Total Clues
73
Longest
itsnotthathard
Avg Length
4.8
Shortest
coo
ALLComplete Solution List
Hydrocortisone target
4ITCH
Glissade garb
4TUTU
Wanna hear a secret?
4PSST
Animated blue tang of film
4dory
Heavy burden
4ONUS
Behind schedule
4LATE
Christ the Redeemer veneer material
9soapstone
Gets lawyers involved
4sues
Sound heard around a crib
3coo
Places that are all fun and games
7arcades
Verbal finger wag
3tsk
Hoppy brew with a low ABV
10sessionipa
Cut with an axe
3HEW
Tree in the name of a Bay Area city
3oak
Palindromic family member
3DAD
Line of symmetry
4AXIS
Palindromic family member
3SIS
Part of a routine
4step
"Why must you overcomplicate everything?," or what can be said about 16-, 24-, 49-, and 58-Across
14itsnotthathard
Perceived
4SEEN
Instrument in a "Baker Street" riff
3sax
Body image?
4xray
Brain scan letters
3EEG
Spider's spinning
3web
5G predecessor
3LTE
Contents of a cheese pull, often
10mozzarella
You know it
3yes
Surf shop?
7etailer
Well whaddaya know ...
3HUH
__ Whip: frozen pineapple treat
4dole
Genre originally known as the West Coast sound
9yachtrock
College town in Iowa.
4AMES
Figs. that may be delayed by weather
4etas
Territory "where America's day begins"
4guam
Lean to one side
4LIST
Glum
4down
Blows it
4ERRS
Cards at a casino?
3ids
Also
3TOO
Act the class clown
9crackwise
Prefix with -dermic or -thermic
4hypo
Little one
3TOT
Spanish one
3UNO
Bluefin, yellowfin, and blackfin
5tunas
Password preceder
6USERID
Texting etiquette?
9plsandthx
Riyadh resident
5SAUDI
Pricey
5STEEP
Thompson of "Hedda"
5tessa
Not great, not terrible
4SOSO
Take the path of least resistance, say
5coast
Pad see ew cuisine
4THAI
Suggestive messages
5sexts
Only cardinal direction not in a state name
4east
Funny sketches
5SKITS
Most susceptible to collecting dust?
9sneeziest
Prayer ___
5SHAWL
Four or five, maybe
9earlyhour
Ramble on
5PRATE
Lakers legend Shaquille
5ONEAL
Rink leap
4AXEL
Lends color
4dyes
Lost colour
6greyed
22-Down currency
4baht
Wearable prize
5medal
Some indigenous Mexicans
5otomi
Diamond chain
5zales
Muse of poetry
5ERATO
Spur to action
4URGE
Murder-ous cry
3caw
Sales channel
3HSN
Vehicle that may be self-driving
3car
Tour de France distances, informally
3kms
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