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LA Times Crossword October 16 2026 Answers

Friday puzzle · 81 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 81 clues from the LA Times Crossword for October 16 2026. Stuck on one? Click the clue to reveal its verified answer, plus every other answer that clue has had across every publisher in our database.

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ClueLetters#Answer
Man of La Mancha9 AcrossReveal answer → Many a K-pop singer4 AcrossReveal answer → Approximately5 AcrossReveal answer → The complete set7 AcrossReveal answer → Novelist Quindlen4 AcrossReveal answer → __ Nation: Jay-Z's conglomerate3 AcrossReveal answer → Winter layer4 AcrossReveal answer → Monument Valley formation4 AcrossReveal answer → See 74-Across3 AcrossReveal answer → Ernie's "Sing After Me" duet partner4 AcrossReveal answer → Starting lineup5 AcrossReveal answer → Some laptops3 AcrossReveal answer → Second singer to be honored with a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award7 AcrossReveal answer → "Ferrari" actor Driver4 AcrossReveal answer → Cozy eatery8 AcrossReveal answer → Female sib7 AcrossReveal answer → Prehistoric hand tool8 AcrossReveal answer → Like some pickup-only deals7 AcrossReveal answer → Compels6 AcrossReveal answer → A pop3 AcrossReveal answer → Approached bedtime7 AcrossReveal answer → Therapist's maj.3 AcrossReveal answer → With 27-Across, big name in watercraft3 AcrossReveal answer → Villainous looks6 AcrossReveal answer → Writer/illustrator who often wrote in anapestic tetrameter7 AcrossReveal answer → Peppers in some mole sauces8 AcrossReveal answer → "Perfect!," or how to make seven answers in this puzzle match their clues?7 AcrossReveal answer → Low-level laborer8 AcrossReveal answer → Wife of Zeus4 AcrossReveal answer → Barnyard call3 AcrossReveal answer → "Thrilla in Manila" boxer3 AcrossReveal answer → Extemporizes9 AcrossReveal answer → Couple4 AcrossReveal answer → Inhale, maybe3 AcrossReveal answer → Breathe fire, say4 AcrossReveal answer → Was gripping?4 AcrossReveal answer → Cornerback Bly in the College Football Hall of Fame3 AcrossReveal answer → Gaelic speaker4 AcrossReveal answer → Big flowerpot7 AcrossReveal answer →

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Goes out with4 DownReveal answer → Impetuous4 DownReveal answer → No longer feral4 DownReveal answer → Not nearby4 DownReveal answer → Clearance event4 DownReveal answer → MD-to-be's exam4 DownReveal answer → Deep defenses5 DownReveal answer → Digital __: remote tech worker5 DownReveal answer → Ink spot, for short3 DownReveal answer → Shake5 DownReveal answer → Retiring5 DownReveal answer → Clarinet kin4 DownReveal answer → Corp. bigwig4 DownReveal answer → Didn't ride solo9 DownReveal answer → NWSL official3 DownReveal answer → "Gorilla Warfare" artist Shaquille5 DownReveal answer → "Seriously?"7 DownReveal answer → Amber, once5 DownReveal answer → Canyon former7 DownReveal answer → Pea sheller's discard3 DownReveal answer → Breakfast tea variety5 DownReveal answer → Match point?5 DownReveal answer → Govt. cybersecurity monitor3 DownReveal answer → __-de-France: Paris's region3 DownReveal answer → "__ true!"3 DownReveal answer → Swimmer Marchand who won four gold medals at Paris 20244 DownReveal answer → Intro courses?4 DownReveal answer → Flip5 DownReveal answer → Olive oil maker5 DownReveal answer → Came together5 DownReveal answer → Sells5 DownReveal answer → Battery part5 DownReveal answer → Sierra Nevada lake5 DownReveal answer → Bonny landscapes5 DownReveal answer → Galena, e.g.7 DownReveal answer → Formally decrees7 DownReveal answer → One of a geographic quintet5 DownReveal answer → Linguistic cousin of Hindi4 DownReveal answer → Like some flaws5 DownReveal answer → Totenberg of NPR4 DownReveal answer → "Do my eyes deceive me?"9 DownReveal answer → King with a touching story?5 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the LA Times crossword published on Friday, October 16, 2026. Answers are checked against the completed grid before publishing and live on each clue's own page, so you only see the solutions you ask for. If a clue looks familiar, open it — the same wording often runs in other puzzles with a different answer, and the clue page shows every version we have on record.