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LA Times Crossword October 23 2026 Answers

Friday puzzle · 78 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 78 clues from the LA Times Crossword for October 23 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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Screening org.3 AcrossReveal answer → Oscar, but not Big Bird5 AcrossReveal answer → __ Atleos: big name in ATMs3 AcrossReveal answer → African language family5 AcrossReveal answer → Pulitzer winner James4 AcrossReveal answer → Uncomfortably honest7 AcrossReveal answer → Fiver3 AcrossReveal answer → Really, really sticky situation?11 AcrossReveal answer → High cloud6 AcrossReveal answer → Chart-topper3 AcrossReveal answer → Vicinity4 AcrossReveal answer → Ring topper5 AcrossReveal answer → Slogans6 AcrossReveal answer → Gospel music?10 AcrossReveal answer → Hayworth of "The Strawberry Blonde"4 AcrossReveal answer → __ keyboard5 AcrossReveal answer → Sandwich title4 AcrossReveal answer → Name on a former lake in Central Asia4 AcrossReveal answer → Figure in a Faustian bargain5 AcrossReveal answer → Hat holders4 AcrossReveal answer → Generous Volkswagen promotion?10 AcrossReveal answer → Minuscule4 AcrossReveal answer → Eight, in combinations4 AcrossReveal answer → Break the rules5 AcrossReveal answer → Toy (with)4 AcrossReveal answer → Period after Shrove Tuesday4 AcrossReveal answer → Mexican meat5 AcrossReveal answer → Panache4 AcrossReveal answer → "Ring out the thousand __ of old": Tennyson4 AcrossReveal answer → Mortar's partner6 AcrossReveal answer → Model/actress Kate5 AcrossReveal answer → Colorado Plateau Native3 AcrossReveal answer → 128 oz.3 AcrossReveal answer → Gymnast Olga with four Olympic gold medals6 AcrossReveal answer → Brag obnoxiously after winning a swabbing contest?11 AcrossReveal answer → Molecule in some vaccines3 AcrossReveal answer → Tenor Pavarotti7 AcrossReveal answer →

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Picky criticism3 DownReveal answer → Revealing to all6 DownReveal answer → Home of the Kaaba5 DownReveal answer → "__ Is Betta Than Evvah!": 1976 album4 DownReveal answer → Pomegranate bit4 DownReveal answer → Very, informally4 DownReveal answer → Sitar piece4 DownReveal answer → Distraught6 DownReveal answer → "Silly goose!"5 DownReveal answer → Golden St. region5 DownReveal answer → Missing GI4 DownReveal answer → Two-time WNBA Finals MVP Wilson3 DownReveal answer → Spot for a metti3 DownReveal answer → Cautionary color5 DownReveal answer → Veto on movie night6 DownReveal answer → Buttonhole, e.g.4 DownReveal answer → Foie __4 DownReveal answer → Orecchiette shape3 DownReveal answer → Gatorade owner7 DownReveal answer → Board on some patio furniture4 DownReveal answer → "Finally!," or what can be found in 18-, 30-, 46-, and 59-Across6 DownReveal answer → Pantry pest3 DownReveal answer → Poetic preposition3 DownReveal answer → Cheer syllable3 DownReveal answer → TV monitor3 DownReveal answer → Big rig4 DownReveal answer → Fraction of a min.4 DownReveal answer → Capital west of Stockholm4 DownReveal answer → Lake __ Vista, Florida5 DownReveal answer → Minuscule6 DownReveal answer → Material for some patio furniture6 DownReveal answer → Current source6 DownReveal answer → Sesame Street denizen6 DownReveal answer → Fit in with7 DownReveal answer → Led Zeppelin's "Whole __ Love"5 DownReveal answer → Measurement given in degrees5 DownReveal answer → Proximate4 DownReveal answer → View from the Uffizi4 DownReveal answer → Flavorful part of a cinnamon tree4 DownReveal answer → Oratorio solo6 DownReveal answer → Affection6 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the LA Times crossword published on Friday, October 23, 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.