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LA Times Crossword September 16 2026 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 74 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the LA Times Crossword September 16 2026 answers. The Wednesday puzzle has 74 clues; every answer has been verified. Click any clue to see every answer it has ever had, across every publisher in our database.

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Grinds to a haltSTOPS5Across Splash of color in an ornamental pondKOI3Across ShunsESCHEWS7Across Subject of a miner dispute, maybeORE3Across Add to an emailATTACH6Across Bottled, as emotionsPENTUP6Across Spiral burners that deter biting pestsMOSQUITOCOILS13Across Female mooseCOW3Across Earth-friendly prefixECO3Across German articleDER3Across Ties the knotWEDS4Across PermitLET3Across __ Domingo: Caribbean capitalSANTO5Across Prohibition of some single-use productsPLASTICSTRAWBAN15Across Wagon rodAXLE4Across __ New YearLUNAR5Across Jessica of "Sin City"ALBA4Across Hardly hardSOFT4Across Feminist Frequency founder SarkeesianANITA5Across Battery unitVOLT4Across Tennis match unitsSETS4Across Ukrainian port on the Black SeaODESA5Across Like muted colorsPALE4Across __ out a livingEKED4Across Shoutout to a parentHIMOM5Across DistortSKEW4Across Image in a botanical printLEAF4Across Liquid-Plumr rivalDRANO5Across Actor James __ JonesEARL4Across "Later, chumps!," or what can be said while putting 17-, 26-, and 43-Across to good use?SOLONGSUCKERS13Across Cover storyALIBI5Across Home of the College World SeriesOMAHA5Across Liquid in a vampire slayer's vialHOLYWATER9Across GroksGETS4Across Granola bar fleckOAT3Across

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Cardboard carton partFLAP4Down The "H" of HMSHIS3Down "Ka-blammo!"POW3Down Glaswegian, e.g.SCOT4Down Cry from a crow's nestCAW3Down Company with brown trucksUPS3Down TriflingMERE4Down Broad necktiesASCOTS6Down Rotational forceTORQUE6Down Till stackTENS4Down DemureCOY3Down U-shaped body formed by a river diversionOXBOWLAKE9Down Took care of a situationSAWTOIT7Down Train board abbr.ARR3Down Bit of henna artTATTOO6Down BugINSECT6Down Atomic centersNUCLEI6Down Boxer MuhammadALI3Down Like a race winnerFASTEST7Down Financial center in HonshuOSAKA5Down Scores equal to two FGsTDS3Down Seer's giftESP3Down Chicago-style pizza chain, familiarlyUNOS4Down "I feel seen!"SAME4Down Sudoku diagramGRID4Down Typically uninhabited keyISLET5Down InsolventBROKE5Down Gourmet mushroomMOREL5Down Like ghost townsABANDONED9Down Large deerELK3Down Puget Sound cityTACOMA6Down Cry from a crow's nestLANDHO6Down "Well, well, well!"OHO3Down MournsGRIEVES7Down "Ready to get moving?"SHALLWE7Down Greek vowelETA3Down Hem and __HAW3Down Spanish pronounELLA4Down Track circuitsLAPS4Down

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This page lists every clue and answer from the LA Times crossword published on Wednesday, September 16, 2026. Answers are checked against the completed grid before publishing. 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.