LA Times Crossword September 16 2026 Answers

All 74 clues from the Wednesday Los Angeles Times crossword, checked against the published solution. Reveal answers one clue at a time, or open any clue for its own answer page.

ALL CLUES74 CLUES
ACROSS
Liquid-Plumr rival5DRANO
Ties the knot4WEDS
Groks4GETS
Cover story5ALIBI
Battery unit4VOLT
Distort4SKEW
__ out a living4EKED
Shuns7ESCHEWS
Hardly hard4SOFT
__ New Year5LUNAR
Wagon rod4AXLE
Permit3LET
German article3DER
Female moose3COW
Add to an email6ATTACH
Grinds to a halt5STOPS
DOWN
Puget Sound city6TACOMA
Mourns7GRIEVES
Greek vowel3ETA
Hem and __3HAW
Demure3COY
The "H" of HMS3HIS
Large deer3ELK
Gourmet mushroom5MOREL
Insolvent5BROKE
Sudoku diagram4GRID
"I feel seen!"4SAME
Seer's gift3ESP
Track circuits4LAPS
Spanish pronoun4ELLA
Like ghost towns9ABANDONED
Like a race winner7FASTEST
Boxer Muhammad3ALI
Atomic centers6NUCLEI
Bug6INSECT
Bit of henna art6TATTOO
"Ka-blammo!"3POW
Till stack4TENS
Rotational force6TORQUE
Broad neckties6ASCOTS
Trifling4MERE
Glaswegian, e.g.4SCOT
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