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LA Times Crossword Answers for Wednesday, October 21, 2026

Wednesday, October 21, 2026/74 clues solved

Every clue and answer from today's LA Times Crossword for Wednesday, October 21, 2026, across and down, in grid order. Clues are kept with their answers rather than listed separately, so a half-remembered clue from an old grid stays findable — the whole archive is searchable the same way.

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Across

  • 1Second-largest city in Pakistan
  • 7Tells a fish story, maybe
  • 1340-Across layer
  • 14Rodgers and Hammerstein show tune covered by Perry Como
  • 15"Charge!"
  • 16Bread for a bacon, egg, and cheese, often
  • 17Carved-out corner
  • 18Gasp for breath
  • 19Triple espresso effect
  • 20Submit
  • 22Before now
  • 24Circle segment
  • 26Key lime pie feature
  • 27Root ball wrapper
  • 31Bert who played the Cowardly Lion
  • 33Guest speaker's platform
  • 35Southwestern building block
  • 36Farewell that's bid
  • 38Blasting material
  • 39Imitated a crow
  • 40Back tooth
  • 41Enthralled
  • 43March Madness org.
  • 44Uptight
  • 46Chowder protein
  • 48Fla. NBA team
  • 49Vote in favor
  • 50"Yo!"
  • 52Help in wrongdoing
  • 55"Project Hail Mary" actor Gosling
  • 57Kirsten of "Melancholia"
  • 60Lamented
  • 62Get comfortable, with "in"
  • 63Treat at New Orleans' Café du Monde
  • 64Arts supporter
  • 65Bit of progress
  • 66Like a raw hemline

Down

  • 1Like a chicken burger
  • 2Opposed to
  • 3New Mexico pepper
  • 4Nebraska home of the Durham Museum
  • 5Fairly new
  • 6Bugling deer
  • 7Rounds of the night table?
  • 8Not new
  • 9Sneaker with the Jumpman logo
  • 10"Scram!"
  • 11Like a giant redwood
  • 12Delta deposit
  • 14Outlaw
  • 16Ballot dangler in 2000 election news
  • 18Party animal?
  • 21Jerry Stiller, to Ben Stiller
  • 23Green blob on a taco, familiarly
  • 24San Antonio school trip destination
  • 25Gas measured in a home inspection
  • 28Region of South Carolina and Georgia, or what can be found in 3-, 9-, 16-, and 32-Down
  • 29Build-__ Workshop: toy retailer
  • 30Go by bike
  • 32All set
  • 34Pinched
  • 37Exhort
  • 42Like some Pride Month celebrants
  • 45Did the work for
  • 47Term of affection
  • 51"Get __ here!": "Scram!"
  • 52"Broad City" star Jacobson
  • 53Has-__
  • 54Qatar leader
  • 56Still
  • 58Gin infusion berry
  • 59Watch over, as sheep
  • 61The NHL's Ducks, on sports tickers
  • 62Block letters?

Hints before the answers

  1. Today's grid is 15x15 with 74 entries.
  2. There are 37 across and 37 down.
  3. The longest answer has 11 letters and is 16-down.
  4. Constructed by Kelly Richardson.

All 74 answers

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  • 1ASecond-largest city in PakistanLAHORE
  • 7ATells a fish story, maybeBOASTS
  • 13A40-Across layerENAMEL
  • 14ARodgers and Hammerstein show tune covered by Perry ComoBALIHAI
  • 15A"Charge!"ATTACK
  • 16ABread for a bacon, egg, and cheese, oftenHARDROLL
  • 17ACarved-out cornerNICHE
  • 18AGasp for breathPANT
  • 19ATriple espresso effectJOLT
  • 20ASubmitHANDIN
  • 22ABefore nowAGO
  • 24ACircle segmentARC
  • 26AKey lime pie featureTANG
  • 27ARoot ball wrapperBURLAP
  • 31ABert who played the Cowardly LionLAHR
  • 33AGuest speaker's platformDAIS
  • 35ASouthwestern building blockADOBE
  • 36AFarewell that's bidADIEU
  • 38ABlasting materialTNT
  • 39AImitated a crowCAWED
  • 40ABack toothMOLAR
  • 41AEnthralledAGOG
  • 43AMarch Madness org.NCAA
  • 44AUptightONEDGE
  • 46AChowder proteinCLAM
  • 48AFla. NBA teamORL
  • 49AVote in favorYEA
  • 50A"Yo!"HEYYOU
  • 52AHelp in wrongdoingABET
  • 55A"Project Hail Mary" actor GoslingRYAN
  • 57AKirsten of "Melancholia"DUNST
  • 60ALamentedBEMOANED
  • 62AGet comfortable, with "in"SETTLE
  • 63ATreat at New Orleans' Café du MondeBEIGNET
  • 64AArts supporterPATRON
  • 65ABit of progressINROAD
  • 66ALike a raw hemlineFRAYED
  • 1DLike a chicken burgerLEAN
  • 2DOpposed toANTI
  • 3DNew Mexico pepperHATCHCHILE
  • 4DNebraska home of the Durham MuseumOMAHA
  • 5DFairly newRECENT
  • 6DBugling deerELK
  • 7DRounds of the night table?BARTAB
  • 8DNot newOLD
  • 9DSneaker with the Jumpman logoAIRJORDAN
  • 10D"Scram!"SHOO
  • 11DLike a giant redwoodTALL
  • 12DDelta depositSILT
  • 14DOutlawBAN
  • 16DBallot dangler in 2000 election newsHANGINGCHAD
  • 18DParty animal?PINATA
  • 21DJerry Stiller, to Ben StillerDAD
  • 23DGreen blob on a taco, familiarlyGUAC
  • 24DSan Antonio school trip destinationALAMO
  • 25DGas measured in a home inspectionRADON
  • 28DRegion of South Carolina and Georgia, or what can be found in 3-, 9-, 16-, and 32-DownLOWCOUNTRY
  • 29DBuild-__ Workshop: toy retailerABEAR
  • 30DGo by bikePEDAL
  • 32DAll setREADYTOGO
  • 34DPinchedSTOLEN
  • 37DExhortURGE
  • 42DLike some Pride Month celebrantsGAY
  • 45DDid the work forEARNED
  • 47DTerm of affectionMYDEAR
  • 51D"Get __ here!": "Scram!"OUTTA
  • 52D"Broad City" star JacobsonABBI
  • 53DHas-__BEEN
  • 54DQatar leaderEMIR
  • 56DStillYET
  • 58DGin infusion berrySLOE
  • 59DWatch over, as sheepTEND
  • 61DThe NHL's Ducks, on sports tickersANA
  • 62DBlock letters?SPF

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