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LA Times Crossword Answers for Friday, October 30, 2026

Friday, October 30, 2026

  • 76 clues
  • 35 across
  • 41 down
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1 AcrossOodles

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Every clue and answer from today's LA Times Crossword for Friday, October 30, 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 can be found by opening that day in the archive.

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  1. Hint 1Gentlest

    Today's grid is 15x15 with 76 entries.

  2. Hint 2A little stronger

    There are 35 across and 41 down.

  3. Hint 3A little stronger

    The longest answer has 15 letters and is 36-across.

  4. Hint 4Strongest hint

    Constructed by Patti Varol.

All 76 answers

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Across

  1. 1OodlesALOT
  2. 5Mattress materialFOAM
  3. 9Tablet downloadsAPPS
  4. 13Kidney-relatedRENAL
  5. 15Red inside, maybeRARE
  6. 16Victory lap speedTROT
  7. 17Suggestion at the start of a Halloween decoration workshop?MAKEAWITCH
  8. 19Depend (on)RELY
  9. 20Sugar suffixOSE
  10. 21Shoreline shaperTIDE
  11. 22Yaz's team from 1961 to 1983BOSOX
  12. 23Expectation during a Halloween concert?RHYTHMANDBOOS
  13. 27Athletic honorESPY
  14. 28Horn of Africa nationERITREA
  15. 31Omnia vincit __AMOR
  16. 34"Right on!"AMEN
  17. 35Dragon boat steererOAR
  18. 36Apparition who only appears on Halloween in the Golden State?CALIFORNIAGHOST
  19. 41Meadow mouthfulCUD
  20. 42Turn off the security cameras for, maybeABET
  21. 43Iowa college townAMES
  22. 44Accessory that may match cuff linksTIECLIP
  23. 46Sportages and TelluridesKIAS
  24. 49Got separated from a spooky friend at a Halloween party?LOSTONESGHOUL
  25. 54CopiousAMPLE
  26. 56Covent Garden soloARIA
  27. 57Cold-sounding commercial prefixSNO
  28. 58Rich soilLOAM
  29. 59"My Halloween monster costume is so disappointing!"?IDONTSCARE
  30. 62Dough for pupusasMASA
  31. 63Alaskan gold rush townNOME
  32. 64__ fun atPOKES
  33. 65Mystery writer?ANON
  34. 66"The Crying Game" writer/director JordanNEIL
  35. 67IntervalsGAPS

Down

  1. 1Medieval museum displayARMOR
  2. 2Spot checker?LEASH
  3. 3Harmonious, in a wayONKEY
  4. 4__ kwon doTAE
  5. 5End of the workweek, for someFRIDAY
  6. 6Like some breakfast barsOATEN
  7. 7Part of a circumferenceARC
  8. 8Underwhelmed reviewMEH
  9. 9IntrinsicallyATROOT
  10. 10Briefing settingPRESSROOM
  11. 11See 24-DownPOLO
  12. 12River that made Achilles (mostly) invincibleSTYX
  13. 14Plastered stripsLATHS
  14. 18Fraidy-catWIMP
  15. 22Sound of spring?BOING
  16. 24With 11-Down, "The Fosters" actressTERI
  17. 25Lovato with the 2025 album "It's Not That Deep"DEMI
  18. 26City near AnaheimBREA
  19. 29Smooth sailingEASE
  20. 30Newspaper sectionARTS
  21. 31Checkbook no.ACCT
  22. 32Home of Kahului AirportMAUI
  23. 33Tex-Mex brandOLDELPASO
  24. 34Echidna snackANT
  25. 37"F" on a testFALSE
  26. 38Notice in passing?OBIT
  27. 39Credit report blotREPO
  28. 40Leftovers dishHASH
  29. 45"The Favourite" Oscar winner OliviaCOLMAN
  30. 46SeedKERNEL
  31. 47Skeptical replyISIT
  32. 48Showing shockAGASP
  33. 50With 51-Down, 2019 and 2021 Australian Open winnerNAOMI
  34. 51See 50-DownOSAKA
  35. 52General Assembly fig.UNREP
  36. 53Windborne sedimentLOESS
  37. 54__ materALMA
  38. 55BellyacheMOAN
  39. 59Travel stopINN
  40. 60Generic surnameDOE
  41. 61Horologist's pieceCOG

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