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LA Times Crossword Answers for Wednesday, September 16, 2026

Wednesday, September 16, 2026/74 clues solved

Every clue and answer from today's LA Times Crossword for Wednesday, September 16, 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

  • 1Image in a botanical print
  • 5Feminist Frequency founder Sarkeesian
  • 10Hardly hard
  • 14Jessica of "Sin City"
  • 15__ New Year
  • 16Wagon rod
  • 17Prohibition of some single-use products
  • 20__ Domingo: Caribbean capital
  • 21Permit
  • 22Grinds to a halt
  • 23German article
  • 24Earth-friendly prefix
  • 25Female moose
  • 26Spiral burners that deter biting pests
  • 30Bottled, as emotions
  • 31Add to an email
  • 33Subject of a miner dispute, maybe
  • 34Shuns
  • 38Splash of color in an ornamental pond
  • 39Ties the knot
  • 41Granola bar fleck
  • 42Groks
  • 43Liquid in a vampire slayer's vial
  • 48Home of the College World Series
  • 50Cover story
  • 53"Later, chumps!," or what can be said while putting 17-, 26-, and 43-Across to good use?
  • 57Actor James __ Jones
  • 58Liquid-Plumr rival
  • 59Battery unit
  • 61Distort
  • 62Shoutout to a parent
  • 63__ out a living
  • 64Like muted colors
  • 65Ukrainian port on the Black Sea
  • 66Tennis match units

Down

  • 1Track circuits
  • 2Spanish pronoun
  • 3Like ghost towns
  • 4Like a race winner
  • 5Boxer Muhammad
  • 6Atomic centers
  • 7Bug
  • 8Bit of henna art
  • 9Train board abbr.
  • 10Took care of a situation
  • 11U-shaped body formed by a river diversion
  • 12Cardboard carton part
  • 13Till stack
  • 18Rotational force
  • 19Broad neckties
  • 26Trifling
  • 27Company with brown trucks
  • 28Cry from a crow's nest
  • 29Glaswegian, e.g.
  • 30"Ka-blammo!"
  • 32The "H" of HMS
  • 35Demure
  • 36Hem and __
  • 37Greek vowel
  • 40"Ready to get moving?"
  • 42Mourns
  • 44"Well, well, well!"
  • 45Cry from a crow's nest
  • 46Puget Sound city
  • 47Large deer
  • 48Financial center in Honshu
  • 49Gourmet mushroom
  • 51Insolvent
  • 52Typically uninhabited key
  • 54Sudoku diagram
  • 55"I feel seen!"
  • 56Chicago-style pizza chain, familiarly
  • 57Seer's gift
  • 60Scores equal to two FGs

Hints before the answers

  1. Today's grid is 15x15 with 74 entries.
  2. There are 35 across and 39 down.
  3. The longest answer has 15 letters and is 17-across.
  4. Constructed by Daniel Hrynick.

All 74 answers

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  • 1AImage in a botanical printLEAF
  • 5AFeminist Frequency founder SarkeesianANITA
  • 10AHardly hardSOFT
  • 14AJessica of "Sin City"ALBA
  • 15A__ New YearLUNAR
  • 16AWagon rodAXLE
  • 17AProhibition of some single-use productsPLASTICSTRAWBAN
  • 20A__ Domingo: Caribbean capitalSANTO
  • 21APermitLET
  • 22AGrinds to a haltSTOPS
  • 23AGerman articleDER
  • 24AEarth-friendly prefixECO
  • 25AFemale mooseCOW
  • 26ASpiral burners that deter biting pestsMOSQUITOCOILS
  • 30ABottled, as emotionsPENTUP
  • 31AAdd to an emailATTACH
  • 33ASubject of a miner dispute, maybeORE
  • 34AShunsESCHEWS
  • 38ASplash of color in an ornamental pondKOI
  • 39ATies the knotWEDS
  • 41AGranola bar fleckOAT
  • 42AGroksGETS
  • 43ALiquid in a vampire slayer's vialHOLYWATER
  • 48AHome of the College World SeriesOMAHA
  • 50ACover storyALIBI
  • 53A"Later, chumps!," or what can be said while putting 17-, 26-, and 43-Across to good use?SOLONGSUCKERS
  • 57AActor James __ JonesEARL
  • 58ALiquid-Plumr rivalDRANO
  • 59ABattery unitVOLT
  • 61ADistortSKEW
  • 62AShoutout to a parentHIMOM
  • 63A__ out a livingEKED
  • 64ALike muted colorsPALE
  • 65AUkrainian port on the Black SeaODESA
  • 66ATennis match unitsSETS
  • 1DTrack circuitsLAPS
  • 2DSpanish pronounELLA
  • 3DLike ghost townsABANDONED
  • 4DLike a race winnerFASTEST
  • 5DBoxer MuhammadALI
  • 6DAtomic centersNUCLEI
  • 7DBugINSECT
  • 8DBit of henna artTATTOO
  • 9DTrain board abbr.ARR
  • 10DTook care of a situationSAWTOIT
  • 11DU-shaped body formed by a river diversionOXBOWLAKE
  • 12DCardboard carton partFLAP
  • 13DTill stackTENS
  • 18DRotational forceTORQUE
  • 19DBroad necktiesASCOTS
  • 26DTriflingMERE
  • 27DCompany with brown trucksUPS
  • 28DCry from a crow's nestCAW
  • 29DGlaswegian, e.g.SCOT
  • 30D"Ka-blammo!"POW
  • 32DThe "H" of HMSHIS
  • 35DDemureCOY
  • 36DHem and __HAW
  • 37DGreek vowelETA
  • 40D"Ready to get moving?"SHALLWE
  • 42DMournsGRIEVES
  • 44D"Well, well, well!"OHO
  • 45DCry from a crow's nestLANDHO
  • 46DPuget Sound cityTACOMA
  • 47DLarge deerELK
  • 48DFinancial center in HonshuOSAKA
  • 49DGourmet mushroomMOREL
  • 51DInsolventBROKE
  • 52DTypically uninhabited keyISLET
  • 54DSudoku diagramGRID
  • 55D"I feel seen!"SAME
  • 56DChicago-style pizza chain, familiarlyUNOS
  • 57DSeer's giftESP
  • 60DScores equal to two FGsTDS

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