LA Times Crossword October 16, 2026 Answers

Across

Barnyard call3 A pop3 Compels6 Like some pickup-only deals7 Prehistoric hand tool8 Female sib7 Cozy eatery8 "Ferrari" actor Driver4 Second singer to be honored with a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award7 Some laptops3 Man of La Mancha9 Ernie's "Sing After Me" duet partner4 See 74-Across3 Monument Valley formation4 Winter layer4 __ Nation: Jay-Z's conglomerate3 Novelist Quindlen4 The complete set7 Approximately5 Many a K-pop singer4 Starting lineup5 Big flowerpot7 Gaelic speaker4 Cornerback Bly in the College Football Hall of Fame3 Was gripping?4 Breathe fire, say4 Inhale, maybe3 Couple4 Extemporizes9 "Thrilla in Manila" boxer3 Approached bedtime7 Wife of Zeus4 Low-level laborer8 "Perfect!," or how to make seven answers in this puzzle match their clues?7 Peppers in some mole sauces8 Writer/illustrator who often wrote in anapestic tetrameter7 Villainous looks6 With 27-Across, big name in watercraft3 Therapist's maj.3

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King with a touching story?5 Battery part5 Breakfast tea variety5 Pea sheller's discard3 Canyon former7 Amber, once5 "Seriously?"7 "Gorilla Warfare" artist Shaquille5 NWSL official3 Didn't ride solo9 Corp. bigwig4 Goes out with4 Retiring5 Shake5 Ink spot, for short3 Digital __: remote tech worker5 Deep defenses5 MD-to-be's exam4 Clearance event4 Not nearby4 No longer feral4 Impetuous4 Clarinet kin4 "Do my eyes deceive me?"9 Totenberg of NPR4 Like some flaws5 Linguistic cousin of Hindi4 One of a geographic quintet5 Formally decrees7 Galena, e.g.7 Bonny landscapes5 Sierra Nevada lake5 Match point?5 Sells5 Came together5 Olive oil maker5 Flip5 Intro courses?4 Swimmer Marchand who won four gold medals at Paris 20244 "__ true!"3 __-de-France: Paris's region3 Govt. cybersecurity monitor3