LA Times Crossword October 19, 2026 Answers

Across

Weeper's output5 Aid and __: help on a heist4 Miles away4 Planetary path5 Puzzle cube creator Rubik4 Tiny, in tech4 Long-lived desert plants5 Enjoy a prime position9 Ration out5 "America's Got Talent" judge Mandel5 Cramped areas under some houses11 African antelope3 Turned down6 Sci-fi blasters7 Grill briquettes5 Ukraine's capital4 Be a bookworm4 Ben E. King hit that begins "When the night has come / And the land is dark"9 Danish shoe company4 Soft throw4 Solemn promises5 Ivy League school in Ithaca, New York7 Extremists6 Classic Pontiac muscle car3 Biopic about Johnny Cash and June Carter11 Many a middle schooler5 Actress Tyler who voices Lana Kane on "Archer"5 Slow-but-steady progress, or the progression found at the starts of 18-, 23-, 36-, and 51-Across9 Swedish stores with flatpack furniture5 Petri dish gelatin4 Stratford's river4 Release5 "A __ formality"4 Colorful amphibian4 Future JDs' exams5

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List of chapters at the front of a book: Abbr.3 Chapter in history3 Alphabet starter3 Actress and philanthropist who has co-produced films with Tom Hanks10 Most calm8 Greek fable writer5 Water filter brand5 Sinus MD3 Likely to tip over8 Over again4 Exhaustion7 Insect's feeler7 "You Got It" singer Orbison3 Pink, as cheeks4 Psychedelics study subj.3 Public health agcy.3 __ Speedwagon3 "Knives Out" actress de Armas3 Nursery beds5 Amer. currency3 North American quintet depicted on the Michigan quarter10 Grassy mound5 Gridiron figs.3 Many a fan of the Hawks and the Dream8 Bump that indicates a lawn infestation8 Heartbeat check, for short3 Humble home7 Prying tool7 Uni- + bi-3 Chewie's co-pilot3 NNW reversal3 Meadow moms4 Syllables of uncertainty3 Punch sound5 Naysayer's quaint contraction5 Charlotte Brontë's "Jane __"4 Punch sound3 Night before3 Due-in hr.3 Writer's rep3 Distress letters3