LA Times Crossword October 21, 2026 Answers

Across

Second-largest city in Pakistan6 Tells a fish story, maybe6 40-Across layer6 Rodgers and Hammerstein show tune covered by Perry Como7 "Charge!"6 Bread for a bacon, egg, and cheese, often8 Carved-out corner5 Gasp for breath4 Triple espresso effect4 Submit6 Before now3 Circle segment3 Key lime pie feature4 Root ball wrapper6 Bert who played the Cowardly Lion4 Guest speaker's platform4 Southwestern building block5 Farewell that's bid5 Blasting material3 Imitated a crow5 Back tooth5 Enthralled4 March Madness org.4 Uptight6 Chowder protein4 Fla. NBA team3 Vote in favor3 "Yo!"6 Help in wrongdoing4 "Project Hail Mary" actor Gosling4 Kirsten of "Melancholia"5 Lamented8 Get comfortable, with "in"6 Treat at New Orleans' Café du Monde7 Arts supporter6 Bit of progress6 Like a raw hemline6

Down

Like a chicken burger4 Opposed to4 New Mexico pepper10 Nebraska home of the Durham Museum5 Fairly new6 Bugling deer3 Rounds of the night table?6 Not new3 Sneaker with the Jumpman logo9 "Scram!"4 Like a giant redwood4 Delta deposit4 Outlaw3 Ballot dangler in 2000 election news11 Party animal?6 Jerry Stiller, to Ben Stiller3 Green blob on a taco, familiarly4 San Antonio school trip destination5 Gas measured in a home inspection5 Region of South Carolina and Georgia, or what can be found in 3-, 9-, 16-, and 32-Down10 Build-__ Workshop: toy retailer5 Go by bike5 All set9 Pinched6 Exhort4 Like some Pride Month celebrants3 Did the work for6 Term of affection6 "Get __ here!": "Scram!"5 "Broad City" star Jacobson4 Has-__4 Qatar leader4 Still3 Gin infusion berry4 Watch over, as sheep4 The NHL's Ducks, on sports tickers3 Block letters?3