LA Times Crossword October 22, 2026 Answers

Across

Cartoon girl whose best friend is Boots the Monkey4 Brand of body wash4 Meant but not said5 Sigh of woe4 Slip (past)4 Residence5 Sharp taste4 Russian blues, e.g.4 Foldable bed5 Port12 Kept on teasing4 Isl. with four provinces3 Basic nutrient3 Port14 Wetland ecosystem3 __ poker4 Holy people6 Adapter letters4 "Okey-dokey"3 Breathing organ4 Moved with haste6 Formerly, quaintly4 Leaves in hot water?3 Port14 Telepathic ability3 Part of a pod cast?3 Whodunit game4 Port12 "Until we meet again, mon ami"5 Unstable subatomic particle4 "__ might say ... "4 Cough drop brand5 Group driven to stay together?4 Neck and neck4 Talus locale5 Mount of Greek myth4 Give temporarily4

Down

Facts and figures4 Royal figure in Norwegian history4 Royal figure in Indian history4 Home of Odin and Thor6 Reader of secret messages7 "Seems to me ... "8 Business reps4 Nielsen of "Airplane!"6 Stiff fabric7 Be against4 Foldable bed3 Promising words3 Oscar count for 1961's "West Side Story"3 "Hello It's Me" singer-songwriter Rundgren4 Flubs4 Having measurable limits6 Buck topper6 Electrical pioneer Nikola5 Comes up again6 Turns out to be6 "Awesome!"5 Barrister's head covering3 Absurd situation5 Letter between phi and psi3 "Time's up" callers8 Embrace, as a cause7 Judge to be4 Sugar substitute with sucralose7 Series of gigs4 Lyric poet of Lesbos6 Frigate, for one6 Spreadsheet unit4 Informal reversals4 Emotion expressed with heart hands, perhaps4 Gathering clouds, say4 Lean (toward)4 Triumphant cry3 Auerbach of the Black Keys3 Sort3