LA Times Crossword October 8, 2026 Answers

Across

Hydrocortisone target4 Glissade garb4 "Wanna hear a secret?"4 Animated blue tang of film4 Heavy burden4 Behind schedule4 Christ the Redeemer veneer material9 Gets lawyers involved4 Sound heard around a crib3 Places that are all fun and games7 Verbal finger wag3 Hoppy brew with a low ABV10 Cut with an axe3 Tree in the name of a Bay Area city3 Palindromic family member3 Line of symmetry4 Palindromic family member3 Part of a routine4 "Why must you overcomplicate everything?," or what can be said about 16-, 24-, 49-, and 58-Across14 Perceived4 Instrument in a "Baker Street" riff3 Body image?4 Brain scan letters3 Spider's spinning3 5G predecessor3 Contents of a cheese pull, often10 "You know it!"3 Surf shop?7 "Well, whaddaya know!"3 __ Whip: frozen pineapple treat4 Genre originally known as the West Coast sound9 College town in Iowa4 Figs. that may be delayed by weather4 Territory "where America's day begins"4 Lean to one side4 Glum4 Blows it4

Down

Cards at a casino?3 Also3 Act the class clown9 Prefix with -dermic or -thermic4 Little one3 Spanish one3 Bluefin, yellowfin, and blackfin5 Password preceder6 Texting etiquette?9 Riyadh resident5 Pricey5 Thompson of "Hedda"5 Not great, not terrible4 Take the path of least resistance, say5 Pad see ew cuisine4 Suggestive messages5 Only cardinal direction not in a state name4 Funny sketches5 Most susceptible to collecting dust?9 Prayer __5 Four or five, maybe9 Ramble on5 Lakers legend Shaquille5 Rink leap4 Lends color4 Lost colour6 22-Down currency4 Wearable prize5 Some indigenous Mexicans5 Diamond chain5 Muse of poetry5 Spur to action4 Murder-ous cry3 Sales channel3 Vehicle that may be self-driving3 Tour de France distances, informally3