Thursday · 78 clues

LA Times Crossword October 15, 2026 answers

All Across and Down clues from today's LA Times Crossword, with verified answers.

Puzzle stats

78 total clues

Day

Thursday

Medium difficulty

Total clues

78

in today's grid

Across

35

horizontal answers

Down

43

vertical answers

Across clues

35 clues
Across · 4 letters

"The Good Dinosaur" dinosaur

A
R
L
O
Across · 5 letters

"You got that right"

F
A
C
T
S
Across · 4 letters

Arctic Monkeys lead singer Turner

A
L
E
X
Across · 4 letters

Average

M
E
A
N
Across · 6 letters

Benders

S
P
R
E
E
S
Across · 9 letters

Carnivore vs. vegetarian?

F
O
O
D
S
C
R
A
P
Across · 6 letters

Country legend Willie

N
E
L
S
O
N
Across · 5 letters

Course selection for a student with senioritis, maybe

E
A
S
Y
A
Across · 4 letters

Denny's rival

I
H
O
P
Across · 9 letters

Gas vs. electric?

O
V
E
N
B
R
O
I
L
Across · 4 letters

Gilded element in some religious art

H
A
L
O
Across · 5 letters

Green shade

O
L
I
V
E
Across · 4 letters

Home of the Taj Mahal

A
G
R
A
Across · 4 letters

Hose shade

N
U
D
E
Across · 5 letters

In base eight

O
C
T
A
L
Across · 5 letters

Katana, e.g.

S
W
O
R
D
Across · 11 letters

Kenwood vs. Sony?

R
A
D
I
O
S
T
A
T
I
C
Across · 4 letters

Mind

O
B
E
Y
Across · 11 letters

Montagues vs. Capulets?

I
T
A
L
I
A
N
B
E
E
F
Across · 4 letters

Not on board with

A
N
T
I
Across · 15 letters

Old World vs. New World?

C
O
N
T
I
N
E
N
T
A
L
R
I
F
T
Across · 5 letters

One way to take the bull by the horns?

L
A
S
S
O
Across · 4 letters

Overflow (with)

T
E
E
M
Across · 5 letters

Play lightly

S
T
R
U
M
Across · 4 letters

Quaint cry

E
G
A
D
Across · 3 letters

Ruling to restart court proceedings

L
E
T
Across · 4 letters

See 48-Down

P
O
O
L
Across · 5 letters

Stanley's "The Devil Wears Prada" role

N
I
G
E
L
Across · 5 letters

Subtle vibes

A
U
R
A
S
Across · 4 letters

Sufi mystic who wrote the six-volume poem the Masnavi

R
U
M
I
Across · 4 letters

Support before a run, perhaps

T
B
A
R
Across · 3 letters

The whole lot

A
L
L
Across · 5 letters

Twitch

S
P
A
S
M
Across · 4 letters

Whipped up

M
A
D
E
Across · 4 letters

__ bass

S
L
A
P

Down clues

43 clues
Down · 4 letters

"I did it!"

T
A
D
A
Down · 5 letters

"I was home watching TV all night," e.g.

A
L
I
B
I
Down · 10 letters

"Quick, look like you're not up to something!"

A
C
T
N
A
T
U
R
A
L
Down · 4 letters

"That is to say ... "

A
S
I
N
Down · 4 letters

Aqua kin

T
E
A
L
Down · 4 letters

Asian rice cake

I
D
L
I
Down · 5 letters

Birling contest

R
O
L
E
O
Down · 10 letters

Boosts in some games

E
X
T
R
A
L
I
V
E
S
Down · 4 letters

Card dispenser

S
H
O
E
Down · 4 letters

Cartoon supplier of instant roads

A
C
M
E
Down · 5 letters

Clutch

B
R
O
O
D
Down · 3 letters

Common Scrabble tile value

O
N
E
Down · 5 letters

Confident gait

S
T
R
U
T
Down · 4 letters

Curly coif

A
F
R
O
Down · 3 letters

Cutting edge of fashion?

H
E
M
Down · 3 letters

Darken

D
I
M
Down · 5 letters

Does a laundry chore

I
R
O
N
S
Down · 5 letters

Early Mesoamerican civilization

O
L
M
E
C
Down · 4 letters

Egg pouches

S
A
C
S
Down · 4 letters

Expose

B
A
R
E
Down · 4 letters

Green Gables girl

A
N
N
E
Down · 4 letters

Heavy-duty soap made by WD-40

L
A
V
A
Down · 5 letters

Latina friend

A
M
I
G
A
Down · 5 letters

Like some lean products

N
O
F
A
T
Down · 3 letters

Paving gunk

T
A
R
Down · 4 letters

Petting zoo ride

P
O
N
Y
Down · 4 letters

Really bad grades

E
F
F
S
Down · 3 letters

Runway letters

Y
S
L
Down · 3 letters

School org.

P
T
A
Down · 4 letters

Semis

R
I
G
S
Down · 3 letters

Shade tree

E
L
M
Down · 4 letters

Silver State city

R
E
N
O
Down · 4 letters

Snowbank creator

P
L
O
W
Down · 4 letters

Some drafts

A
L
E
S
Down · 3 letters

Spanish article

L
O
S
Down · 5 letters

Spring bloom

T
U
L
I
P
Down · 4 letters

Steep rock

C
R
A
G
Down · 5 letters

Street corn often topped with cotija

E
L
O
T
E
Down · 4 letters

Superfan

S
T
A
N
Down · 4 letters

Went fast

S
P
E
D
Down · 3 letters

With 58-Across, exercise venue

L
A
P
Down · 5 letters

Yankees manager Aaron

B
O
O
N
E
Down · 5 letters

__ Arabia

S
A
U
D
I

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The LA Times Crossword for Thursday, October 15, 2026 contains 78 clues (35 Across, 43 Down). Based on the day of the week, this puzzle is rated Medium difficulty.

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