Friday · 81 clues

LA Times Crossword October 16, 2026 answers

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

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Puzzle stats

81 total clues

Day

Friday

Hard difficulty

Total clues

81

in today's grid

Across

39

horizontal answers

Down

42

vertical answers

Across clues

39 clues
Across · 4 letters

"Ferrari" actor Driver

A
D
A
M
 Across · 7 letters

"Perfect!," or how to make seven answers in this puzzle match their clues?

N
O
N
O
T
E
S
 Across · 3 letters

"Thrilla in Manila" boxer

A
L
I
 Across · 3 letters

A pop

P
E
R
 Across · 7 letters

Approached bedtime

L
A
T
E
N
E
D
 Across · 5 letters

Approximately

A
B
O
U
T
 Across · 3 letters

Barnyard call

M
A
A
 Across · 7 letters

Big flowerpot

S
O
U
R
S
O
N
 Across · 4 letters

Breathe fire, say

R
A
G
E
 Across · 6 letters

Compels

F
O
R
C
E
S
 Across · 3 letters

Cornerback Bly in the College Football Hall of Fame

D
R
E
 Across · 4 letters

Couple

D
U
A
D
 Across · 8 letters

Cozy eatery

C
A
R
E
F
R
E
E
 Across · 4 letters

Ernie's "Sing After Me" duet partner

E
L
M
O
 Across · 9 letters

Extemporizes

L
A
V
A
L
A
M
P
S
 Across · 7 letters

Female sib

D
O
S
I
D
O
S
 Across · 4 letters

Gaelic speaker

C
E
L
T
 Across · 3 letters

Inhale, maybe

E
A
T
 Across · 7 letters

Like some pickup-only deals

I
N
S
T
O
R
E
 Across · 8 letters

Low-level laborer

P
E
T
I
T
I
O
N
 Across · 9 letters

Man of La Mancha

S
E
M
I
M
I
N
O
R
 Across · 4 letters

Many a K-pop singer

I
D
O
L
 Across · 4 letters

Monument Valley formation

M
E
S
A
 Across · 4 letters

Novelist Quindlen

A
N
N
A
 Across · 8 letters

Peppers in some mole sauces

P
O
B
L
A
N
O
S
 Across · 8 letters

Prehistoric hand tool

S
T
O
N
E
A
X
E
 Across · 7 letters

Second singer to be honored with a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award

S
I
N
A
T
R
A
 Across · 3 letters

See 74-Across

D
O
O
 Across · 3 letters

Some laptops

P
C
S
 Across · 5 letters

Starting lineup

A
T
E
A
M
 Across · 7 letters

The complete set

A
L
F
A
L
F
A
 Across · 3 letters

Therapist's maj.

P
S
Y
 Across · 6 letters

Villainous looks

S
N
E
E
R
S
 Across · 4 letters

Was gripping?

H
E
L
D
 Across · 4 letters

Wife of Zeus

H
E
R
A
 Across · 4 letters

Winter layer

C
O
A
T
 Across · 3 letters

With 27-Across, big name in watercraft

S
E
A
 Across · 7 letters

Writer/illustrator who often wrote in anapestic tetrameter

D
R
S
E
U
S
S
 Across · 3 letters

__ Nation: Jay-Z's conglomerate

R
O
C

Down clues

42 clues
Down · 9 letters

"Do my eyes deceive me?"

C
O
U
L
D
I
T
B
E
 Down · 5 letters

"Gorilla Warfare" artist Shaquille

O
N
E
A
L
 Down · 7 letters

"Seriously?"

F
O
R
R
E
A
L
 Down · 3 letters

"__ true!"

T
O
O
 Down · 5 letters

Amber, once

R
E
S
I
N
 Down · 5 letters

Battery part

A
N
O
D
E
 Down · 5 letters

Bonny landscapes

G
L
E
N
S
 Down · 5 letters

Breakfast tea variety

A
S
S
A
M
 Down · 5 letters

Came together

M
E
T
U
P
 Down · 7 letters

Canyon former

E
R
O
S
I
O
N
 Down · 4 letters

Clarinet kin

O
B
O
E
 Down · 4 letters

Clearance event

S
A
L
E
 Down · 4 letters

Corp. bigwig

E
X
E
C
 Down · 5 letters

Deep defenses

M
O
A
T
S
 Down · 9 letters

Didn't ride solo

C
A
R
P
O
O
L
E
D
 Down · 5 letters

Digital __: remote tech worker

N
O
M
A
D
 Down · 5 letters

Flip

S
A
S
S
Y
 Down · 7 letters

Formally decrees

O
R
D
A
I
N
S
 Down · 7 letters

Galena, e.g.

L
E
A
D
O
R
E
 Down · 4 letters

Goes out with

S
E
E
S
 Down · 3 letters

Govt. cybersecurity monitor

N
S
A
 Down · 4 letters

Impetuous

R
A
S
H
 Down · 3 letters

Ink spot, for short

T
A
T
 Down · 4 letters

Intro courses?

A
P
P
S
 Down · 5 letters

King with a touching story?

M
I
D
A
S
 Down · 5 letters

Like some flaws

F
A
T
A
L
 Down · 4 letters

Linguistic cousin of Hindi

U
R
D
U
 Down · 4 letters

MD-to-be's exam

M
C
A
T
 Down · 5 letters

Match point?

A
L
T
A
R
 Down · 3 letters

NWSL official

R
E
F
 Down · 4 letters

No longer feral

T
A
M
E
 Down · 4 letters

Not nearby

A
F
A
R
 Down · 5 letters

Olive oil maker

P
R
E
S
S
 Down · 5 letters

One of a geographic quintet

O
C
E
A
N
 Down · 3 letters

Pea sheller's discard

P
O
D
 Down · 5 letters

Retiring

T
I
M
I
D
 Down · 5 letters

Sells

V
E
N
D
S
 Down · 5 letters

Shake

S
C
A
R
E
 Down · 5 letters

Sierra Nevada lake

T
A
H
O
E
 Down · 4 letters

Swimmer Marchand who won four gold medals at Paris 2024

L
E
O
N
 Down · 4 letters

Totenberg of NPR

N
I
N
A
 Down · 3 letters

__-de-France: Paris's region

I
L
E

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The LA Times Crossword for Friday, October 16, 2026 contains 81 clues (39 Across, 42 Down). Based on the day of the week, this puzzle is rated Hard difficulty.

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