Saturday · 72 clues

LA Times Crossword October 17, 2026 answers

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

Puzzle stats

72 total clues

Day

Saturday

Hard difficulty

Total clues

72

in today's grid

Across

37

horizontal answers

Down

35

vertical answers

Across clues

37 clues
Across · 9 letters

"Let's do this!"

I
T
S
G
O
T
I
M
E
Across · 5 letters

"Same here"

S
O
A
M
I
Across · 3 letters

"What's wrong with u?"

S
M
H
Across · 4 letters

Abound (with)

T
E
E
M
Across · 4 letters

Aid in scratching an itch

C
L
A
W
Across · 5 letters

Chute material

N
Y
L
O
N
Across · 6 letters

Cold treat

I
C
E
P
O
P
Across · 3 letters

Court figs.

D
A
S
Across · 5 letters

David's "Baywatch" role

M
I
T
C
H
Across · 4 letters

Exploit

D
E
E
D
Across · 8 letters

Eyes angrily

G
L
A
R
E
S
A
T
Across · 3 letters

Forex benchmark

U
S
D
Across · 9 letters

Home brewer's appliance

K
E
G
E
R
A
T
O
R
Across · 4 letters

Jeans choice

S
L
I
M
Across · 4 letters

Leave out

O
M
I
T
Across · 3 letters

Letters from a bygone empire

S
S
R
Across · 5 letters

Like some jobs

C
U
S
H
Y
Across · 6 letters

Like some kitchen herbs

P
O
T
T
E
D
Across · 8 letters

Milanese dish traditionally served with risotto

O
S
S
O
B
U
C
O
Across · 4 letters

National Farm Toy Museum locale

I
O
W
A
Across · 4 letters

Nueva canción great Mercedes

S
O
S
A
Across · 7 letters

Nullifidian

A
T
H
E
I
S
T
Across · 7 letters

Nullifies

N
E
G
A
T
E
S
Across · 9 letters

Resolved

I
R
O
N
E
D
O
U
T
Across · 3 letters

Service rep with a lack of humanity

B
O
T
Across · 5 letters

Setting of Fox's "Best Medicine"

M
A
I
N
E
Across · 3 letters

Shengjian __: pan-fried pork bun

B
A
O
Across · 4 letters

Singer who has six top 10 studio albums with her namesake band

S
A
D
E
Across · 9 letters

Southwestern casserole

T
A
M
A
L
E
P
I
E
Across · 5 letters

Takes down

N
O
T
E
S
Across · 4 letters

The old you

T
H
E
E
Across · 4 letters

Tradition within Swedish coffee culture

F
I
K
A
Across · 4 letters

Travels cross-country?

S
K
I
S
Across · 4 letters

Vader offspring

L
E
I
A
Across · 5 letters

Wades through

F
O
R
D
S
Across · 3 letters

Whiz

A
C
E
Across · 5 letters

With 47-Down, extra lives?

A
L
T
E
R

Down clues

35 clues
Down · 3 letters

"About __ big"

Y
E
A
Down · 5 letters

"Free your pores" brand

B
I
O
R
E
Down · 4 letters

"Only joking"

I
K
I
D
Down · 3 letters

"Victory!" letters

F
T
W
Down · 3 letters

"Yo!"

H
E
Y
Down · 14 letters

"You're telling me that's only part of the story?"

W
A
I
T
T
H
E
R
E
S
M
O
R
E
Down · 3 letters

As well

T
O
O
Down · 3 letters

Asset in a snowball fight

A
I
M
Down · 7 letters

Birds that recognize faces and hold grudges

M
A
G
P
I
E
S
Down · 7 letters

Bypass online promos

S
K
I
P
A
D
S
Down · 4 letters

Chits

I
O
U
S
Down · 14 letters

Cry for attention

L
O
O
K
M
O
M
N
O
H
A
N
D
S
Down · 5 letters

Ed of "Up"

A
S
N
E
R
Down · 4 letters

End of Oktober?

F
E
S
T
Down · 4 letters

Entice

B
A
I
T
Down · 4 letters

Expert in nonverbal communication

M
I
M
E
Down · 3 letters

Feature of Namibia's flag

S
U
N
Down · 4 letters

James in the Blues Hall of Fame

E
T
T
A
Down · 4 letters

Like a tips-only bar

O
P
E
N
Down · 4 letters

Like someone who gets stuck in traffic, perhaps

L
A
T
E
Down · 4 letters

Michael of "The Running Man"

C
E
R
A
Down · 4 letters

Obey

H
E
E
D
Down · 10 letters

Opening sequence

A
C
C
E
S
S
C
O
D
E
Down · 3 letters

Pings online

I
M
S
Down · 5 letters

Place for a stent

A
O
R
T
A
Down · 3 letters

Point value of "five" in Scrabble

T
E
N
Down · 10 letters

Rang up from down under?

B
U
T
T
D
I
A
L
E
D
Down · 10 letters

Role for one who picks the melody?

L
E
A
D
G
U
I
T
A
R
Down · 4 letters

Rotisserie rod

S
P
I
T
Down · 10 letters

Scary-good moments?

C
L
O
S
E
C
A
L
L
S
Down · 4 letters

See 33-Across

E
G
O
S
Down · 4 letters

Some off-the-rack purchases, briefly

M
A
G
S
Down · 4 letters

Sounds amazed

O
O
H
S
Down · 5 letters

Spots for muckety-mucks?

S
T
I
E
S
Down · 5 letters

__ and the Maytals

T
O
O
T
S

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The LA Times Crossword for Saturday, October 17, 2026 contains 72 clues (37 Across, 35 Down). Based on the day of the week, this puzzle is rated Hard difficulty.

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