Monday · 76 clues

LA Times Crossword October 19, 2026 answers

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

Puzzle stats

76 total clues

Day

Monday

Easy difficulty

Total clues

76

in today's grid

Across

35

horizontal answers

Down

41

vertical answers

Across clues

35 clues
Across · 4 letters

"A __ formality"

M
E
R
E
Across · 5 letters

"America's Got Talent" judge Mandel

H
O
W
I
E
Across · 5 letters

Actress Tyler who voices Lana Kane on "Archer"

A
I
S
H
A
Across · 3 letters

African antelope

G
N
U
Across · 4 letters

Aid and __: help on a heist

A
B
E
T
Across · 4 letters

Be a bookworm

R
E
A
D
Across · 9 letters

Ben E. King hit that begins "When the night has come / And the land is dark"

S
T
A
N
D
B
Y
M
E
Across · 11 letters

Biopic about Johnny Cash and June Carter

W
A
L
K
T
H
E
L
I
N
E
Across · 3 letters

Classic Pontiac muscle car

G
T
O
Across · 4 letters

Colorful amphibian

N
E
W
T
Across · 11 letters

Cramped areas under some houses

C
R
A
W
L
S
P
A
C
E
S
Across · 4 letters

Danish shoe company

E
C
C
O
Across · 9 letters

Enjoy a prime position

S
I
T
P
R
E
T
T
Y
Across · 6 letters

Extremists

U
L
T
R
A
S
Across · 5 letters

Future JDs' exams

L
S
A
T
S
Across · 5 letters

Grill briquettes

C
O
A
L
S
Across · 7 letters

Ivy League school in Ithaca, New York

C
O
R
N
E
L
L
Across · 5 letters

Long-lived desert plants

C
A
C
T
I
Across · 5 letters

Many a middle schooler

T
W
E
E
N
Across · 4 letters

Miles away

A
F
A
R
Across · 4 letters

Petri dish gelatin

A
G
A
R
Across · 5 letters

Planetary path

O
R
B
I
T
Across · 4 letters

Puzzle cube creator Rubik

E
R
N
O
Across · 5 letters

Ration out

A
L
L
O
T
Across · 5 letters

Release

L
E
T
G
O
Across · 7 letters

Sci-fi blasters

R
A
Y
G
U
N
S
Across · 9 letters

Slow-but-steady progress, or the progression found at the starts of 18-, 23-, 36-, and 51-Across

B
A
B
Y
S
T
E
P
S
Across · 4 letters

Soft throw

T
O
S
S
Across · 5 letters

Solemn promises

O
A
T
H
S
Across · 4 letters

Stratford's river

A
V
O
N
Across · 5 letters

Swedish stores with flatpack furniture

I
K
E
A
S
Across · 4 letters

Tiny, in tech

N
A
N
O
Across · 6 letters

Turned down

D
E
N
I
E
D
Across · 4 letters

Ukraine's capital

K
Y
I
V
Across · 5 letters

Weeper's output

T
E
A
R
S

Down clues

41 clues
Down · 3 letters

"Knives Out" actress de Armas

A
N
A
Down · 3 letters

"You Got It" singer Orbison

R
O
Y
Down · 10 letters

Actress and philanthropist who has co-produced films with Tom Hanks

R
I
T
A
W
I
L
S
O
N
Down · 3 letters

Alphabet starter

A
B
C
Down · 3 letters

Amer. currency

U
S
D
Down · 8 letters

Bump that indicates a lawn infestation

M
O
L
E
H
I
L
L
Down · 3 letters

Chapter in history

E
R
A
Down · 4 letters

Charlotte Brontë's "Jane __"

E
Y
R
E
Down · 3 letters

Chewie's co-pilot

H
A
N
Down · 3 letters

Distress letters

S
O
S
Down · 3 letters

Due-in hr.

E
T
A
Down · 7 letters

Exhaustion

F
A
T
I
G
U
E
Down · 5 letters

Grassy mound

K
N
O
L
L
Down · 5 letters

Greek fable writer

A
E
S
O
P
Down · 3 letters

Gridiron figs.

Y
D
S
Down · 3 letters

Heartbeat check, for short

E
C
G
Down · 7 letters

Humble home

C
O
T
T
A
G
E
Down · 7 letters

Insect's feeler

A
N
T
E
N
N
A
Down · 8 letters

Likely to tip over

T
O
P
H
E
A
V
Y
Down · 3 letters

List of chapters at the front of a book: Abbr.

T
O
C
Down · 8 letters

Many a fan of the Hawks and the Dream

A
T
L
A
N
T
A
N
Down · 4 letters

Meadow moms

E
W
E
S
Down · 8 letters

Most calm

S
T
I
L
L
E
S
T
Down · 3 letters

NNW reversal

S
S
E
Down · 5 letters

Naysayer's quaint contraction

T
I
S
N
T
Down · 3 letters

Night before

E
V
E
Down · 10 letters

North American quintet depicted on the Michigan quarter

G
R
E
A
T
L
A
K
E
S
Down · 5 letters

Nursery beds

C
R
I
B
S
Down · 4 letters

Over again

A
N
E
W
Down · 4 letters

Pink, as cheeks

R
O
S
Y
Down · 7 letters

Prying tool

C
R
O
W
B
A
R
Down · 3 letters

Psychedelics study subj.

L
S
D
Down · 3 letters

Public health agcy.

C
D
C
Down · 3 letters

Punch sound

B
A
M
Down · 5 letters

Punch sound

K
A
P
O
W
Down · 3 letters

Sinus MD

E
N
T
Down · 3 letters

Syllables of uncertainty

U
H
S
Down · 3 letters

Uni- + bi-

T
R
I
Down · 5 letters

Water filter brand

B
R
I
T
A
Down · 3 letters

Writer's rep

A
G
T
Down · 3 letters

__ Speedwagon

R
E
O

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The LA Times Crossword for Monday, October 19, 2026 contains 76 clues (35 Across, 41 Down). Based on the day of the week, this puzzle is rated Easy difficulty.

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