Friday · 78 clues

LA Times Crossword October 23, 2026 answers

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

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Puzzle stats

78 total clues

Day

Friday

Hard difficulty

Total clues

78

in today's grid

Across

37

horizontal answers

Down

41

vertical answers

Across clues

37 clues
Across · 4 letters

"Ring out the thousand __ of old": Tennyson

W
A
R
S
 Across · 3 letters

128 oz.

G
A
L
 Across · 5 letters

African language family

B
A
N
T
U
 Across · 11 letters

Brag obnoxiously after winning a swabbing contest?

M
O
P
A
N
D
G
L
O
A
T
 Across · 5 letters

Break the rules

C
H
E
A
T
 Across · 3 letters

Chart-topper

H
I
T
 Across · 3 letters

Colorado Plateau Native

U
T
E
 Across · 4 letters

Eight, in combinations

O
C
T
O
 Across · 5 letters

Figure in a Faustian bargain

S
A
T
A
N
 Across · 3 letters

Fiver

A
B
E
 Across · 10 letters

Generous Volkswagen promotion?

F
R
E
E
P
A
S
S
A
T
 Across · 10 letters

Gospel music?

P
R
A
I
S
E
B
E
A
T
 Across · 6 letters

Gymnast Olga with four Olympic gold medals

K
O
R
B
U
T
 Across · 4 letters

Hat holders

P
E
G
S
 Across · 4 letters

Hayworth of "The Strawberry Blonde"

R
I
T
A
 Across · 6 letters

High cloud

C
I
R
R
U
S
 Across · 5 letters

Mexican meat

C
A
R
N
E
 Across · 4 letters

Minuscule

I
T
T
Y
 Across · 5 letters

Model/actress Kate

U
P
T
O
N
 Across · 3 letters

Molecule in some vaccines

R
N
A
 Across · 6 letters

Mortar's partner

P
E
S
T
L
E
 Across · 4 letters

Name on a former lake in Central Asia

A
R
A
L
 Across · 5 letters

Oscar, but not Big Bird

A
W
A
R
D
 Across · 4 letters

Panache

E
L
A
N
 Across · 4 letters

Period after Shrove Tuesday

L
E
N
T
 Across · 4 letters

Pulitzer winner James

A
G
E
E
 Across · 11 letters

Really, really sticky situation?

H
O
N
E
Y
C
O
M
B
A
T
 Across · 5 letters

Ring topper

S
T
O
N
E
 Across · 4 letters

Sandwich title

E
A
R
L
 Across · 3 letters

Screening org.

T
S
A
 Across · 6 letters

Slogans

M
O
T
T
O
S
 Across · 7 letters

Tenor Pavarotti

L
U
C
I
A
N
O
 Across · 4 letters

Toy (with)

M
E
S
S
 Across · 7 letters

Uncomfortably honest

T
O
O
R
E
A
L
 Across · 4 letters

Vicinity

A
R
E
A
 Across · 3 letters

__ Atleos: big name in ATMs

N
C
R
 Across · 5 letters

__ keyboard

E
M
O
J
I

Down clues

41 clues
Down · 6 letters

"Finally!," or what can be found in 18-, 30-, 46-, and 59-Across

A
T
L
A
S
T
 Down · 5 letters

"Silly goose!"

O
H
Y
O
U
 Down · 4 letters

"__ Is Betta Than Evvah!": 1976 album

E
T
T
A
 Down · 6 letters

Affection

W
A
R
M
T
H
 Down · 4 letters

Big rig

S
E
M
I
 Down · 4 letters

Board on some patio furniture

S
L
A
T
 Down · 4 letters

Buttonhole, e.g.

S
L
I
T
 Down · 4 letters

Capital west of Stockholm

O
S
L
O
 Down · 5 letters

Cautionary color

A
M
B
E
R
 Down · 3 letters

Cheer syllable

R
A
H
 Down · 6 letters

Current source

O
U
T
L
E
T
 Down · 6 letters

Distraught

T
O
R
N
U
P
 Down · 7 letters

Fit in with

A
D
A
P
T
T
O
 Down · 4 letters

Flavorful part of a cinnamon tree

B
A
R
K
 Down · 4 letters

Foie __

G
R
A
S
 Down · 4 letters

Fraction of a min.

N
S
E
C
 Down · 7 letters

Gatorade owner

P
E
P
S
I
C
O
 Down · 5 letters

Golden St. region

S
O
C
A
L
 Down · 5 letters

Home of the Kaaba

M
E
C
C
A
 Down · 5 letters

Lake __ Vista, Florida

B
U
E
N
A
 Down · 5 letters

Led Zeppelin's "Whole __ Love"

L
O
T
T
A
 Down · 6 letters

Material for some patio furniture

R
A
T
T
A
N
 Down · 5 letters

Measurement given in degrees

A
N
G
L
E
 Down · 6 letters

Minuscule

T
E
E
N
S
Y
 Down · 4 letters

Missing GI

A
W
O
L
 Down · 6 letters

Oratorio solo

A
R
I
O
S
O
 Down · 3 letters

Orecchiette shape

E
A
R
 Down · 3 letters

Pantry pest

A
N
T
 Down · 3 letters

Picky criticism

N
I
T
 Down · 3 letters

Poetic preposition

E
R
E
 Down · 4 letters

Pomegranate bit

S
E
E
D
 Down · 4 letters

Proximate

N
E
A
R
 Down · 6 letters

Revealing to all

B
A
R
I
N
G
 Down · 6 letters

Sesame Street denizen

M
U
P
P
E
T
 Down · 4 letters

Sitar piece

R
A
G
A
 Down · 3 letters

Spot for a metti

T
O
E
 Down · 3 letters

TV monitor

F
C
C
 Down · 3 letters

Two-time WNBA Finals MVP Wilson

A
J
A
 Down · 4 letters

Very, informally

U
B
E
R
 Down · 6 letters

Veto on movie night

S
E
E
N
I
T
 Down · 4 letters

View from the Uffizi

A
R
N
O

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The LA Times Crossword for Friday, October 23, 2026 contains 78 clues (37 Across, 41 Down). Based on the day of the week, this puzzle is rated Hard difficulty.

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