Thursday · 73 clues

LA Times Crossword October 8, 2026 answers

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

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Puzzle stats

73 total clues

Day

Thursday

Medium difficulty

Total clues

73

in today's grid

Across

37

horizontal answers

Down

36

vertical answers

Across clues

37 clues
Across · 4 letters

"Wanna hear a secret?"

P
S
S
T
 Across · 3 letters

"Well, whaddaya know!"

H
U
H
 Across · 14 letters

"Why must you overcomplicate everything?," or what can be said about 16-, 24-, 49-, and 58-Across

I
T
S
N
O
T
T
H
A
T
H
A
R
D
 Across · 3 letters

"You know it!"

Y
E
S
 Across · 3 letters

5G predecessor

L
T
E
 Across · 4 letters

Animated blue tang of film

D
O
R
Y
 Across · 4 letters

Behind schedule

L
A
T
E
 Across · 4 letters

Blows it

E
R
R
S
 Across · 4 letters

Body image?

X
R
A
Y
 Across · 3 letters

Brain scan letters

E
E
G
 Across · 9 letters

Christ the Redeemer veneer material

S
O
A
P
S
T
O
N
E
 Across · 4 letters

College town in Iowa

A
M
E
S
 Across · 10 letters

Contents of a cheese pull, often

M
O
Z
Z
A
R
E
L
L
A
 Across · 3 letters

Cut with an axe

H
E
W
 Across · 4 letters

Figs. that may be delayed by weather

E
T
A
S
 Across · 9 letters

Genre originally known as the West Coast sound

Y
A
C
H
T
R
O
C
K
 Across · 4 letters

Gets lawyers involved

S
U
E
S
 Across · 4 letters

Glissade garb

T
U
T
U
 Across · 4 letters

Glum

D
O
W
N
 Across · 4 letters

Heavy burden

O
N
U
S
 Across · 10 letters

Hoppy brew with a low ABV

S
E
S
S
I
O
N
I
P
A
 Across · 4 letters

Hydrocortisone target

I
T
C
H
 Across · 3 letters

Instrument in a "Baker Street" riff

S
A
X
 Across · 4 letters

Lean to one side

L
I
S
T
 Across · 4 letters

Line of symmetry

A
X
I
S
 Across · 3 letters

Palindromic family member

D
A
D
 Across · 3 letters

Palindromic family member

S
I
S
 Across · 4 letters

Part of a routine

S
T
E
P
 Across · 4 letters

Perceived

S
E
E
N
 Across · 7 letters

Places that are all fun and games

A
R
C
A
D
E
S
 Across · 3 letters

Sound heard around a crib

C
O
O
 Across · 3 letters

Spider's spinning

W
E
B
 Across · 7 letters

Surf shop?

E
T
A
I
L
E
R
 Across · 4 letters

Territory "where America's day begins"

G
U
A
M
 Across · 3 letters

Tree in the name of a Bay Area city

O
A
K
 Across · 3 letters

Verbal finger wag

T
S
K
 Across · 4 letters

__ Whip: frozen pineapple treat

D
O
L
E

Down clues

36 clues
Down · 4 letters

22-Down currency

B
A
H
T
 Down · 9 letters

Act the class clown

C
R
A
C
K
W
I
S
E
 Down · 3 letters

Also

T
O
O
 Down · 5 letters

Bluefin, yellowfin, and blackfin

T
U
N
A
S
 Down · 3 letters

Cards at a casino?

I
D
S
 Down · 5 letters

Diamond chain

Z
A
L
E
S
 Down · 9 letters

Four or five, maybe

E
A
R
L
Y
H
O
U
R
 Down · 5 letters

Funny sketches

S
K
I
T
S
 Down · 5 letters

Lakers legend Shaquille

O
N
E
A
L
 Down · 4 letters

Lends color

D
Y
E
S
 Down · 3 letters

Little one

T
O
T
 Down · 6 letters

Lost colour

G
R
E
Y
E
D
 Down · 9 letters

Most susceptible to collecting dust?

S
N
E
E
Z
I
E
S
T
 Down · 3 letters

Murder-ous cry

C
A
W
 Down · 5 letters

Muse of poetry

E
R
A
T
O
 Down · 4 letters

Not great, not terrible

S
O
S
O
 Down · 4 letters

Only cardinal direction not in a state name

E
A
S
T
 Down · 4 letters

Pad see ew cuisine

T
H
A
I
 Down · 6 letters

Password preceder

U
S
E
R
I
D
 Down · 5 letters

Prayer __

S
H
A
W
L
 Down · 4 letters

Prefix with -dermic or -thermic

H
Y
P
O
 Down · 5 letters

Pricey

S
T
E
E
P
 Down · 5 letters

Ramble on

P
R
A
T
E
 Down · 4 letters

Rink leap

A
X
E
L
 Down · 5 letters

Riyadh resident

S
A
U
D
I
 Down · 3 letters

Sales channel

H
S
N
 Down · 5 letters

Some indigenous Mexicans

O
T
O
M
I
 Down · 3 letters

Spanish one

U
N
O
 Down · 4 letters

Spur to action

U
R
G
E
 Down · 5 letters

Suggestive messages

S
E
X
T
S
 Down · 5 letters

Take the path of least resistance, say

C
O
A
S
T
 Down · 9 letters

Texting etiquette?

P
L
S
A
N
D
T
H
X
 Down · 5 letters

Thompson of "Hedda"

T
E
S
S
A
 Down · 3 letters

Tour de France distances, informally

K
M
S
 Down · 3 letters

Vehicle that may be self-driving

C
A
R
 Down · 5 letters

Wearable prize

M
E
D
A
L

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The LA Times Crossword for Thursday, October 8, 2026 contains 73 clues (37 Across, 36 Down). Based on the day of the week, this puzzle is rated Medium difficulty.

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