Friday · 74 clues

LA Times Crossword September 18, 2026 answers

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

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Puzzle stats

74 total clues

Day

Friday

Hard difficulty

Total clues

74

in today's grid

Across

33

horizontal answers

Down

41

vertical answers

Across clues

33 clues
Across · 3 letters

"Big" and "Bang Bang" singer Rita

O
R
A
 Across · 3 letters

"Happy now?"

S
E
E
 Across · 6 letters

"Wow, nice!"

O
H
C
O
O
L
 Across · 4 letters

Aloo mutter ingredients

P
E
A
S
 Across · 3 letters

Approach

W
A
Y
 Across · 5 letters

Band

S
T
R
A
P
 Across · 13 letters

Box that's unexpectedly popular?

S
L
E
E
P
E
R
C
A
R
T
O
N
 Across · 4 letters

Bread from a tandoor

N
A
A
N
 Across · 5 letters

Bridget's daughter in the "Bridget Jones" series

M
A
B
E
L
 Across · 5 letters

Constant critic

H
A
T
E
R
 Across · 3 letters

Fish that's a symbol of Children's Day in Japan

K
O
I
 Across · 4 letters

Foil kin

E
P
E
E
 Across · 5 letters

Fruit with a thick rind

M
E
L
O
N
 Across · 4 letters

Fun run distance, for short

O
N
E
K
 Across · 13 letters

Getting heavier, or an apt title for this puzzle

G
A
I
N
I
N
G
W
E
I
G
H
T
 Across · 15 letters

Lazy way to soothe hurt feelings?

N
O
O
F
F
E
N
S
E
B
U
T
T
O
N
 Across · 3 letters

Like fresh nail polish

W
E
T
 Across · 4 letters

Many a techie or Trekkie

G
E
E
K
 Across · 5 letters

Nebraska rail hub

O
M
A
H
A
 Across · 6 letters

Old Spanish coin

P
E
S
E
T
A
 Across · 9 letters

One who's in it for the money

M
E
R
C
E
N
A
R
Y
 Across · 5 letters

Piercing site

N
A
V
E
L
 Across · 4 letters

Playful growl

R
A
W
R
 Across · 4 letters

Primer lesson

A
B
C
S
 Across · 4 letters

Printer refills

I
N
K
S
 Across · 5 letters

Provençal sauce

A
I
O
L
I
 Across · 3 letters

Raft

S
E
A
 Across · 3 letters

Rite answer

I
D
O
 Across · 3 letters

Routine

A
C
T
 Across · 3 letters

Scand. land

N
O
R
 Across · 15 letters

Take tiny crustaceans out for a stroll?

W
A
L
K
T
H
E
P
L
A
N
K
T
O
N
 Across · 9 letters

Thing that has away with words?

D
E
L
E
T
E
K
E
Y
 Across · 5 letters

__ City: Pittsburgh

S
T
E
E
L

Down clues

41 clues
Down · 3 letters

"Fire away"

A
S
K
 Down · 4 letters

"Hot Girl Summer" rapper Megan __ Stallion

T
H
E
E
 Down · 4 letters

"Middle Cyclone" Grammy nominee Case

N
E
K
O
 Down · 6 letters

"No need to explain"

I
G
E
T
I
T
 Down · 5 letters

"The Odyssey" director

N
O
L
A
N
 Down · 3 letters

100%

A
L
L
 Down · 6 letters

2026 NBA champions

K
N
I
C
K
S
 Down · 4 letters

Acute

K
E
E
N
 Down · 4 letters

B-school entry req.

G
M
A
T
 Down · 5 letters

Bhutan neighbor

T
I
B
E
T
 Down · 4 letters

Binds

T
I
E
S
 Down · 4 letters

Boxer Max

B
A
E
R
 Down · 5 letters

Catherine of "The Studio"

O
H
A
R
A
 Down · 5 letters

Clear the cobwebs, say

S
W
E
E
P
 Down · 4 letters

County east of Sonoma

N
A
P
A
 Down · 4 letters

Course after trig

C
A
L
C
 Down · 4 letters

Craps turn

R
O
L
L
 Down · 3 letters

Down

E
A
T
 Down · 5 letters

Eight-related

O
C
T
A
L
 Down · 5 letters

Emphatic refusal

N
O
H
O
W
 Down · 4 letters

Fitness app stat

P
A
C
E
 Down · 4 letters

Give birth to

H
A
V
E
 Down · 4 letters

Got taller

G
R
E
W
 Down · 3 letters

Hit high in the air

S
K
Y
 Down · 6 letters

Like llamas

A
N
D
E
A
N
 Down · 7 letters

Masonic order member in a fez

S
H
R
I
N
E
R
 Down · 8 letters

Misses terribly

P
I
N
E
S
F
O
R
 Down · 4 letters

Mood

T
O
N
E
 Down · 6 letters

One who's often going through the motions

L
A
W
Y
E
R
 Down · 4 letters

Pants, slangily

T
R
O
U
 Down · 5 letters

Poetic opening

O
D
E
T
O
 Down · 8 letters

Points out

M
E
N
T
I
O
N
S
 Down · 3 letters

Rival

F
O
E
 Down · 7 letters

Slip past

S
N
E
A
K
B
Y
 Down · 4 letters

Sod layer's calculation

A
R
E
A
 Down · 4 letters

Spa treatment

P
E
E
L
 Down · 4 letters

Succulent with lace and tiger tooth varieties

A
L
O
E
 Down · 3 letters

Tiny

W
E
E
 Down · 3 letters

Unruly head of hair

M
O
P
 Down · 3 letters

Waterston in the American Theater Hall of Fame

S
A
M
 Down · 4 letters

__ therapy

G
E
N
E

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The LA Times Crossword for Friday, September 18, 2026 contains 74 clues (33 Across, 41 Down). Based on the day of the week, this puzzle is rated Hard difficulty.

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