Sunday · 142 clues

LA Times Crossword September 20, 2026 answers

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

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Puzzle stats

142 total clues

Day

Sunday

Themed (large grid) difficulty

Total clues

142

in today's grid

Across

71

horizontal answers

Down

71

vertical answers

Across clues

71 clues
Across · 5 letters

"Goosebumps" series writer

S
T
I
N
E
 Across · 15 letters

"In the name of that rice wine we drank ages ago"?

F
O
R
O
L
D
T
I
M
E
S
S
A
K
E
 Across · 7 letters

"OK, got it"

Y
E
S
I
S
E
E
 Across · 4 letters

"What You Need" band

I
N
X
S
 Across · 3 letters

"__ we good?"

A
R
E
 Across · 5 letters

Actress Swinton

T
I
L
D
A
 Across · 15 letters

Anesthetic for a noted Italian chemist?

A
V
O
G
A
D
R
O
S
N
U
M
B
E
R
 Across · 3 letters

Badger

N
A
G
 Across · 12 letters

Bird that makes its home in trash receptacles?

D
U
M
P
S
T
E
R
D
O
V
E
 Across · 7 letters

Brunch cocktails

M
I
M
O
S
A
S
 Across · 11 letters

Business run by a bunch of hens?

C
H
I
C
K
E
N
C
O
O
P
 Across · 3 letters

Chinese brew

C
H
A
 Across · 4 letters

Church perches

P
E
W
S
 Across · 4 letters

Coastal inlets

B
A
Y
S
 Across · 6 letters

Competed in the Figawi, say

S
A
I
L
E
D
 Across · 7 letters

Course most look forward to

D
E
S
S
E
R
T
 Across · 5 letters

Estate units

A
C
R
E
S
 Across · 4 letters

Figure in Norse mythology?

R
U
N
E
 Across · 5 letters

Fish with a big net

T
R
A
W
L
 Across · 4 letters

Forget about

O
M
I
T
 Across · 3 letters

Frying need

O
I
L
 Across · 3 letters

Fuel additive brand

S
T
P
 Across · 7 letters

Herbal infusion from Peru

C
O
C
A
T
E
A
 Across · 3 letters

IM pioneer

A
O
L
 Across · 7 letters

Imposing construction

E
D
I
F
I
C
E
 Across · 4 letters

Incantation syllables

A
B
R
A
 Across · 3 letters

Insta post

P
I
C
 Across · 4 letters

Inventor Handler played by Rhea Perlman in "Barbie"

R
U
T
H
 Across · 7 letters

Italian football powerhouse

A
C
M
I
L
A
N
 Across · 4 letters

Julia of "The Addams Family"

R
A
U
L
 Across · 3 letters

Kanga's kid

R
O
O
 Across · 5 letters

Lies for, maybe

A
B
E
T
S
 Across · 3 letters

Male turkey

T
O
M
 Across · 4 letters

Many August babies

L
E
O
S
 Across · 3 letters

Mattel game

U
N
O
 Across · 3 letters

Moose kin

E
L
K
 Across · 3 letters

NNW opposite

S
S
E
 Across · 5 letters

New employee

H
I
R
E
E
 Across · 5 letters

Not cool

U
N
H
I
P
 Across · 3 letters

Not just most

A
L
L
 Across · 7 letters

One of Paul's letters to the Ephesians?

E
P
S
I
L
O
N
 Across · 12 letters

One who is always pointing at shooting stars?

M
E
T
E
O
R
S
H
O
W
E
R
 Across · 6 letters

Pamper

D
O
T
E
O
N
 Across · 6 letters

Places to perch

R
O
O
S
T
S
 Across · 4 letters

PlayStation maker

S
O
N
Y
 Across · 5 letters

Prefix with net or com, but not org

I
N
T
E
R
 Across · 3 letters

Pts. that often result in dances

T
D
S
 Across · 5 letters

Rationalist's belief

D
E
I
S
M
 Across · 4 letters

Remove adverbs and add punctuation, maybe

E
D
I
T
 Across · 7 letters

Rival one loves to hate

F
R
E
N
E
M
Y
 Across · 3 letters

Sgt., e.g.

N
C
O
 Across · 4 letters

Shoe designer Jimmy

C
H
O
O
 Across · 6 letters

Simplified language

P
I
D
G
I
N
 Across · 7 letters

Sneaks

W
E
A
S
E
L
S
 Across · 3 letters

Stomach

G
U
T
 Across · 5 letters

Strong point

A
S
S
E
T
 Across · 4 letters

Supermodel Banks

T
Y
R
A
 Across · 5 letters

Supports

B
A
C
K
S
 Across · 11 letters

Swiped refills for a mechanical pencil?

T
O
O
K
T
H
E
L
E
A
D
 Across · 3 letters

Take advantage of a bear market, perhaps

B
U
Y
 Across · 7 letters

Tempts

L
U
R
E
S
I
N
 Across · 3 letters

Top card in a Broadway straight

A
C
E
 Across · 3 letters

U.K. network

B
B
C
 Across · 7 letters

Unmasks

E
X
P
O
S
E
S
 Across · 3 letters

Vexation

I
R
E
 Across · 5 letters

Worth a second bite

T
A
S
T
Y
 Across · 4 letters

Wows

A
W
E
S
 Across · 7 letters

Wright of "Black Panther"

L
E
T
I
T
I
A
 Across · 3 letters

Young fellow

L
A
D
 Across · 4 letters

[Clears throat]

A
H
E
M
 Across · 4 letters

__ Reader

U
T
N
E

Down clues

71 clues
Down · 5 letters

"Groundhog Day" director Harold

R
A
M
I
S
 Down · 5 letters

"Hallelujah" songwriter Leonard

C
O
H
E
N
 Down · 5 letters

"It's strange ... "

O
D
D
L
Y
 Down · 5 letters

"KPop __ Hunters"

D
E
M
O
N
 Down · 4 letters

"Love __ Open Door": "Frozen" song

I
S
A
N
 Down · 3 letters

"On the Basis of __": Ginsburg biopic

S
E
X
 Down · 6 letters

"Positive"

I
M
S
U
R
E
 Down · 5 letters

"Queen of Funk" Khan

C
H
A
K
A
 Down · 5 letters

"We have that in common"

S
O
D
O
I
 Down · 7 letters

"We're done"

I
T
S
O
V
E
R
 Down · 3 letters

1975 TV debut, familiarly

S
N
L
 Down · 6 letters

Abbr. on a weather map

T
S
T
O
R
M
 Down · 7 letters

Absolutely adorable

T
O
O
C
U
T
E
 Down · 6 letters

Aches (for)

Y
E
A
R
N
S
 Down · 3 letters

Actress Thurman

U
M
A
 Down · 5 letters

Archipelago unit

I
S
L
E
T
 Down · 6 letters

Beginning

O
R
I
G
I
N
 Down · 5 letters

Bel __ cheese

P
A
E
S
E
 Down · 4 letters

Bit of dust

M
O
T
E
 Down · 6 letters

Book that tells the story of Moses

E
X
O
D
U
S
 Down · 4 letters

Bygone ruler

T
S
A
R
 Down · 4 letters

Canadian fuel giant

E
S
S
O
 Down · 5 letters

Challah feature

B
R
A
I
D
 Down · 3 letters

Chargeable cars, briefly

E
V
S
 Down · 4 letters

Circuit

L
O
O
P
 Down · 8 letters

Class

E
L
E
G
A
N
C
E
 Down · 7 letters

Denounce

C
O
N
D
E
M
N
 Down · 5 letters

Dried poblano

A
N
C
H
O
 Down · 6 letters

Fatal flaw in classic myths

H
U
B
R
I
S
 Down · 3 letters

FedEx competitor

U
P
S
 Down · 3 letters

Fuzzy 1980s sitcom character

A
L
F
 Down · 7 letters

Goofballs

W
E
I
R
D
O
S
 Down · 6 letters

Hard to believe

U
N
R
E
A
L
 Down · 5 letters

Hits 22, perhaps

B
U
S
T
S
 Down · 6 letters

Holds forth

S
P
E
A
K
S
 Down · 5 letters

In base eight

O
C
T
A
L
 Down · 4 letters

In the doldrums

G
L
U
M
 Down · 4 letters

Italy's shape

B
O
O
T
 Down · 3 letters

Jargon suffix

E
S
E
 Down · 6 letters

Jodie with two Best Actress Oscars

F
O
S
T
E
R
 Down · 6 letters

Kathryn's "WandaVision" role

A
G
A
T
H
A
 Down · 3 letters

Low-lit

D
I
M
 Down · 8 letters

Manicotti topping

R
E
D
S
A
U
C
E
 Down · 7 letters

Micronesia's region

O
C
E
A
N
I
A
 Down · 5 letters

Miyazaki film about a goldfish who longs to be human

P
O
N
Y
O
 Down · 4 letters

Morse clicks

D
I
T
S
 Down · 7 letters

Most disgusting

I
C
K
I
E
S
T
 Down · 14 letters

Musical instrument made off the coast of South America?

C
H
I
L
E
A
N
S
E
A
B
A
S
S
 Down · 4 letters

Not in favor of

A
N
T
I
 Down · 5 letters

Not up to the task

I
N
E
P
T
 Down · 4 letters

Online "I can relate"

I
T
M
E
 Down · 3 letters

Ore. neighbor

C
A
L
 Down · 4 letters

Overly precious

T
W
E
E
 Down · 4 letters

Part of a pricing plan

T
I
E
R
 Down · 6 letters

Polish capital

W
A
R
S
A
W
 Down · 4 letters

Posthumous award for Chadwick Boseman

E
M
M
Y
 Down · 4 letters

Printer part

T
R
A
Y
 Down · 5 letters

Quaint truth

S
O
O
T
H
 Down · 14 letters

Rips caused by large reptiles?

C
R
O
C
O
D
I
L
E
T
E
A
R
S
 Down · 3 letters

Run out of power

D
I
E
 Down · 5 letters

Seashore souvenir

S
H
E
L
L
 Down · 3 letters

Soap ingredient

L
Y
E
 Down · 6 letters

Soft drink with a seasonal Winter Spiced Cranberry flavor

S
P
R
I
T
E
 Down · 5 letters

Soil

E
A
R
T
H
 Down · 5 letters

Strong string

T
W
I
N
E
 Down · 3 letters

Subj. for a non-native speaker

E
S
L
 Down · 7 letters

Treat on a stick

C
A
K
E
P
O
P
 Down · 6 letters

Turn

R
O
T
A
T
E
 Down · 6 letters

With gentleness

K
I
N
D
L
Y
 Down · 6 letters

Yields (to)

D
E
F
E
R
S
 Down · 6 letters

__ bath

B
U
B
B
L
E

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The LA Times Crossword for Sunday, September 20, 2026 contains 142 clues (71 Across, 71 Down). Based on the day of the week, this puzzle is rated Themed (large grid) difficulty.

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