Monday · 74 clues

LA Times Crossword September 21, 2026 answers

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

Puzzle stats

74 total clues

Day

Monday

Easy difficulty

Total clues

74

in today's grid

Across

35

horizontal answers

Down

39

vertical answers

Across clues

35 clues
Across · 10 letters

"Just act naturally!"

B
E
Y
O
U
R
S
E
L
F
Across · 4 letters

AirPods holders

E
A
R
S
Across · 4 letters

Annoys

I
R
K
S
Across · 3 letters

Baby bear

C
U
B
Across · 4 letters

Between ports

A
S
E
A
Across · 5 letters

Capital of South Korea

S
E
O
U
L
Across · 4 letters

Caterer's coffee servers

U
R
N
S
Across · 8 letters

Chocolaty treats that may have walnuts

B
R
O
W
N
I
E
S
Across · 4 letters

Clever remark

Q
U
I
P
Across · 5 letters

Comedian Wyatt

C
E
N
A
C
Across · 4 letters

Consider to be

D
E
E
M
Across · 10 letters

Do the same, and what the ends of 17-, 25-, and 42-Across can do

F
O
L
L
O
W
S
U
I
T
Across · 4 letters

Dot-__: online businesses

C
O
M
S
Across · 5 letters

Face-to-face exams

O
R
A
L
S
Across · 4 letters

Finishes up

E
N
D
S
Across · 4 letters

Genuine

R
E
A
L
Across · 3 letters

Gloomy __: pessimistic sort

G
U
S
Across · 4 letters

Help in wrongdoing

A
B
E
T
Across · 5 letters

Inner circle

C
A
D
R
E
Across · 3 letters

Lamb's mother

E
W
E
Across · 4 letters

Like a couch potato

I
D
L
E
Across · 8 letters

Morton who plays Circe in "The Odyssey"

S
A
M
A
N
T
H
A
Across · 5 letters

Move, as a root-bound houseplant

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E
P
O
T
Across · 3 letters

Part of FTW and BTW

T
H
E
Across · 6 letters

Portable device with a touchscreen

T
A
B
L
E
T
Across · 4 letters

Prefix with skeleton

E
N
D
O
Across · 15 letters

Quickly resolved legal matter

O
P
E
N
A
N
D
S
H
U
T
C
A
S
E
Across · 5 letters

Renewable energy option

S
O
L
A
R
Across · 4 letters

Safari park roarer

L
I
O
N
Across · 5 letters

Second-string players

B
T
E
A
M
Across · 4 letters

Shape of many a car logo

O
V
A
L
Across · 4 letters

Sow's opposite

R
E
A
P
Across · 6 letters

Talks back to

S
A
S
S
E
S
Across · 15 letters

Vietnam War film directed by Stanley Kubrick

F
U
L
L
M
E
T
A
L
J
A
C
K
E
T
Across · 4 letters

__ farewell: said goodbye

B
A
D
E

Down clues

39 clues
Down · 4 letters

"Back to you," in radio lingo

O
V
E
R
Down · 3 letters

Address that often starts with "www"

U
R
L
Down · 4 letters

BLT spread

M
A
Y
O
Down · 4 letters

Barking marine mammal

S
E
A
L
Down · 6 letters

Big name in milk chocolate

N
E
S
T
L
E
Down · 6 letters

Book copier of old

S
C
R
I
B
E
Down · 5 letters

Book of maps

A
T
L
A
S
Down · 4 letters

E pluribus __

U
N
U
M
Down · 4 letters

Eurasian border river

U
R
A
L
Down · 4 letters

French greeting

A
L
L
O
Down · 5 letters

Furry "Star Wars" creatures

E
W
O
K
S
Down · 6 letters

Govt.-issued investments

T
B
O
N
D
S
Down · 8 letters

Insincere round of applause

S
L
O
W
C
L
A
P
Down · 4 letters

Keep out of sight

H
I
D
E
Down · 5 letters

Knightley of "Bend It Like Beckham"

K
E
I
R
A
Down · 6 letters

Laundry whitener

B
L
E
A
C
H
Down · 4 letters

Loosen (up)

E
A
S
E
Down · 4 letters

Melt

T
H
A
W
Down · 4 letters

Memo heading

I
N
R
E
Down · 3 letters

Mine yield

O
R
E
Down · 6 letters

Montreal's province

Q
U
E
B
E
C
Down · 5 letters

North Dakota city

F
A
R
G
O
Down · 8 letters

Not quite closed

L
E
F
T
A
J
A
R
Down · 8 letters

Officially permitted to drive, say

L
I
C
E
N
S
E
D
Down · 4 letters

Poems of praise

O
D
E
S
Down · 5 letters

Rental contract

L
E
A
S
E
Down · 4 letters

Salad with bacon and eggs

C
O
B
B
Down · 4 letters

Singer Lambert

A
D
A
M
Down · 4 letters

Smack

S
L
A
P
Down · 4 letters

Soft "Hey, you!"

P
S
S
T
Down · 4 letters

Song

T
U
N
E
Down · 4 letters

South Asian silk dress

S
A
R
I
Down · 5 letters

Spend all of

U
S
E
U
P
Down · 8 letters

Summons

S
E
N
D
S
F
O
R
Down · 4 letters

Tiny particle

A
T
O
M
Down · 4 letters

Tucked in for the night

A
B
E
D
Down · 6 letters

Ultimate

U
T
M
O
S
T
Down · 5 letters

Uptight

T
E
N
S
E
Down · 4 letters

Walking stick

C
A
N
E

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The LA Times Crossword for Monday, September 21, 2026 contains 74 clues (35 Across, 39 Down). Based on the day of the week, this puzzle is rated Easy difficulty.

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