Wednesday · 76 clues

LA Times Crossword September 30, 2026 answers

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

Puzzle stats

76 total clues

Day

Wednesday

Medium difficulty

Total clues

76

in today's grid

Across

34

horizontal answers

Down

42

vertical answers

Across clues

34 clues
Across · 3 letters

"Rules __ rules"

A
R
E
Across · 12 letters

Auras around people with split ends?

E
N
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Y
F
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Across · 5 letters

Camp David Accords figure

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A
D
A
T
Across · 5 letters

Chemistry class models

A
T
O
M
S
Across · 4 letters

Close by

N
E
A
R
Across · 7 letters

Develops over time

E
V
O
L
V
E
S
Across · 7 letters

Dish garnished with peanuts and lime

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H
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I
Across · 5 letters

Eight-related

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L
Across · 5 letters

Emmy and Grammy winner Burnett

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O
L
Across · 5 letters

Estrangements

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S
Across · 3 letters

Have a cold, say

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I
L
Across · 5 letters

Infuriate

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N
G
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R
Across · 11 letters

Lack of recognition for working a split shift?

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T
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Across · 5 letters

Let gravity do most of the work, perhaps

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Across · 7 letters

Links

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S
Across · 5 letters

Marisa with a cameo in "Spider-Man: Brand New Day"

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I
Across · 12 letters

Merchant Ivory works featuring split peas?

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O
D
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Across · 3 letters

Nest egg letters

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R
A
Across · 5 letters

Oscar and Grammy winner Burnett

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B
O
N
E
Across · 3 letters

Place to retire

B
E
D
Across · 4 letters

Protective cover

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R
P
Across · 5 letters

Salon abrasive

E
M
E
R
Y
Across · 4 letters

Sandwich shop

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E
L
I
Across · 4 letters

Schools of thought

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S
M
S
Across · 11 letters

Slasher flick actress on a split screen?

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R
E
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M
Q
U
E
E
N
Across · 5 letters

Slowly wear down

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O
D
E
Across · 3 letters

Squalid space

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Y
Across · 3 letters

Start of a pencil game

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I
C
Across · 7 letters

Summer quaff

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E
A
Across · 7 letters

Sure thing

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F
E
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E
T
Across · 5 letters

Tabloid TV host Povich

M
A
U
R
Y
Across · 3 letters

W.H. Auden's "__ to the Medieval Poets"

O
D
E
Across · 7 letters

Willing to wait a long time

P
A
T
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N
T
Across · 3 letters

Word often said while holding a treat

S
I
T

Down clues

42 clues
Down · 5 letters

"I Luh God" singer Campbell

E
R
I
C
A
Down · 4 letters

"My turn!"

I
M
U
P
Down · 3 letters

"What'd I tell you?"

S
E
E
Down · 3 letters

A deer, a female deer

D
O
E
Down · 3 letters

ATV component

A
L
L
Down · 4 letters

As soon as

O
N
C
E
Down · 3 letters

Atmosphere

A
I
R
Down · 4 letters

Blue part of blue cheese

M
O
L
D
Down · 8 letters

Brief scene

V
I
G
N
E
T
T
E
Down · 4 letters

Brouhaha

T
O
D
O
Down · 4 letters

City in India's Golden Triangle

A
G
R
A
Down · 4 letters

City on the Tiber

R
O
M
E
Down · 3 letters

Color TV pioneer

R
C
A
Down · 6 letters

Copied, in a way

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R
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E
D
Down · 4 letters

Cuatro y dos

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E
I
S
Down · 3 letters

Dessert for Little Jack Horner

P
I
E
Down · 4 letters

Discreet summons

P
S
S
T
Down · 6 letters

Fully grasp

F
A
T
H
O
M
Down · 4 letters

Hankerings

Y
E
N
S
Down · 4 letters

Have a hunch

F
E
E
L
Down · 4 letters

In __: as found

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I
T
U
Down · 6 letters

In a senseless way

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L
Y
Down · 4 letters

Ishmael's captain

A
H
A
B
Down · 5 letters

London of "What Not To Wear"

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T
A
C
Y
Down · 4 letters

Mary Kay rival

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V
O
N
Down · 5 letters

Memorial bios

O
B
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T
S
Down · 4 letters

Mineralogist with a hardness scale

M
O
H
S
Down · 6 letters

Neuschwanstein __

C
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E
Down · 5 letters

No-frills

B
A
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I
C
Down · 8 letters

Not elective

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E
D
Down · 4 letters

Over yonder

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R
Down · 5 letters

Prevent

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Down · 3 letters

Puts a name to

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D
S
Down · 3 letters

School of tomorrow?

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O
E
Down · 4 letters

Scott of "Severance"

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D
A
M
Down · 4 letters

Sequoia, e.g.

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R
E
E
Down · 4 letters

Setting of the graphic novel "Persepolis"

I
R
A
N
Down · 7 letters

Skilled performer

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T
E
Down · 4 letters

Spot for un chapeau

T
E
T
E
Down · 4 letters

Thesaurus entries: Abbr.

S
Y
N
S
Down · 5 letters

Warrant

M
E
R
I
T
Down · 7 letters

__ radar

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O
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E
R

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The LA Times Crossword for Wednesday, September 30, 2026 contains 76 clues (34 Across, 42 Down). Based on the day of the week, this puzzle is rated Medium difficulty.

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