LA Times Crossword October 16 2026 Answers

LA Times Crossword October 16 2026 Answers & Clues

"Do my eyes deceive me?"

COULDITBE

"Ferrari" actor Driver

ADAM

"Gorilla Warfare" artist Shaquille

ONEAL

"Perfect!," or how to make seven answers in this puzzle match their clues?

NONOTES

"Seriously?"

FORREAL

"Thrilla in Manila" boxer

ALI

"__ true!"

TOO

A pop

PER

Amber, once

RESIN

Approached bedtime

LATENED

Approximately

ABOUT

Barnyard call

MAA

Battery part

ANODE

Big flowerpot

SOURSON

Bonny landscapes

GLENS

Breakfast tea variety

ASSAM

Breathe fire, say

RAGE

Came together

METUP

Canyon former

EROSION

Clarinet kin

OBOE

Clearance event

SALE

Compels

FORCES

Cornerback Bly in the College Football Hall of Fame

DRE

Corp. bigwig

EXEC

Couple

DUAD

Cozy eatery

CAREFREE

Deep defenses

MOATS

Didn't ride solo

CARPOOLED

Digital __: remote tech worker

NOMAD

Ernie's "Sing After Me" duet partner

ELMO

Extemporizes

LAVALAMPS

Female sib

DOSIDOS

Flip

SASSY

Formally decrees

ORDAINS

Gaelic speaker

CELT

Galena, e.g.

LEADORE

Goes out with

SEES

Govt. cybersecurity monitor

NSA

Impetuous

RASH

Inhale, maybe

EAT

Ink spot, for short

TAT

Intro courses?

APPS

King with a touching story?

MIDAS

Like some flaws

FATAL

Like some pickup-only deals

INSTORE

Linguistic cousin of Hindi

URDU

Low-level laborer

PETITION

MD-to-be's exam

MCAT

Man of La Mancha

SEMIMINOR

Many a K-pop singer

IDOL

Match point?

ALTAR

Monument Valley formation

MESA

NWSL official

REF

No longer feral

TAME

Not nearby

AFAR

Novelist Quindlen

ANNA

Olive oil maker

PRESS

One of a geographic quintet

OCEAN

Pea sheller's discard

POD

Peppers in some mole sauces

POBLANOS

Prehistoric hand tool

STONEAXE

Retiring

TIMID

Second singer to be honored with a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award

SINATRA

See 74-Across

DOO

Sells

VENDS

Shake

SCARE

Sierra Nevada lake

TAHOE

Some laptops

PCS

Starting lineup

ATEAM

Swimmer Marchand who won four gold medals at Paris 2024

LEON

The complete set

ALFALFA

Therapist's maj.

PSY

Totenberg of NPR

NINA

Villainous looks

SNEERS

Was gripping?

HELD

Wife of Zeus

HERA

Winter layer

COAT

With 27-Across, big name in watercraft

SEA

Writer/illustrator who often wrote in anapestic tetrameter

DRSEUSS

__ Nation: Jay-Z's conglomerate

ROC

__-de-France: Paris's region

ILE