LA Times Crossword October 19 2026 Answers

LA Times Crossword October 19 2026 Answers & Clues

"A __ formality"

MERE

"America's Got Talent" judge Mandel

HOWIE

"Knives Out" actress de Armas

ANA

"You Got It" singer Orbison

ROY

Actress Tyler who voices Lana Kane on "Archer"

AISHA

Actress and philanthropist who has co-produced films with Tom Hanks

RITAWILSON

African antelope

GNU

Aid and __: help on a heist

ABET

Alphabet starter

ABC

Amer. currency

USD

Be a bookworm

READ

Ben E. King hit that begins "When the night has come / And the land is dark"

STANDBYME

Biopic about Johnny Cash and June Carter

WALKTHELINE

Bump that indicates a lawn infestation

MOLEHILL

Chapter in history

ERA

Charlotte Brontë's "Jane __"

EYRE

Chewie's co-pilot

HAN

Classic Pontiac muscle car

GTO

Colorful amphibian

NEWT

Cramped areas under some houses

CRAWLSPACES

Danish shoe company

ECCO

Distress letters

SOS

Due-in hr.

ETA

Enjoy a prime position

SITPRETTY

Exhaustion

FATIGUE

Extremists

ULTRAS

Future JDs' exams

LSATS

Grassy mound

KNOLL

Greek fable writer

AESOP

Gridiron figs.

YDS

Grill briquettes

COALS

Heartbeat check, for short

ECG

Humble home

COTTAGE

Insect's feeler

ANTENNA

Ivy League school in Ithaca, New York

CORNELL

Likely to tip over

TOPHEAVY

List of chapters at the front of a book: Abbr.

TOC

Long-lived desert plants

CACTI

Many a fan of the Hawks and the Dream

ATLANTAN

Many a middle schooler

TWEEN

Meadow moms

EWES

Miles away

AFAR

Most calm

STILLEST

NNW reversal

SSE

Naysayer's quaint contraction

TISNT

Night before

EVE

North American quintet depicted on the Michigan quarter

GREATLAKES

Nursery beds

CRIBS

Over again

ANEW

Petri dish gelatin

AGAR

Pink, as cheeks

ROSY

Planetary path

ORBIT

Prying tool

CROWBAR

Psychedelics study subj.

LSD

Public health agcy.

CDC

Punch sound

BAM

Punch sound

KAPOW

Puzzle cube creator Rubik

ERNO

Ration out

ALLOT

Release

LETGO

Sci-fi blasters

RAYGUNS

Sinus MD

ENT

Slow-but-steady progress, or the progression found at the starts of 18-, 23-, 36-, and 51-Across

BABYSTEPS

Soft throw

TOSS

Solemn promises

OATHS

Stratford's river

AVON

Swedish stores with flatpack furniture

IKEAS

Syllables of uncertainty

UHS

Tiny, in tech

NANO

Turned down

DENIED

Ukraine's capital

KYIV

Uni- + bi-

TRI

Water filter brand

BRITA

Weeper's output

TEARS

Writer's rep

AGT

__ Speedwagon

REO