LA Times Crossword October 5 2026 Answers

LA Times Crossword October 5 2026 Answers & Clues

"I didn't quite catch that"

SPEAKUP

"Tár" Oscar nominee Blanchett

CATE

"__ to Joy": highlight of Beethoven's Ninth

ODE

401(k) alternative

IRA

Affectionate feline

LAPCAT

Analogy words

ISTO

Apple pie-making tool

CORER

Art studio stand

EASEL

Attempted

TRIED

Bath rug

MAT

Battery terminals

ANODES

Brainstorm

IDEATE

Certain sib

BRO

Chicago airport code

ORD

Chocolate-flavored latte

MOCHA

Church seating

PEW

Clever

SLY

Composer Stravinsky

IGOR

Connecticut Ivy Leaguer

ELI

Copy on an email reply

LOOPIN

Cozy burrow

DEN

Crown for a prom queen

TIARA

Deets

INFO

Derive

INFER

Does some alterations

SEWS

Eerie electronic instrument

THEREMIN

Entr'__

ACTE

Feature of many a Wile E. Coyote trap, for short

TNT

Fiction subgenre

ROMANCE

Fuss

ADO

Genetic material

DNA

Golf course standard

PAR

Icelandic dairy product similar to yogurt

SKYR

Jar topper

LID

Make a cake, say

BAKE

Meet over coffee, perhaps

CONNECT

Messy person

SLOB

Minnesota representative Ilhan

OMAR

Minor quibble

NIT

Move like the wind

BLOW

Musical proclivity

EAR

Nintendo console released in 2006

WII

Not exactly, informally

KINDA

Not-so-humble bragging

BOASTING

Old gridiron org.

AFL

Old hoops org.

ABA

Place for cuticle oil

NAIL

Playful back-and-forth

WITTYBANTER

Polo shirt, e.g.

TOP

Pool raft, e.g.

FLOATER

Possibly dangerous

RISKY

Power strip switch

ONOFF

Punchiness

OOMPH

Rainbow maker

PRISM

Receive, as a bequest

INHERIT

River mammal

OTTER

See 58-Across

SHOE

Skim through

SCAN

Small earring

STUD

Some hotel employees

MAIDS

Spots where dogs may sit, lie down, and roll over

PETBEDS

Sprawling property

ESTATE

Squandered

WASTED

Take a deep breath

INHALE

Ticket pickup location

WILLCALLCOUNTER

Time off that may coincide with a new calendar year, or what can be found in 16-, 26-, and 44-Across

WINTERBREAK

Tiny trims

SNIPS

Triumph over

BEST

Typing speed: Abbr.

WPM

Wanes

EBBS

Wear away

ERODE

Wet blanket

DOWNER

With 51-Across, dance accessory for Fred Astaire

TAP

Word with ocean or eye

LINER

Workstation option since the 1980s

WINDOWSCOMPUTER

Ye __ Shoppe

OLDE