LA Times Crossword September 18 2026 Answers

LA Times Crossword September 18 2026 Answers & Clues

"Big" and "Bang Bang" singer Rita

ORA

"Fire away"

ASK

"Happy now?"

SEE

"Hot Girl Summer" rapper Megan __ Stallion

THEE

"Middle Cyclone" Grammy nominee Case

NEKO

"No need to explain"

IGETIT

"The Odyssey" director

NOLAN

"Wow, nice!"

OHCOOL

100%

ALL

2026 NBA champions

KNICKS

Acute

KEEN

Aloo mutter ingredients

PEAS

Approach

WAY

B-school entry req.

GMAT

Band

STRAP

Bhutan neighbor

TIBET

Binds

TIES

Box that's unexpectedly popular?

SLEEPERCARTON

Boxer Max

BAER

Bread from a tandoor

NAAN

Bridget's daughter in the "Bridget Jones" series

MABEL

Catherine of "The Studio"

OHARA

Clear the cobwebs, say

SWEEP

Constant critic

HATER

County east of Sonoma

NAPA

Course after trig

CALC

Craps turn

ROLL

Down

EAT

Eight-related

OCTAL

Emphatic refusal

NOHOW

Fish that's a symbol of Children's Day in Japan

KOI

Fitness app stat

PACE

Foil kin

EPEE

Fruit with a thick rind

MELON

Fun run distance, for short

ONEK

Getting heavier, or an apt title for this puzzle

GAININGWEIGHT

Give birth to

HAVE

Got taller

GREW

Hit high in the air

SKY

Lazy way to soothe hurt feelings?

NOOFFENSEBUTTON

Like fresh nail polish

WET

Like llamas

ANDEAN

Many a techie or Trekkie

GEEK

Masonic order member in a fez

SHRINER

Misses terribly

PINESFOR

Mood

TONE

Nebraska rail hub

OMAHA

Old Spanish coin

PESETA

One who's in it for the money

MERCENARY

One who's often going through the motions

LAWYER

Pants, slangily

TROU

Piercing site

NAVEL

Playful growl

RAWR

Poetic opening

ODETO

Points out

MENTIONS

Primer lesson

ABCS

Printer refills

INKS

Provençal sauce

AIOLI

Raft

SEA

Rite answer

IDO

Rival

FOE

Routine

ACT

Scand. land

NOR

Slip past

SNEAKBY

Sod layer's calculation

AREA

Spa treatment

PEEL

Succulent with lace and tiger tooth varieties

ALOE

Take tiny crustaceans out for a stroll?

WALKTHEPLANKTON

Thing that has away with words?

DELETEKEY

Tiny

WEE

Unruly head of hair

MOP

Waterston in the American Theater Hall of Fame

SAM

__ City: Pittsburgh

STEEL

__ therapy

GENE