LA Times Crossword September 20 2026 Answers

LA Times Crossword September 20 2026 Answers & Clues

"Goosebumps" series writer

STINE

"Groundhog Day" director Harold

RAMIS

"Hallelujah" songwriter Leonard

COHEN

"In the name of that rice wine we drank ages ago"?

FOROLDTIMESSAKE

"It's strange ... "

ODDLY

"KPop __ Hunters"

DEMON

"Love __ Open Door": "Frozen" song

ISAN

"OK, got it"

YESISEE

"On the Basis of __": Ginsburg biopic

SEX

"Positive"

IMSURE

"Queen of Funk" Khan

CHAKA

"We have that in common"

SODOI

"We're done"

ITSOVER

"What You Need" band

INXS

"__ we good?"

ARE

1975 TV debut, familiarly

SNL

Abbr. on a weather map

TSTORM

Absolutely adorable

TOOCUTE

Aches (for)

YEARNS

Actress Swinton

TILDA

Actress Thurman

UMA

Anesthetic for a noted Italian chemist?

AVOGADROSNUMBER

Archipelago unit

ISLET

Badger

NAG

Beginning

ORIGIN

Bel __ cheese

PAESE

Bird that makes its home in trash receptacles?

DUMPSTERDOVE

Bit of dust

MOTE

Book that tells the story of Moses

EXODUS

Brunch cocktails

MIMOSAS

Business run by a bunch of hens?

CHICKENCOOP

Bygone ruler

TSAR

Canadian fuel giant

ESSO

Challah feature

BRAID

Chargeable cars, briefly

EVS

Chinese brew

CHA

Church perches

PEWS

Circuit

LOOP

Class

ELEGANCE

Coastal inlets

BAYS

Competed in the Figawi, say

SAILED

Course most look forward to

DESSERT

Denounce

CONDEMN

Dried poblano

ANCHO

Estate units

ACRES

Fatal flaw in classic myths

HUBRIS

FedEx competitor

UPS

Figure in Norse mythology?

RUNE

Fish with a big net

TRAWL

Forget about

OMIT

Frying need

OIL

Fuel additive brand

STP

Fuzzy 1980s sitcom character

ALF

Goofballs

WEIRDOS

Hard to believe

UNREAL

Herbal infusion from Peru

COCATEA

Hits 22, perhaps

BUSTS

Holds forth

SPEAKS

IM pioneer

AOL

Imposing construction

EDIFICE

In base eight

OCTAL

In the doldrums

GLUM

Incantation syllables

ABRA

Insta post

PIC

Inventor Handler played by Rhea Perlman in "Barbie"

RUTH

Italian football powerhouse

ACMILAN

Italy's shape

BOOT

Jargon suffix

ESE

Jodie with two Best Actress Oscars

FOSTER

Julia of "The Addams Family"

RAUL

Kanga's kid

ROO

Kathryn's "WandaVision" role

AGATHA

Lies for, maybe

ABETS

Low-lit

DIM

Male turkey

TOM

Manicotti topping

REDSAUCE

Many August babies

LEOS

Mattel game

UNO

Micronesia's region

OCEANIA

Miyazaki film about a goldfish who longs to be human

PONYO

Moose kin

ELK

Morse clicks

DITS

Most disgusting

ICKIEST

Musical instrument made off the coast of South America?

CHILEANSEABASS

NNW opposite

SSE

New employee

HIREE

Not cool

UNHIP

Not in favor of

ANTI

Not just most

ALL

Not up to the task

INEPT

One of Paul's letters to the Ephesians?

EPSILON

One who is always pointing at shooting stars?

METEORSHOWER

Online "I can relate"

ITME

Ore. neighbor

CAL

Overly precious

TWEE

Pamper

DOTEON

Part of a pricing plan

TIER

Places to perch

ROOSTS

PlayStation maker

SONY

Polish capital

WARSAW

Posthumous award for Chadwick Boseman

EMMY

Prefix with net or com, but not org

INTER

Printer part

TRAY

Pts. that often result in dances

TDS

Quaint truth

SOOTH

Rationalist's belief

DEISM

Remove adverbs and add punctuation, maybe

EDIT

Rips caused by large reptiles?

CROCODILETEARS

Rival one loves to hate

FRENEMY

Run out of power

DIE

Seashore souvenir

SHELL

Sgt., e.g.

NCO

Shoe designer Jimmy

CHOO

Simplified language

PIDGIN

Sneaks

WEASELS

Soap ingredient

LYE

Soft drink with a seasonal Winter Spiced Cranberry flavor

SPRITE

Soil

EARTH

Stomach

GUT

Strong point

ASSET

Strong string

TWINE

Subj. for a non-native speaker

ESL

Supermodel Banks

TYRA

Supports

BACKS

Swiped refills for a mechanical pencil?

TOOKTHELEAD

Take advantage of a bear market, perhaps

BUY

Tempts

LURESIN

Top card in a Broadway straight

ACE

Treat on a stick

CAKEPOP

Turn

ROTATE

U.K. network

BBC

Unmasks

EXPOSES

Vexation

IRE

With gentleness

KINDLY

Worth a second bite

TASTY

Wows

AWES

Wright of "Black Panther"

LETITIA

Yields (to)

DEFERS

Young fellow

LAD

[Clears throat]

AHEM

__ Reader

UTNE

__ bath

BUBBLE