LA Times Crossword September 23 2026 Answers

LA Times Crossword September 23 2026 Answers & Clues

"Celebration" band __ & the Gang

KOOL

"The Trial" novelist Kafka

FRANZ

"__ a nap!"

INEED

"__ outta here!"

YER

*Destination for a day trip from Naples

ISLEOFCAPRI

*How like-minded people see, or a phonetic hint for the answers to the starred clues?

EYETOEYE

*Lionel Messi's MLS team

INTERMIAMI

*Silent film based on a Leoncavallo opera

IPAGLIACCI

*Tablet choice

IPADMINI

Actress Longoria

EVA

Architect Saarinen

EERO

Banned Books Week org.

ALA

Biological catalyst

ENZYME

Canadian shoe brand

ALDO

Capitol Hill VIP

SEN

Caustic compound

LYE

Commercial lead-in to Clean

OXI

Countless lifetimes

EON

Deal (with)

COPE

Decimal base

TEN

Distant

ICY

Done (with)

FEDUP

DraftKings user, e.g.

BETTOR

Drum kit drum

SNARE

E.B. White's "__ Little"

STUART

Early search engine

YAHOO

Entirely

INALL

Exec concerned with network security

CTO

Fashion designer Fisher

EILEEN

Filmed

SHOT

First-rate

AONE

Formally turn over

CEDE

French friend

AMI

Friend

ALLY

Garden with forbidden fruit

EDEN

Genre for many an Attenborough documentary, in brief

POPSCI

Gives a darn

CARES

Goof up

ERR

Green shade

PEA

Gutter locale

EAVE

Home of the Mayan temple El Castillo

CHICHENITZA

Inner selves, in Jungian psychology

ANIMAS

Japanese beer brand

ASAHI

Just right

APT

Low-quality A.I.-generated content

SLOP

Magic spell

HEX

Minecraft mineral

ORE

Move like a snake

SLITHER

Nautilus captain

NEMO

None too trusting

LEERY

Notary imprint

SEAL

Oklahoma athlete

SOONER

Old Testament scribe

EZRA

One to share a matching bracelet with, informally

BFF

Overseas greeting?

AHOY

Panang curry cuisine

THAI

Passing through

VIA

Pet adoption org.

SPCA

Pet pest

FLEA

Piccata ingredient

LEMON

Poker-faced

STOIC

Puppy noise

YIP

Raccoon relative

COATI

Radius locale

ARM

Reveled in

SAVORED

Sends

MAILS

Show of respect

HOMAGE

Skin pic

TAT

Slalom, say

SKI

Spanish term of endearment

MIAMOR

Summoning contraction

CMERE

Sweet potato kin

YAM

Unagi roll fish

EEL

Vin in the "Fast & Furious" franchise

DIESEL

Wave the white flag

ADMITDEFEAT

Where toe beans are found

CATFEET

__ chi: martial art

TAI

__ salt

SEA