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LA Times Crossword Answers & Hints - October 22, 2026
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October 22, 2026
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1.Cartoon girl whose best friend is Boots the Monkey4 letters5.Brand of body wash4 letters9.Meant but not said5 letters14.Sigh of woe4 letters15.Slip (past)4 letters16.Residence5 letters17.Sharp taste4 letters18.Russian blues, e.g.4 letters19.Foldable bed5 letters20.Port12 letters23.Kept on teasing4 letters24.Isl. with four provinces3 letters25.Basic nutrient3 letters28.Port14 letters32.Wetland ecosystem3 letters33.__ poker4 letters34.Holy people6 letters35.Adapter letters4 letters37."Okey-dokey"3 letters39.Breathing organ4 letters40.Moved with haste6 letters43.Formerly, quaintly4 letters46.Leaves in hot water?3 letters47.Port14 letters50.Telepathic ability3 letters51.Part of a pod cast?3 letters52.Whodunit game4 letters53.Port12 letters58."Until we meet again, mon ami"5 letters61.Unstable subatomic particle4 letters62."__ might say ... "4 letters63.Cough drop brand5 letters64.Group driven to stay together?4 letters65.Neck and neck4 letters66.Talus locale5 letters67.Mount of Greek myth4 letters68.Give temporarily4 letters
Down
1.Facts and figures4 letters2.Royal figure in Norwegian history4 letters3.Royal figure in Indian history4 letters4.Home of Odin and Thor6 letters5.Reader of secret messages7 letters6."Seems to me ... "8 letters7.Business reps4 letters8.Nielsen of "Airplane!"6 letters9.Stiff fabric7 letters10.Be against4 letters11.Foldable bed3 letters12.Promising words3 letters13.Oscar count for 1961's "West Side Story"3 letters21."Hello It's Me" singer-songwriter Rundgren4 letters22.Flubs4 letters25.Having measurable limits6 letters26.Buck topper6 letters27.Electrical pioneer Nikola5 letters28.Comes up again6 letters29.Turns out to be6 letters30."Awesome!"5 letters31.Barrister's head covering3 letters32.Absurd situation5 letters36.Letter between phi and psi3 letters38."Time's up" callers8 letters41.Embrace, as a cause7 letters42.Judge to be4 letters44.Sugar substitute with sucralose7 letters45.Series of gigs4 letters48.Lyric poet of Lesbos6 letters49.Frigate, for one6 letters53.Spreadsheet unit4 letters54.Informal reversals4 letters55.Emotion expressed with heart hands, perhaps4 letters56.Gathering clouds, say4 letters57.Lean (toward)4 letters58.Triumphant cry3 letters59.Auerbach of the Black Keys3 letters60.Sort3 letters
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