LA Times Daily Crossword April 9, 2026 Answers

1. Designation for some food carts 6. Outer space? 10. Portal name with an exclamation point 15. Actress Woodard 16. Tales as old as time 17. Justice Kagan 18. Needing a nap 19. Pot filler 20. Put in a seat, say 21. Travel approx. 22. Crushes underfoot 25. "__ Misérables" 26. Orange variety 28. Work __ 30. Kinds 32. Online image 35. Poetry event 38. Much-used pencils 39. One with good taste? 40. Falafel bread 41. Langley org. 42. "The lady __ protest too much, methinks" 43. Small island 44. Orinoco flow 46. Having more wiggle room, say 48. Gumbo vegetable 49. A lot alike 51. Arrives casually 53. Free (of) 54. Small tweak? 55. Spots to let sleeping dogs lie 59. Small spot 63. Waste time and effort, in a way, or progress as this puzzle's circled letters do? 66. Part of UAE 67. Not as grim 68. Large vases 69. Green carpet 70. Boggy places 71. Teeny bit

1. Abhor 2. Settled 3. "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" novelist 4. "All bets __ off" 5. Streaming device, maybe 6. Smallest Central American country 7. Tragic fate 8. Strong hold 9. Durable material made from hagfish skin 10. "Oof" 11. Every last one 12. Sideways jump flourishes 13. A single time 14. Quaker grains 23. Sow's counterpart 24. To be, in Paris 27. Donkey 29. Co. for surfers 30. Natives of pre-Columbian Peru 31. Super Mario brother 33. Potatoes, in Urdu 34. Body art 36. Arcade pioneer 37. Like the ruins in Tulum 45. Some short-term rentals 46. Corporate structures 47. Tots' playwear 48. Buddy from way back when 50. Actor Schreiber 52. Theater eponym 55. Brit's stroller 56. Wireless router brand named for a Finnish architect 57. Spanish aunts 58. Winter coat? 59. Herding dog name 60. Russell of "The Diplomat" 61. Mardi Gras follower 62. "How __ can I say it ... " 64. Org. that operates AIT scanners 65. Actor/comedian Meadows