LA Times Daily Crossword January 16, 2026 Answers

1. Lemon piece 6. Shoe with a "Sport Mode" 10. Sunscreen ingredient 14. Far from familiar 15. Off-white hue 16. "Pick me!" 17. [Math], science, gym, English 19. Simplicity 20. Start of a long drive, perhaps 21. Available sans Rx 23. Craps cube 24. Journalist Katie 26. Formal expulsion 28. Well-suited 30. Allegory, [fable], anecdote, parable 32. Tasks 34. Doja Cat's signature song 35. Zipped, or ripped 36. "Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta" airer 37. Kardashian matriarch 41. Sailor Moon headpiece 44. Benoit Blanc, e.g. 46. Walkout, slowdown, [picketing], sit-in 50. Pigpen 51. Tried to improve one's score on, perhaps 52. Rat 54. "__ longa, vita brevis" 55. Cat seat 57. Some bagels 60. Masjid prayer leader 62. Safari lodge, island property, destination spa, [all-inclusive beach hotel] 64. "Bob's Burgers" girl 65. Redhead of classic TV 66. Features of some lobbies 67. "Quit it!" 68. Rain delay sight 69. Small

1. Travel by air 2. Lebanese fashion designer Saab 3. Chloé Zhao, for one 4. Bas-relief medium 5. Gush 6. Boston player 7. TV producer 8. Ish 9. Guardianship 10. Elmo's orange friend 11. "Couldn't resist!" 12. More likely to pry 13. Chipper 18. Targets of some workouts 22. Swear 25. People who get half the credit 27. Stir up 28. Do one's part 29. Soup with rice noodles 31. Pt. of USNA 33. In vogue again 36. B.A. Baracus player 38. Mount with southeast-facing faces 39. Addams cousin 40. Reserved 42. Object of admiration 43. Have high expectations 44. One with two poles 45. Cry of hunger? 46. Qualities 47. __ crab 48. "I'll have to pass" 49. Foot part 53. Isabel Wilkerson's "__: The Origins of Our Discontents" 56. Dada 58. Former "DWTS" co-host Andrews 59. Hotel visit 61. World view? 63. "Aaron Burr, __": "Hamilton" song