LA Times Daily Crossword January 21, 2026 Answers

1. Old car from Sweden 5. __ Rica 10. Distance runner Zátopek 14. Bike trick also called a stoppie 15. Poker buy-ins 16. "Ciao" 17. Neurochemicals that act as natural painkillers 19. Fluid-filled cavity 20. Italian staple 21. Story-sharing app, briefly 23. "I'm on vacay" notification 24. Prisoner 26. "Peter Pan" protagonist 28. "Bon __!" 31. Low-calorie sweetener 33. Source of minerals 34. Garden pest with tentacles 36. __ Mujeres, Mexico 37. One way to stop a cab? 39. JD seekers' hurdles 41. Baking instruction 44. German article 46. "Heads up!" 48. __ Paulo, Brazil 49. Classifications for nouns in some languages 52. Wild 54. Lets use 55. Saved option 57. Lennox of R&B 58. Weasellike critter 60. First lady of the 1950s 64. Obsolete phone part 66. One way to tumble, or what can be found four times in this puzzle 68. Scope prefix 69. Wide-mouthed 70. Hawk 71. Rough words? 72. Brusque 73. Marketplace with personalized gifts

1. Leak slowly 2. "The Piano" Oscar winner Paquin 3. Puts two and two together 5. Part of a knitted outfit for a baby 6. Taking a gap year, say 7. Spell 8. Reacts to suspense 9. Admin. aide 10. Succinct "I could go on" 11. Thousand Island base 12. "This ain't normal" 13. "Heart Don't Lie" singer Jackson 18. __ and raves 22. Piercing tools 25. Playwright Arthur 27. Bed fellows? 28. Rep. from the Bronx 29. Expert 30. Plants with a long life cycle 32. Star fish? 35. Knock (about) 38. "The Secret Life of Bees" novelist 40. Garments that may lead to cold shoulders 42. Not close 43. Tik's partner 45. Loch for monster hunters 47. Last word in doughnuts 49. "My pleasure" 50. More spine-tingling 51. Freeload 53. "Feed a cold, __ a fever" 56. Meteorology tool 59. Udder part 61. Bump into 62. Stops along the way 63. Sink hole feature, perhaps 65. Novelist Tolstoy 67. Vendetta's origin?