LA Times Daily Crossword November 9, 2026 Answers

1. "Forever Your Girl" singer Abdul 6. Radio band toggle 10. Rotating roasting rod 14. Online moderator, briefly 15. King, queen, or jack 16. Hawaiian dance 17. *Spinach eater who's smitten with Olive Oyl 20. Office helper: Abbr. 21. Self-storage rental 22. Looped rope at a 31-Across 23. Other, in Spanish 25. Short choral compositions 26. *"I Don't Like Mondays" new wave band 31. Official state sport of Montana, Wyoming, South Dakota, and Texas 32. Lithium-__ battery 33. Lyft rival 37. Mattel game with colorful cards 38. "The __ of the Opera" 42. St. crosser 43. Skater Lipinski 45. Have bills to pay 46. Lubricated 48. *"Mighty Morphin" heroes of 1990s television 52. College grounds 55. Auth. unknown 56. Opera solos 57. Failed to float 59. Slender woodwind 63. Has a thrilling opening, or what the answer to each starred clue does 66. Heavy book 67. Slowly grow dim 68. Student of Socrates 69. Garden dirt 70. Pundit piece 71. Mexican bucks

1. Smurf with a white beard and red hat 2. Noisy commotions 3. Baseball officials 4. "I can't handle the truth!" 5. "__ ideas?" 6. "Don't wait or you'll miss out!" 7. Fish often grilled for tacos, informally 8. Ridge on a guitar fingerboard 9. Rx writers 10. Japanese massage technique whose name means "finger pressure" 11. Heart rate 12. "You beat me" 13. Starchy roots used in poi 18. Continental currency 19. Like crazy 24. Sporty car roof 25. Spanish hand 26. Dry, as champagne 27. Actress Chaplin 28. Febreze target 29. Bay Area NFLer 30. Decompose 34. Hay bundle 35. Penultimate word in many fairy tales 36. Maroon, crimson, ruby, and the like 39. "__ it going?" 40. Astonishment 41. Stereo alternative 44. Clothes 47. Dishonorable 49. Depose 50. __ and raved 51. Egyptian cross with a top loop 52. Acting ensembles 53. Threepio pal 54. "The Golden Girls" city 57. Trade 58. Office helper 60. Sheep sounds 61. "I'm __ your tricks!" 62. Inner selves 64. Bay Area hub, for short 65. iPad download