LA Times Daily Crossword October 16, 2026 Answers

1. Barnyard call 4. A pop 7. Compels 13. Like some pickup-only deals 15. Prehistoric hand tool 17. Female sib 18. Cozy eatery 19. "Ferrari" actor Driver 20. Second singer to be honored with a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award 22. Some laptops 23. Man of La Mancha 25. Ernie's "Sing After Me" duet partner 27. See 74-Across 28. Monument Valley formation 30. Winter layer 33. __ Nation: Jay-Z's conglomerate 36. Novelist Quindlen 38. The complete set 40. Approximately 42. Many a K-pop singer 44. Starting lineup 45. Big flowerpot 47. Gaelic speaker 49. Cornerback Bly in the College Football Hall of Fame 50. Was gripping? 51. Breathe fire, say 53. Inhale, maybe 55. Couple 57. Extemporizes 62. "Thrilla in Manila" boxer 64. Approached bedtime 66. Wife of Zeus 67. Low-level laborer 69. "Perfect!," or how to make seven answers in this puzzle match their clues? 71. Peppers in some mole sauces 72. Writer/illustrator who often wrote in anapestic tetrameter 73. Villainous looks 74. With 27-Across, big name in watercraft 75. Therapist's maj.

1. King with a touching story? 2. Battery part 3. Breakfast tea variety 4. Pea sheller's discard 5. Canyon former 6. Amber, once 7. "Seriously?" 8. "Gorilla Warfare" artist Shaquille 9. NWSL official 10. Didn't ride solo 11. Corp. bigwig 12. Goes out with 14. Retiring 15. Shake 16. Ink spot, for short 21. Digital __: remote tech worker 24. Deep defenses 26. MD-to-be's exam 29. Clearance event 31. Not nearby 32. No longer feral 33. Impetuous 34. Clarinet kin 35. "Do my eyes deceive me?" 37. Totenberg of NPR 39. Like some flaws 41. Linguistic cousin of Hindi 43. One of a geographic quintet 46. Formally decrees 48. Galena, e.g. 52. Bonny landscapes 54. Sierra Nevada lake 56. Match point? 58. Sells 59. Came together 60. Olive oil maker 61. Flip 62. Intro courses? 63. Swimmer Marchand who won four gold medals at Paris 2024 65. "__ true!" 68. __-de-France: Paris's region 70. Govt. cybersecurity monitor