LA Times Daily Crossword October 22, 2026 Answers

1. Cartoon girl whose best friend is Boots the Monkey 5. Brand of body wash 9. Meant but not said 14. Sigh of woe 15. Slip (past) 16. Residence 17. Sharp taste 18. Russian blues, e.g. 23. Kept on teasing 24. Isl. with four provinces 25. Basic nutrient 32. Wetland ecosystem 33. __ poker 34. Holy people 35. Adapter letters 37. "Okey-dokey" 39. Breathing organ 40. Moved with haste 43. Formerly, quaintly 46. Leaves in hot water? 50. Telepathic ability 51. Part of a pod cast? 52. Whodunit game 53. Port 58. "Until we meet again, mon ami" 61. Unstable subatomic particle 62. "__ might say ... " 63. Cough drop brand 64. Group driven to stay together? 65. Neck and neck 66. Talus locale 67. Mount of Greek myth 68. Give temporarily

1. Facts and figures 2. Royal figure in Norwegian history 3. Royal figure in Indian history 4. Home of Odin and Thor 5. Reader of secret messages 6. "Seems to me ... " 7. Business reps 8. Nielsen of "Airplane!" 9. Stiff fabric 10. Be against 11. Foldable bed 12. Promising words 13. Oscar count for 1961's "West Side Story" 21. "Hello It's Me" singer-songwriter Rundgren 22. Flubs 25. Having measurable limits 26. Buck topper 27. Electrical pioneer Nikola 28. Comes up again 29. Turns out to be 30. "Awesome!" 31. Barrister's head covering 32. Absurd situation 36. Letter between phi and psi 38. "Time's up" callers 41. Embrace, as a cause 42. Judge to be 44. Sugar substitute with sucralose 45. Series of gigs 48. Lyric poet of Lesbos 49. Frigate, for one 53. Spreadsheet unit 54. Informal reversals 55. Emotion expressed with heart hands, perhaps 56. Gathering clouds, say 57. Lean (toward) 58. Triumphant cry 59. Auerbach of the Black Keys 60. Sort