LA Times Daily Crossword October 26, 2026 Answers

1. Mani-pedi spots 5. Muscles targeted by leg raises 8. Pumpkin's place 13. Like a trusted mentor 14. Not of the clergy 16. Windy City airport 17. "Piece of cake!" 19. Harder to come by 20. Stingray relative 21. Search for 23. "Well, golly!" 24. Vipers in the Sahara 27. Feel the same way 29. Airport screening spots 34. Actor Lowe 35. "That sounds cool!" 36. Below, poetically 38. Individual 39. Heartburn reliever 42. Title for Louis XIV 43. Tennessee NFL player 45. Snowboarding great Chloe 46. German 101 article 47. Landmark antidiscrimination legislation of 1964 52. Girl Scout Cookie with coconut 53. Relax in the bath 54. Oral health org. 56. Line on a graph 58. Golf course halves 62. Automaton 64. Shoe with a strap behind the heel, or what can be found in each set of circled letters 67. "You had to be __" 68. Currency in Cyprus 69. Woe after a long hike 70. Filled to the brim 71. Shoot the breeze 72. Shine from within

1. First leg of a traditional triathlon 2. Falafel bread 3. Professional gp. 4. Closest airport to Mt. Rainier, familiarly 5. Mahershala of "Green Book" 6. Declare off-limits 7. Sets the dogs (on) 8. Salty fried snack 9. "I get it now!" 10. Bull's-eye vicinity 11. One of Canada's First Nations 12. "Present!" 15. Low-priced 18. Fat wallet fattener 22. Sense of self 25. Laborer 26. Edinburgh native 28. U-turn from WSW 29. Slow and steady run 30. Lightning-fast hedgehog of video games 31. "No weaseling out! Pay up!" 32. Uniform color for some park rangers 33. Showing no emotion 37. Helpful suggestion 39. Like Pixar movies 40. Slangy smokes 41. Intro to a texter's two cents 44. "Selma" director DuVernay 48. Fishy bagel topping 49. Reward for a job well done 50. Zesty flavor 51. Carrier for poles, boots, and goggles 54. Bonsai and saikei 55. Gulf capital known for its futuristic skyline 57. Slimy garden pest 59. Table salt, to a chemist 60. Sound in an empty chamber 61. Distort, as data 63. Mined find 65. 401(k) kin 66. San Francisco's __ Hill