LA Times Daily Crossword October 8, 2026 Answers

1. Hydrocortisone target 5. Glissade garb 9. "Wanna hear a secret?" 13. Animated blue tang of film 14. Heavy burden 15. Behind schedule 16. Christ the Redeemer veneer material 18. Gets lawyers involved 19. Sound heard around a crib 20. Places that are all fun and games 22. Verbal finger wag 24. Hoppy brew with a low ABV 27. Cut with an axe 28. Tree in the name of a Bay Area city 30. Line of symmetry 32. Palindromic family member 34. Part of a routine 37. "Why must you overcomplicate everything?," or what can be said about 16-, 24-, 49-, and 58-Across 41. Perceived 42. Instrument in a "Baker Street" riff 43. Body image? 44. Brain scan letters 46. Spider's spinning 48. 5G predecessor 49. Contents of a cheese pull, often 53. "You know it!" 54. Surf shop? 55. "Well, whaddaya know!" 57. __ Whip: frozen pineapple treat 58. Genre originally known as the West Coast sound 63. College town in Iowa 64. Figs. that may be delayed by weather 65. Territory "where America's day begins" 66. Lean to one side 67. Glum 68. Blows it

1. Cards at a casino? 2. Also 3. Act the class clown 4. Prefix with -dermic or -thermic 5. Little one 6. Spanish one 7. Bluefin, yellowfin, and blackfin 8. Password preceder 9. Texting etiquette? 10. Riyadh resident 11. Pricey 12. Thompson of "Hedda" 17. Not great, not terrible 21. Take the path of least resistance, say 22. Pad see ew cuisine 23. Suggestive messages 25. Only cardinal direction not in a state name 26. Funny sketches 31. Most susceptible to collecting dust? 33. Prayer __ 35. Four or five, maybe 36. Ramble on 38. Lakers legend Shaquille 39. Rink leap 40. Lends color 45. Lost colour 47. 22-Down currency 49. Wearable prize 50. Some indigenous Mexicans 51. Diamond chain 52. Muse of poetry 56. Spur to action 59. Murder-ous cry 60. Sales channel 61. Vehicle that may be self-driving 62. Tour de France distances, informally