LA Times Daily Crossword September 25, 2026 Answers

1. Diminish 5. "Too rich for my blood" 10. "My word!" 14. Fusses 15. Bay area on the East Coast 16. Olden times 17. Fit to eat? 19. Enthusiasm 20. Uno e uno e uno 21. Arabian aristocrat 22. Hurled 24. Nintendo princess 26. Archrivals 28. __ Minor 30. Event that may have drawings 33. Single ant, say 35. Hon 36. "Proud Mary" singer Turner 37. "Don't think so" 38. Fit for a king? 41. Nero Wolfe creator Stout 42. Book jacket blurbs 44. Lip-smacking word 45. Air ways 47. Masterful demonstrations 49. Capital city with a Museum of the Viking Age set to open in 2027 50. Home body? 52. Diving aquatic birds 56. One sister in "King Richard" 58. Treadmill setting 60. D.C. MLBer 61. The whole shebang 62. Fit for work? 65. Broccoli __ 66. Law of __: trigonometry equation 67. Mud 68. Sudsy mugfuls 69. "Tough crowd!" 70. Zoomed

1. Flounce 2. Be wild about 3. Prize first awarded in 1901 4. Slow start? 5. Object 6. Yacht spot 7. Color gradient technique 8. News initials 9. Rehearsals a cast generally won't stand for? 10. Reason to look one's best? 11. Fit to a tee? 12. Central Asia's North __ Sea 13. Say "It wasn't me," say 18. Start to cry 23. Rough fig. 25. Pair 27. "M'lady" 29. Sarcastic response to rude behavior 31. Individuals 32. 1-Across opposite 33. Travel as the wind blows 34. Fit for service? 35. Comic book onomatopoeia 37. "SVU" network 39. A second ago 40. Morose 43. Seasonal allergy symptoms 46. Murmur 48. "What We Can Know" novelist McEwan 49. Pontificates 51. Pontificate 53. Ready to pour 54. Inexperienced 55. Place 56. Singer-songwriter Bareilles 57. Bibliography abbr. 59. Paper money 63. Driver's one-eighty 64. Turntable pros