Today’s LA Times Crossword hints and answers for October 29
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Clues79
Across39
Down40
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Today’s LA Times Crossword clues, hints & answers
Every clue from this puzzle with a hint and the answer behind separate buttons, so you only see what you need. Click a clue for its own page.
Across
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Wolfgang Puck restaurant (5)
Starts with S, ends with OSPAGO→
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*"The Sixth Sense" (14)
Starts with I, ends with EISEEDEADPEOPLE→
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"The Simpsons" creator Groening (4)
Starts with M, ends with TMATT→
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Ever so (4)
Starts with V, ends with YVERY→
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UFC sport (3)
Starts with M, ends with AMMA→
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Chatty starlings (5)
Starts with M, ends with SMYNAS→
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Formula One event (4)
Starts with R, ends with ERACE→
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Toffee candy bar (4)
Starts with S, ends with RSKOR→
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*"Frankenstein" (8)
Starts with I, ends with EITSALIVE→
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Large agricultural knife (7)
Starts with M, ends with EMACHETE→
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Laryngitis docs (4)
Starts with E, ends with SENTS→
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Roused from sleep (4)
Starts with W, ends with EWOKE→
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Burma's first prime minister (3)
Starts with U, ends with UUNU→
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Circle (4)
Starts with R, ends with GRING→
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*"The Shining" (11)
Starts with H, ends with YHERESJOHNNY→
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Basic geometry calculation (4)
Starts with A, ends with AAREA→
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Fast-food item celebrated with multiple farewell tours (5)
Starts with M, ends with BMCRIB→
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"Stolen Car" singer Beth (5)
Starts with O, ends with NORTON→
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Starboard's opposite (4)
Starts with P, ends with TPORT→
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Cold plunge preceder, sometimes (5)
Starts with S, ends with ASAUNA→
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Stipulation for some parties, briefly (4)
Starts with B, ends with BBYOB→
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Hops-drying ovens (5)
Starts with O, ends with SOASTS→
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Crock-Pot concoctions (5)
Starts with S, ends with SSTEWS→
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Cold War initials (4)
Starts with U, ends with RUSSR→
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Pizza part (5)
Starts with C, ends with TCRUST→
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Pisa landmark (5)
Starts with T, ends with RTOWER→
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Rock's Mötley __ (4)
Starts with C, ends with ECRUE→
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Combine (4)
Starts with M, ends with DMELD→
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Metallic lode (3)
Starts with O, ends with EORE→
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"__ luego" (5)
Starts with H, ends with AHASTA→
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One of music's Allman Brothers (5)
Starts with D, ends with EDUANE→
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Formal agreement? (7)
Starts with I, ends with RICONCUR→
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*"Saw" (8)
Starts with G, ends with RGAMEOVER→
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Back talk (4)
Starts with S, ends with SSASS→
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South African currency (4)
Starts with R, ends with DRAND→
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Inbox party notice (5)
Starts with E, ends with EEVITE→
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Tire gauge meas. (3)
Starts with P, ends with IPSI→
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Tubular pasta (4)
Starts with Z, ends with IZITI→
Down
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Elite wheelchair rugby player, maybe (11)
Starts with P, ends with NPARALYMPIAN→
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Approximate fig. (3)
Starts with E, ends with TEST→
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U. of Maryland athlete (4)
Starts with T, ends with PTERP→
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Stranded until a thaw (6)
Starts with I, ends with NICEDIN→
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One with a self-sufficient lifestyle (11)
Starts with H, ends with RHOMESTEADER→
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Nonstick spray brand (3)
Starts with P, ends with MPAM→
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Put (down) (3)
Starts with J, ends with TJOT→
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Size indicator (3)
Starts with T, ends with GTAG→
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Get ready to flip, perhaps (8)
Starts with R, ends with ERENOVATE→
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Online representative (6)
Starts with A, ends with RAVATAR→
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Bottomless pit (5)
Starts with A, ends with SABYSS→
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Diarist Anaïs (3)
Starts with N, ends with NNIN→
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Catering container (3)
Starts with U, ends with NURN→
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Ibuprofen target (4)
Starts with A, ends with EACHE→
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Barbecue apparatus (6)
Starts with S, ends with RSMOKER→
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"Say something!" (8)
Starts with A, ends with EANSWERME→
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Tot's piggy (3)
Starts with T, ends with ETOE→
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Word with love or thunder (6)
Starts with S, ends with KSTRUCK→
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Big concert venues (6)
Starts with A, ends with SARENAS→
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Fed. bench nine (6)
Starts with S, ends with SSCOTUS→
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__ pro nobis (3)
Starts with O, ends with AORA→
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Fill with wonder (3)
Starts with A, ends with EAWE→
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Hotel bonus bed (3)
Starts with C, ends with TCOT→
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CGI-heavy superhero franchise (3)
Starts with M, ends with UMCU→
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Cauldron concoction (4)
Starts with B, ends with WBREW→
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Takes a breather (5)
Starts with R, ends with SRESTS→
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__ au vin (3)
Starts with C, ends with QCOQ→
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Confers, as authority (5)
Starts with V, ends with SVESTS→
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Most certain (6)
Starts with S, ends with TSUREST→
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Handy types (6)
Starts with D, ends with SDIYERS→
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Long, long time (3)
Starts with E, ends with NEON→
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Brain test letters (3)
Starts with E, ends with GEEG→
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Dish whose name means "bone with a hole" in Italian (8)
Starts with O, ends with OOSSOBUCO→
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Word on Irish stamps (4)
Starts with E, ends with EEIRE→
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Agent that produces a reaction (8)
Starts with S, ends with SSTIMULUS→
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Space trailer of the 1970s and '80s? (8)
Starts with I, ends with SINVADERS→
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"Reckon so" (3)
Starts with Y, ends with PYEP→
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Woodworking tool that resembles an axe (3)
Starts with A, ends with ZADZ→
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How many clues are in the LA Times Crossword for October 29, 2026?+
79 clues: 39 Across and 40 Down.
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For example: Wolfgang Puck restaurant (SPAGO); *"The Sixth Sense" (ISEEDEADPEOPLE); "The Simpsons" creator Groening (MATT).
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