LA Times runs cryptic hint: misleading passages here? (9)
I believe the answer is:
labyrinth
'misleading passages here?' is the definition.
(labyrinths have misleading passages or paths)
'la times runs cryptic hint' is the wordplay.
'times' becomes 'by' (both can mean 'multiplied by').
'runs' becomes 'r' (cricket abbreviation).
'cryptic' indicates an anagram (a cryptic or obscure order of the letters).
'hint' anagrammed gives 'inth'.
'la'+'by'+'r'+'inth'='LABYRINTH'
(Other definitions for labyrinth that I've seen before include "Complicated network of passages or paths" , "Maze, tangled network" , "It may be difficult to get out of" , "listening equipment" , "puzzle -" .)