LA Times Crossword

May 24, 2026 Answers

Every Across and Down clue from the LA Times Crossword on May 24, 2026. Tap any tile to reveal a letter, or click the clue text for the full breakdown.

142
Total Clues
67
Across
75
Down
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Across 67

Harsh in one's nose
Curly coif
Grocery section
Word of sorrow
Longtime "Jeopardy!" host Trebek
Marvel's Punisher, for one
"__ news?"
Have a life
__ nouveau
Historical record?
Outdoes
Community of flora and fauna
Gender prefix
Vampire squid's habitat
Megacity of India
LBJ's party
No longer on the table?
Sign into law
Site with handmade goods
Pancake recipe instruction
Mesh on a field
Honeylike substances
"Not one more step!"
Morehouse, for one: Abbr.
World record?
Use a mountain trail
Terse confirmation
Broken record?
Memo heading
Goddess often depicted with a throne headdress
Comb target
Astrological big cat
Medical record?
Criminal record?
Fuming
For a __ pittance
Jun. and Jul.
Beltway Series ballplayer, familiarly
Largest loch by volume
Totenberg of NPR
Portuguese "Hello"
Black gem
__ colada
Plop (down)
Undergrad lecturer
Assessed anew
Places where forks may be found?
Namesake of the AL batting title
Costco rival, informally
iPad assistant
Jedi foe
Asparagus unit
Squirrel away
Valuable violin
WNBA great Bird
Mineral once used in baby powder
Asides
Springsteen, to fans
Permanent record?
Also
Mix, as a salad
High-level perfidy
Newcastle upon __
Fossil record?
Shahidi of "Black-ish"
Thumbs-up vote
Annual: Abbr.

Down 75

Gp. of lawyers
Slack-jawed
"True Detective" actor Mahershala
Ballerina Pavlova
Clear nail polish, say
Changed the laundry?
Party nibble
Shift+6 symbol
Singer Cruz known as the "Queen of Salsa"
Corp. bigwigs
Mobile homes?
"All finished!"
Carthaginian queen in Virgil's "Aeneid"
Rackets
Per person
Nesting sites
Unadon fillets
Jeff Lynne's band
Part of a thread
Turn out to be
Utterly captivated
Writer/illustrator Carle
Guy who hosts Food Network's "Tournament of Champions"
"Not sure why, but ... "
"Take that!"
Religious devotion to an object
Actor Penn
"We the Youth" muralist Haring
"Praying" singer
Outlandish
Attractive guy in Marvel Comics?
Sushi roll type
Sporty Mazda model
"Just the news I needed!"
Thumbs-down vote
Wafer name since 1967
"That's bad!"
Pacific Coast Highway's route number
Switch type
Treat with vanilla creme
Church pipes
Dept. of Labor div.
Fruit that may be crossed with apricot
Vancouver hrs.
Philosopher Descartes
Mardi Gras merrymaker
Film critic Reed
Copacabana setting
Memorization method
Moves with the wind
African grassland
Like many shampoos
Tranquil
Stitched
"Kama Sutra" topic
Fancy Feast alternative
Gave an impressive performance
TV sketch featuring Chloe Fineman or Colin Jost
Mud bath venue
Got up
Grasp at __
"No __ luck!"
Honeymoon booking
Hunting cry
Jacksonville Jaguars color
"Young Frankenstein" actress
Aquarium fish
Remedial treatment
Out of __ air
Links
Push to the limit
Secret assignations
"L8r g8r!"
Hawaiian chordophone, for short
Old Glory

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