LA Times Crossword May 21 2026 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 81 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 81 clues from the LA Times Crossword for May 21 2026. Stuck on one? Click the clue to reveal its verified answer, plus every other answer that clue has had across every publisher in our database.

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Draped silk dress4 AcrossReveal answer → Unpublicized restaurant offering, or a feature of the answer to each starred clue10 AcrossReveal answer → Opera solos5 AcrossReveal answer → Educational acronym4 AcrossReveal answer → Grown boys3 AcrossReveal answer → Comedy series featuring Lily Tomlin7 AcrossReveal answer → World Series mo.3 AcrossReveal answer → Purple bloom4 AcrossReveal answer → Digital exec3 AcrossReveal answer → *Apprenticeship in the ways of The Force12 AcrossReveal answer → Call dibs on5 AcrossReveal answer → Roadside org.3 AcrossReveal answer → Only major U.S. city founded by a woman5 AcrossReveal answer → *Brunch choice12 AcrossReveal answer → Under the weather3 AcrossReveal answer → __ Cortina 20266 AcrossReveal answer → Sure to end badly5 AcrossReveal answer → "Long," in Hawaiian3 AcrossReveal answer → Language of Sri Lanka5 AcrossReveal answer → Eel in maki sushi5 AcrossReveal answer → Oyster opener5 AcrossReveal answer → Web feed initials3 AcrossReveal answer → Couple of bucks?5 AcrossReveal answer → Snacks stuffed with "stuf"5 AcrossReveal answer → Music producer Brian3 AcrossReveal answer → Leg day exercise5 AcrossReveal answer → Barbershop parts6 AcrossReveal answer → Sock part3 AcrossReveal answer → *"I Just Called To Say I Love You" singer12 AcrossReveal answer → Texting format initials3 AcrossReveal answer → __ shu pork3 AcrossReveal answer → Key West, e.g.4 AcrossReveal answer → *Negro Leagues player in the Baseball Hall of Fame12 AcrossReveal answer → Result of advancing in the field?3 AcrossReveal answer → Small cut4 AcrossReveal answer → Locavore's org.3 AcrossReveal answer → Tolkien characters who like to eat six meals a day7 AcrossReveal answer → Navigation tech3 AcrossReveal answer → Charger, e.g.4 AcrossReveal answer →

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Laziness7 DownReveal answer → Big rigs5 DownReveal answer → Mentor of Minions3 DownReveal answer → Fertilizer from bats5 DownReveal answer → "I feel seen"4 DownReveal answer → Laptop brand4 DownReveal answer → Campus mil. unit4 DownReveal answer → Sue Grafton's "__ for Malice"3 DownReveal answer → Call, as a cab4 DownReveal answer → Disney film set in Polynesia5 DownReveal answer → Skin soothers7 DownReveal answer → Sis, for one3 DownReveal answer → Last book of the Old Testament7 DownReveal answer → Bitter beers4 DownReveal answer → "Beetlejuice" director Burton3 DownReveal answer → Like some ruins in Peru5 DownReveal answer → Martini liquor3 DownReveal answer → Astonishment3 DownReveal answer → Swe. neighbor3 DownReveal answer → Not well-matched5 DownReveal answer → First sultan of Syria and Egypt7 DownReveal answer → Makes less wild5 DownReveal answer → Pasta ingredient3 DownReveal answer → "The Code Breaker" subj.3 DownReveal answer → Fan3 DownReveal answer → Tax agcy.3 DownReveal answer → Kitchen initialism4 DownReveal answer → Sauna openings?5 DownReveal answer → Loses steam?5 DownReveal answer → Didn't play3 DownReveal answer → Put away4 DownReveal answer → "Tartuffe" playwright7 DownReveal answer → Sound investments?7 DownReveal answer → City birds7 DownReveal answer → Sparkly stuff7 DownReveal answer → Central Texas city7 DownReveal answer → Maine course7 DownReveal answer → Artist known for fabric-wrapped installations7 DownReveal answer → Footnote abbr.4 DownReveal answer → Inspiring figure4 DownReveal answer → Speed reader?4 DownReveal answer → Jerky brand7 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the LA Times crossword published on Thursday, May 21, 2026. Answers are checked against the completed grid before publishing and live on each clue's own page, so you only see the solutions you ask for. If a clue looks familiar, open it — the same wording often runs in other puzzles with a different answer, and the clue page shows every version we have on record.