Daily Puzzle Solution
LA Times Crossword
Friday, May 1, 2026
The Los Angeles Times crossword puzzle for Friday, May 1, 2026 features 76 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 4.8 letters. The longest answer is "analoganalogy".
Total Clues
76
Longest
analoganalogy
Avg Length
4.8
Shortest
TIS
ALLComplete Solution List
Departing word
4ciao
"Of course," in Oviedo
5claro
Chevrolet model until 2019
4volt
Address letters
4HTTP
Bleachers shoutout
5himom
Biblical plot?
4EDEN
Dramatic sigh
4ahme
St. Teresa's birthplace
5AVILA
Succeeding
4NEXT
Color commentator's remark about a zebra on the field?
12refreference
Created hazardous driving conditions, perhaps
7sleeted
Two-digit sign
5peace
Org. that promotes vegan leather
4peta
Pickling, canning, headspace, annealing, etc.?
9jarjargon
Quaint affirmation
3TIS
Sticky stuff
3GOO
Abnormal
3ODD
Like clockwork, e.g.?
13analoganalogy
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, for one
3duo
Comedian Wong
3ALI
Prefix with {/binary/}
3NON
Pressing the "permanent press" button?
9ironirony
Swim/bike/run races, briefly
4tris
Growing alarm
5panic
Lifeblood
7ESSENCE
"Words are but wind"?
12metametaphor
Place to find one's credit history?
4imdb
Home of Creighton University
5OMAHA
Net
4EARN
Tarot figure carrying a bindle
4fool
Program broadcast from Rockefeller Plaza
5today
Gastropub pours
4ALES
Maker of Inzone gaming gear
4sony
Presents inaccurately, as data
5skews
Try out
4TEST
Nears burning
5chars
Geek Squad offering
6ithelp
Charge for cash
6ATMFEE
Gilbert and Sullivan work
8OPERETTA
Abrade
5CHAFE
Club record holder?
6livedj
The Kite Runner boy
4AMIR
Part
4ROLE
Yemen neighbor
4OMAN
Deceptive layer
6veneer
Amanda Gorman's "An __ We Owe"
3ODE
Latin law
3LEX
Boom operator's need?
3tnt
Cybercommerce
5ETAIL
Audit firm exec
3CPA
Spellbound
4AGOG
"Dirt Cheap" country singer Johnson
4cody
Terminus
3END
From the top
5AGAIN
Kim Possible sidekick __ Stoppable
3ron
Cusack of the "Toy Story" franchise
4joan
Skyrocket
4SOAR
Lighting effect
4AURA
Lunch hour for some
4NOON
Mop & ____
3GLO
__ luck!
5LOTSA
How viral videos might be played
8onrepeat
Short decline
3dip
With quick movements
6nimbly
Clinch
3ICE
Rodeo cry
6YEEHAW
Half of a meditative refrain
6inhale
Film compositions
6scores
Collar supports
5STAYS
Dada pioneer Max
5ERNST
Fries alternative
4tots
Out of control
4AMOK
Not natural
4MADE
Hypotheticals
3IFS
Ranch sound.
3MOO
Put on
3DON
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