Daily Puzzle Solution
LA Times Crossword
Tuesday, May 5, 2026
The Los Angeles Times crossword puzzle for Tuesday, May 5, 2026 features 78 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 4.8 letters. The longest answer is "bargainingchips".
Total Clues
78
Longest
bargainingchips
Avg Length
4.8
Shortest
BAD
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Hip-hop trio that covered Aerosmith's "Walk This Way"
6rundmc
Naughty!
3BAD
Jazz singing style
4SCAT
Plenty
6ENOUGH
Fall Out Boy genre
3EMO
Foot part
4ARCH
Total hunk
10studmuffin
Greek cheese
4FETA
Weigh station unit
3TON
Destroy
4RUIN
Storm-tracking aid
5RADAR
Overdo and then some in the oven
12burntoacrisp
"The Irishman" star Robert
6deniro
Walking pace
4GAIT
Chris of "Knives Out"
5EVANS
Nothing to write home about
4SOSO
Sch. whose colors are purple and gold
3lsu
Advantages for dealmakers
15bargainingchips
Camera letters
3SLR
FasTrak payment
4toll
Pound fraction
5OUNCE
Scullers' pair?
4oars
Simple bookmark
6DOGEAR
With 59-Across, rhetorical taunt, or a question answered by the ends of 17-, 23-, and 37-Across
12howdoyoulike
Statutes that protect inventions and works of art, for short
5iplaw
Iridescent gem
4OPAL
Oral health org.
3ADA
__ the change
4KEEP
See 48-Across
10themapples
{/QED/} center
4ERAT
London's Big ___
3BEN
Fidelity, Bravery, Integrity org.
6thefbi
Fathers
4DADS
Do some sums
3ADD
U.S. citizens living abroad
6expats
Take a breather
4REST
"And I say __ you ... "
4unto
Subject of a sentence, typically
4NOUN
Total bust
3DUD
___ Grand Las Vegas
3MGM
Fried cinnamon-sugar pastry
6churro
Are appropriate for
5befit
___ acids
5AMINO
Mattingly who was the Yankees starting first baseman for 12 seasons
3don
Excursion in the Serengeti
6safari
Borrower's limit
10CREDITLINE
Stand in for
5ACTAS
"Movin' Out" choreographer Twyla
5tharp
Lots of laughs
3FUN
Color TV pioneer
3RCA
Microsoft search engine
4BING
Latin for "bear"
4URSA
Eagerly excited
4AGOG
New socialites, familiarly
4debs
Test: Abbr.
4eval
One-point advantage, say
10narrowlead
__-cone: icy treat
3SNO
Vinaigrette ingredient
3OIL
Weekly sketch show, briefly
3snl
Adopt, don't shop org.
4SPCA
__-friendly
4USER
The ___-Bitsy Spider
4ITSY
Diner employee
4COOK
Massive
4HUGE
Learns to fit in
6ADAPTS
Use 44-Across
3row
Enlarge, as a pupil
6dilate
Walked in the woods, say
5hiked
Puccini work
5OPERA
___ and aahed
5OOHED
Flip over
5UPEND
On the __ (fleeing)
3LAM
Letter before bravo
4ALFA
Financial liability
4DEBT
Yard sale tag warning
4ASIS
"More details soon" letters
3tba
The Suns, on scoreboards
3PHX
Get-up-and-go
3PEP
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