Daily Puzzle Solution
LA Times Crossword
Thursday, May 7, 2026
The Los Angeles Times crossword puzzle for Thursday, May 7, 2026 features 78 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 4.8 letters. The longest answer is "soundslikeaplan".
Total Clues
78
Longest
soundslikeaplan
Avg Length
4.8
Shortest
sus
ALLComplete Solution List
Hajj destination
5MECCA
Foxtrot follower
4golf
Took off
4LEFT
Brilliance
5ECLAT
Actress Taylor-Joy
4ANYA
Land division
4ACRE
Some tissue in the central nervous system
10graymatter
Brit's trunk
4BOOT
Not to be trusted, in slang
3sus
Condo gp.
3hoa
Elusive picture book character
5waldo
Quantum mechanics phenomenon
13superposition
Frozen gutter problem
6icedam
"Saturday Night Live" unit
4skit
Ditto
5SODOI
Not great, say
4okay
Sanskrit title of respect
3SRI
"Let's do this thing!," or what can be said about each set of circles in this puzzle
15soundslikeaplan
Mont Blanc, e.g.
3ALP
Mystery writer Buchanan
4EDNA
*Lego unit
5BRICK
Yogurt bowl berry
4acai
homEs
6ABODES
Sweet and tart fruit drink
13mangolemonade
Not of this world
5ALIEN
Messy class, often
3art
Uno y uno
3DOS
Diagram
4VENN
Therapeutic canopy for some respiratory ailments
10oxygentent
Board VIP
4EXEC
McEntire of country
4REBA
Italian bowling game
5BOCCE
___ a soul
4NARY
Tree of knowledge location
4EDEN
A bit off
5ASKEW
Gig segments
4MEGS
Earth tone
4ECRU
Brought elegance to
9classedup
Sandy island
3CAY
Outer bank?
3ATM
Later
5GATOR
Ready to go
5ONTAP
NaOH, more familiarly
3lye
Not walkable, say
3far
Canadian brewery
6LABATT
Cause of some food poisoning
5ECOLI
Baggins of the Shire
5frodo
"Grand" peak visible from eastern Idaho
5teton
"Standing right here!"
4ahem
Mario Kart platform
3WII
Soba alternative
4UDON
No longer in arrears
4paid
Port city east of Kobe
5osaka
___ Terrier
4SKYE
Actress ___ Rae
4ISSA
Refrigerate
4COOL
Tune rarely played on Top 40 radio
5oldie
Family
3KIN
PowerPoint file, essentially
9slidedeck
Zoom
4RACE
Signs, as a contract
4INKS
Animal that goes with the floe?
4seal
Fernando band
4ABBA
Egg on
4PROD
Ability to shape one's own future
6agency
Fleece
3CON
Poker stake
4ANTE
___ whiz
5MAVEN
Wrestler Bliss known as "Five Feet of Fury"
5alexa
West Coast NFLer
5NINER
"It's always possible"
5maybe
Church fixture
5ORGAN
In a while
4ONCE
Hearty bowlful
4STEW
Seam contents
3ORE
Crossed (out)
3XED
Org. for Jazz quintets?
3nba
Talking ___
3TOS
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