Daily Puzzle Solution
LA Times Crossword
Friday, May 8, 2026
The Los Angeles Times crossword puzzle for Friday, May 8, 2026 features 76 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 5.0 letters. The longest answer is "onetrackmini".
Total Clues
76
Longest
onetrackmini
Avg Length
5.0
Shortest
STS
ALLComplete Solution List
Meat in some fried rice
4spam
Place where heros are made
4deli
Ready to lose one's cool
5irate
Purnell of "Fallout"
4ella
Go
4EXIT
Wind turbine part
5ROTOR
Polish target
4NAIL
Barn topper
4VANE
Minds
5OBEYS
Small car that can only follow a single route?
12onetrackmini
French automaker
7RENAULT
Barrel-shaped drums
6CONGAS
Map lines: Abbr.
3STS
Songs heard during a colorful spring festival?
11musiconholi
Generic surname
3DOE
Swanson of "Parks and Recreation"
3RON
Brewery kiln
4OAST
Temple table
5ALTAR
Blend
3MIX
The loneliest numbers?
5solos
Set of socks
4PAIR
Family nickname
3SIS
Advanced deg.
3PHD
First dish made at a cook-off?
11oldestchili
__ tai
3MAI
Candy bar with peanuts and caramel
6PAYDAY
Small pieces
7morsels
Designer's asset, or a phonetic description of 20-, 29-, and 43-Across
12eyefordetail
Some Ukrainians
5slavs
Keen
4AVID
Picnic playwright
4INGE
Pronoun choices
5hehim
Unvirtuous activity
4vice
Sweater fuzz
4lint
Order out
5EXILE
Condition affecting focus, briefly
4adhd
Not that much
4LESS
Barcelona men
6senors
Revolutionary figure?
6PLANET
Crop circle makers, supposedly
6aliens
Island near Sicily
5MALTA
Cheapen
7DEVALUE
Takes, as revenge
6EXACTS
Clickable text
4LINK
Object
4ITEM
Patch style
6IRONON
Inspiration for the DC Comics hero Green Arrow
9robinhood
Consumed
3ATE
Barbie, e.g.
3TOY
24-hour care ctrs.
3ers
Scuttlebutt
5RUMOR
Clickable image
4ICON
Aim
4GOAL
One more thought ...
4ALSO
Parks it
4SITS
Like Guinness
5IRISH
Crew team leader
3cox
Biker trying to miss the bus, perhaps?
9daredevil
Per
4APOP
Chorus syllables
4LALA
Shipshape
4TIDY
Drop
3MIC
English county
5SHIRE
Eye affliction
4STYE
Trudged
7PLODDED
Authoritative retort
6SAYSME
__ jackpot
6IMRICH
"You're being cruel!"
6meanie
Formats, as text
6aligns
Archipelago units
6ISLETS
Even so ...
5STILL
___ bean
4FAVA
Metamorphoses poet
4OVID
Pronoun choice
3SHE
NYC ave. on the East Side
3lex
Sushi option
3AHI
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