Daily Puzzle Solution
LA Times Crossword
Thursday, May 14, 2026
The Los Angeles Times crossword puzzle for Thursday, May 14, 2026 features 78 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 4.8 letters. The longest answer is "entranced".
Total Clues
78
Longest
entranced
Avg Length
4.8
Shortest
uma
ALLComplete Solution List
Novice gamers, informally
5NEWBS
Thurman of "Pretty Lethal"
3uma
Pizzeria array
4pies
Moral principle
5ETHIC
"M*A*S*H" setting, for short
3kor
"Butterfly Dance" artist
5yanni
Put away
5STASH
Under a spell
9entranced
College where Robert Frost taught English
7amherst
Let's do it!
6IMGAME
NYC home of Matisse's "Landscape at Collioure"
4moma
Fail to share
3HOG
Taylor-Joy of "The Northman"
4anya
Skillets
7FRYPANS
Area exposed by an updo
4nape
Teases
4RIBS
___ it down!
4TONE
"Downton Abbey" cook
5daisy
Here, in Honduras
3ACA
Artistic printing method, and a feature of rows 2, 5, 11, and 14 in this puzzle
7woodcut
Mod About You polish maker
3opi
Mexican sandwich
5TORTA
Like a bowstring
4TAUT
Trade
4SWAP
Playfully sly
4arch
Endearment
7petname
Electrically adaptable
4ACDC
__ majesty
3HER
Sazerac options
4RYES
Carefree
6BLITHE
Abu Dhabi, e.g.
7EMIRATE
Expanse crossed by Odysseus
9ioniansea
Sanctions
5OKAYS
Like van Gogh and Vermeer
5DUTCH
Superlative suffix
3EST
Grain ___
5NUTRI
Breyers rival
4EDYS
Tiny ___
3WEE
Blades for some Olympians
5epees
Super Mario Bros. console
3NES
Jazzy James
4ETTA
Guitar accessory that may create vibrato
9whammybar
Knights neighbors
7BISHOPS
Blueprint
6SCHEMA
Luau instruments
4UKES
May, say
5MONTH
Skill
3ART
Prehistoric supercontinent
7pangaea
Like some pyramids
5INCAN
Moriarty, to Holmes
5ENEMY
Musician's better half?
5SIDEA
Sweet potato
3YAM
Latvian capital
4RIGA
Cost
5RANTO
Recipe quantity
6ONECUP
Greek life group
4FRAT
Part of P.R.
4RICO
Calm
6SOOTHE
S.F. summer hrs.
3pdt
Leak prevention measure, briefly
3nda
Home of the Cyclones
9IOWASTATE
Hormel product
4SPAM
Cry in pain.
4yipe
Biblical rider of a red horse
3war
Development sites
5UTERI
Elements of a strategy
7TACTICS
Move stealthily
7sneakup
Steve who co-founded YouTube
4CHEN
Power of classic films
6TYRONE
Stand
5ABIDE
Easy part of a sky in a jigsaw puzzle, maybe
5cloud
__ Moore: canned stew brand
5DINTY
Oscar winner Witherspoon
5REESE
As if!
3HAH
Londoner's pal
4mate
Brontë orphan
4EYRE
Darn
3SEW
Certain sib
3SIS
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