Daily Puzzle Solution
LA Times Crossword
Saturday, May 16, 2026
The Los Angeles Times crossword puzzle for Saturday, May 16, 2026 features 70 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 5.7 letters. The longest answer is "bellybuttonring".
Total Clues
70
Longest
bellybuttonring
Avg Length
5.7
Shortest
est
ALLComplete Solution List
Studies
7gazesat
Google Play download
7appgame
Woodcutter in a tale told by Scheherazade
7alibaba
Went by yacht
7cruised
Navel brass?
15bellybuttonring
Patisserie treat
6ECLAIR
Cocktail whose color comes from grenadine
8pinklady
Winter hrs. for most of western Indiana
3est
Relieve (of)
6divest
Milk director Gus Van ___
4SANT
Sector
4ZONE
Not discourteous
5CIVIL
The CW predecessor
3UPN
Ooh, burn!
4zing
"The Tale of __ Puddle-Duck"
6jemima
Winless racehorses
7maidens
Apple cultivar that dates to American colonial times
7winesap
Euchre kin
6ecarte
Oscilloscope display
4wave
Sch. in Athens
3UGA
Sparked again
5relit
Connection point?
4NODE
Barbaro's role in "A Complete Unknown"
4baez
Pyle player
6NABORS
Berkeley, familiarly
3CAL
Kodai Senga's signature pitch
8forkball
Yoga pose that alternates between arching and rounding the spine
6catcow
Beyoncé challenge in the song "Energy"
15everybodyonmute
Shows some major respect?
7salutes
Mythical hunter transformed into a stag
7actaeon
Cunning
7SLYNESS
Lunar event
7MOONSET
Kapler who was NL Manager of the Year in 2021
4gabe
Obi-Wan player
4ALEC
Microgeneration of the 1990s
10zillennial
Marketing method
6eblast
Just tell me
5sayit
Dict. tag
4ABBR
Cross
3TAU
On the move
6ACTIVE
Tending (to)
5PRONE
Anticonformist subculture
9punkscene
Some brunch dates
8girltime
China setting
4ASIA
Make better
4MEND
Anxious
4EDGY
Halloween prank
5tping
Puts on
4DONS
Ancient region between the Tigris and Euphrates
5sumer
Quickly
5APACE
Niche mag
4ZINE
Facial expressions, e.g.
10visualcues
PR concern
5IMAGE
Bolivian cultural center
5lapaz
One sextillion memory units
9zettabyte
Speak unseriously
4jive
Mid-party errand
8drinkrun
Balls (up)
4WADS
Macrocosm
5WORLD
"We can manage without them"
6noloss
Superhero star of a Lego movie
6batman
Sweets
5babes
Epic poem division
5CANTO
Admit, with "up"
4FESS
Like a kumquat
4OVAL
Depend on
4RELY
2025 French Open winner Gauff
4coco
____-Missouria Tribe
4OTOE
Bounced
4WENT
Vegetable related to lilies
3YAM
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