Daily Puzzle Solution
LA Times Crossword
Thursday, May 21, 2026
The Los Angeles Times crossword puzzle for Thursday, May 21, 2026 features 81 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 4.9 letters. The longest answer is "FRENCHOMELET".
Total Clues
81
Longest
FRENCHOMELET
Avg Length
4.9
Shortest
SMS
ALLComplete Solution List
Texting format initials
3SMS
Eel in maki sushi
5unagi
Language of Sri Lanka
5TAMIL
Long, in Hawaiian
3LOA
Sure to end badly
5NOWIN
__ Cortina 2026
6milano
Under the weather
3ILL
Brunch choice
12FRENCHOMELET
Only major U.S. city founded by a woman
5miami
Roadside org.
3aaa
Draped silk dress
4sari
*Apprenticeship in the ways of The Force
12jeditraining
Digital exec
3cto
Purple bloom
4IRIS
World Series mo.
3OCT
Comedy series featuring Lily Tomlin
7laughin
Grown boys
3MEN
Educational acronym
4stem
Opera solos
5ARIAS
Unpublicized restaurant offering, or a feature of the answer to each starred clue
10secretmenu
Call dibs on
5CLAIM
Charger, e.g.
4auto
Navigation tech
3GPS
Tolkien characters who like to eat six meals a day
7hobbits
Locavore's org.
3csa
Small cut
4SLIT
Result of advancing in the field?
3rbi
*Negro Leagues player in the Baseball Hall of Fame
12satchelpaige
Key West, e.g.
4isle
___ shu pork
3MOO
Oyster opener
5otter
*"I Just Called To Say I Love You" singer
12steviewonder
Sock part
3TOE
Barbershop parts
6TENORS
Leg day exercise
5lunge
Music producer Brian
3ENO
Snacks stuffed with "stuf"
5oreos
Couple of bucks
5STAGS
Web feed initials
3RSS
Jerky brand
7slimjim
Tartuffe playwright
7MOLIERE
First sultan of Syria and Egypt
7saladin
Not well-matched
5unfit
Swe. neighbor
3NOR
Astonishment
3AWE
Martini liquor
3GIN
Like some ruins in Peru
5incan
Beetlejuice director Burton
3TIM
Bitter beers
4ALES
Last book of the Old Testament
7MALACHI
Laziness
7INERTIA
Skin soothers
7LOTIONS
Disney film set in Polynesia
5MOANA
Call, as a cab
4HAIL
Sue Grafton's "___ for Malice"
3MIS
Campus mil. unit
4ROTC
Laptop brand
4ACER
I feel seen ...
4ITME
Fertilizer from bats
5GUANO
Mentor of Minions
3gru
Big rigs
5SEMIS
Sis, for one
3sib
Speed reader?
4tach
Inspiring figure
4MUSE
Footnote abbr.
4ETAL
Artist known for fabric-wrapped installations
7christo
Maine course
7LOBSTER
Central Texas city
7ABILENE
Sparkly stuff
7glitter
City birds
7pigeons
Sound investments?
7STEREOS
Makes less wild
5TAMES
Put away
4STOW
Didn't play
3SAT
Loses steam
5COOLS
Sauna openings?
5pores
Kitchen initialism
4evoo
Tax agcy.
3IRS
___ fan!
3NUT
"The Code Breaker" subj.
3dna
Pasta ingredient
3egg
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