Daily Puzzle Solution
LA Times Crossword
Friday, May 22, 2026
The Los Angeles Times crossword puzzle for Friday, May 22, 2026 features 74 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 5.1 letters. The longest answer is "gettheleadout".
Total Clues
74
Longest
gettheleadout
Avg Length
5.1
Shortest
TWO
ALLComplete Solution List
Give and take
4SWAP
Blister.
6SCATHE
Tango number
3TWO
Mother of Beyoncé and Solange
4tina
William Sydney Porter's pen name
6OHENRY
Fresh
3RAW
Pop artist Warhol
4ANDY
*Misleads in an alley
10gutterball
Hospital figs.
3rns
Of two minds
4TORN
Sub-par performance?
5EAGLE
*Wordle ad collection
10dictionary
Fog
4MIST
Kicked off
6OPENED
Has a strong influence on
7impacts
Posting on the side of a food truck
4menu
Summer music
5DISCO
"Move it!," or how to make this puzzle's starred clues match their answers
13gettheleadout
Walking aids
5CANES
Icy response?
4brrr
Reaction creators
7stimuli
The __ Brothers: blue-eyed soul band
6doobie
Tsukiji market buy, perhaps
4tuna
*Storied Gilead locale
10omahabeach
__-Latin: medieval language
5anglo
Only
4LONE
Night of revelry, initially
3nye
*Plea deal venues
10belltowers
Sashimi's lack
4rice
Work of fiction?
3LIE
Carry too far
6OVERDO
__ come to me ...
4ITLL
Northern limits?
3ens
Speed up
6HASTEN
Some drones
4BEES
Fame
7STARDOM
Manitoba's capital
8WINNIPEG
Director's cut?
8andscene
Cough up
3PAY
Rave review
6sogood
Old-fashioned farm apparatus
5CHURN
CVS Health subsidiary
5AETNA
Big bang letters
3TNT
Charlemagne's domain, briefly
3HRE
Governess who breaks the fourth wall
4eyre
Star-crossed
6TRAGIC
Financial nabe in NYC
6wallst
Little hooters
6OWLETS
Auburn rival, to fans
4bama
Draw
3TIE
Hardware with flanges
4tnut
Goes up
5RISES
Community pool org.
4YMCA
Entertainment medium, for short
3pod
Fabric named for a French city
5DENIM
Tahiti, par exemple
3ILE
Ft. Worth school
3TCU
Heavenly sign
4halo
Wind instrument featured in R.E.M.'s "Nightswimming"
4oboe
City slicker
8URBANITE
Early wheels
8tricycle
Does a cobbler's job
7REHEELS
Bridle suite?
6STABLE
Listen!
6TUNEIN
Spanish English
6ingles
Chambers of commerce?
4MALL
"A Man on the Inside" actor Ted
6danson
Honor bestowed by HM King Charles III
3obe
With it
5ALERT
Teeming crowd
5HORDE
Brief "Then again ... "
4OTOH
Reproductive cells
3OVA
Montgomery of jazz
3WES
Umbrella spoke
3RIB
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