Daily Puzzle Solution
LA Times Crossword
Tuesday, May 26, 2026
The Los Angeles Times crossword puzzle for Tuesday, May 26, 2026 features 78 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 4.6 letters. The longest answer is "whataconcept".
Total Clues
78
Longest
whataconcept
Avg Length
4.6
Shortest
GAS
ALLComplete Solution List
Treadmill settings
5paces
Learn to fit in
5ADAPT
Fuel for some stoves
3GAS
Enticing scent
5AROMA
Brings to the ground
5razes
How We Do (Party) singer Rita
3ORA
Toyota pickup since 1995
11tacomatruck
Decimal base
3TEN
"Rooster" network
3hbo
Coin slot directive
6INSERT
Bullfrog relative
4toad
Ironman race, for short
3TRI
"Well, sort of"
3ish
Sarcastic "Great idea!"
12whataconcept
Pre-1917 Russian ruler
4TSAR
Molecule part
4ATOM
Land parcels
5ACRES
Pancake topper
5SYRUP
Take legal action against
3SUE
Large herbivore in India’s Kaziranga National Park
5rhino
Cowboy Bebop genre
5ANIME
Logically, this means ...
4ERGO
Toy Story boy
4ANDY
Requires sacrifice to achieve
12comesatacost
Brian of Roxy Music
3ENO
Before, in classic ballads
3ere
Confident and courageous
4bold
Rum cocktail
6MAITAI
Embrace
3HUG
Cry of realization
3AHA
Portable Tex-Mex snack, or a progression depicted in this puzzle
11walkingtaco
Grab a chair
3SIT
Common feature of flannel shirts
5plaid
Volunteer's offer
5IWILL
Earth-turning tool
3hoe
Actress/writer Kaling
5mindy
Vanlifer, for one
5nomad
Hiker's trail
4PATH
Many a Yemeni
4ARAB
Pixar film set in Mexico
4COCO
Punk subgenre
3EMO
Wiley of "The Handmaid's Tale"
6SAMIRA
The "A" of STEAM
4ARTS
Truth or __
4DARE
Côte d'___, France
4AZUR
Substance that makes jelly gel
6pectin
You should know better ...
3TSK
Favorite choice
4goto
District
4AREA
Temporary castle material
4SAND
Maria's friend in "West Side Story"
5ANITA
TV quiz show with Cash Builder rounds
8thechase
Played monotonously
8thrummed
Surgical memento
4SCAR
Nintendo character in purple overalls
5wario
Completely lost
5ATSEA
Tennis venue
5COURT
Last Greek letter
5OMEGA
Read the fine ___
5PRINT
Care for
4TEND
Airport org. with wands
3TSA
Match, as a laptop and the cloud
4sync
Tofu base
3SOY
Part of a hammer
4PEEN
Bounding main
5OCEAN
Mogadishu native
6SOMALI
Starting point
6ORIGIN
Wild party
4BASH
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame's state
4OHIO
Not on time
4LATE
Astronaut Shepard
4ALAN
Just joking
4IKID
In apple pie order
4TIDY
Pop band with sisters Este, Danielle, and Alana
4haim
Home of the NCAA's Bruins
4UCLA
Top Olympic prize
4GOLD
Typist's stat.
3WPM
"It takes __ to tango"
3two
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