Sunday · 144 clues

LA Times Crossword May 17, 2026 answers

All Across and Down clues from today's LA Times Crossword, with verified answers.

Puzzle stats

144 total clues

Day

Sunday

Themed (large grid) difficulty

Total clues

144

in today's grid

Across

68

horizontal answers

Down

76

vertical answers

Across clues

68 clues
Across · 6 letters

"Cool beans!"

O
H
N
E
A
T
Across · 10 letters

"Gangster Malone takes the bait!"?

B
U
G
S
Y
B
I
T
E
S
Across · 5 letters

"Love Will Find a Way" band __ Cruise

P
A
B
L
O
Across · 4 letters

"The Menu" star Taylor-Joy

A
N
Y
A
Across · 5 letters

"Unfortunately ... "

I
F
E
A
R
Across · 3 letters

"Weekend Edition Sunday" airer

N
P
R
Across · 6 letters

"Weekend Edition Sunday" host Rascoe

A
Y
E
S
H
A
Across · 11 letters

"Yes, I'll invest in beachfront property in Arizona!"?

P
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T
S
Y
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N
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W
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R
Across · 4 letters

Abbey recess

A
P
S
E
Across · 3 letters

Above, poetically

O
E
R
Across · 7 letters

Assembled in advance

P
R
E
M
A
D
E
Across · 4 letters

Baking amts.

T
S
P
S
Across · 4 letters

Bunches (of)

A
L
O
T
Across · 3 letters

California wine grape, for short

Z
I
N
Across · 9 letters

Chaotic swirl

M
A
E
L
S
T
R
O
M
Across · 4 letters

Chicken cordon __

B
L
E
U
Across · 14 letters

Coffee table item in a dollhouse?

T
E
E
N
S
Y
M
A
G
A
Z
I
N
E
Across · 7 letters

Colorful method of data visualization

H
E
A
T
M
A
P
Across · 5 letters

Connection points

N
O
D
E
S
Across · 3 letters

Countless lifetimes

E
O
N
Across · 4 letters

Dayton's state

O
H
I
O
Across · 6 letters

Din

R
A
C
K
E
T
Across · 4 letters

Earring option

H
O
O
P
Across · 3 letters

Egg maker

H
E
N
Across · 7 letters

Egg maker

F
A
B
E
R
G
E
Across · 4 letters

Envelope part

F
L
A
P
Across · 10 letters

Event for people who won't drink Coca-Cola?

P
E
P
S
I
R
A
L
L
Y
Across · 4 letters

Farm females

E
W
E
S
Across · 3 letters

First number in many countdowns

T
E
N
Across · 4 letters

Folksy assent

Y
E
S
M
Across · 3 letters

Former U.N. head Hammarskjöld

D
A
G
Across · 5 letters

Game similar to pétanque

B
O
C
C
E
Across · 4 letters

Georgetown athlete

H
O
Y
A
Across · 4 letters

Labor agcy.

O
S
H
A
Across · 6 letters

Lake near Syracuse, New York

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N
E
I
D
A
Across · 3 letters

Letters on some makeup bottles

S
P
F
Across · 3 letters

Listening device?

E
A
R
Across · 6 letters

Look for solutions

I
D
E
A
T
E
Across · 4 letters

Lucy Van __: "Peanuts" kid

P
E
L
T
Across · 7 letters

More to the point

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L
U
N
T
E
R
Across · 7 letters

Most cruel

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E
A
N
E
S
T
Across · 4 letters

Neutral color lighter than greige

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C
R
U
Across · 4 letters

North __ Sea: Central Asian lake

A
R
A
L
Across · 4 letters

Part of a foot

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N
C
H
Across · 4 letters

Picture of health?

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R
A
Y
Across · 11 letters

Place to learn about chili peppers?

S
P
I
C
Y
M
U
S
E
U
M
Across · 3 letters

Pointer

T
I
P
Across · 14 letters

Root for a Calgary franchise?

F
A
N
C
Y
T
H
E
F
L
A
M
E
S
Across · 3 letters

Rowing implement

O
A
R
Across · 5 letters

Salad bar accessory

T
O
N
G
S
Across · 6 letters

Scattered

S
T
R
E
W
N
Across · 3 letters

Secret suffix

I
V
E
Across · 12 letters

Shearing event held under the big top?

F
L
E
E
C
Y
C
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R
C
U
S
Across · 9 letters

Shimmery gem

M
O
O
N
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O
N
E
Across · 7 letters

Small gears

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I
N
I
O
N
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Across · 4 letters

Smell

O
D
O
R
Across · 3 letters

Square root of cuatro

D
O
S
Across · 4 letters

Stefani of No Doubt

G
W
E
N
Across · 4 letters

Stuff of legend

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O
R
E
Across · 4 letters

Tara of "Sharknado"

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E
I
D
Across · 5 letters

Telegrams

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R
E
S
Across · 4 letters

Tiff

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P
A
T
Across · 4 letters

To-do

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T
I
R
Across · 6 letters

Triple-A squad in Buffalo

B
I
S
O
N
S
Across · 6 letters

Unflinching

S
T
E
E
L
Y
Across · 12 letters

Where it's hard to keep a secret?

N
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S
Y
M
A
N
S
L
A
N
D
Across · 4 letters

__ Fifth Avenue

S
A
K
S
Across · 3 letters

__ Kippur

Y
O
M

Down clues

76 clues
Down · 4 letters

"Butt out!" initials

M
Y
O
B
Down · 8 letters

"Don't sweat the small stuff"

W
H
Y
W
O
R
R
Y
Down · 10 letters

"Don't sweat the small stuff"

L
E
T
I
T
S
L
I
D
E
Down · 3 letters

"If I were __ ... "

Y
O
U
Down · 6 letters

"Performance is what we do" gas brand

S
U
N
O
C
O
Down · 5 letters

"Uncle!," in Spanish

N
O
M
A
S
Down · 4 letters

"__-Dick"

M
O
B
Y
Down · 6 letters

Academy newbies

P
L
E
B
E
S
Down · 5 letters

Act clandestinely

S
N
E
A
K
Down · 5 letters

Advil alternative

A
L
E
V
E
Down · 5 letters

Air fryer brand

O
S
T
E
R
Down · 5 letters

Auto engine booster

T
U
R
B
O
Down · 3 letters

Bog

F
E
N
Down · 3 letters

Brief moment?

S
E
C
Down · 7 letters

Bringing down the house

S
L
A
Y
I
N
G
Down · 5 letters

Catherine of "Beetlejuice"

O
H
A
R
A
Down · 4 letters

Change machine inserts

O
N
E
S
Down · 5 letters

Combustible heaps

P
Y
R
E
S
Down · 3 letters

Composer Rorem

N
E
D
Down · 4 letters

Connecticut Ivy

Y
A
L
E
Down · 6 letters

Cream-filled choux pastry

E
C
L
A
I
R
Down · 4 letters

Dec. 25

X
M
A
S
Down · 5 letters

Dharma follower

H
I
N
D
U
Down · 4 letters

End-of-unit check

T
E
S
T
Down · 3 letters

F1 neighbor

E
S
C
Down · 6 letters

Fame

R
E
N
O
W
N
Down · 7 letters

Foursomes

T
E
T
R
A
D
S
Down · 3 letters

Fracas

R
O
W
Down · 5 letters

Garden coils

H
O
S
E
S
Down · 5 letters

Guacamole ingredients

L
I
M
E
S
Down · 4 letters

Hankering

U
R
G
E
Down · 5 letters

Home of Arizona State

T
E
M
P
E
Down · 4 letters

Horse rider's strap

R
E
I
N
Down · 7 letters

Hyper-focused

I
N
A
Z
O
N
E
Down · 3 letters

Infotainment spot

P
S
A
Down · 3 letters

Karate skill level

D
A
N
Down · 8 letters

Leaves char marks on

S
C
O
R
C
H
E
S
Down · 5 letters

Led into a theater, slangily

U
S
H
E
D
Down · 4 letters

Letters on an envelope

S
W
A
K
Down · 5 letters

Mac

F
E
L
L
A
Down · 3 letters

Maven

P
R
O
Down · 3 letters

May honoree

M
O
M
Down · 6 letters

Part of the former Yugoslavia

B
O
S
N
I
A
Down · 8 letters

Place that's all fun and games

T
O
Y
S
T
O
R
E
Down · 4 letters

Poems of 49-Down

O
D
E
S
Down · 5 letters

Punishment-related

P
E
N
A
L
Down · 4 letters

Quick cut

S
N
I
P
Down · 5 letters

Quinn of "Practical Magic"

A
I
D
A
N
Down · 6 letters

Resonant chant

L
I
T
A
N
Y
Down · 4 letters

School gps.

P
T
A
S
Down · 4 letters

Secret admirer's sign-off

A
F
A
N
Down · 6 letters

Shake up

R
A
T
T
L
E
Down · 7 letters

Shows some class, maybe?

T
E
A
C
H
E
S
Down · 3 letters

Slo-mo reviewer

R
E
F
Down · 8 letters

South American behemoth

A
N
A
C
O
N
D
A
Down · 5 letters

Spooky

E
E
R
I
E
Down · 4 letters

Stereotypical name for a poodle

F
I
F
I
Down · 5 letters

Stop in

P
O
P
B
Y
Down · 4 letters

Sweat the small stuff, say

F
R
E
T
Down · 3 letters

Tablet download

A
P
P
Down · 4 letters

Tennis great Sampras

P
E
T
E
Down · 3 letters

That way, quaintly

Y
O
N
Down · 5 letters

Thingamajig

G
I
Z
M
O
Down · 6 letters

Tribute

H
O
M
A
G
E
Down · 3 letters

Triceps locale

A
R
M
Down · 5 letters

Unflappable

S
T
O
I
C
Down · 4 letters

Use keys to enter

T
Y
P
E
Down · 5 letters

Verb in a roast recipe

B
A
S
T
E
Down · 10 letters

Weight training exercise

B
E
N
C
H
P
R
E
S
S
Down · 5 letters

Whoops

Y
E
L
L
S
Down · 4 letters

Window part

S
A
S
H
Down · 3 letters

Word with age or wage

G
A
P
Down · 6 letters

Work together

T
E
A
M
U
P
Down · 5 letters

Zones

A
R
E
A
S
Down · 3 letters

__ and yang

Y
I
N
Down · 6 letters

__ rights: sponsorship option

N
A
M
I
N
G

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The LA Times Crossword for Sunday, May 17, 2026 contains 144 clues (68 Across, 76 Down). Based on the day of the week, this puzzle is rated Themed (large grid) difficulty.

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