Monday · 76 clues

LA Times Crossword May 18, 2026 answers

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

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Puzzle stats

76 total clues

Day

Monday

Easy difficulty

Total clues

76

in today's grid

Across

35

horizontal answers

Down

41

vertical answers

Across clues

35 clues
Across · 5 letters

"Gavel-to-gavel" coverage provider

C
S
P
A
N
 Across · 3 letters

"I'm not sure" sounds

U
H
S
 Across · 15 letters

"Let me give you a few pointers ... "

H
E
R
E
A
R
E
S
O
M
E
T
I
P
S
 Across · 6 letters

"Same here"

I
A
M
T
O
O
 Across · 15 letters

Advice for adding power to a golf swing, or what can be said about 17-, 27-, and 50-Across

I
T
S
A
L
L
I
N
T
H
E
H
I
P
S
 Across · 6 letters

Annoying ordeal

H
A
S
S
L
E
 Across · 4 letters

Avocado dip, for short

G
U
A
C
 Across · 6 letters

Beatty/Hoffman film flop

I
S
H
T
A
R
 Across · 6 letters

Call forth, as memories

E
L
I
C
I
T
 Across · 6 letters

Capital of Kansas

T
O
P
E
K
A
 Across · 4 letters

Car loan figs.

A
P
R
S
 Across · 4 letters

College Board exam for sophs

P
S
A
T
 Across · 6 letters

Fiction influenced by net culture

A
L
T
L
I
T
 Across · 4 letters

First step of a home reno

D
E
M
O
 Across · 3 letters

Fuel additive brand

S
T
P
 Across · 6 letters

Galápagos lizard

I
G
U
A
N
A
 Across · 3 letters

Grass roll

S
O
D
 Across · 4 letters

Lion's sound

R
O
A
R
 Across · 3 letters

Oft-protected personal ID

S
S
N
 Across · 7 letters

Overt

B
L
A
T
A
N
T
 Across · 4 letters

Phoenix NBA team

S
U
N
S
 Across · 3 letters

Pickleball barrier

N
E
T
 Across · 5 letters

Pointed (at)

A
I
M
E
D
 Across · 3 letters

Pop singer Rita

O
R
A
 Across · 3 letters

Reddit tell-all sesh

A
M
A
 Across · 4 letters

Richard of "Chicago"

G
E
R
E
 Across · 6 letters

Show up for

A
T
T
E
N
D
 Across · 4 letters

Small stick in a bird's nest

T
W
I
G
 Across · 9 letters

Some track-and-field attempts

H
I
G
H
J
U
M
P
S
 Across · 6 letters

These days

L
A
T
E
L
Y
 Across · 9 letters

VW adorned with decals from the flower power era, e.g.

H
I
P
P
I
E
B
U
S
 Across · 4 letters

Veil material

L
A
C
E
 Across · 6 letters

Yoga poses

A
S
A
N
A
S
 Across · 3 letters

__ and improved

N
E
W
 Across · 4 letters

__ hygiene

O
R
A
L

Down clues

41 clues
Down · 4 letters

"Frozen" ice queen

E
L
S
A
 Down · 10 letters

"Wish we all had that kind of luck"

M
U
S
T
B
E
N
I
C
E
 Down · 4 letters

"Wish" heroine voiced by Ariana DeBose

A
S
H
A
 Down · 4 letters

"Yikes!"

E
G
A
D
 Down · 4 letters

Actor Neeson

L
I
A
M
 Down · 4 letters

Arthur in the International Tennis Hall of Fame

A
S
H
E
 Down · 4 letters

Breakfast mascot's rank

C
A
P
N
 Down · 4 letters

Bridge charge

T
O
L
L
 Down · 3 letters

Brooch

P
I
N
 Down · 3 letters

Casual refusal

N
A
W
 Down · 5 letters

Category of noun

T
H
I
N
G
 Down · 3 letters

Dairy sound

M
O
O
 Down · 3 letters

Donkey

A
S
S
 Down · 4 letters

Dutch cheese

E
D
A
M
 Down · 4 letters

Former Russian ruler

T
S
A
R
 Down · 3 letters

Furious feeling

I
R
E
 Down · 6 letters

Get smart

W
I
S
E
U
P
 Down · 3 letters

Laugh syllable

H
A
H
 Down · 10 letters

Likely feature of a valedictorian's report card

S
T
R
A
I
G
H
T
A
S
 Down · 4 letters

Money of Italy, once

L
I
R
A
 Down · 6 letters

Moving from gig to gig

O
N
T
O
U
R
 Down · 3 letters

Norm: Abbr.

S
T
D
 Down · 5 letters

Online moderator, briefly

A
D
M
I
N
 Down · 7 letters

Part of a "Gabby's Dollhouse" costume

C
A
T
E
A
R
S
 Down · 4 letters

Pepper (with)

P
E
L
T
 Down · 7 letters

Pink blooms sacred to Buddhists

L
O
T
U
S
E
S
 Down · 3 letters

Quick punch

J
A
B
 Down · 4 letters

Resting on

A
T
O
P
 Down · 4 letters

Scissors sound

S
N
I
P
 Down · 5 letters

Slangy "Let's say ... "

S
P
O
S
E
 Down · 7 letters

Smash success

M
E
G
A
H
I
T
 Down · 4 letters

Solo for an opera diva

A
R
I
A
 Down · 7 letters

Soviet satellite launched in 1957

S
P
U
T
N
I
K
 Down · 3 letters

Tavern beer

A
L
E
 Down · 4 letters

To be, in French

E
T
R
E
 Down · 5 letters

Traffic marker

P
Y
L
O
N
 Down · 4 letters

Treaty

P
A
C
T
 Down · 4 letters

Web addresses

U
R
L
S
 Down · 4 letters

__ butter: skin care ingredient

S
H
E
A
 Down · 3 letters

__ chi: martial art

T
A
I
 Down · 7 letters

__ of hand: magician's knack

S
L
E
I
G
H
T

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The LA Times Crossword for Monday, May 18, 2026 contains 76 clues (35 Across, 41 Down). Based on the day of the week, this puzzle is rated Easy difficulty.

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