Saturday · 70 clues

LA Times Crossword May 2, 2026 answers

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

Puzzle stats

70 total clues

Day

Saturday

Hard difficulty

Total clues

70

in today's grid

Across

37

horizontal answers

Down

33

vertical answers

Across clues

37 clues
Across · 4 letters

2 funny

L
M
A
O
Across · 4 letters

APR reducer

R
E
F
I
Across · 5 letters

Anne who had a recurring role on The King of Queens

M
E
A
R
A
Across · 4 letters

Bean sprout?

I
D
E
A
Across · 5 letters

Bloom in a fall bouquet

A
S
T
E
R
Across · 4 letters

Branch of Islam that includes Zaydism

S
H
I
A
Across · 4 letters

Brand with TV ads featuring Garfield

I
A
M
S
Across · 3 letters

Brian who scored The Lovely Bones

E
N
O
Across · 3 letters

Corduroy writer/illustrator Freeman

D
O
N
Across · 4 letters

Corner

T
R
A
P
Across · 4 letters

Crumb

I
O
T
A
Across · 3 letters

Do groundbreaking work?

H
O
E
Across · 4 letters

Feature of thioacetone

O
D
O
R
Across · 6 letters

Figures in quotes

P
R
I
C
E
S
Across · 4 letters

GPS listings

E
T
A
S
Across · 4 letters

Galileo Galilei Airport city

P
I
S
A
Across · 3 letters

Go out for a bit?

N
A
P
Across · 4 letters

Grammy winner Winans

C
E
C
E
Across · 4 letters

Growing concern?

F
A
R
M
Across · 5 letters

Half of all integers

E
V
E
N
S
Across · 5 letters

He has my whole heart

I
M
H
I
S
Across · 5 letters

Heading up?

N
O
R
T
H
Across · 5 letters

Intake plans

D
I
E
T
S
Across · 3 letters

KJ of Riverdale

A
P
A
Across · 14 letters

Kentucky Derby moniker

R
U
N
F
O
R
T
H
E
R
O
S
E
S
Across · 10 letters

Make it big

R
I
S
E
T
O
F
A
M
E
Across · 7 letters

My guess is ...

I
A
S
S
U
M
E
Across · 7 letters

Narrow passages

S
T
R
A
I
T
S
Across · 4 letters

Part of a basic Spanish conjugation

E
R
E
S
Across · 6 letters

Patronizing person

C
L
I
E
N
T
Across · 10 letters

Place for fans to show support

M
E
R
C
H
B
O
O
T
H
Across · 4 letters

Pop singer Alessia

C
A
R
A
Across · 3 letters

Post __

H
O
C
Across · 14 letters

Racetrack with twin spires

C
H
U
R
C
H
I
L
L
D
O
W
N
S
Across · 4 letters

Skillful

D
E
F
T
Across · 5 letters

Stalking cats

P
U
M
A
S
Across · 4 letters

Stretch in office

T
E
R
M

Down clues

33 clues
Down · 8 letters

Amplifier for tap dancers perhaps

F
L
O
O
R
M
I
C
Down · 3 letters

Bit of suction

S
I
P
Down · 4 letters

Brief review

C
R
I
T
Down · 4 letters

Do some kitchen prep

C
H
O
P
Down · 8 letters

Frappe ingredient

I
C
E
C
R
E
A
M
Down · 3 letters

GPS listings

S
T
S
Down · 8 letters

Guessing game

C
H
A
R
A
D
E
S
Down · 5 letters

Happy baby for one

A
S
A
N
A
Down · 6 letters

Himalayan ethnic group

S
H
E
R
P
A
Down · 8 letters

National Park Service handout

T
R
A
I
L
M
A
P
Down · 5 letters

Nobel for one

S
W
E
D
E
Down · 8 letters

Not a fan of

A
V
E
R
S
E
T
O
Down · 6 letters

Position

S
T
A
N
C
E
Down · 10 letters

Positive thinkers comment?

I
M
S
U
R
E
O
F
I
T
Down · 6 letters

Pozole peppers

A
N
C
H
O
S
Down · 8 letters

Pride and joy

E
M
O
T
I
O
N
S
Down · 4 letters

Priest in Lost Horizon

L
A
M
A
Down · 4 letters

Put on a scale say

R
A
T
E
Down · 6 letters

Rice vermicelli

M
E
I
F
U
N
Down · 4 letters

Scale name

M
O
H
S
Down · 4 letters

Smart-alecky

P
E
R
T
Down · 4 letters

Spark singer Tori

A
M
O
S
Down · 10 letters

Specialist in executive orders?

H
E
A
D
H
U
N
T
E
R
Down · 5 letters

Standing upright

E
R
E
C
T
Down · 4 letters

Storage unit

S
H
E
D
Down · 4 letters

Take cover!

H
I
D
E
Down · 10 letters

Temporary repository

I
N
R
O
O
M
S
A
F
E
Down · 10 letters

Treatments for locks

H
A
I
R
T
O
N
E
R
S
Down · 5 letters

Use a salamander

B
R
O
I
L
Down · 4 letters

Wall Streets nabe

F
I
D
I
Down · 4 letters

__ Robles California

P
A
S
O
Down · 5 letters

__ Tatin

T
A
R
T
E
Down · 4 letters

__ error

U
S
E
R

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The LA Times Crossword for Saturday, May 2, 2026 contains 70 clues (37 Across, 33 Down). Based on the day of the week, this puzzle is rated Hard difficulty.

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