Wednesday · 78 clues

LA Times Crossword May 20, 2026 answers

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

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Puzzle stats

78 total clues

Day

Wednesday

Medium difficulty

Total clues

78

in today's grid

Across

35

horizontal answers

Down

43

vertical answers

Across clues

35 clues
Across · 5 letters

"Break a leg" addressee

A
C
T
O
R
 Across · 8 letters

"From my point of view ... "

A
S
I
S
E
E
I
T
 Across · 4 letters

"If all __ fails ... "

E
L
S
E
 Across · 3 letters

A billion years

E
O
N
 Across · 3 letters

Actress Peeples

N
I
A
 Across · 3 letters

Bullpen stat

E
R
A
 Across · 3 letters

Category

I
L
K
 Across · 5 letters

Conchiglie pasta shape

S
H
E
L
L
 Across · 11 letters

Emergency feature on a car's key fob

P
A
N
I
C
B
U
T
T
O
N
 Across · 11 letters

Feeling the squeeze, or what 17-, 23-, 37-, and 48-Across may be

H
A
R
D
P
R
E
S
S
E
D
 Across · 3 letters

Filmmaker Spike

L
E
E
 Across · 4 letters

Gin infusion berry

S
L
O
E
 Across · 15 letters

Ham-and-cheese concoctions with Florida origins

C
U
B
A
N
S
A
N
D
W
I
C
H
E
S
 Across · 4 letters

Jam-packed containers?

J
A
R
S
 Across · 11 letters

LP or 45

V
I
N
Y
L
R
E
C
O
R
D
 Across · 8 letters

Like some work in a teacher's stack

U
N
G
R
A
D
E
D
 Across · 3 letters

Minor quibble

N
I
T
 Across · 4 letters

Most populous continent

A
S
I
A
 Across · 5 letters

Online birthday greeting

E
C
A
R
D
 Across · 3 letters

PC core

C
P
U
 Across · 3 letters

Partner of flow

E
B
B
 Across · 4 letters

Pesters

N
A
G
S
 Across · 5 letters

Plywood sheet

P
A
N
E
L
 Across · 3 letters

Prior to today

A
G
O
 Across · 5 letters

Proverb

A
D
A
G
E
 Across · 5 letters

Regions

A
R
E
A
S
 Across · 4 letters

Sandler of "Uncut Gems"

A
D
A
M
 Across · 5 letters

Saudi Arabia neighbor

Y
E
M
E
N
 Across · 5 letters

Squabble

A
R
G
U
E
 Across · 5 letters

Sulu portrayer on "Star Trek"

T
A
K
E
I
 Across · 3 letters

The Falcons, on scoreboards

A
T
L
 Across · 3 letters

Vow renewal vow

I
D
O
 Across · 11 letters

Waterless treatment for some clothes

D
R
Y
C
L
E
A
N
I
N
G
 Across · 5 letters

Wee

E
E
N
S
Y
 Across · 3 letters

Zeus or Poseidon

G
O
D

Down clues

43 clues
Down · 5 letters

"Aladdin" role for Robin Williams

G
E
N
I
E
 Down · 3 letters

"Rugrats" dad

S
T
U
 Down · 3 letters

Add new audio to

D
U
B
 Down · 3 letters

Architect I.M. __

P
E
I
 Down · 5 letters

Bamboo eater

P
A
N
D
A
 Down · 5 letters

Bewilder

A
D
D
L
E
 Down · 3 letters

Can. neighbor

U
S
A
 Down · 5 letters

Confident way to solve a crossword

I
N
P
E
N
 Down · 4 letters

Court legend Arthur

A
S
H
E
 Down · 3 letters

Divest (of)

R
I
D
 Down · 5 letters

Elbow gently

N
U
D
G
E
 Down · 5 letters

Fairy tale monsters

O
G
R
E
S
 Down · 5 letters

Famous Ford flop

E
D
S
E
L
 Down · 5 letters

Game piece

T
O
K
E
N
 Down · 5 letters

Got some shut-eye

S
L
E
P
T
 Down · 5 letters

Highland dances

R
E
E
L
S
 Down · 4 letters

Honest-to-goodness

R
E
A
L
 Down · 3 letters

Is able to

C
A
N
 Down · 4 letters

Make, as beer

B
R
E
W
 Down · 9 letters

Mani-pedi pros

N
A
I
L
T
E
C
H
S
 Down · 4 letters

Many a tech school grad

E
N
G
R
 Down · 5 letters

Marconi medium

R
A
D
I
O
 Down · 3 letters

Opposite of 'neath

O
E
R
 Down · 3 letters

Org. whose symbol is a snake around a pole

A
M
A
 Down · 5 letters

Part of USNA

N
A
V
A
L
 Down · 3 letters

Ques. response

A
N
S
 Down · 3 letters

Ref's ring call, for short

T
K
O
 Down · 5 letters

Respond to reveille

A
R
I
S
E
 Down · 4 letters

Sci-fi author Stephenson

N
E
A
L
 Down · 3 letters

Shares an email with

C
C
S
 Down · 4 letters

Simon __

S
A
Y
S
 Down · 5 letters

Smarties and Nerds

C
A
N
D
Y
 Down · 3 letters

SoFi Stadium NFL player

R
A
M
 Down · 5 letters

Some succulents

C
A
C
T
I
 Down · 3 letters

Stable staple

H
A
Y
 Down · 9 letters

Street on a 1969 Beatles album

A
B
B
E
Y
R
O
A
D
 Down · 3 letters

Summer refresher suffix

A
D
E
 Down · 3 letters

Unreturned tennis serve

A
C
E
 Down · 5 letters

Used Grubhub, say

A
T
E
I
N
 Down · 4 letters

Withered from drought

S
E
R
E
 Down · 5 letters

Working a dance party, say

D
J
I
N
G
 Down · 4 letters

Wrinkly citrus fruit

U
G
L
I
 Down · 5 letters

Yeti rival

I
G
L
O
O

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The LA Times Crossword for Wednesday, May 20, 2026 contains 78 clues (35 Across, 43 Down). Based on the day of the week, this puzzle is rated Medium difficulty.

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