Thursday · 81 clues

LA Times Crossword May 21, 2026 answers

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

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Puzzle stats

81 total clues

Day

Thursday

Medium difficulty

Total clues

81

in today's grid

Across

39

horizontal answers

Down

42

vertical answers

Across clues

39 clues
Across · 3 letters

"Long," in Hawaiian

L
O
A
 Across · 12 letters

*"I Just Called To Say I Love You" singer

S
T
E
V
I
E
W
O
N
D
E
R
 Across · 12 letters

*Apprenticeship in the ways of The Force

J
E
D
I
T
R
A
I
N
I
N
G
 Across · 12 letters

*Brunch choice

F
R
E
N
C
H
O
M
E
L
E
T
 Across · 12 letters

*Negro Leagues player in the Baseball Hall of Fame

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

Barbershop parts

T
E
N
O
R
S
 Across · 5 letters

Call dibs on

C
L
A
I
M
 Across · 4 letters

Charger, e.g.

A
U
T
O
 Across · 7 letters

Comedy series featuring Lily Tomlin

L
A
U
G
H
I
N
 Across · 5 letters

Couple of bucks?

S
T
A
G
S
 Across · 3 letters

Digital exec

C
T
O
 Across · 4 letters

Draped silk dress

S
A
R
I
 Across · 4 letters

Educational acronym

S
T
E
M
 Across · 5 letters

Eel in maki sushi

U
N
A
G
I
 Across · 3 letters

Grown boys

M
E
N
 Across · 4 letters

Key West, e.g.

I
S
L
E
 Across · 5 letters

Language of Sri Lanka

T
A
M
I
L
 Across · 5 letters

Leg day exercise

L
U
N
G
E
 Across · 3 letters

Locavore's org.

C
S
A
 Across · 3 letters

Music producer Brian

E
N
O
 Across · 3 letters

Navigation tech

G
P
S
 Across · 5 letters

Only major U.S. city founded by a woman

M
I
A
M
I
 Across · 5 letters

Opera solos

A
R
I
A
S
 Across · 5 letters

Oyster opener

O
T
T
E
R
 Across · 4 letters

Purple bloom

I
R
I
S
 Across · 3 letters

Result of advancing in the field?

R
B
I
 Across · 3 letters

Roadside org.

A
A
A
 Across · 4 letters

Small cut

S
L
I
T
 Across · 5 letters

Snacks stuffed with "stuf"

O
R
E
O
S
 Across · 3 letters

Sock part

T
O
E
 Across · 5 letters

Sure to end badly

N
O
W
I
N
 Across · 3 letters

Texting format initials

S
M
S
 Across · 7 letters

Tolkien characters who like to eat six meals a day

H
O
B
B
I
T
S
 Across · 3 letters

Under the weather

I
L
L
 Across · 10 letters

Unpublicized restaurant offering, or a feature of the answer to each starred clue

S
E
C
R
E
T
M
E
N
U
 Across · 3 letters

Web feed initials

R
S
S
 Across · 3 letters

World Series mo.

O
C
T
 Across · 6 letters

__ Cortina 2026

M
I
L
A
N
O
 Across · 3 letters

__ shu pork

M
O
O

Down clues

42 clues
Down · 3 letters

"Beetlejuice" director Burton

T
I
M
 Down · 4 letters

"I feel seen"

I
T
M
E
 Down · 7 letters

"Tartuffe" playwright

M
O
L
I
E
R
E
 Down · 3 letters

"The Code Breaker" subj.

D
N
A
 Down · 7 letters

Artist known for fabric-wrapped installations

C
H
R
I
S
T
O
 Down · 3 letters

Astonishment

A
W
E
 Down · 5 letters

Big rigs

S
E
M
I
S
 Down · 4 letters

Bitter beers

A
L
E
S
 Down · 4 letters

Call, as a cab

H
A
I
L
 Down · 4 letters

Campus mil. unit

R
O
T
C
 Down · 7 letters

Central Texas city

A
B
I
L
E
N
E
 Down · 7 letters

City birds

P
I
G
E
O
N
S
 Down · 3 letters

Didn't play

S
A
T
 Down · 5 letters

Disney film set in Polynesia

M
O
A
N
A
 Down · 3 letters

Fan

N
U
T
 Down · 5 letters

Fertilizer from bats

G
U
A
N
O
 Down · 7 letters

First sultan of Syria and Egypt

S
A
L
A
D
I
N
 Down · 4 letters

Footnote abbr.

E
T
A
L
 Down · 4 letters

Inspiring figure

M
U
S
E
 Down · 7 letters

Jerky brand

S
L
I
M
J
I
M
 Down · 4 letters

Kitchen initialism

E
V
O
O
 Down · 4 letters

Laptop brand

A
C
E
R
 Down · 7 letters

Last book of the Old Testament

M
A
L
A
C
H
I
 Down · 7 letters

Laziness

I
N
E
R
T
I
A
 Down · 5 letters

Like some ruins in Peru

I
N
C
A
N
 Down · 5 letters

Loses steam?

C
O
O
L
S
 Down · 7 letters

Maine course

L
O
B
S
T
E
R
 Down · 5 letters

Makes less wild

T
A
M
E
S
 Down · 3 letters

Martini liquor

G
I
N
 Down · 3 letters

Mentor of Minions

G
R
U
 Down · 5 letters

Not well-matched

U
N
F
I
T
 Down · 3 letters

Pasta ingredient

E
G
G
 Down · 4 letters

Put away

S
T
O
W
 Down · 5 letters

Sauna openings?

P
O
R
E
S
 Down · 3 letters

Sis, for one

S
I
B
 Down · 7 letters

Skin soothers

L
O
T
I
O
N
S
 Down · 7 letters

Sound investments?

S
T
E
R
E
O
S
 Down · 7 letters

Sparkly stuff

G
L
I
T
T
E
R
 Down · 4 letters

Speed reader?

T
A
C
H
 Down · 3 letters

Sue Grafton's "__ for Malice"

M
I
S
 Down · 3 letters

Swe. neighbor

N
O
R
 Down · 3 letters

Tax agcy.

I
R
S

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The LA Times Crossword for Thursday, May 21, 2026 contains 81 clues (39 Across, 42 Down). Based on the day of the week, this puzzle is rated Medium difficulty.

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