Saturday · 70 clues

LA Times Crossword May 23, 2026 answers

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

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Puzzle stats

70 total clues

Day

Saturday

Hard difficulty

Total clues

70

in today's grid

Across

33

horizontal answers

Down

37

vertical answers

Across clues

33 clues
Across · 8 letters

"Hola" follower, perhaps

C
O
M
O
E
S
T
A
 Across · 5 letters

"La Classe de Danse" painter

D
E
G
A
S
 Across · 5 letters

"The Social Network" Oscar winner Sorkin

A
A
R
O
N
 Across · 8 letters

"Use your inside voice"

D
O
N
T
Y
E
L
L
 Across · 4 letters

"__ bon!"

T
R
E
S
 Across · 9 letters

Admirable sorts

C
L
A
S
S
A
C
T
S
 Across · 3 letters

Approves

O
K
S
 Across · 3 letters

Big Mac rivals?

P
C
S
 Across · 5 letters

Cartoon hero with a blond bob

H
E
M
A
N
 Across · 6 letters

Challenging direction to sail

U
P
W
I
N
D
 Across · 3 letters

Chemistry suffix

E
N
E
 Across · 4 letters

Greek goddess of discord

E
R
I
S
 Across · 6 letters

Hudson Valley college chartered by a brewer in 1861

V
A
S
S
A
R
 Across · 5 letters

Iconic part of Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Free Bird"

O
U
T
R
O
 Across · 5 letters

Jeopardy

P
E
R
I
L
 Across · 3 letters

Not well

I
L
L
 Across · 5 letters

Outerwear option

P
A
R
K
A
 Across · 6 letters

Packaged meals that might contain tamagoyaki

B
E
N
T
O
S
 Across · 8 letters

Parade locale since 1890

P
A
S
A
D
E
N
A
 Across · 5 letters

Piano part

P
E
D
A
L
 Across · 8 letters

Requirements for some brick buildings

L
E
G
O
S
E
T
S
 Across · 5 letters

Rib

T
E
A
S
E
 Across · 6 letters

Seuss character who lives in a pond on Sala-ma-sond island

Y
E
R
T
L
E
 Across · 5 letters

Shot not allowed in some pool halls

M
A
S
S
E
 Across · 9 letters

Small digit

L
I
T
T
L
E
T
O
E
 Across · 3 letters

Snap

P
I
C
 Across · 9 letters

Store for a little while?

P
O
P
U
P
S
H
O
P
 Across · 5 letters

Sudoku diagrams

G
R
I
D
S
 Across · 8 letters

Tale designed to tug at one's heartstrings

S
O
B
S
T
O
R
Y
 Across · 9 letters

Urban prowlers

A
L
L
E
Y
C
A
T
S
 Across · 5 letters

Warm compress targets

S
T
Y
E
S
 Across · 8 letters

Water wings?

S
E
A
P
L
A
N
E
 Across · 5 letters

__ Bauer

E
D
D
I
E

Down clues

37 clues
Down · 3 letters

"Capisce?"

S
E
E
 Down · 5 letters

"La Vida Es un Carnaval" singer Cruz

C
E
L
I
A
 Down · 9 letters

"Maybe"

I
T
D
E
P
E
N
D
S
 Down · 9 letters

"My bad!"

I
M
S
O
S
O
R
R
Y
 Down · 3 letters

"__ Mañanitas"

L
A
S
 Down · 6 letters

Adjust, as a corset

R
E
L
A
C
E
 Down · 6 letters

American century

S
E
N
A
T
E
 Down · 5 letters

Awards for top plays

E
S
P
Y
S
 Down · 5 letters

Board

G
E
T
O
N
 Down · 3 letters

Bus. type

L
L
C
 Down · 6 letters

Car company that hosts Share the Love community events

S
U
B
A
R
U
 Down · 3 letters

Cellular plan?

D
N
A
 Down · 3 letters

Coder, colloquially

D
E
V
 Down · 4 letters

Counter offer?

S
A
L
E
 Down · 5 letters

Cures, in a way

S
A
L
T
S
 Down · 4 letters

D.C. team

N
A
T
S
 Down · 6 letters

Graham's "Boardwalk Empire" role

C
A
P
O
N
E
 Down · 4 letters

Jedi of Dagobah

Y
O
D
A
 Down · 4 letters

Largest company headquartered in Oregon

N
I
K
E
 Down · 3 letters

Main doc

P
C
P
 Down · 10 letters

Pick-me-up indulgence

S
W
E
E
T
T
R
E
A
T
 Down · 4 letters

Qt.'s 192

T
S
P
S
 Down · 10 letters

Queen, maybe

D
R
A
G
A
R
T
I
S
T
 Down · 3 letters

RNC group

G
O
P
 Down · 4 letters

Right way?

E
A
S
T
 Down · 10 letters

Safari and others

I
P
H
O
N
E
A
P
P
S
 Down · 4 letters

Singing crocodile voiced by Shawn Mendes in a 2022 film

L
Y
L
E
 Down · 4 letters

Some rescues

P
E
T
S
 Down · 5 letters

Song of worship

P
S
A
L
M
 Down · 5 letters

Sound before some blessings

A
C
H
O
O
 Down · 4 letters

Spot with a sandwich board

D
E
L
I
 Down · 4 letters

Table outside?

M
E
S
A
 Down · 4 letters

University of New Mexico mascot

L
O
B
O
 Down · 5 letters

Wading bird that communicates with bill clattering

S
T
O
R
K
 Down · 10 letters

Way out?

S
O
L
A
S
T
Y
E
A
R
 Down · 4 letters

Wished undone

R
U
E
D
 Down · 5 letters

Words of resignation

I
L
O
S
E

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The LA Times Crossword for Saturday, May 23, 2026 contains 70 clues (33 Across, 37 Down). Based on the day of the week, this puzzle is rated Hard difficulty.

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