Thursday · 74 clues

LA Times Crossword May 28, 2026 answers

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

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Puzzle stats

74 total clues

Day

Thursday

Medium difficulty

Total clues

74

in today's grid

Across

37

horizontal answers

Down

37

vertical answers

Across clues

37 clues
Across · 6 letters

"Brokeback Mountain" star Heath

L
E
D
G
E
R
 Across · 11 letters

"Correct!," or a phonetic hint to 18-, 24-, 34-, and 52-Across

R
I
G
H
T
Y
O
U
A
R
E
 Across · 7 letters

"Way to go!"

N
I
C
E
O
N
E
 Across · 3 letters

"__ willikers!"

G
E
E
 Across · 7 letters

Approved of, on social media

H
E
A
R
T
E
D
 Across · 3 letters

Command that might precede "paw"

S
I
T
 Across · 4 letters

Cosmic explosion

N
O
V
A
 Across · 3 letters

Ellipsis component

D
O
T
 Across · 5 letters

Fields of study

A
R
E
A
S
 Across · 9 letters

Flying reptile of the Mesozoic Era

P
T
E
R
O
S
A
U
R
 Across · 4 letters

Fragrant tree

P
I
N
E
 Across · 9 letters

Frothy cocktail from Peru

P
I
S
C
O
S
O
U
R
 Across · 4 letters

Give off

E
M
I
T
 Across · 6 letters

Gives lip to

S
A
S
S
E
S
 Across · 5 letters

Group people are smart to join?

M
E
N
S
A
 Across · 6 letters

Home of the Zambezi

A
F
R
I
C
A
 Across · 3 letters

Includes on an email

C
C
S
 Across · 4 letters

Jet stream direction

E
A
S
T
 Across · 3 letters

Journalist Rather

D
A
N
 Across · 3 letters

Logical beginning?

E
C
O
 Across · 11 letters

Malaysian capital

K
U
A
L
A
L
U
M
P
U
R
 Across · 4 letters

Method of driving people to the mall?

S
A
L
E
 Across · 5 letters

Physical effort

L
A
B
O
R
 Across · 5 letters

Pig __

L
A
T
I
N
 Across · 6 letters

Racket

C
L
A
M
O
R
 Across · 6 letters

Request from someone in need of cuddling

H
O
L
D
M
E
 Across · 9 letters

Required by etiquette

D
E
R
I
G
U
E
U
R
 Across · 4 letters

Response to "You awake?"

I
M
U
P
 Across · 6 letters

Some dealmakers

A
G
E
N
T
S
 Across · 6 letters

Stick like glue

A
D
H
E
R
E
 Across · 3 letters

Surgery ctrs.

O
R
S
 Across · 6 letters

TV spot sellers

A
D
R
E
P
S
 Across · 4 letters

Treat like a pariah

S
H
U
N
 Across · 3 letters

Unlikely pair?

E
L
S
 Across · 3 letters

__ Dhabi

A
B
U
 Across · 4 letters

__ Kringle

K
R
I
S
 Across · 3 letters

__ Speedwagon

R
E
O

Down clues

37 clues
Down · 3 letters

"Call Me Maybe" singer Carly __ Jepsen

R
A
E
 Down · 3 letters

"I get it now!"

A
H
A
 Down · 7 letters

Advice

C
O
U
N
S
E
L
 Down · 5 letters

Angel who plays for Rose BC in the Unrivaled league

R
E
E
S
E
 Down · 3 letters

Before now

A
G
O
 Down · 7 letters

Bullfight, in Spain

C
O
R
R
I
D
A
 Down · 3 letters

Cavaliers sch.

U
V
A
 Down · 6 letters

Convincing

C
O
G
E
N
T
 Down · 5 letters

Country in Micronesia whose largest city is Koror

P
A
L
A
U
 Down · 6 letters

Creamy chocolate dessert

M
O
U
S
S
E
 Down · 7 letters

Encroach (on)

I
M
P
I
N
G
E
 Down · 7 letters

Energy points in yoga

C
H
A
K
R
A
S
 Down · 7 letters

Highest-order angels

S
E
R
A
P
H
S
 Down · 6 letters

Increased, with "up"

R
A
M
P
E
D
 Down · 3 letters

Kung __ shrimp

P
A
O
 Down · 7 letters

Least loquacious

T
E
R
S
E
S
T
 Down · 7 letters

Lipton beverage

I
C
E
D
T
E
A
 Down · 4 letters

List that may be opened with a QR code

M
E
N
U
 Down · 7 letters

Lunar deity

M
O
O
N
G
O
D
 Down · 5 letters

Make up on the spot

A
D
L
I
B
 Down · 5 letters

Messed up

E
R
R
E
D
 Down · 6 letters

Mythical figure who flew too close to the sun

I
C
A
R
U
S
 Down · 5 letters

Occupied

I
N
U
S
E
 Down · 4 letters

Org. with a People Power grassroots network

A
C
L
U
 Down · 7 letters

Overdue debts

A
R
R
E
A
R
S
 Down · 6 letters

Place to dip a quill

I
N
K
P
O
T
 Down · 7 letters

Prenatal

I
N
U
T
E
R
O
 Down · 4 letters

Salon stock

D
Y
E
S
 Down · 6 letters

Short races

D
A
S
H
E
S
 Down · 5 letters

Spoils

T
U
R
N
S
 Down · 4 letters

Stately trees

E
L
M
S
 Down · 3 letters

Tell tales

L
I
E
 Down · 3 letters

Three, in Italian

T
R
E
 Down · 7 letters

Uncomfortably close to home

T
O
O
R
E
A
L
 Down · 3 letters

Unlike the OED

A
B
R
 Down · 7 letters

Vehicles with runners

S
L
E
I
G
H
S
 Down · 3 letters

Winter bug

F
L
U

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The LA Times Crossword for Thursday, May 28, 2026 contains 74 clues (37 Across, 37 Down). Based on the day of the week, this puzzle is rated Medium difficulty.

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