Friday · 79 clues

LA Times Crossword May 29, 2026 answers

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

Puzzle stats

79 total clues

Day

Friday

Hard difficulty

Total clues

79

in today's grid

Across

39

horizontal answers

Down

40

vertical answers

Across clues

39 clues
Across · 4 letters

"How ya __?"

D
O
I
N
Across · 7 letters

"I need an answer right now"

Y
E
S
O
R
N
O
Across · 8 letters

"That's someone else's problem," or an apt title for this puzzle

N
O
T
M
Y
J
O
B
Across · 5 letters

Bandleader's command

H
I
T
I
T
Across · 3 letters

Brit's cuppa

T
E
A
Across · 3 letters

By way of

V
I
A
Across · 11 letters

Carpenter?

F
L
O
O
R
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R
A
D
E
R
Across · 4 letters

City west of Tulsa

E
N
I
D
Across · 3 letters

Diamonds, slangily

I
C
E
Across · 4 letters

Drawn-out tale

S
A
G
A
Across · 6 letters

Dry Italian whites

S
O
A
V
E
S
Across · 4 letters

Epiphany trio

M
A
G
I
Across · 3 letters

Fella

L
A
D
Across · 4 letters

Florida coastal city, informally

B
O
C
A
Across · 7 letters

Giggly outbursts

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I
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S
Across · 3 letters

Hosp. areas

E
R
S
Across · 3 letters

Hr. division

M
I
N
Across · 5 letters

Jeff Tweedy's band

W
I
L
C
O
Across · 7 letters

Like some temples

M
A
S
O
N
I
C
Across · 4 letters

Make smooth

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R
O
N
Across · 3 letters

Maker of Sticking Point press-on nails

O
P
I
Across · 4 letters

Milk source

T
E
A
T
Across · 3 letters

NFL Hall of Famer Dawson

L
E
N
Across · 4 letters

Object of adoration

I
D
O
L
Across · 3 letters

Org. that issues Energy Star labels

E
P
A
Across · 3 letters

Pester

I
R
K
Across · 12 letters

Photographer?

C
H
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E
S
E
M
O
N
G
E
R
Across · 11 letters

Police officer?

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C
K
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G
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N
T
Across · 4 letters

Quayle follower

G
O
R
E
Across · 12 letters

Realtor?

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N
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R
Across · 7 letters

Retro

O
L
D
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I
M
E
Across · 3 letters

Sack

B
A
G
Across · 6 letters

Skiffle singer Donegan

L
O
N
N
I
E
Across · 6 letters

Some big batteries

D
C
E
L
L
S
Across · 4 letters

Sphinx, mostly

L
I
O
N
Across · 6 letters

Splashes gently against

L
A
P
S
A
T
Across · 7 letters

Tennis period since 1968

O
P
E
N
E
R
A
Across · 3 letters

Vader, as a boy

A
N
I
Across · 7 letters

mRNA vaccine maker

M
O
D
E
R
N
A

Down clues

40 clues
Down · 3 letters

"Amsterdam" novelist McEwan

I
A
N
Down · 3 letters

18-wheeler

R
I
G
Down · 6 letters

Active volcano in Eur.

M
T
E
T
N
A
Down · 7 letters

Actor Ed and food writer Molly

O
N
E
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L
L
S
Down · 3 letters

Anger

I
R
E
Down · 6 letters

Attends

G
O
E
S
T
O
Down · 9 letters

Bakery item dotted with kalamatas

O
L
I
V
E
R
O
L
L
Down · 6 letters

Bit of hard-won progress

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N
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O
A
D
Down · 5 letters

Capital of Belarus

M
I
N
S
K
Down · 4 letters

Collar named for an elite school

E
T
O
N
Down · 4 letters

Dampens

W
E
T
S
Down · 3 letters

Email covertly

B
C
C
Down · 4 letters

Emerald City visitor

T
O
T
O
Down · 6 letters

Entered

C
A
M
E
I
N
Down · 7 letters

Erode

E
A
T
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N
T
O
Down · 3 letters

Fizzle out

D
I
E
Down · 4 letters

Fragrance

O
D
O
R
Down · 5 letters

Handle

S
E
E
T
O
Down · 4 letters

Key of Vivaldi's "Spring": Abbr.

E
M
A
J
Down · 9 letters

Kotero of "Purple Rain"

A
P
O
L
L
O
N
I
A
Down · 9 letters

Letting off the hook

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D
O
N
I
N
G
Down · 4 letters

Level

T
I
E
R
Down · 4 letters

Mature

A
G
E
D
Down · 5 letters

Oak tree, once

A
C
O
R
N
Down · 4 letters

Place to brood

N
E
S
T
Down · 6 letters

Purple 13-Downs

I
R
I
S
E
S
Down · 9 letters

Quaint desk accessories

I
N
K
S
T
A
N
D
S
Down · 9 letters

Reliable plant

P
E
R
E
N
N
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L
Down · 5 letters

Rice cake that may be filled with ice cream

M
O
C
H
I
Down · 9 letters

Roasted entree that may be served with mint jelly

L
E
G
O
F
L
A
M
B
Down · 5 letters

Rose pest

A
P
H
I
D
Down · 3 letters

SHO subsidiary

T
M
C
Down · 3 letters

Tolkien baddie

O
R
C
Down · 5 letters

Tribal leader

E
L
D
E
R
Down · 5 letters

Trunk

T
O
R
S
O
Down · 3 letters

Try (for)

V
I
E
Down · 3 letters

Uru. neighbor

A
R
G
Down · 5 letters

Vegan body care brand

A
V
E
D
A
Down · 6 letters

Warren who played Dick Tracy

B
E
A
T
T
Y
Down · 3 letters

__ contact

E
Y
E

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The LA Times Crossword for Friday, May 29, 2026 contains 79 clues (39 Across, 40 Down). Based on the day of the week, this puzzle is rated Hard difficulty.

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