Sunday · 144 clues

LA Times Crossword May 3, 2026 answers

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

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Puzzle stats

144 total clues

Day

Sunday

Themed (large grid) difficulty

Total clues

144

in today's grid

Across

65

horizontal answers

Down

79

vertical answers

Across clues

65 clues
Across · 17 letters

Advantage in some situations or an alternate title for this puzzle

E
L
E
M
E
N
T
O
F
S
U
R
P
R
I
S
E
 Across · 5 letters

All the Light We Cannot See novelist Anthony

D
O
E
R
R
 Across · 4 letters

Anise aperitif

O
U
Z
O
 Across · 8 letters

Baking ware thats only used periodically?

M
U
F
F
I
N
S
N
 Across · 4 letters

Basketball stuff

D
U
N
K
 Across · 3 letters

Batteries in some remotes

A
A
S
 Across · 4 letters

Beauty aisle brand

O
L
A
Y
 Across · 6 letters

Bee keeper

A
P
I
A
R
Y
 Across · 5 letters

Brazilian coins

R
E
A
L
S
 Across · 5 letters

Bristlelike grippers on gecko feet

S
E
T
A
E
 Across · 5 letters

Broadway awards

T
O
N
Y
S
 Across · 12 letters

Cary Grant film that airs periodically on classic movie channels?

A
S
A
N
D
O
L
D
L
A
C
E
 Across · 3 letters

Chart topper

H
I
T
 Across · 4 letters

Cheerful

G
L
A
D
 Across · 6 letters

Civil rights icon Mandela

N
E
L
S
O
N
 Across · 4 letters

Clutched

H
E
L
D
 Across · 5 letters

Coins of the realm?

P
E
N
C
E
 Across · 5 letters

Come on now!

P
S
H
A
W
 Across · 5 letters

Desert near the Sinai Peninsula

N
E
G
E
V
 Across · 12 letters

Dickens novel thats only read periodically?

D
A
V
I
D
C
U
F
I
E
L
D
 Across · 5 letters

Dorm digs

S
U
I
T
E
 Across · 3 letters

Due-in hr.

E
T
A
 Across · 5 letters

Elevator stop in Paris

E
T
A
G
E
 Across · 5 letters

Fancy tie

A
S
C
O
T
 Across · 7 letters

Fills with love

E
N
A
M
O
R
S
 Across · 6 letters

Fit to be farmed

A
R
A
B
L
E
 Across · 9 letters

Flavor of many a bright green martini

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O
U
R
A
P
P
L
E
 Across · 4 letters

Govern

R
U
L
E
 Across · 9 letters

Hairstyling device applied periodically?

C
U
R
L
I
N
G
F
E
 Across · 7 letters

In the past

E
A
R
L
I
E
R
 Across · 3 letters

Inspired by

A
L
A
 Across · 5 letters

Kaitlin of High Potential

O
L
S
O
N
 Across · 3 letters

Letter before sigma

R
H
O
 Across · 7 letters

Like tiramisu and cannoli

I
T
A
L
I
A
N
 Across · 3 letters

MLB stat

R
B
I
 Across · 5 letters

Midsize car

S
E
D
A
N
 Across · 6 letters

Must pay

O
W
E
S
T
O
 Across · 5 letters

Ocean liner?

C
O
A
S
T
 Across · 4 letters

Olafs creator in Frozen

E
L
S
A
 Across · 6 letters

On the wrong path

A
S
T
R
A
Y
 Across · 4 letters

Pagoda instrument

G
O
N
G
 Across · 6 letters

Parroted

E
C
H
O
E
D
 Across · 6 letters

Per __

C
A
P
I
T
A
 Across · 8 letters

Perfect stand-up material performed periodically?

C
O
M
E
D
Y
A
U
 Across · 8 letters

Periodically prone to breaking the speed limit?

P
B
F
O
O
T
E
D
 Across · 7 letters

Perseveres with

K
E
E
P
S
A
T
 Across · 5 letters

Physicist Newton

I
S
A
A
C
 Across · 9 letters

Portrayal

D
E
P
I
C
T
I
O
N
 Across · 9 letters

Queen singer played periodically by Rami Malek?

F
R
E
D
D
I
E
H
G
 Across · 4 letters

Rae who plays President Barbie in Barbie

I
S
S
A
 Across · 3 letters

Rocky III actor

M
R
T
 Across · 5 letters

Shelter org.

A
S
P
C
A
 Across · 4 letters

Soapmaking supplies

L
Y
E
S
 Across · 3 letters

Swimmers wear

C
A
P
 Across · 5 letters

Takes a rideshare

U
B
E
R
S
 Across · 5 letters

Tyler of Whose Line Is It Anyway?

A
I
S
H
A
 Across · 4 letters

Udder part

T
E
A
T
 Across · 8 letters

Upside found periodically in a bad situation?

A
G
L
I
N
I
N
G
 Across · 6 letters

Victory celebration

P
A
R
A
D
E
 Across · 5 letters

Warms

H
E
A
T
S
 Across · 3 letters

What a treat!

Y
A
Y
 Across · 4 letters

Word

T
E
R
M
 Across · 3 letters

Wrigley product

G
U
M
 Across · 3 letters

__ Quixote

D
O
N
 Across · 3 letters

__ turtle

S
E
A

Down clues

79 clues
Down · 3 letters

Agnus __

D
E
I
 Down · 5 letters

As a result of

D
U
E
T
O
 Down · 5 letters

Bar mixers

S
O
D
A
S
 Down · 3 letters

Big fuss

A
D
O
 Down · 4 letters

BlackBerrys e.g.: Abbr.

P
D
A
S
 Down · 5 letters

Borden mascot

E
L
S
I
E
 Down · 4 letters

Boring

D
U
L
L
 Down · 7 letters

Bunch of clowns maybe

C
A
R
L
O
A
D
 Down · 3 letters

Business card no.

T
E
L
 Down · 6 letters

Can opener

P
O
P
T
O
P
 Down · 9 letters

Carrier whose primary hub is Charles de Gaulle

A
I
R
F
R
A
N
C
E
 Down · 4 letters

Choice when the Tide runs out?

G
A
I
N
 Down · 5 letters

Church instrument

O
R
G
A
N
 Down · 5 letters

Clutch

G
R
A
S
P
 Down · 4 letters

College figs.

G
P
A
S
 Down · 7 letters

Conspirator in Julius Caesar

C
A
S
S
I
U
S
 Down · 3 letters

Cornwall lang.

E
N
G
 Down · 4 letters

Diggs of All American

T
A
Y
E
 Down · 4 letters

Exchange words?

E
D
I
T
 Down · 8 letters

Features of PC towers once

C
D
D
R
I
V
E
S
 Down · 3 letters

Fellow

M
A
N
 Down · 7 letters

Fifth-largest Hawaiian island

M
O
L
O
K
A
I
 Down · 3 letters

Give some shade?

D
Y
E
 Down · 3 letters

Go (for)

O
P
T
 Down · 7 letters

Go unused

L
I
E
I
D
L
E
 Down · 5 letters

God of Islam

A
L
L
A
H
 Down · 6 letters

Got the measure of

E
Y
E
D
U
P
 Down · 4 letters

Great Basin people

U
T
E
S
 Down · 6 letters

Greenhorn

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E
W
B
I
E
 Down · 4 letters

Grub

F
A
R
E
 Down · 6 letters

Hard pass

Y
E
A
H
N
O
 Down · 4 letters

Headliner

S
T
A
R
 Down · 4 letters

Hiccup

S
N
A
G
 Down · 4 letters

Home of the Large Hadron Collider

C
E
R
N
 Down · 5 letters

If __ walls could talk ...

T
H
E
S
E
 Down · 5 letters

In accordance with

A
S
P
E
R
 Down · 4 letters

Inseam unit

I
N
C
H
 Down · 3 letters

Intel org.

N
S
A
 Down · 5 letters

John Miltons Lycidas for one

E
L
E
G
Y
 Down · 4 letters

Lacking sharp sound quality briefly

L
O
F
I
 Down · 3 letters

Legal org.

A
B
A
 Down · 5 letters

Letter before beta

A
L
P
H
A
 Down · 4 letters

Like a movie making fun of its own plot holes

M
E
T
A
 Down · 5 letters

Like many indie films

A
R
T
S
Y
 Down · 5 letters

Lower arm bones

U
L
N
A
E
 Down · 5 letters

Lower leg bone

T
I
B
I
A
 Down · 3 letters

Mex. neighbor

U
S
A
 Down · 4 letters

Military force

A
R
M
Y
 Down · 5 letters

Mockery

F
A
R
C
E
 Down · 4 letters

Model Delevingne

C
A
R
A
 Down · 5 letters

Museum piece

R
E
L
I
C
 Down · 4 letters

Not you too!

E
T
T
U
 Down · 4 letters

Now where __?

W
A
S
I
 Down · 5 letters

Olympic sleds

L
U
G
E
S
 Down · 4 letters

Only OK

S
O
S
O
 Down · 3 letters

Oomph

Z
I
P
 Down · 5 letters

Pre-eruption lava

M
A
G
M
A
 Down · 3 letters

Pt. of USNA

N
A
V
 Down · 3 letters

Pulled off

D
I
D
 Down · 3 letters

RN workplaces

O
R
S
 Down · 7 letters

Rescue dog e.g.

A
D
O
P
T
E
E
 Down · 9 letters

Ridicule

S
N
I
C
K
E
R
A
T
 Down · 5 letters

Scottish waters

L
O
C
H
S
 Down · 3 letters

Shelter sound

A
R
F
 Down · 3 letters

Significant stretch

E
R
A
 Down · 3 letters

Snake __

O
I
L
 Down · 5 letters

Sports podcaster Katie

N
O
L
A
N
 Down · 3 letters

Summer in la cité

E
T
E
 Down · 8 letters

Surfaces that hold tracks and ties

R
O
A
D
B
E
D
S
 Down · 5 letters

Syndrome in The Incredibles e.g.

E
N
E
M
Y
 Down · 3 letters

Teams adjective

O
U
R
 Down · 4 letters

Tech news site

C
N
E
T
 Down · 7 letters

The 587-piece Pokémon Eevee e.g.

L
E
G
O
S
E
T
 Down · 4 letters

The Miners of the NCAA

U
T
E
P
 Down · 4 letters

Times before eves in classified ads

A
F
T
S
 Down · 5 letters

What a treat!

O
H
F
U
N
 Down · 3 letters

You __ do it!

C
A
N
 Down · 3 letters

__ Paulo Brazil

S
A
O
 Down · 3 letters

__ shed

S
H
E

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The LA Times Crossword for Sunday, May 3, 2026 contains 144 clues (65 Across, 79 Down). Based on the day of the week, this puzzle is rated Themed (large grid) difficulty.

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