Monday · 78 clues

LA Times Crossword May 4, 2026 answers

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

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Puzzle stats

78 total clues

Day

Monday

Easy difficulty

Total clues

78

in today's grid

Across

37

horizontal answers

Down

41

vertical answers

Across clues

37 clues
Across · 5 letters

Add to the conversation

P
U
T
I
N
 Across · 5 letters

Airtight excuse for a defendant

A
L
I
B
I
 Across · 3 letters

Big name in jarred tomato sauce

R
A
O
 Across · 3 letters

Body art briefly

T
A
T
 Across · 5 letters

British baby buggies

P
R
A
M
S
 Across · 11 letters

Cactus with showy flowers

P
R
I
C
K
L
Y
P
E
A
R
 Across · 3 letters

Christopher Robin joey

R
O
O
 Across · 3 letters

Do __ favor?

M
E
A
 Across · 4 letters

Dollywoods st.

T
E
N
N
 Across · 7 letters

Extremely absurd

A
S
I
N
I
N
E
 Across · 3 letters

Fish eggs

R
O
E
 Across · 8 letters

Fish-eating bird

S
E
A
E
A
G
L
E
 Across · 5 letters

Free-for-all

M
E
L
E
E
 Across · 5 letters

Grabs

T
A
K
E
S
 Across · 4 letters

Gramps

P
O
P
S
 Across · 5 letters

Kindle download

E
B
O
O
K
 Across · 4 letters

Lettuce unit

H
E
A
D
 Across · 12 letters

Like some Winter Olympics skiing

C
R
O
S
S
C
O
U
N
T
R
Y
 Across · 3 letters

Lingerie top

B
R
A
 Across · 3 letters

Lipton product

T
E
A
 Across · 3 letters

Moroccan cap with a tassel

F
E
Z
 Across · 3 letters

Not at home

O
U
T
 Across · 7 letters

OPEC units

B
A
R
R
E
L
S
 Across · 8 letters

Playground structures that challenge balance and coordination

L
O
G
R
O
L
L
S
 Across · 5 letters

Pool floats

R
A
F
T
S
 Across · 5 letters

Sarcastic commentary

S
N
A
R
K
 Across · 11 letters

Satirical periodical featuring Alfred E. Neuman

M
A
D
M
A
G
A
Z
I
N
E
 Across · 3 letters

Self-serve coffee server

U
R
N
 Across · 3 letters

Shrill shriek

E
E
K
 Across · 3 letters

Sn to a chemist

T
I
N
 Across · 5 letters

Snowboarding jump

O
L
L
I
E
 Across · 3 letters

Stack starter in solitaire

A
C
E
 Across · 4 letters

Stratford-upon-__

A
V
O
N
 Across · 5 letters

Studies all night

C
R
A
M
S
 Across · 12 letters

Tummy trouble

U
P
S
E
T
S
T
O
M
A
C
H
 Across · 5 letters

Tuscan cathedral city south of Florence

S
I
E
N
A
 Across · 3 letters

Youve got mail ISP

A
O
L

Down clues

41 clues
Down · 4 letters

43560 square feet

A
C
R
E
 Down · 3 letters

AirPod holder

E
A
R
 Down · 4 letters

Aunts in 26-Down

T
I
A
S
 Down · 4 letters

Awestruck

A
G
O
G
 Down · 7 letters

Bad Bunnys native language in his native language

E
S
P
A
N
O
L
 Down · 4 letters

Be worthy of

E
A
R
N
 Down · 3 letters

Biodegrade

R
O
T
 Down · 4 letters

Brick thats painful to step on

L
E
G
O
 Down · 3 letters

Clic Stic pen brand

B
I
C
 Down · 3 letters

Convent figure

N
U
N
 Down · 5 letters

Daily planner entries: Abbr.

A
P
P
T
S
 Down · 4 letters

Green Jedi Master

Y
O
D
A
 Down · 7 letters

Have a go at

A
T
T
E
M
P
T
 Down · 7 letters

Hollers with fright or delight

S
C
R
E
A
M
S
 Down · 7 letters

Humorless

S
E
R
I
O
U
S
 Down · 6 letters

Kansas City baseball team

R
O
Y
A
L
S
 Down · 4 letters

Kermits greeting

H
I
H
O
 Down · 3 letters

Marseille Mrs.

M
M
E
 Down · 4 letters

Microwave sound

B
E
E
P
 Down · 3 letters

MinuteClinic drugstore chain

C
V
S
 Down · 4 letters

Mt. Rushmores st.

S
D
A
K
 Down · 9 letters

Orchard growth

F
R
U
I
T
T
R
E
E
 Down · 4 letters

Pest on a pet

F
L
E
A
 Down · 3 letters

Photo __: some PR events

O
P
S
 Down · 9 letters

Racking up victories

O
N
A
S
T
R
E
A
K
 Down · 4 letters

Reddish speckled horse

R
O
A
N
 Down · 7 letters

Result of a leaking 4-Down perhaps

I
N
K
M
A
R
K
 Down · 5 letters

San Francisco mayor Daniel

L
U
R
I
E
 Down · 3 letters

School of Buddhism

Z
E
N
 Down · 5 letters

Singer Turners rock memoir

I
T
I
N
A
 Down · 5 letters

Smooth and shiny

S
L
E
E
K
 Down · 5 letters

Solitary sort

L
O
N
E
R
 Down · 4 letters

Supply-and-demand subj.

E
C
O
N
 Down · 6 letters

Swampy area

M
O
R
A
S
S
 Down · 4 letters

Sweetie

B
A
B
E
 Down · 3 letters

Swiss peak

A
L
P
 Down · 4 letters

The Z of ZIP code

Z
O
N
E
 Down · 3 letters

URL ending

C
O
M
 Down · 5 letters

Undefeated boxer Ali

L
A
I
L
A
 Down · 4 letters

__ Brute?

E
T
T
U
 Down · 4 letters

__ Croft: Tomb Raider

L
A
R
A

About this puzzle

The LA Times Crossword for Monday, May 4, 2026 contains 78 clues (37 Across, 41 Down). Based on the day of the week, this puzzle is rated Easy difficulty.

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