Tuesday · 78 clues

LA Times Crossword May 5, 2026 answers

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

Puzzle stats

78 total clues

Day

Tuesday

Easy difficulty

Total clues

78

in today's grid

Across

35

horizontal answers

Down

43

vertical answers

Across clues

35 clues
Across · 15 letters

Advantages for dealmakers

B
A
R
G
A
I
N
I
N
G
C
H
I
P
S
Across · 3 letters

Camera letters

S
L
R
Across · 5 letters

Chris of Knives Out

E
V
A
N
S
Across · 4 letters

Destroy

R
U
I
N
Across · 3 letters

Do some sums

A
D
D
Across · 3 letters

Fall Out Boy genre

E
M
O
Across · 4 letters

FasTrak payment

T
O
L
L
Across · 4 letters

Fathers

D
A
D
S
Across · 6 letters

Fidelity Bravery Integrity org.

T
H
E
F
B
I
Across · 4 letters

Foot part

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R
C
H
Across · 4 letters

Greek cheese

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E
T
A
Across · 6 letters

Hip-hop trio that covered Aerosmiths Walk This Way

R
U
N
D
M
C
Across · 4 letters

Iridescent gem

O
P
A
L
Across · 4 letters

Jazz singing style

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C
A
T
Across · 3 letters

Londons Big __

B
E
N
Across · 3 letters

Naughty

B
A
D
Across · 4 letters

Nothing to write home about

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O
S
O
Across · 3 letters

Oral health org.

A
D
A
Across · 12 letters

Overdo and then some in the oven

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U
R
N
T
O
A
C
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Across · 6 letters

Plenty

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N
O
U
G
H
Across · 5 letters

Pound fraction

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U
N
C
E
Across · 4 letters

QED center

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R
A
T
Across · 3 letters

Sch. whose colors are purple and gold

L
S
U
Across · 4 letters

Scullers pair

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A
R
S
Across · 10 letters

See 48-Across

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H
E
M
A
P
P
L
E
S
Across · 6 letters

Simple bookmark

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O
G
E
A
R
Across · 5 letters

Statutes that protect inventions and works of art for short

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P
L
A
W
Across · 5 letters

Storm-tracking aid

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A
D
A
R
Across · 6 letters

The Irishman star Robert

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E
N
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R
O
Across · 10 letters

Total hunk

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U
D
M
U
F
F
I
N
Across · 6 letters

U.S. citizens living abroad

E
X
P
A
T
S
Across · 4 letters

Walking pace

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A
I
T
Across · 3 letters

Weigh station unit

T
O
N
Across · 12 letters

With 59-Across rhetorical taunt or a question answered by the ends of 17- 23- and 37-Across

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O
W
D
O
Y
O
U
L
I
K
E
Across · 4 letters

__ the change

K
E
E
P

Down clues

43 clues
Down · 4 letters

Adopt dont shop org.

S
P
C
A
Down · 4 letters

And I say __ you ...

U
N
T
O
Down · 5 letters

Are appropriate for

B
E
F
I
T
Down · 10 letters

Borrowers limit

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E
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T
L
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N
E
Down · 3 letters

Color TV pioneer

R
C
A
Down · 4 letters

Diner employee

C
O
O
K
Down · 4 letters

Eagerly excited

A
G
O
G
Down · 6 letters

Enlarge as a pupil

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I
L
A
T
E
Down · 6 letters

Excursion in the Serengeti

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A
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A
R
I
Down · 4 letters

Financial liability

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E
B
T
Down · 5 letters

Flip over

U
P
E
N
D
Down · 6 letters

Fried cinnamon-sugar pastry

C
H
U
R
R
O
Down · 3 letters

Get-up-and-go

P
E
P
Down · 4 letters

Latin for bear

U
R
S
A
Down · 6 letters

Learns to fit in

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D
A
P
T
S
Down · 4 letters

Letter before Bravo

A
L
F
A
Down · 3 letters

Lots of laughs

F
U
N
Down · 4 letters

Massive

H
U
G
E
Down · 3 letters

Mattingly who was the Yankees starting first baseman for 12 seasons

D
O
N
Down · 4 letters

Microsoft search engine

B
I
N
G
Down · 3 letters

More details soon letters

T
B
A
Down · 5 letters

Movin Out choreographer Twyla

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H
A
R
P
Down · 4 letters

New socialites familiarly

D
E
B
S
Down · 3 letters

On the __: fleeing

L
A
M
Down · 10 letters

One-point advantage say

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A
D
Down · 5 letters

Puccini work

O
P
E
R
A
Down · 5 letters

Stand in for

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C
T
A
S
Down · 4 letters

Subject of a sentence typically

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O
U
N
Down · 4 letters

Take a breather

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E
S
T
Down · 4 letters

Test: Abbr.

E
V
A
L
Down · 3 letters

The Suns on scoreboards

P
H
X
Down · 4 letters

The __-bitsy spider ...

I
T
S
Y
Down · 3 letters

Total bust

D
U
D
Down · 3 letters

Use 44-Across

R
O
W
Down · 3 letters

Vinaigrette ingredient

O
I
L
Down · 5 letters

Walked in the woods say

H
I
K
E
D
Down · 3 letters

Weekly sketch show briefly

S
N
L
Down · 4 letters

Yard sale tag warning

A
S
I
S
Down · 3 letters

__ Grand Las Vegas

M
G
M
Down · 5 letters

__ acids

A
M
I
N
O
Down · 5 letters

__ and aahed

O
O
H
E
D
Down · 3 letters

__-cone: icy treat

S
N
O
Down · 4 letters

__-friendly

U
S
E
R

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The LA Times Crossword for Tuesday, May 5, 2026 contains 78 clues (35 Across, 43 Down). Based on the day of the week, this puzzle is rated Easy difficulty.

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