LA Times Crossword – May 14, 2026 (Thursday)
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| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1A | 1. First person, in Austria | 3 |
| 2A | 4. Pressing activity, for short? | 3 |
| 3A | 7. Cleared to proceed | 4 |
| 4A | 11. Perched on | 7 |
| 5A | 18. Place for pigs to wallow | 7 |
| 6A | 20. Shawarma wrap | 4 |
| 7A | 21. "I'm here to learn" | 7 |
| 8A | 22. In sync | 7 |
| 9A | 23. Moisture barrier supplies | 13 |
| 10A | 26. 23-Across, oddly? | 10 |
| 11A | 28. Vert. counterpart | 3 |
| 12A | 29. Geological layers | 6 |
| 13A | 30. They got the votes | 3 |
| 14A | 31. Saint Barthélemy, par exemple | 3 |
| 15A | 32. Sugar suffix | 3 |
| 16A | 34. Father of Deimos | 4 |
| 17A | 35. A hard job | 10 |
| 18A | 40. 35-Across, oddly? | 10 |
| 19A | 43. Catch in a sting | 6 |
| 20A | 44. Cleveland-to-Akron dir. | 3 |
| 21A | 45. Ryder of "Stranger Things" | 6 |
| 22A | 46. Office memo starter | 4 |
| 23A | 48. Leprechaun's land | 4 |
| 24A | 50. Conflict-averse | 7 |
| 25A | 55. Fictional diary writer | 12 |
| 26A | 60. 55-Across, oddly? | 8 |
| 27A | 61. A as in Austria | 3 |
| 28A | 62. Lock lips, in London | 4 |
| 29A | 63. Drive-___ menu | 4 |
| 30A | 65. Like the best bets | 6 |
| 31A | 66. Abandoned | 4 |
| 32A | 68. Off-center | 4 |
| 33A | 70. Time gone by | 4 |
| 34A | 72. Ending with the name Ann or Nan | 4 |
| 35A | 73. "Reason" given in a parental "explanation" | 6 |
| 36A | 76. Spots for grazing | 4 |
| 37A | 78. Pond scum, e.g. | 4 |
| 38A | 80. Craven behind the camera | 3 |
| 39A | 81. "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" author | 8 |
| 40A | 83. 81-Across, oddly? | 12 |
| 41A | 87. Political understanding | 7 |
| 42A | 88. ___ Ed | 4 |
| 43A | 89. Book before Nehemiah | 4 |
| 44A | 90. Boot camp shout | 6 |
| 45A | 92. Stanford and Cal joined it in 2024 | 3 |
| 46A | 95. From the heart, in a way | 6 |
| 47A | 99. Conan and others | 10 |
| 48A | 103. 99-Across, oddly? | 10 |
| 49A | 105. "Essays of ___" (19th-century collection) | 4 |
| 50A | 106. Summer hours in N.Y.C. | 3 |
| 51A | 107. You smelt it! | 3 |
| 52A | 108. Inits. fittingly filling the blanks of Obam_ _ _re | 3 |
| 53A | 109. Luxor Temple deity | 6 |
| 54A | 112. Take an ax to | 3 |
| 55A | 114. Client's sales agent, in brief | 10 |
| 56A | 118. 114-Across, oddly? | 13 |
| 57A | 121. Unspoken set of rules between dudes | 7 |
| 58A | 122. N next to the gearshift | 7 |
| 59A | 123. Ozzy Osbourne's "___, I'm Coming Home" | 4 |
| 60A | 124. More dimwitted | 7 |
| 61A | 125. Make more appealing, as something otherwise plain | 7 |
| 62A | 126. "Glad that's over!" | 4 |
| 63A | 127. Spot for charity, say, in brief | 3 |
| 64A | 128. Newsroom staffers, for short | 3 |
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| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1D | 1. "Just picture this!" | 7 |
| 2D | 2. Rudely interrupt, as a dance partner | 7 |
| 3D | 3. Man cave fixture | 7 |
| 4D | 4. Snow jobs | 4 |
| 5D | 5. Heartfelt ask | 4 |
| 6D | 6. Website with an alien logo | 6 |
| 7D | 7. Treat badly, in a way | 7 |
| 8D | 8. Potter's furnace | 4 |
| 9D | 9. Uber ride info, informally | 3 |
| 10D | 10. Small amount in the kitchen | 4 |
| 11D | 11. Adds with a spoon, say | 7 |
| 12D | 12. Org. for J. Robert Oppenheimer | 3 |
| 13D | 13. U.S.S.R. news source | 4 |
| 14D | 14. Zwei quadrupled | 4 |
| 15D | 15. What one might take or beat | 6 |
| 16D | 16. World Golf Hall-of-Famer Mark | 6 |
| 17D | 17. Caressed | 6 |
| 18D | 19. Sector of a color wheel | 3 |
| 19D | 24. "Yer darn ___!" | 6 |
| 20D | 25. Pert blurt | 4 |
| 21D | 27. Cry often accompanied by a sigh | 4 |
| 22D | 33. Cut-rate, in brand names | 5 |
| 23D | 36. Parched | 4 |
| 24D | 37. Named names | 4 |
| 25D | 38. Belgian battle site in W.W. I | 5 |
| 26D | 39. "Neato!" | 4 |
| 27D | 40. Sounding like taffeta, say | 6 |
| 28D | 41. More than suspects | 5 |
| 29D | 42. When tripled, "You get the picture" | 5 |
| 30D | 47. Sicilian spewer | 4 |
| 31D | 49. Part of A.A.R.P.: Abbr. | 3 |
| 32D | 51. Loaded (with) | 4 |
| 33D | 52. When teething might end | 6 |
| 34D | 53. Produce aisle device | 6 |
| 35D | 54. Swear | 6 |
| 36D | 55. Mimic | 6 |
| 37D | 56. Chewy chocolate candy brand | 6 |
| 38D | 57. One sporting a onesie | 6 |
| 39D | 58. Loose-cheeked, as a mastiff | 5 |
| 40D | 59. Fantastic beast | 4 |
| 41D | 60. Jarringly sensational | 5 |
| 42D | 64. "u slay me" | 4 |
| 43D | 67. Day care charge | 4 |
| 44D | 69. Blue blood vessels? | 6 |
| 45D | 71. "What ___ can I say?" | 4 |
| 46D | 74. German actress Berger with a career spanning eight decades | 5 |
| 47D | 75. Big name in blenders | 5 |
| 48D | 77. Reluctant to mingle, say | 3 |
| 49D | 79. Classic elevator tunes | 5 |
| 50D | 82. Start of a choosing rhyme | 5 |
| 51D | 84. "The time ___ hand" | 4 |
| 52D | 85. Stage item | 4 |
| 53D | 86. ___-mutuel betting | 4 |
| 54D | 88. Kick starter? | 6 |
| 55D | 91. Didn't go it alone, say | 7 |
| 56D | 93. One of the so-called Five Civilized Tribes | 7 |
| 57D | 94. Magazine fig. | 4 |
| 58D | 96. Fragrant garden hybrid | 7 |
| 59D | 97. Gave consent | 7 |
| 60D | 98. The lords in "The 12 Days of Christmas," e.g. | 7 |
| 61D | 99. Noggin | 4 |
| 62D | 100. Vegan milk source | 6 |
| 63D | 101. Mob scene extra | 6 |
| 64D | 102. French financial institution | 6 |
| 65D | 104. Jazz subgenre for Wynton Marsalis | 6 |
| 66D | 110. Daily grinds | 4 |
| 67D | 111. Puts on | 4 |
| 68D | 113. Chicken (out) | 4 |
| 69D | 114. "I'm in such a fix" | 4 |
| 70D | 115. Metro regions, informally | 4 |
| 71D | 116. ___ bene | 4 |
| 72D | 117. The Horned Frogs of Ft. Worth | 3 |
| 73D | 119. 19th of 24 | 3 |
| 74D | 120. "Why, why, why?!" | 3 |
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