LA Times Crossword Answers for April 30 2026
Every Across and Down clue from today’s LA Times Crossword, with the answers spelled out. Edited by Patti Varol.
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EditorPatti Varol
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Start of a giant recital?
FEE
Tandem pair
SEATS
Disreputable
SEEDY
Cone-bearing tree
FIR
Timed perfectly
ONCUE
Flared dress style
ALINE
Photographer Embraces Traditional Darkroom Techniques” e.g.
DEVELOPINGSTORY
Cannot __: slangy expression of mock horror
UNSEE
The Three-Body Problem genre
SCIFI
Prefix with meter
ODO
Cozy alcove
NOOK
Video meeting need
CAMERA
Final Finalist Finally Arrives e.g.
LATESTUPDATE
Conduit shape
ELL
Puts one foot in front of the other
STEPS
Drink carelessly
SLURP
Early operating system
UNIX
Carriers powered by pantographs and overhead lines
TRAMS
Lotion additive
ALOE
Olympic skater Cohen
SASHA
Emotionless
STONY
Civil rights leader Wilkins
ROY
China Falls From Top Spot e.g.
BREAKINGNEWS
Julys namesake
CAESAR
Meat product with a museum in Minnesota
SPAM
Diner slice
PIE
Word with tea and toast
TEXAS
Nephew of Donald Duck
LOUIE
Local Couple Makes a Commitment e.g.
EXCLUSIVEREPORT
Act with feeling
EMOTE
Peninsular Arab state
QATAR
__ lunch
BOX
Healthy side
SALAD
Mine passage
SHAFT
Gimlis weapon in The Lord of the Rings
AXE
↓ Down
Tear down to the studs
GUT
Frame : bowling :: __ : curling
END
Brontë governess
EYRE
Clevelands lake
ERIE
Highlander of ancient Peru
INCA
Whatever
FINE
NYSE investment opportunities
IPOS
Theater showing
MOVIE
One-named singer whose surname is Adkins
ADELE
Musical endings
CODAS
Word of warning
DONT
Folded fare
TACO
Marriage partners
SPOUSES
Pesto option
PARSLEY
Twirled
SPUN
Dashiell contemporary
ERLE
Wheelbarrow part
AXLE
Dagger handle
HILT
Leaves unnoticed
SNEAKSOFF
Citi Field MLBer
NYMET
Swarming pests
GNATS
Like Vikings
NORSE
$2 worth of nickels e.g.
ROLL
Some undergarments
BRAS
Genesis twin
ESAU
Bakers protection
MITT
5K for one
RACE
Radical Optimism singer Dua
LIPA
Try to stop
DETER
Open-air rooms
ATRIA
Cereal shapes
LOOPS
Psych (up)
AMP
Goes back and forth
SEESAWS
Predatory dino
TREX
Bestest
FAVE
Bumping heads
ATIT
Gives birth to
HAS
Rodent proof?
SQUEAKS
Did I just hear what I think I heard?
EXCUSEYOU
Love letters?
XOXO
Genesis brother
ABEL