LA Times Crossword Answers for June 5 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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Quick study?
CRAM
Pilates surface
MAT
56-Down pioneer
AOL
Glitz and __
GLAM
Lends a hand
ASSISTS
Indent key
TAB
__ ayam: Indonesian chicken noodle soup
SOTO
First words of the Constitution
OUITHEPEOPLE
Novel
NEW
Patient care pros
RNS
"Please excuse the bad language," and what can be said about 18-, 26-, 55-, and 65-Across
PARDONMYFRENCH
Glowing coal
EMBER
Pageant topper
TIARA
"RuPaul's Drag Race" catchphrase
SACHETAWAY
Religion with a call to prayer five times a day
ISLAM
Let one's actions speak for themselves
MIMED
Imperial gem of ancient China
JADE
Flings
CASTS
Kills it on the runway
SLAYS
Mars counterpart
ARES
Bulldogs sch.
UGA
Chews like a beaver
GNAWS
Verbal digs
BARBS
Super Monkey Ball company
SEGA
Dulce de __
LECHE
Native Alaskan
ALEUT
"You can't be serious!"
EAUBROTHER
Undersea data carrier
CABLE
Flight segment
RISER
Chance
RISK
Antlered animal
STAG
Up to, informally
TIL
Chant from a giant
FILLEFIFOFUM
Flight segment
STEP
Be sick
AIL
Wok dish
STIRFRY
Untainted
PURE
Barrel wood
OAK
Cal. neighbor
ARI
↓ Down
Natural rug fibers
SISALS
Capital in Honshu's Kansai region
KYOTO
Producers of road movies?
DASHCAMS
Abalone eater
OTTER
To-do
FLAP
Backdrop of an animated series in a Lucasfilm franchise
CLONEWAR
Harsh negativity, in slang
HATERADE
Take the field?
MOW
Like some heart valves
AORTIC
Gymnast Lee who won the Best Comeback Athlete ESPY Award in 2025
SUNISA
Allow
PERMIT
Little jerks
SPASMS
Runs, in a way
BLEEDS
Username, often
EMAIL
CPR expert
EMT
Cal. neighbor, informally
BAJA
"I smell a __!"
RAT
Nashville honor, for short
CMA
"Psst!"
HEY
"You rang?"
YES
Gulf st.
ALA
Go wild on the dance floor
TEARITUP
Christina of "Burlesque"
AGUILERA
Talks and talks
GABS
"I Will Survive" singer Gaynor
GLORIA
Catch
NET
German cry
ACH
"__ were we?"
WHERE
Ornamental lines
SERIFS
Go the wrong way?
BACKFIRE
GPS heading
SSE
Brush off
REBUFF
Tabbouleh grain
BULGUR
Like some "Heated Rivalry" scenes
STEAMY
"What game are you watching!?" target
REF
Raga instrument
SITAR
Baking soda amt.
TSP
Pride member
LION
Quechua pack animal
LLAMA
Rubber gaskets
ORINGS