LA Times Crossword Answers for May 11 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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Skedaddled
FLED
Great Lakes mnemonic
HOMES
Hippocratic __
OATH
Jittery
EDGY
Very tops
APEXES
Like elastic material
TENSILE
Traditional Chinese wedding ritual
TEACEREMONY
Industrial tub
VAT
Secrecy contract for short
NDA
Pie __ mode
ALA
Kitchen cloth
DISHTOWEL
Selling point?
STORE
Trendy jargon or what can be found at the starts of 17- 25- 38- and 53-Across
BUZZWORDS
Cowpokes hello
HOWDY
__ Day vitamins
ONEA
Out on the water
ASEA
Siddhartha novelist Hermann
HESSE
Designer Vera known for bridal gowns
WANG
Refuse to allow
DENY
Drag show accessory
WIG
Turn into baby food
MASH
I am half __ half hope: Persuasion
AGONY
La __ Tar Pits
BREA
Comic-Con e.g.
EXPO
Engaged for a job
HIRED
Very inexpensive
DIRTCHEAP
South American mountain range
ANDES
Neck of the woods
AREA
Body art slangily
TATS
HS diploma equivalent
GED
Subway smooch e.g.: Abbr.
PDA
Pants one may have to wriggle into
SKINNYJEANS
Stirred up
INCITED
Red wine grape
MERLOT
Many a TikToker
TEEN
Orange tubers
YAMS
Delicious
TASTY
↓ Down
Mrs. in Madrid
SRA
NYC subway org.
MTA
__ voce
SOTTO
Understood
ISEE
At what time?
WHEN
Fedora for one
HAT
Like shoes that show off a pedicure
OPENTOE
Spots for sheep to sleep
MEADOWS
Not all the same
DIVERSE
Cheer up
GLADDEN
Are we there __?
YET
Items in recipe boxes
INDEXCARDS
Manhattan event with many designers and runway models for short
NYFW
Arm joint
ELBOW
__ Loa: worlds largest active volcano
MAUNA
Laundry batch
LOAD
Finger-on-lips sound
SHH
Hurricane center
EYE
Super chill
ZEN
Zig and __
ZAG
You can __ that again!
SAY
Major trials
ORDEALS
Daughter of King Minos who helped Theseus escape the labyrinth
ARIADNE
Feature of many a rice paddy
TERRACE
Fill up
SATE
Verbal shrug
MEH
Log chopper
AXE
Offspring
SPAWN
Pickup line?
HOPIN
Ive got it!
AHA
Sodas in Shirley Temples
GINGERALES
Brief More info soon
TBD
I __ remind you ...
NEEDNOT
Ribbon purchase qty.
YDS
Playbill list
CAST
Place to raise the bar?
GYM
Cherry discard
PIT
Cipher breakers
KEYS
State with a potato museum
IDAHO
Ballet leap
JETE
Farm pen
STY