LA Times Crossword Answers for May 13 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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Love, in Firenze
AMORE
Kaitlin's "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" role
DEE
Totally dismantle
RAZE
California-based candy company
SEES
Five Pillars religion
ISLAM
Grade sch.
ELEM
Alternative to sparkling
TAP
Stick
ADHERE
Fine wool
MERINO
Summer sign
LEO
Special skills
TALENTS
Like some game night games, or a feature of 4-, 11-, 21-, 29-, and 40-Down
TABLETOP
Some park employees
RANGERS
Common oatmeal cookie ingredient
RAISINS
First Amendment word
FREEDOM
Place to spend the night
INN
One-on-one chats on soc. media
DMS
Agrees
SAYSYES
Easter egg need
DYE
Up to now
YET
Hotel amenity
ICE
Yank (on)
TUG
Agrees to
ACCEPTS
Purple yam from the Philippines
UBE
Game with red, yellow, blue, and green cards
UNO
Steel mill material
IRONORE
Barbecue choice
BEEFRIB
Find and remove
ROOTOUT
"Across the pond" pond
ATLANTIC
__ in comparison
PALES
Sticky and stinky sealant
TAR
Chooses to participate
OPTSIN
Help desk techs
ITPROS
Bank charge
FEE
Got the highest score in golf, say
LOST
Jazz pianist Chick
COREA
Execs focused on the bottom line
CFOS
10th grader, briefly
SOPH
Singer-songwriter DiFranco
ANI
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Like a clarinet's sound
REEDY
Purse at a boxing match
PRIZEMONEY
Piece of fishing gear
SPEAR
Motif
THEME
G-rated
CLEAN
Prosecco kin
ASTI
Soccer pitch boundary
SIDELINE
Pops up
EMERGES
Vans or Crocs
SHOES
Empire State capital
ALBANY
Like many Chinese dialects
TONAL
Pet sounds
ARFS
Rooney of "Women Talking"
MARA
Like the 6-Down
ARID
Spruce (up)
TIDY
"I'm buying!"
ONME
Hushed summons
PSST
Blini topping
ROE
Texting format initials
SMS
Necessitates
ENTAILS
Stand watch for, say
ABET
Instagram feed feature
REEL
One who switches sides
TURNCOAT
Fuses together
UNITES
Mongolian for "waterless place"
GOBI
Atmosphere
AIR
__-Magnon
CRO
Henhouses
COOPS
Bulky horn
TUBA
Basic flotation device
POOLNOODLE
"Good point"
TRUE
Hardens, as concrete
SETS
Word with laissez or savoir
FAIRE
Brewery vessel?
COFFEEPOT
Low-level workers
PEONS
Trial
TEST
"You matter to me"
ICARE