LA Times Crossword Answers for May 21 2026
Every Across and Down clue from today’s LA Times Crossword, with the answers spelled out. Edited by Patti Varol.
Across clues…
Down clues…
EditorPatti Varol
SourceLA Times
Spoiler ahead! Every clue and answer is right below.
→ Across
__ shu pork
MOO
Call dibs on
CLAIM
Charger, e.g.
AUTO
Navigation tech
GPS
Tolkien characters who like to eat six meals a day
HOBBITS
Locavore's org.
CSA
Small cut
SLIT
Result of advancing in the field?
RBI
*Negro Leagues player in the Baseball Hall of Fame
SATCHELPAIGE
Key West, e.g.
ISLE
Unpublicized restaurant offering, or a feature of the answer to each starred clue
SECRETMENU
Oyster opener
OTTER
*"I Just Called To Say I Love You" singer
STEVIEWONDER
Sock part
TOE
Barbershop parts
TENORS
Leg day exercise
LUNGE
Music producer Brian
ENO
Snacks stuffed with "stuf"
OREOS
Couple of bucks?
STAGS
Web feed initials
RSS
Draped silk dress
SARI
Eel in maki sushi
UNAGI
Language of Sri Lanka
TAMIL
"Long," in Hawaiian
LOA
Sure to end badly
NOWIN
__ Cortina 2026
MILANO
Under the weather
ILL
*Brunch choice
FRENCHOMELET
Only major U.S. city founded by a woman
MIAMI
Roadside org.
AAA
Texting format initials
SMS
*Apprenticeship in the ways of The Force
JEDITRAINING
Digital exec
CTO
Purple bloom
IRIS
World Series mo.
OCT
Comedy series featuring Lily Tomlin
LAUGHIN
Grown boys
MEN
Educational acronym
STEM
Opera solos
ARIAS
↓ Down
Makes less wild
TAMES
Sis, for one
SIB
Speed reader?
TACH
Inspiring figure
MUSE
Footnote abbr.
ETAL
Artist known for fabric-wrapped installations
CHRISTO
Maine course
LOBSTER
Central Texas city
ABILENE
Sparkly stuff
GLITTER
City birds
PIGEONS
Sound investments?
STEREOS
Big rigs
SEMIS
Put away
STOW
Didn't play
SAT
Loses steam?
COOLS
Sauna openings?
PORES
Kitchen initialism
EVOO
Tax agcy.
IRS
Fan
NUT
"The Code Breaker" subj.
DNA
Pasta ingredient
EGG
Laziness
INERTIA
"Tartuffe" playwright
MOLIERE
First sultan of Syria and Egypt
SALADIN
Not well-matched
UNFIT
Swe. neighbor
NOR
Astonishment
AWE
Martini liquor
GIN
Like some ruins in Peru
INCAN
"Beetlejuice" director Burton
TIM
Bitter beers
ALES
Last book of the Old Testament
MALACHI
Jerky brand
SLIMJIM
Skin soothers
LOTIONS
Disney film set in Polynesia
MOANA
Call, as a cab
HAIL
Sue Grafton's "__ for Malice"
MIS
Campus mil. unit
ROTC
Laptop brand
ACER
"I feel seen"
ITME
Fertilizer from bats
GUANO
Mentor of Minions
GRU