LA Times Crossword Answers for May 22 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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Night of revelry, initially
NYE
Walking aids
CANES
Icy response?
BRRR
Reaction creators
STIMULI
The __ Brothers: blue-eyed soul band
DOOBIE
Tsukiji market buy, perhaps
TUNA
*Storied Gilead locale
OMAHABEACH
__-Latin: medieval language
ANGLO
Only
LONE
"Move it!," or how to make this puzzle's starred clues match their answers
GETTHELEADOUT
*Plea deal venues
BELLTOWERS
Sashimi's lack
RICE
Work of fiction
LIE
Carry too far
OVERDO
"__ come to me ... "
ITLL
Northern limits?
ENS
Speed up
HASTEN
Some drones
BEES
Of two minds
TORN
Blister
SCATHE
Tango number
TWO
Mother of Beyoncé and Solange
TINA
William Sydney Porter's pen name
OHENRY
Fresh
RAW
Pop artist Warhol
ANDY
*Misleads in an alley
GUTTERBALL
Hospital figs.
RNS
Give and take
SWAP
Sub-par performance?
EAGLE
*Wordle ad collection
DICTIONARY
Fog
MIST
Kicked off
OPENED
Has a strong influence on
IMPACTS
Posting on the side of a food truck
MENU
Summer music?
DISCO
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Spanish English
INGLES
Tahiti, par exemple
ILE
Ft. Worth school
TCU
Heavenly sign
HALO
Wind instrument featured in R.E.M.'s "Nightswimming"
OBOE
City slicker
URBANITE
Early wheels
TRICYCLE
Does a cobbler's job
REHEELS
Bridle suite?
STABLE
Listen
TUNEIN
Fabric named for a French city
DENIM
Chambers of commerce?
MALL
"A Man on the Inside" actor Ted
DANSON
Honor bestowed by HM King Charles III
OBE
With it
ALERT
Teeming crowd
HORDE
Brief "Then again ... "
OTOH
Reproductive cells
OVA
Montgomery of jazz
WES
Umbrella spoke
RIB
Star-crossed
TRAGIC
Manitoba's capital
WINNIPEG
Director's cut?
ANDSCENE
Cough up
PAY
Rave review
SOGOOD
Old-fashioned farm apparatus
CHURN
CVS Health subsidiary
AETNA
Big bang letters
TNT
Charlemagne's domain, briefly
HRE
Governess who breaks the fourth wall
EYRE
Fame
STARDOM
Financial nabe in NYC
WALLST
Little hooters
OWLETS
Auburn rival, to fans
BAMA
Draw
TIE
Hardware with flanges
TNUT
Goes up
RISES
Community pool org.
YMCA
Entertainment medium, for short
POD