LA Times Crossword Answers for May 26 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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Embrace
HUG
Large herbivore in India’s Kaziranga National Park
RHINO
"Cowboy Bebop" genre
ANIME
"Logically, this means ... "
ERGO
"Toy Story" boy
ANDY
Requires sacrifice to achieve
COMESATACOST
Brian of Roxy Music
ENO
Before, in classic ballads
ERE
Confident and courageous
BOLD
Rum cocktail
MAITAI
Take legal action against
SUE
Cry of realization
AHA
Portable Tex-Mex snack, or a progression depicted in this puzzle
WALKINGTACO
Grab a chair
SIT
Common feature of flannel shirts
PLAID
Volunteer's offer
IWILL
Earth-turning tool
HOE
Actress/writer Kaling
MINDY
Vanlifer, for one
NOMAD
Coin slot directive
INSERT
Learn to fit in
ADAPT
Fuel for some stoves
GAS
Enticing scent
AROMA
Brings to the ground
RAZES
"How We Do (Party)" singer Rita
ORA
Toyota pickup since 1995
TACOMATRUCK
Decimal base
TEN
"Rooster" network
HBO
Treadmill settings
PACES
Bullfrog relative
TOAD
Ironman race, for short
TRI
"Well, sort of"
ISH
Sarcastic "Great idea!"
WHATACONCEPT
Pre-1917 Russian ruler
TSAR
Molecule part
ATOM
Land parcels
ACRES
Pancake topper
SYRUP
↓ Down
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame's state
OHIO
"Read the fine __"
PRINT
Care for
TEND
Airport org. with wands
TSA
Match, as a laptop and the cloud
SYNC
Tofu base
SOY
Part of a hammer
PEEN
Bounding main
OCEAN
Mogadishu native
SOMALI
Starting point
ORIGIN
Wild party
BASH
Last Greek letter
OMEGA
Not on time
LATE
Astronaut Shepard
ALAN
"Just joking!"
IKID
In apple-pie order
TIDY
Pop band with sisters Este, Danielle, and Alana
HAIM
Home of the NCAA's Bruins
UCLA
Top Olympic prize
GOLD
Typist's stat
WPM
"It takes __ to tango"
TWO
Favorite choice
GOTO
Many a Yemeni
ARAB
Pixar film set in Mexico
COCO
Punk subgenre
EMO
Wiley of "The Handmaid's Tale"
SAMIRA
The "A" of STEAM
ARTS
Truth or __
DARE
Côte d'__, France
AZUR
Substance that makes jelly gel
PECTIN
"You should know better!"
TSK
Hiker's trail
PATH
District
AREA
Temporary castle material
SAND
Maria's friend in "West Side Story"
ANITA
TV quiz show with Cash Builder rounds
THECHASE
Played monotonously
THRUMMED
Surgical memento
SCAR
Nintendo character in purple overalls
WARIO
Completely lost
ATSEA
Tennis venue
COURT