LA Times Crossword Answers for May 3 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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Physicist Newton
ISAAC
All the Light We Cannot See novelist Anthony
DOERR
What a treat!
YAY
Portrayal
DEPICTION
Perfect stand-up material performed periodically?
COMEDYAU
Dickens novel thats only read periodically?
DAVIDCUFIELD
Rocky III actor
MRT
Bee keeper
APIARY
__ Quixote
DON
Perseveres with
KEEPSAT
Udder part
TEAT
Olafs creator in Frozen
ELSA
Civil rights icon Mandela
NELSON
Basketball stuff
DUNK
Coins of the realm?
PENCE
Dorm digs
SUITE
Beauty aisle brand
OLAY
Advantage in some situations or an alternate title for this puzzle
ELEMENTOFSURPRISE
Warms
HEATS
Hairstyling device applied periodically?
CURLINGFE
Like tiramisu and cannoli
ITALIAN
Letter before sigma
RHO
Desert near the Sinai Peninsula
NEGEV
Victory celebration
PARADE
Periodically prone to breaking the speed limit?
PBFOOTED
Elevator stop in Paris
ETAGE
Fit to be farmed
ARABLE
Chart topper
HIT
Rae who plays President Barbie in Barbie
ISSA
Broadway awards
TONYS
Bristlelike grippers on gecko feet
SETAE
Batteries in some remotes
AAS
Soapmaking supplies
LYES
Takes a rideshare
UBERS
Wrigley product
GUM
Ocean liner?
COAST
Brazilian coins
REALS
Govern
RULE
Inspired by
ALA
Per __
CAPITA
Kaitlin of High Potential
OLSON
Upside found periodically in a bad situation?
AGLINING
On the wrong path
ASTRAY
Shelter org.
ASPCA
__ turtle
SEA
Fills with love
ENAMORS
Queen singer played periodically by Rami Malek?
FREDDIEHG
Come on now!
PSHAW
In the past
EARLIER
Cheerful
GLAD
MLB stat
RBI
Flavor of many a bright green martini
SOURAPPLE
Baking ware thats only used periodically?
MUFFINSN
Cary Grant film that airs periodically on classic movie channels?
ASANDOLDLACE
Due-in hr.
ETA
Parroted
ECHOED
Swimmers wear
CAP
Midsize car
SEDAN
Word
TERM
Clutched
HELD
Must pay
OWESTO
Pagoda instrument
GONG
Fancy tie
ASCOT
Tyler of Whose Line Is It Anyway?
AISHA
Anise aperitif
OUZO
↓ Down
Not you too!
ETTU
Rescue dog e.g.
ADOPTEE
Features of PC towers once
CDDRIVES
Military force
ARMY
__ Paulo Brazil
SAO
Ridicule
SNICKERAT
Lacking sharp sound quality briefly
LOFI
Pt. of USNA
NAV
Mex. neighbor
USA
Pulled off
DID
Hard pass
YEAHNO
Model Delevingne
CARA
Syndrome in The Incredibles e.g.
ENEMY
Museum piece
RELIC
The Miners of the NCAA
UTEP
Got the measure of
EYEDUP
Fellow
MAN
Oomph
ZIP
Only OK
SOSO
Business card no.
TEL
Lower leg bone
TIBIA
Snake __
OIL
Legal org.
ABA
Times before eves in classified ads
AFTS
Grub
FARE
College figs.
GPAS
Tech news site
CNET
Bar mixers
SODAS
If __ walls could talk ...
THESE
Like many indie films
ARTSY
Teams adjective
OUR
Letter before beta
ALPHA
John Miltons Lycidas for one
ELEGY
Church instrument
ORGAN
As a result of
DUETO
Intel org.
NSA
Give some shade?
DYE
Go unused
LIEIDLE
Summer in la cité
ETE
Home of the Large Hadron Collider
CERN
Headliner
STAR
RN workplaces
ORS
Greenhorn
NEWBIE
Bunch of clowns maybe
CARLOAD
Hiccup
SNAG
Scottish waters
LOCHS
In accordance with
ASPER
Borden mascot
ELSIE
Surfaces that hold tracks and ties
ROADBEDS
Diggs of All American
TAYE
Boring
DULL
Carrier whose primary hub is Charles de Gaulle
AIRFRANCE
Go (for)
OPT
Conspirator in Julius Caesar
CASSIUS
Pre-eruption lava
MAGMA
Lower arm bones
ULNAE
Choice when the Tide runs out?
GAIN
Agnus __
DEI
God of Islam
ALLAH
Olympic sleds
LUGES
__ shed
SHE
Now where __?
WASI
What a treat!
OHFUN
Fifth-largest Hawaiian island
MOLOKAI
Exchange words?
EDIT
Cornwall lang.
ENG
You __ do it!
CAN
Big fuss
ADO
The 587-piece Pokémon Eevee e.g.
LEGOSET
Sports podcaster Katie
NOLAN
Clutch
GRASP
Mockery
FARCE
Great Basin people
UTES
Like a movie making fun of its own plot holes
META
Can opener
POPTOP
BlackBerrys e.g.: Abbr.
PDAS
Inseam unit
INCH
Significant stretch
ERA
Shelter sound
ARF