LA Times Crossword Answers for May 31 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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Vague to the max?
MAJORLYGENERAL
Having the wealth of kings and queens?
ROYALLYFLUSH
Burden
ONUS
Rainbow backdrop
SKY
One of the orgs. merged in the Maastricht Treaty
EEC
Layered potluck staple
LASAGNA
Charged particles
IONS
Touchscreen image
ICON
Early Mexican civilization
OLMEC
Baba ghanoush bread
PITA
Unpartnered
LONE
Print media
PRESS
Suffix with percent
ILE
OB test
AMNIO
Cary Grant film about a gambler
MRLUCKY
Toyed with
LEDON
Astrobiology subj.
SETI
Sad, but composed?
CALMLYDOWN
"Hello" singer
ADELE
Letter opener
DEAR
"Queer Eye" expert Jonathan Van __
NESS
Barely beats (out)
EDGES
Pitcher's jam
MENON
Magazine founder Eric
UTNE
Many a "Survivor" locale
ISLE
Spanish title
SENOR
Faking trendiness?
ARTIFICIALLYHIP
Isn't 100%
AILS
Caffeinated
AWAKE
"__ Twist, Scientist": Netflix series with a magic lab
ADA
Yokozuna's sport
SUMO
Like a smart recycler?
SAGELYGREEN
"Here we go!"
ITSON
Bodies of water
SEAS
Kinda sorta up for it?
FAIRLYGAME
Ghostly sound
MOAN
City on the Orne
CAEN
Four-footed Jetson
ASTRO
Like a portrait hung by a professional?
HIGHLYLEVEL
An end to reason?
ABLE
Cable giant acquired by AT&T
TCI
Two-thirds of a magnum
LITER
First man, in Maori mythology
TIKI
How beer is served?
COMMONLYCOLD
Hilo "Hi"
ALOHA
Director Kazan
ELIA
Four Corners state
UTAH
Invalidate
ANNUL
"Purgatorio" poet
DANTE
Hasty
RASH
Cinematographer's choice
LENS
Sporty wheels
COUPE
Yields to gravity
SAGS
Promise not to tell, for short
NDA
"__ of Girls' Things": poem by Sharon Olds
ODE
"Great Expectations" ward
ESTELLA
Actress Spelling
TORI
Marshmallow treat
PEEP
Curly dos
PERMS
Geeky without shame?
PUBLICLYSQUARE
Son of Rebekah and Isaac
ESAU
"OutDaughtered" family name
BUSBY
Unenviable grade
DEE
"¿Cómo está __?"
USTED
Seawater evaporation site
SALTPIT
Sandwich shops
DELIS
"Sure, I get it"
AHOK
↓ Down
Relish
ENJOY
"If it isn't my nemesis!"
YOUAGAIN
Like a fuzzy navel?
LINTY
Airline that doesn't fly during the Sabbath
ELAL
Tabula __
RASA
Says grace, e.g.
PRAYS
"The Information" novelist Martin
AMIS
"Ew!"
YECCH
Joints with caps
KNEES
Fall apart
COMEUNDONE
Online finance firm
ELOAN
Noisy kiss
SMACK
Atty.'s billing units
HRS
Last name of filmmakers Ethan and Joel
COEN
Runs in place
IDLES
Makes a false show of
FEIGNS
Sylvia of jazz
SYMS
Hullabaloo
DIN
Abbey figure
PRIOR
RSVP convenience
SASE
SSW reverse
NNE
Peruvian legend Sumac
YMA
Ruminant's mouthful
CUD
USMC truant
AWOL
Funny bone neighbor
ULNA
Quench
SATE
Ascend
RISE
Group of pals
GANG
Blown away
AWED
Gas or elec.
UTIL
Hawks
SELLS
Black tea grade
PEKOE
Like some questions
LOADED
Big Cup candy brand
REESES
Edmonton NHL team
OILERS
Sleep aid brand
NYTOL
Twinkle
GLIMMER
Bozos
OAFS
Fixed, as shoelaces
RETIED
Tall tales
YARNS
Viscount superior
EARL
"Beautiful Mistakes" rapper Megan __ Stallion
THEE
Punishment for a Gen X kid
NOTV
"In space, no one can hear you scream" film
ALIEN
Texas city where German chocolate cake was invented
DALLAS
Last-ditch attempt
HAILMARY
One resisting the five thieves
SIKH
Set straight
ALIGN
Permissible, in some diets
HALAL
"That's all __ wrote"
SHE
Reputation
NAME
List abbr.
ETAL
Fastener on many European cars
LUGBOLT
Beginning to lose?
ELL
Perfectionist's creed
PURISM
Like some parliaments
UNICAMERAL
Go __ great length
ONAT
"How cool"
NEATO
Small amount
BIT
Covey member
QUAIL
Creative development
IDEA
Genetic change
MUTATION
Muscle training method
PUSHPULL
Immune system component
TCELL
Mimicked
APED
Baseball Hall of Famer Jeter
DEREK
Lunchroom, for short
CAF
Cirque du __
SOLEIL
__ soda
CLUB
Informal approvals
YEPS
Ukrainian port south of Kyiv
ODESA
Manages
COPES
Cheddar kin
COLBY
Temperature testers, at times
TOES
Some meditation practitioners
YOGIS