LA Times Crossword Answers for May 4 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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Youve got mail ISP
AOL
Lettuce unit
HEAD
Lipton product
TEA
Stratford-upon-__
AVON
Tuscan cathedral city south of Florence
SIENA
Tummy trouble
UPSETSTOMACH
Body art briefly
TAT
Playground structures that challenge balance and coordination
LOGROLLS
OPEC units
BARRELS
Fish eggs
ROE
Studies all night
CRAMS
Stack starter in solitaire
ACE
Satirical periodical featuring Alfred E. Neuman
MADMAGAZINE
Lingerie top
BRA
British baby buggies
PRAMS
Free-for-all
MELEE
Shrill shriek
EEK
Grabs
TAKES
Sarcastic commentary
SNARK
Do __ favor?
MEA
Pool floats
RAFTS
Moroccan cap with a tassel
FEZ
Add to the conversation
PUTIN
Snowboarding jump
OLLIE
Big name in jarred tomato sauce
RAO
Cactus with showy flowers
PRICKLYPEAR
Self-serve coffee server
URN
Sn to a chemist
TIN
Airtight excuse for a defendant
ALIBI
Extremely absurd
ASININE
Fish-eating bird
SEAEAGLE
Not at home
OUT
Like some Winter Olympics skiing
CROSSCOUNTRY
Kindle download
EBOOK
Gramps
POPS
Christopher Robin joey
ROO
Dollywoods st.
TENN
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Awestruck
AGOG
__ Brute?
ETTU
Microwave sound
BEEP
Racking up victories
ONASTREAK
MinuteClinic drugstore chain
CVS
Biodegrade
ROT
Kermits greeting
HIHO
Have a go at
ATTEMPT
Hollers with fright or delight
SCREAMS
AirPod holder
EAR
Swampy area
MORASS
Green Jedi Master
YODA
Undefeated boxer Ali
LAILA
Solitary sort
LONER
Smooth and shiny
SLEEK
Sweetie
BABE
43560 square feet
ACRE
__ Croft: Tomb Raider
LARA
Mt. Rushmores st.
SDAK
Marseille Mrs.
MME
School of Buddhism
ZEN
Orchard growth
FRUITTREE
San Francisco mayor Daniel
LURIE
Singer Turners rock memoir
ITINA
Clic Stic pen brand
BIC
Result of a leaking 4-Down perhaps
INKMARK
Kansas City baseball team
ROYALS
Swiss peak
ALP
Pest on a pet
FLEA
Aunts in 26-Down
TIAS
Humorless
SERIOUS
Daily planner entries: Abbr.
APPTS
Be worthy of
EARN
The Z of ZIP code
ZONE
Brick thats painful to step on
LEGO
Convent figure
NUN
Supply-and-demand subj.
ECON
Bad Bunnys native language in his native language
ESPANOL
URL ending
COM
Photo __: some PR events
OPS
Reddish speckled horse
ROAN