LA Times Crossword Answers May 21 2026
LA Times Crossword May 21 2026 Answers
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1A
Texting format initials
SMS
4A
Eel in maki sushi
UNAGI
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Language of Sri Lanka
TAMIL
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"Long," in Hawaiian
LOA
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Sure to end badly
NOWIN
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__ Cortina 2026
MILANO
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Under the weather
ILL
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*Brunch choice
FRENCHOMELET
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Only major U.S. city founded by a woman
MIAMI
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Roadside org.
AAA
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Draped silk dress
SARI
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*Apprenticeship in the ways of The Force
JEDITRAINING
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Digital exec
CTO
30A
Purple bloom
IRIS
31A
World Series mo.
OCT
32A
Comedy series featuring Lily Tomlin
LAUGHIN
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Grown boys
MEN
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Educational acronym
STEM
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Opera solos
ARIAS
37A
Unpublicized restaurant offering, or a feature of the answer to each starred clue
SECRETMENU
41A
Call dibs on
CLAIM
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Charger, e.g.
AUTO
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Navigation tech
GPS
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Tolkien characters who like to eat six meals a day
HOBBITS
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Locavore's org.
CSA
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Small cut
SLIT
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Result of advancing in the field?
RBI
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*Negro Leagues player in the Baseball Hall of Fame
SATCHELPAIGE
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Key West, e.g.
ISLE
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__ shu pork
MOO
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Oyster opener
OTTER
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*"I Just Called To Say I Love You" singer
STEVIEWONDER
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Sock part
TOE
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Barbershop parts
TENORS
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Leg day exercise
LUNGE
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Music producer Brian
ENO
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Snacks stuffed with "stuf"
OREOS
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Couple of bucks?
STAGS
72A
Web feed initials
RSS
1D
Jerky brand
SLIMJIM
2D
"Tartuffe" playwright
MOLIERE
3D
First sultan of Syria and Egypt
SALADIN
4D
Not well-matched
UNFIT
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Swe. neighbor
NOR
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Astonishment
AWE
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Martini liquor
GIN
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Like some ruins in Peru
INCAN
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"Beetlejuice" director Burton
TIM
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Bitter beers
ALES
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Last book of the Old Testament
MALACHI
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Laziness
INERTIA
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Skin soothers
LOTIONS
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Disney film set in Polynesia
MOANA
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Call, as a cab
HAIL
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Sue Grafton's "__ for Malice"
MIS
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Campus mil. unit
ROTC
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Laptop brand
ACER
27D
"I feel seen"
ITME
28D
Fertilizer from bats
GUANO
33D
Mentor of Minions
GRU
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Big rigs
SEMIS
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Sis, for one
SIB
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Speed reader?
TACH
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Inspiring figure
MUSE
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Footnote abbr.
ETAL
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Artist known for fabric-wrapped installations
CHRISTO
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Maine course
LOBSTER
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Central Texas city
ABILENE
45D
Sparkly stuff
GLITTER
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City birds
PIGEONS
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Sound investments?
STEREOS
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Makes less wild
TAMES
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Put away
STOW
52D
Didn't play
SAT
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Loses steam?
COOLS
56D
Sauna openings?
PORES
58D
Kitchen initialism
EVOO
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Tax agcy.
IRS
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Fan
NUT
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"The Code Breaker" subj.
DNA
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Pasta ingredient
EGG
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