LA Times Crossword May 24, 2026 Answers

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Costco rival, informally4 Undergrad lecturer4 Morehouse, for one: Abbr.4 Mix, as a salad4 Plop (down)5 iPad assistant4 Word of sorrow4 Sign into law5 Grocery section5 Permanent record?15 Goddess often depicted with a throne headdress4 __ nouveau3 Megacity of India5 "__ news?"3 Criminal record?12 Asides8 Marvel's Punisher, for one8 Beltway Series ballplayer, familiarly3 Mesh on a field7 Comb target4 Community of flora and fauna5 Gender prefix3 Places where forks may be found?5 Terse confirmation3 Historical record?13 Thumbs-up vote3 Shahidi of "Black-ish"4 Jedi foe4 Curly coif4 High-level perfidy7 Mineral once used in baby powder4 Also3 Honeylike substances4 World record?21 Memo heading4 Portuguese "Hello"3 Newcastle upon __4 Vampire squid's habitat7 Largest loch by volume4 Pancake recipe instruction4 "Not one more step!"4 Astrological big cat3 Broken record?13 Jun. and Jul.3 Valuable violin5 WNBA great Bird3 No longer on the table?5 For a __ pittance4 Springsteen, to fans7 Fuming3 Namesake of the AL batting title8 Assessed anew8 Medical record?12 Have a life3 Harsh in one's nose5 LBJ's party3 __ colada4 Fossil record?15 Outdoes5 Asparagus unit5 Totenberg of NPR4 Use a mountain trail4 Squirrel away5 Annual: Abbr.4 Site with handmade goods4 Longtime "Jeopardy!" host Trebek4 Black gem4

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Mud bath venue3 "True Detective" actor Mahershala3 "Just the news I needed!"13 TV sketch featuring Chloe Fineman or Colin Jost7 Vancouver hrs.3 Copacabana setting3 Church pipes5 Guy who hosts Food Network's "Tournament of Champions"5 "Take that!"3 Changed the laundry?4 Shift+6 symbol5 Old Glory6 "Young Frankenstein" actress8 Pacific Coast Highway's route number3 African grassland7 Like many shampoos7 "We the Youth" muralist Haring5 Secret assignations6 "L8r g8r!"4 "That's bad!"4 Fancy Feast alternative5 Sushi roll type4 Ballerina Pavlova4 Writer/illustrator Carle4 Outlandish5 Per person4 Jeff Lynne's band3 Links4 Sporty Mazda model5 Utterly captivated6 Honeymoon booking5 Clear nail polish, say4 Hunting cry7 Got up5 Gave an impressive performance5 Nesting sites5 Slack-jawed5 "Not sure why, but ... "13 Memorization method4 Dept. of Labor div.4 Out of __ air4 Philosopher Descartes4 Switch type5 Wafer name since 19675 Party nibble6 Moves with the wind5 Singer Cruz known as the "Queen of Salsa"5 Unadon fillets4 Fruit that may be crossed with apricot4 Aquarium fish5 Religious devotion to an object8 Jacksonville Jaguars color4 Corp. bigwigs4 Turn out to be5 Treat with vanilla creme4 Stitched4 Grasp at __6 Remedial treatment7 Mardi Gras merrymaker7 Gp. of lawyers3 Attractive guy in Marvel Comics?7 "No __ luck!"4 Tranquil6 Carthaginian queen in Virgil's "Aeneid"4 Mobile homes?5 "All finished!"5 "Praying" singer5 Part of a thread5 Rackets4 Actor Penn3 Thumbs-down vote3 Hawaiian chordophone, for short3 Film critic Reed3 Push to the limit3 "Kama Sutra" topic3