LA Times Crossword May 28, 2026 Answers

Across

Command that might precede "paw"3 Response to "You awake?"4 Home of the Zambezi6 Logical beginning?3 Cosmic explosion4 Racket6 __ Speedwagon3 Malaysian capital11 TV spot sellers6 __ Dhabi3 Fragrant tree4 Flying reptile of the Mesozoic Era9 Group people are smart to join?5 Approved of, on social media7 "Brokeback Mountain" star Heath6 Method of driving people to the mall?4 Pig __5 Unlikely pair?3 Required by etiquette9 Includes on an email3 Physical effort5 Give off4 Request from someone in need of cuddling6 "Way to go!"7 Fields of study5 Frothy cocktail from Peru9 __ Kringle4 Journalist Rather3 Some dealmakers6 "Correct!," or a phonetic hint to 18-, 24-, 34-, and 52-Across11 "__ willikers!"3 Stick like glue6 Treat like a pariah4 Surgery ctrs.3 Gives lip to6 Jet stream direction4 Ellipsis component3

Down

Highest-order angels7 Lipton beverage7 Uncomfortably close to home7 Place to dip a quill6 Creamy chocolate dessert6 Cavaliers sch.3 Country in Micronesia whose largest city is Koror5 Org. with a People Power grassroots network4 Winter bug3 Increased, with "up"6 Encroach (on)7 Advice7 Overdue debts7 Unlike the OED3 Messed up5 Make up on the spot5 List that may be opened with a QR code4 Tell tales3 Before now3 Spoils5 Stately trees4 "Call Me Maybe" singer Carly __ Jepsen3 Angel who plays for Rose BC in the Unrivaled league5 Energy points in yoga7 Bullfight, in Spain7 Vehicles with runners7 Lunar deity7 Prenatal7 Least loquacious7 Short races6 Mythical figure who flew too close to the sun6 Convincing6 Kung __ shrimp3 Occupied5 Salon stock4 Three, in Italian3 "I get it now!"3