LA Times Crossword May 17 2026 Answers

LA Times Crossword May 17 2026 Answers & Clues

"Butt out!" initials

MYOB

"Cool beans!"

OHNEAT

"Don't sweat the small stuff"

WHYWORRY

"Don't sweat the small stuff"

LETITSLIDE

"Gangster Malone takes the bait!"?

BUGSYBITES

"If I were __ ... "

YOU

"Love Will Find a Way" band __ Cruise

PABLO

"Performance is what we do" gas brand

SUNOCO

"The Menu" star Taylor-Joy

ANYA

"Uncle!," in Spanish

NOMAS

"Unfortunately ... "

IFEAR

"Weekend Edition Sunday" airer

NPR

"Weekend Edition Sunday" host Rascoe

AYESHA

"Yes, I'll invest in beachfront property in Arizona!"?

PATSYANSWER

"__-Dick"

MOBY

Abbey recess

APSE

Above, poetically

OER

Academy newbies

PLEBES

Act clandestinely

SNEAK

Advil alternative

ALEVE

Air fryer brand

OSTER

Assembled in advance

PREMADE

Auto engine booster

TURBO

Baking amts.

TSPS

Bog

FEN

Brief moment?

SEC

Bringing down the house

SLAYING

Bunches (of)

ALOT

California wine grape, for short

ZIN

Catherine of "Beetlejuice"

OHARA

Change machine inserts

ONES

Chaotic swirl

MAELSTROM

Chicken cordon __

BLEU

Coffee table item in a dollhouse?

TEENSYMAGAZINE

Colorful method of data visualization

HEATMAP

Combustible heaps

PYRES

Composer Rorem

NED

Connecticut Ivy

YALE

Connection points

NODES

Countless lifetimes

EON

Cream-filled choux pastry

ECLAIR

Dayton's state

OHIO

Dec. 25

XMAS

Dharma follower

HINDU

Din

RACKET

Earring option

HOOP

Egg maker

HEN

Egg maker

FABERGE

End-of-unit check

TEST

Envelope part

FLAP

Event for people who won't drink Coca-Cola?

PEPSIRALLY

F1 neighbor

ESC

Fame

RENOWN

Farm females

EWES

First number in many countdowns

TEN

Folksy assent

YESM

Former U.N. head Hammarskjöld

DAG

Foursomes

TETRADS

Fracas

ROW

Game similar to pétanque

BOCCE

Garden coils

HOSES

Georgetown athlete

HOYA

Guacamole ingredients

LIMES

Hankering

URGE

Home of Arizona State

TEMPE

Horse rider's strap

REIN

Hyper-focused

INAZONE

Infotainment spot

PSA

Karate skill level

DAN

Labor agcy.

OSHA

Lake near Syracuse, New York

ONEIDA

Leaves char marks on

SCORCHES

Led into a theater, slangily

USHED

Letters on an envelope

SWAK

Letters on some makeup bottles

SPF

Listening device?

EAR

Look for solutions

IDEATE

Lucy Van __: "Peanuts" kid

PELT

Mac

FELLA

Maven

PRO

May honoree

MOM

More to the point

BLUNTER

Most cruel

MEANEST

Neutral color lighter than greige

ECRU

North __ Sea: Central Asian lake

ARAL

Part of a foot

INCH

Part of the former Yugoslavia

BOSNIA

Picture of health?

XRAY

Place that's all fun and games

TOYSTORE

Place to learn about chili peppers?

SPICYMUSEUM

Poems of 49-Down

ODES

Pointer

TIP

Punishment-related

PENAL

Quick cut

SNIP

Quinn of "Practical Magic"

AIDAN

Resonant chant

LITANY

Root for a Calgary franchise?

FANCYTHEFLAMES

Rowing implement

OAR

Salad bar accessory

TONGS

Scattered

STREWN

School gps.

PTAS

Secret admirer's sign-off

AFAN

Secret suffix

IVE

Shake up

RATTLE

Shearing event held under the big top?

FLEECYCIRCUS

Shimmery gem

MOONSTONE

Shows some class, maybe?

TEACHES

Slo-mo reviewer

REF

Small gears

PINIONS

Smell

ODOR

South American behemoth

ANACONDA

Spooky

EERIE

Square root of cuatro

DOS

Stefani of No Doubt

GWEN

Stereotypical name for a poodle

FIFI

Stop in

POPBY

Stuff of legend

LORE

Sweat the small stuff, say

FRET

Tablet download

APP

Tara of "Sharknado"

REID

Telegrams

WIRES

Tennis great Sampras

PETE

That way, quaintly

YON

Thingamajig

GIZMO

Tiff

SPAT

To-do

STIR

Tribute

HOMAGE

Triceps locale

ARM

Triple-A squad in Buffalo

BISONS

Unflappable

STOIC

Unflinching

STEELY

Use keys to enter

TYPE

Verb in a roast recipe

BASTE

Weight training exercise

BENCHPRESS

Where it's hard to keep a secret?

NOSYMANSLAND

Whoops

YELLS

Window part

SASH

Word with age or wage

GAP

Work together

TEAMUP

Zones

AREAS

__ Fifth Avenue

SAKS

__ Kippur

YOM

__ and yang

YIN

__ rights: sponsorship option

NAMING