LA Times Daily Crossword May 28, 2026 Answers

1. Command that might precede "paw" 4. Response to "You awake?" 8. Home of the Zambezi 14. Logical beginning? 15. Cosmic explosion 16. Racket 17. __ Speedwagon 18. Malaysian capital 20. TV spot sellers 22. __ Dhabi 23. Fragrant tree 24. Flying reptile of the Mesozoic Era 26. Group people are smart to join? 27. Approved of, on social media 28. "Brokeback Mountain" star Heath 29. Method of driving people to the mall? 30. Pig __ 33. Unlikely pair? 34. Required by etiquette 38. Includes on an email 41. Physical effort 42. Give off 46. Request from someone in need of cuddling 48. "Way to go!" 51. Fields of study 52. Frothy cocktail from Peru 54. __ Kringle 55. Journalist Rather 56. Some dealmakers 57. "Correct!," or a phonetic hint to 18-, 24-, 34-, and 52-Across 60. "__ willikers!" 61. Stick like glue 62. Treat like a pariah 63. Surgery ctrs. 64. Gives lip to 65. Jet stream direction 66. Ellipsis component

1. Highest-order angels 2. Lipton beverage 3. Uncomfortably close to home 4. Place to dip a quill 5. Creamy chocolate dessert 6. Cavaliers sch. 7. Country in Micronesia whose largest city is Koror 8. Org. with a People Power grassroots network 9. Winter bug 10. Increased, with "up" 11. Encroach (on) 12. Advice 13. Overdue debts 19. Unlike the OED 21. Messed up 25. Make up on the spot 26. List that may be opened with a QR code 28. Tell tales 31. Before now 32. Spoils 35. Stately trees 36. "Call Me Maybe" singer Carly __ Jepsen 37. Angel who plays for Rose BC in the Unrivaled league 38. Energy points in yoga 39. Bullfight, in Spain 40. Vehicles with runners 43. Lunar deity 44. Prenatal 45. Least loquacious 47. Short races 49. Mythical figure who flew too close to the sun 50. Convincing 52. Kung __ shrimp 53. Occupied 55. Salon stock 58. Three, in Italian 59. "I get it now!"