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NYT Crossword May 20 2026 Answers

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Every answer from the Wednesday, May 20 2026 New York Times Crossword, checked and verified against the published NYT solution. Select a clue for the full explanation.

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Across

1Establishment that serves zombies, perhaps7 lettersSee answer ›8Adorn with raised lettering6 lettersSee answer ›14"Drink" for vocal critics8 lettersSee answer ›15European city that "waits for you," in a Billy Joel tune6 lettersSee answer ›16Nontraditional time for voting someone into office15 lettersSee answer ›18Redding who sang "(Sittin' on) The Dock of the Bay"4 lettersSee answer ›19God played by Anthony Hopkins in Marvel movies4 lettersSee answer ›20Church cross4 lettersSee answer ›21Florence-based fashion house5 lettersSee answer ›24Takes back a public statement7 lettersSee answer ›26What a waiter might offer to start you off12 lettersSee answer ›29Make a boo-boo3 lettersSee answer ›30___ contendere (court plea)4 lettersSee answer ›31Spud5 lettersSee answer ›35Biting5 lettersSee answer ›37___ Kippur3 lettersSee answer ›39Actress Bow of the silent film era5 lettersSee answer ›40Light show tool5 lettersSee answer ›41TV personality Kotb4 lettersSee answer ›43Clan3 lettersSee answer ›44Bit of movie magic12 lettersSee answer ›48"Essential" product used as an anti-acne treatment7 lettersSee answer ›51Take ___ of faith5 lettersSee answer ›52Place for a seafood dinner4 lettersSee answer ›53Classic Pontiacs4 lettersSee answer ›55Arcing tennis shots4 lettersSee answer ›58Condescending rhetorical question … or what you might say about 16-, 26- and 44-Across?15 lettersSee answer ›62John in the sketch "The Fish-Slapping Dance"6 lettersSee answer ›63"Seems right," folksily8 lettersSee answer ›64Words a teenager might say with an eye roll6 lettersSee answer ›65Says OK7 lettersSee answer ›

Down

1Mustachioed president who succeeded another mustachioed president in 19094 lettersSee answer ›2"Don't know why I thought any different!"9 lettersSee answer ›3Gets hyped6 lettersSee answer ›4Fury3 lettersSee answer ›5Farmyard bleat3 lettersSee answer ›6With deftness8 lettersSee answer ›7Clarinet, for one4 lettersSee answer ›8Made level6 lettersSee answer ›9Careful, this might be hot!3 lettersSee answer ›10Act of Judas8 lettersSee answer ›11Word with ring or roll5 lettersSee answer ›12Hoity-toity one5 lettersSee answer ›13Smooths, in a way5 lettersSee answer ›14"___ boy!"3 lettersSee answer ›17Old Italian money4 lettersSee answer ›22Musical notation that means "with vigor"7 lettersSee answer ›23Boardroom bigwig, in brief3 lettersSee answer ›25Spot to drink a matcha with a Manx7 lettersSee answer ›26Ocean prey for a 27-Down4 lettersSee answer ›27Ocean predator of a 26-Down4 lettersSee answer ›28Big to-do5 lettersSee answer ›32Be in charge, informally9 lettersSee answer ›33Protagonist of "That ’70s Show"4 lettersSee answer ›34Speech full of invective4 lettersSee answer ›36Went back (to), as a prior state8 lettersSee answer ›38Epitome of slowness8 lettersSee answer ›42Director Guillermo ___ Toro3 lettersSee answer ›45Expressed frustration, maybe6 lettersSee answer ›46Beauty company whose Nasdaq ticker symbol is its name4 lettersSee answer ›47Atlanta athlete6 lettersSee answer ›48Risqué5 lettersSee answer ›49Walkway for newlyweds5 lettersSee answer ›50They're part of what makes you you5 lettersSee answer ›54"___ Noche en Miami" (Bad Bunny song)4 lettersSee answer ›56Low voice4 lettersSee answer ›57___-mo3 lettersSee answer ›59Org. whose staffers wear royal blue uniforms3 lettersSee answer ›60Lenovo products, informally3 lettersSee answer ›61Just get (by)3 lettersSee answer ›