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NYT Crossword May 22 2026 Answers

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Every answer from the Friday, May 22 2026 New York Times Crossword, checked and verified against the published NYT solution. Select a clue for the full explanation.

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1Guns, so to speak6 lettersSee answer ›7Prefix with American4 lettersSee answer ›11Charcuterie spread4 lettersSee answer ›15Footnote phrase6 lettersSee answer ›16Sherwood, e.g.9 lettersSee answer ›18Qualifier to an embarrassing question16 lettersSee answer ›20Location for some osteoarthritis4 lettersSee answer ›21___-Saint-Michel (French commune on a tidal island)4 lettersSee answer ›22Saps5 lettersSee answer ›23Sign of desperation3 lettersSee answer ›24Consider as one's residence8 lettersSee answer ›27Mrs. Addams, to Mr. Addams4 lettersSee answer ›29Val who played Iceman in "Top Gun"6 lettersSee answer ›30Guimarães greeting3 lettersSee answer ›33"Neato!"6 lettersSee answer ›35"Brooklyn Nine-Nine" character ___ Linetti4 lettersSee answer ›36Genre for Blackpink and Twice4 lettersSee answer ›37Counteract negativity using lavish generosity16 lettersSee answer ›40Former boy band with the members Harry, Liam, Louis, Niall and Zayn, familiarly4 lettersSee answer ›41Bit of marginalia4 lettersSee answer ›42Dealt with6 lettersSee answer ›43Weight plate units: Abbr.3 lettersSee answer ›44Place to get "pawmpered," say6 lettersSee answer ›46Case for military police4 lettersSee answer ›47Like the Millennium Problems of the Clay Mathematics Institute8 lettersSee answer ›49Suffix with peace but not war3 lettersSee answer ›51Philosopher William of ___5 lettersSee answer ›55Product for manscaping4 lettersSee answer ›56Assuming that4 lettersSee answer ›57More sizzle than steak16 lettersSee answer ›61Infamous chess trap that ends the game in two moves9 lettersSee answer ›62Contents of a kitchen rack6 lettersSee answer ›63Bump on a lid4 lettersSee answer ›64Thin board4 lettersSee answer ›65What some streakers are charged with?6 lettersSee answer ›

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1Woodpeckers' peckers5 lettersSee answer ›2"Really, my pleasure"10 lettersSee answer ›3"Sticky" birthday treats?10 lettersSee answer ›4Tahari or Saab of fashion4 lettersSee answer ›5Blame (on)3 lettersSee answer ›6Symbol used in summation5 lettersSee answer ›7Classical piece said to be the inspiration for Chopin's "Fantaisie-Impromptu"15 lettersSee answer ›8Kepler-22b or Kepler-186f, e.g.15 lettersSee answer ›9Calypso cousin3 lettersSee answer ›10Flat, say3 lettersSee answer ›11Zest4 lettersSee answer ›12Highlight ___4 lettersSee answer ›13___ fussy (can be very flexible)4 lettersSee answer ›14Some airport data, in brief4 lettersSee answer ›17Carnivora or Lagomorpha5 lettersSee answer ›19Word with rock or medicine4 lettersSee answer ›24When doubled, a fluffy Chinese dog4 lettersSee answer ›25Hilton competitor4 lettersSee answer ›26Is5 lettersSee answer ›28Went (for)4 lettersSee answer ›30Workplace with few barriers10 lettersSee answer ›31Became tarnished10 lettersSee answer ›32Lhasa ___4 lettersSee answer ›33"I heard you the first time! Geez!"4 lettersSee answer ›34Wrapping material in mummification5 lettersSee answer ›36Had no doubt4 lettersSee answer ›38Deep-fried side dish, familiarly4 lettersSee answer ›39Unexciting, as a party4 lettersSee answer ›44Catamounts5 lettersSee answer ›45Like some readers4 lettersSee answer ›48Young's partner in accounting5 lettersSee answer ›50Rich soil deposit5 lettersSee answer ›51Saps4 lettersSee answer ›52Stop the bleeding, say4 lettersSee answer ›53Sicken with sweetness4 lettersSee answer ›54Fit4 lettersSee answer ›56Sacred bird to the Egyptians4 lettersSee answer ›58Info on Zillow: Abbr.3 lettersSee answer ›59___-El (Superman)3 lettersSee answer ›60Shout at a Greek wedding3 lettersSee answer ›