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Every answer from the Sunday, May 24 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

1Second attempt4 lettersSee answer ›5Hunk of marble, e.g.4 lettersSee answer ›9Very proficient5 lettersSee answer ›14What many plants do in the heat4 lettersSee answer ›18Neighbor of Turkmenistan4 lettersSee answer ›19Word with happy or half4 lettersSee answer ›20Unusual trinket5 lettersSee answer ›21___ furniture5 lettersSee answer ›22Stoical British guys?15 lettersSee answer ›25Creative spark, in slang5 lettersSee answer ›26Avoid6 lettersSee answer ›27Sleepover challenge4 lettersSee answer ›28It's made with grains7 lettersSee answer ›30They twist beneath the surface4 lettersSee answer ›31Poles support this4 lettersSee answer ›33Prefix with watt4 lettersSee answer ›34"___ Miz"3 lettersSee answer ›35Assortment5 lettersSee answer ›37"The skin cream you're using must be Neutrogena or CeraVe!"?14 lettersSee answer ›40Hollywood's Johnny4 lettersSee answer ›41Stuck in the mud5 lettersSee answer ›43Fitting3 lettersSee answer ›44Baseball legend who dated J.Lo4 lettersSee answer ›45Lying on4 lettersSee answer ›46Tai ___3 lettersSee answer ›47Filthy, in slang5 lettersSee answer ›49Like 2026, but not 20254 lettersSee answer ›51Pined for an ex-boyfriend?11 lettersSee answer ›55Awl, for one4 lettersSee answer ›57Richard of "Pretty Woman"4 lettersSee answer ›58Grasp3 lettersSee answer ›59Muscle below a delt3 lettersSee answer ›60[Pow!]4 lettersSee answer ›62Save the Children, e.g., in brief3 lettersSee answer ›63Roughly4 lettersSee answer ›64Exasperated television producer's plea?15 lettersSee answer ›68’20s architecture style4 lettersSee answer ›71Bridal line3 lettersSee answer ›72They can be candied4 lettersSee answer ›73HVAC measure3 lettersSee answer ›74Molecule with the nucleotides G, U, A and C3 lettersSee answer ›77The Arabian Sea's Gulf of ___4 lettersSee answer ›78Pickle type4 lettersSee answer ›80Reach out to people born between July 23 and August 22?11 lettersSee answer ›83When repeated, "Oh, please"4 lettersSee answer ›84Phrase on a Spanish candy heart5 lettersSee answer ›86___ carte3 lettersSee answer ›87Sister of Osiris4 lettersSee answer ›88Actress Ryan of the "Star Trek" franchise4 lettersSee answer ›90"Me?!"3 lettersSee answer ›91Like milk that isn't worth crying over5 lettersSee answer ›93Warning after a slice4 lettersSee answer ›94Good name for a salon specializing in mani-pedis?14 lettersSee answer ›98Floppy hat5 lettersSee answer ›99Aromatherapist's workplace3 lettersSee answer ›100Common forecast in Portland4 lettersSee answer ›101Struggling to decide4 lettersSee answer ›102Musical group?4 lettersSee answer ›103Princess Leia or Hester Prynne7 lettersSee answer ›105Visitor center handouts4 lettersSee answer ›107City west of Montreal6 lettersSee answer ›110Worship5 lettersSee answer ›111Loading the dishes and unloading the dishes, e.g.?15 lettersSee answer ›116Agitated5 lettersSee answer ›117Selfish person5 lettersSee answer ›118Coin, commonly4 lettersSee answer ›119Stink4 lettersSee answer ›120Pen ___ (corresponding pair)4 lettersSee answer ›121Like the strawberry champagne in Bruno Mars's "That's What I Like"5 lettersSee answer ›122Neuter's partner4 lettersSee answer ›123Tibetan oxen4 lettersSee answer ›

Down

1White bed, perhaps4 lettersSee answer ›2Love god4 lettersSee answer ›3Stance that resembles a ballerina on one leg10 lettersSee answer ›4Using Tinder, Bumble, Hinge, etc.9 lettersSee answer ›5"The Conners" and "The Jeffersons"5 lettersSee answer ›6Common palindromic text3 lettersSee answer ›7"___ Lang Syne"4 lettersSee answer ›8"Relax. Calm yourself"7 lettersSee answer ›9One of two found on résumés?6 lettersSee answer ›10"Of course!"3 lettersSee answer ›11Distinct period3 lettersSee answer ›12Domino dot3 lettersSee answer ›13Add at no extra cost6 lettersSee answer ›14Sorcerer's stick4 lettersSee answer ›15"We're toast!"10 lettersSee answer ›16Experts in body language?10 lettersSee answer ›17Foot, cutesily6 lettersSee answer ›21Something a child takes a swing at6 lettersSee answer ›23Count (on)4 lettersSee answer ›24Really not look forward to5 lettersSee answer ›29Earlier3 lettersSee answer ›32Ruler in Russian history4 lettersSee answer ›33Finished7 lettersSee answer ›35President in 18005 lettersSee answer ›36Knot again5 lettersSee answer ›37Windy City paper, with "the"4 lettersSee answer ›38Trouble ___4 lettersSee answer ›39Only U.S. state whose flag features a different design on each side (the back is a beaver!)6 lettersSee answer ›41N.H.L. star Connor ___7 lettersSee answer ›42"Awful! Awful! Awful!"8 lettersSee answer ›47Relative of an alpaca7 lettersSee answer ›48Accessory used in some stretches8 lettersSee answer ›50Paleo- : old :: ___ : new3 lettersSee answer ›52Pharmacist Lilly3 lettersSee answer ›53She may have a little lamb3 lettersSee answer ›54Sailor's opener4 lettersSee answer ›56Feline that a neighbor may find7 lettersSee answer ›61Note to staff4 lettersSee answer ›64They're toast6 lettersSee answer ›65Supervillain in "Fantastic Four" comics7 lettersSee answer ›66XXX-XX-XXXX ID3 lettersSee answer ›67Away from the office3 lettersSee answer ›68OB/GYN, e.g.3 lettersSee answer ›69Online reference with many faces10 lettersSee answer ›70Miniature photo gallery10 lettersSee answer ›74Touristy destination10 lettersSee answer ›75Bête ___5 lettersSee answer ›76Insider, in spy lingo5 lettersSee answer ›79So-called "Land of a Million Elephants"4 lettersSee answer ›81Follow closely4 lettersSee answer ›82Individual account?9 lettersSee answer ›85Spray, in a way4 lettersSee answer ›89"It was my best effort"6 lettersSee answer ›91Wrap name5 lettersSee answer ›92Parts of card-swiping machines7 lettersSee answer ›94G flat's equivalent6 lettersSee answer ›95Pink-slip3 lettersSee answer ›96Misinformed, say6 lettersSee answer ›97"Stop!"6 lettersSee answer ›98Place for miniature boats4 lettersSee answer ›102Arrogant5 lettersSee answer ›104Sources of lead or gold4 lettersSee answer ›106Cut quickly4 lettersSee answer ›108Half of a fortnight4 lettersSee answer ›109Invites4 lettersSee answer ›112"Mean Girls" character Janis ___3 lettersSee answer ›113Jet ___3 lettersSee answer ›114Jiff3 lettersSee answer ›115It may request that you remove your coat, in brief3 lettersSee answer ›