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NYT Crossword May 26 2026 Answers

Deborah Simmons ✓Solving & explaining puzzles since 1998 · Updated May 26 2026

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Every answer from the Tuesday, May 26 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

1Number not representable by Roman numerals4 lettersSee answer ›5What's the point of bullfighting?4 lettersSee answer ›9Bryce Canyon's state4 lettersSee answer ›13What Thomas Carlyle called "the dismal science," for short4 lettersSee answer ›14Cookies featured in Weird Al's "The White Stuff"5 lettersSee answer ›16Condiment in potato salad, informally4 lettersSee answer ›17*Aids for biting10 lettersSee answer ›19Task for a line cook, informally4 lettersSee answer ›20Thus far6 lettersSee answer ›21___ for thought4 lettersSee answer ›23Crevice3 lettersSee answer ›24Ice cream drink4 lettersSee answer ›26*Attribute for spotting what others miss7 lettersSee answer ›28What a scare might make you do4 lettersSee answer ›31Word after hand or band3 lettersSee answer ›33"That's a good tip for the future"5 lettersSee answer ›34Actress de Armas of "Knives Out"3 lettersSee answer ›35Swanky shindig4 lettersSee answer ›36Copenhagener, e.g.4 lettersSee answer ›37What the answers to the starred clues are, collectively?15 lettersSee answer ›42$50/hour, e.g.4 lettersSee answer ›43Cuisine from Bangkok4 lettersSee answer ›44It's blowing in the wind3 lettersSee answer ›45Artist with the albums "19," "21," "25" and "30"5 lettersSee answer ›47"My dear ___ …"3 lettersSee answer ›48Online files for instruction manuals, often4 lettersSee answer ›49*Cheeky sort7 lettersSee answer ›52Rip-___ (awful deals)4 lettersSee answer ›54Pre-entree order, informally3 lettersSee answer ›55Daily delivery4 lettersSee answer ›57Declares as fact6 lettersSee answer ›61Picked out of a lineup, informally4 lettersSee answer ›63*One given to insolence10 lettersSee answer ›65Tickle Me Elmo toymaker4 lettersSee answer ›66HR-V and CR-V automaker5 lettersSee answer ›67Senior dance party4 lettersSee answer ›68Meyers of "Late Night"4 lettersSee answer ›69Within a stone's throw of4 lettersSee answer ›70Patches up, say4 lettersSee answer ›

Down

1Gusto4 lettersSee answer ›2Repetitive sound effect4 lettersSee answer ›3Highway, e.g.4 lettersSee answer ›4Way to the highway6 lettersSee answer ›5Spot to keep a passport while traveling9 lettersSee answer ›6Valuable deposit3 lettersSee answer ›7"Finding Nemo" setting4 lettersSee answer ›8Simply unacceptable5 lettersSee answer ›9M.L.B. official3 lettersSee answer ›10Customized bit of marketing10 lettersSee answer ›11"Yes, captain!"6 lettersSee answer ›12Moved like a kangaroo6 lettersSee answer ›15"If the ___ fits, wear it!"4 lettersSee answer ›18School bake sale org.3 lettersSee answer ›22Mountain visible from Anchorage6 lettersSee answer ›25Lecture4 lettersSee answer ›27"___ of your business!"4 lettersSee answer ›28Punch in the ring3 lettersSee answer ›29Game with the goal of running out of cards3 lettersSee answer ›30Huge props10 lettersSee answer ›32Desires5 lettersSee answer ›35Cheerleader's shout6 lettersSee answer ›36A little sun?9 lettersSee answer ›38Connecticut Ivy4 lettersSee answer ›39Home of Xenia, the U.S.'s largest city whose name starts with "X"4 lettersSee answer ›40Many an embedded animation3 lettersSee answer ›41Settings for "The Pitt" and "Code Black," for short3 lettersSee answer ›45Lies ahead6 lettersSee answer ›46Technique whereby a shirt is lowered into a pigmented bath6 lettersSee answer ›48Military mind games, for short6 lettersSee answer ›50Merit badge holder4 lettersSee answer ›51Schuster's partner in publishing5 lettersSee answer ›53Closest peeps3 lettersSee answer ›56Assignment at a bowling alley4 lettersSee answer ›58"You bet!"4 lettersSee answer ›59Place in an overhead bin4 lettersSee answer ›60Electrical resistance units4 lettersSee answer ›62[Facepalm]3 lettersSee answer ›64Nutritional intake amt.3 lettersSee answer ›