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NYT Crossword May 29 2026 Answers

Deborah Simmons ✓Solving & explaining puzzles since 1998 · Updated May 29 2026

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Every answer from the Friday, May 29 2026 New York Times Crossword, checked and verified against the published NYT solution. Select a clue for the full explanation.

Constructed by Hemant Mehta · Edited by Will Shortz

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1"Oscar" of the French film industry5 lettersSee answer ›6Feeling after a long hike4 lettersSee answer ›10Singer/composer Bareilles4 lettersSee answer ›14Prematurely10 lettersSee answer ›16Many a fund-raising target, informally4 lettersSee answer ›17"We have a mutual friend?!"10 lettersSee answer ›18Smurf who is more than 500 years old4 lettersSee answer ›19See 20-Across3 lettersSee answer ›20With 19-Across, swing dance originating in Harlem5 lettersSee answer ›21They're cut to defuse an explosive5 lettersSee answer ›22Cue ... or queue4 lettersSee answer ›23Only player to win three Super Bowl M.V.P. awards before turning 307 lettersSee answer ›25Reducing to rubble6 lettersSee answer ›28Apt anagram of NOTES5 lettersSee answer ›29Hockey infraction5 lettersSee answer ›30Breezy things enjoyed at the beach9 lettersSee answer ›34Doesn't go at full speed5 lettersSee answer ›35Sack3 lettersSee answer ›36Walk-on5 lettersSee answer ›37They might make you one with everything9 lettersSee answer ›39"La Tulipe Noire" novelist, 18505 lettersSee answer ›40Party poppers5 lettersSee answer ›41Makes fun of mercilessly6 lettersSee answer ›42Fall sign7 lettersSee answer ›45Agitate4 lettersSee answer ›46Hits5 lettersSee answer ›47Won't let it go5 lettersSee answer ›49Zendaya's role on "Euphoria"3 lettersSee answer ›52Fictional manufacturer of a Do-It Yourself Tornado Kit4 lettersSee answer ›53"Can you catch me up?"10 lettersSee answer ›55Time of day either way4 lettersSee answer ›56Author of "All I Did Was Ask: Conversations with Writers, Actors, Musicians and Artists"10 lettersSee answer ›57Barriers to entry, in a way4 lettersSee answer ›58Unravel at the edges4 lettersSee answer ›59Variety of cold brew5 lettersSee answer ›

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1It is king, in a phrase4 lettersSee answer ›2Redheaded monster on TV4 lettersSee answer ›3Thwack4 lettersSee answer ›4Birthplace of Martin Luther King Jr.: Abbr.3 lettersSee answer ›5Road maneuvers featuring lazy braking12 lettersSee answer ›6Without dissenting voices5 lettersSee answer ›7It's cut after birth4 lettersSee answer ›8"Yowzers!"9 lettersSee answer ›9What a circle lacks3 lettersSee answer ›10Someone attracted to intellect over looks, say11 lettersSee answer ›11Dream interrupter5 lettersSee answer ›12Currency in The Legend of Zelda5 lettersSee answer ›13Hoard5 lettersSee answer ›15Outstanding, in a way5 lettersSee answer ›21Eager buyer's question12 lettersSee answer ›22Traps in a laundry room11 lettersSee answer ›24Not a particular one3 lettersSee answer ›25Snack brand since 19344 lettersSee answer ›26It might be a lot4 lettersSee answer ›27Last U.S. national park, alphabetically4 lettersSee answer ›28Return payments?5 lettersSee answer ›30Adhere to the kashrut dietary rules9 lettersSee answer ›31They're filled with bacon4 lettersSee answer ›32"Curses, foiled again!"4 lettersSee answer ›33Guff4 lettersSee answer ›38Co-star of 2025's "Wicked: For Good," informally3 lettersSee answer ›41Neither demure nor mindful5 lettersSee answer ›42Come to attention, in a way5 lettersSee answer ›43Powder in a pantry5 lettersSee answer ›44Child's agreement5 lettersSee answer ›45Avoid rage-quitting, perhaps5 lettersSee answer ›48Longtime college basketball coach VanDerveer4 lettersSee answer ›49Run amok4 lettersSee answer ›50Hammer-and-sickle land, for short4 lettersSee answer ›51Gas brand whose name sounds like two letters of the alphabet4 lettersSee answer ›53"R U KIDDING ME?!"3 lettersSee answer ›54Way to look inward, in brief?3 lettersSee answer ›