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NYT Crossword May 31 2026 Answers

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Every answer from the Sunday, May 31 2026 New York Times Crossword, checked and verified against the published NYT solution. Select a clue for the full explanation.

Constructed by Jeffrey Martinovic and Evan Park · Edited by Will Shortz · “Target Practice”

Across

1Sacsayhuamán fortress builders5 lettersSee answer ›6Literary forerunner of Captain Hook4 lettersSee answer ›10Many an Alpha Beta in "Revenge of the Nerds"4 lettersSee answer ›14Help-wanted letters3 lettersSee answer ›17Fermented vegan protein6 lettersSee answer ›19Wrestler/actor John4 lettersSee answer ›20Coin with 12 stars around the border4 lettersSee answer ›21Align4 lettersSee answer ›22Home of the legendary folk hero at 116-Across11 lettersSee answer ›24One involved with checks and balances9 lettersSee answer ›26Without4 lettersSee answer ›27Green spaces8 lettersSee answer ›29Hero of Arabian tales7 lettersSee answer ›30In the past3 lettersSee answer ›31___ Mahal3 lettersSee answer ›32Expertise demonstrated by 116-Across in a fabled feat of precision12 lettersSee answer ›34Home Run ___ (annual M.L.B. event)5 lettersSee answer ›36D.O.J. agency3 lettersSee answer ›39Fuel-efficient Toyota5 lettersSee answer ›40Main ideas5 lettersSee answer ›41Athletic skill mastered by 116-Across7 lettersSee answer ›44W-9 fig.3 lettersSee answer ›45Banned substance, in sports lingo3 lettersSee answer ›46Diego Rivera project5 lettersSee answer ›48Apt name for a lawyer3 lettersSee answer ›49Laughed loudly6 lettersSee answer ›52N.C.A.A. hoops powerhouse3 lettersSee answer ›53Like the Statue of Liberty at night5 lettersSee answer ›55Beatle who sang "Yellow Submarine"5 lettersSee answer ›57Sailor's septet4 lettersSee answer ›60Go-getter's opposite8 lettersSee answer ›62Through3 lettersSee answer ›63"Drat!," in Dortmund3 lettersSee answer ›65"The Situation Room" airer3 lettersSee answer ›66Chirruping bird7 lettersSee answer ›67Pat down5 lettersSee answer ›69City sobriquet that might describe the target for 116-Across, as depicted in this puzzle11 lettersSee answer ›71Stuff in a puff3 lettersSee answer ›72She-ep?3 lettersSee answer ›73Home to the Burj Khalifa, in brief3 lettersSee answer ›74Appointments that may lead to better contacts8 lettersSee answer ›76Dampens4 lettersSee answer ›78"Whoa, ___!"5 lettersSee answer ›80Bel ___ cheese5 lettersSee answer ›81Instinctive3 lettersSee answer ›82Religious dissent6 lettersSee answer ›84$5 bill, slangily3 lettersSee answer ›85Actress Spacek5 lettersSee answer ›87Negative logic gate in electrical engineering3 lettersSee answer ›88Cartesian conclusion3 lettersSee answer ›91Composer of an overture dedicated to 116-Across7 lettersSee answer ›93Gets lost5 lettersSee answer ›96Came to a conclusion5 lettersSee answer ›98"Doctor ___"3 lettersSee answer ›99Start of an encrypted URL5 lettersSee answer ›103Streaker in the night sky … or a punny description of 116-Across12 lettersSee answer ›106Acid3 lettersSee answer ›108Unprocessed, as data3 lettersSee answer ›109Inspiration for many seasonal festivals7 lettersSee answer ›110Oscar-winning 2019 film directed by Bong Joon Ho8 lettersSee answer ›113Smoke, perhaps4 lettersSee answer ›114What may begin at the end9 lettersSee answer ›116Legendary figure who's the subject of this puzzle11 lettersSee answer ›118Orchard selection4 lettersSee answer ›119Lot calculation4 lettersSee answer ›120"All's well with me"4 lettersSee answer ›121Human6 lettersSee answer ›122Masthead figs.3 lettersSee answer ›123Timid4 lettersSee answer ›124Quibbles4 lettersSee answer ›125Ruses5 lettersSee answer ›

Down

1"What a bummer"6 lettersSee answer ›2À la Enya6 lettersSee answer ›3Key with three flats6 lettersSee answer ›4Studios and penthouses: Abbr.4 lettersSee answer ›5"___ me!"3 lettersSee answer ›6Knee parts, for short4 lettersSee answer ›7Part of a track meet4 lettersSee answer ›8Per ___ (accounting term)5 lettersSee answer ›9Undeserved condemnation6 lettersSee answer ›10Watercraft that leave "rooster tails" in their wakes7 lettersSee answer ›11"___ home and native land!"3 lettersSee answer ›12Absolutely whomps, in sports lingo6 lettersSee answer ›13"Bear" that's not a bear5 lettersSee answer ›14Some red wines6 lettersSee answer ›15Smallest quantity of digital data6 lettersSee answer ›16Abandons, as a project6 lettersSee answer ›18Purifying filter acronym4 lettersSee answer ›21Eases8 lettersSee answer ›23Jasmine's tiger companion in "Aladdin"5 lettersSee answer ›25Big name in sewing machines6 lettersSee answer ›28Messes up4 lettersSee answer ›31TV host Banks4 lettersSee answer ›33Longtime jazz bandleader with an Egyptian-inspired name5 lettersSee answer ›35Where Cary Grant orders a Gibson in a classic scene from "North by Northwest"6 lettersSee answer ›37Magnetic unit named for an inventor5 lettersSee answer ›38Productive … or a punny description of the feat performed by 116-Across?8 lettersSee answer ›42Many a liquor license applicant9 lettersSee answer ›43As of now3 lettersSee answer ›45Board game with ancient origins9 lettersSee answer ›46Gooey chocolate dessert6 lettersSee answer ›47Discover7 lettersSee answer ›50Holds forth6 lettersSee answer ›51Tenth, in Latin7 lettersSee answer ›54Small flycatchers named for their call, not their size6 lettersSee answer ›55Bro kin3 lettersSee answer ›56What 116-Across did before and after this puzzle's feat?8 lettersSee answer ›58Dread-full?6 lettersSee answer ›59Popular beverage brand7 lettersSee answer ›61Dr. ___3 lettersSee answer ›62Compete3 lettersSee answer ›64Bad spelling?3 lettersSee answer ›66Lead-in to bones or bucks3 lettersSee answer ›68Sunbeam3 lettersSee answer ›70Abandons a project, slangily6 lettersSee answer ›75"Oy!"5 lettersSee answer ›77Forwarded8 lettersSee answer ›79Full of tall tales5 lettersSee answer ›80It's better than a bogey3 lettersSee answer ›83Team lineup6 lettersSee answer ›86Like most modern TV broadcasts4 lettersSee answer ›89"Money-back guarantee" and "Limited-time offer"7 lettersSee answer ›90Self-referential4 lettersSee answer ›92Conductor Georg5 lettersSee answer ›93Snaky double curve6 lettersSee answer ›94Really irritated6 lettersSee answer ›95Main lines6 lettersSee answer ›96Full6 lettersSee answer ›97Australian city named for a scientist6 lettersSee answer ›100Closely following6 lettersSee answer ›101Gambler's combo bet6 lettersSee answer ›102Waves sought by surfers6 lettersSee answer ›104Five Pillars religion5 lettersSee answer ›105"Spider-Man" director Sam5 lettersSee answer ›107Stitcher's line4 lettersSee answer ›111Tee time or airtime, e.g.4 lettersSee answer ›112Sorts4 lettersSee answer ›113Corner key4 lettersSee answer ›115Toll3 lettersSee answer ›117Bucket list item?3 lettersSee answer ›