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NYT Crossword May 6 2026 Answers

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Every answer from the Wednesday, May 6 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

1Don't believe it3 lettersSee answer ›4Soccer great Mia4 lettersSee answer ›8Prepared (for)6 lettersSee answer ›14Feature of a spy film8 lettersSee answer ›16Scalper's transaction6 lettersSee answer ›17Prairie bloom for which a creamery is named8 lettersSee answer ›18DC good guy6 lettersSee answer ›19They're found in a circle5 lettersSee answer ›20Dispensary inits.3 lettersSee answer ›22Late spring or early summer bloom5 lettersSee answer ›23Leave speechless3 lettersSee answer ›24Texter's "I can't even"3 lettersSee answer ›26In perpetuity4 lettersSee answer ›28Winter coat?3 lettersSee answer ›29Narrow margin of victory4 lettersSee answer ›30Lunchbox staple, informally3 lettersSee answer ›33All primes except 210 lettersSee answer ›37Country nearest to the Equator without touching it4 lettersSee answer ›38Hybridized, botanically … or like four pairs of answers in this puzzle (and the circled letters they intersect on)?15 lettersSee answer ›40"Stop right there!"4 lettersSee answer ›41"Great Scott!"10 lettersSee answer ›42Bird adapted for silent flight3 lettersSee answer ›43Charging option4 lettersSee answer ›44Deciding periods, in brief3 lettersSee answer ›45Airdrops?4 lettersSee answer ›46[I'm a good boy!]3 lettersSee answer ›47Summer cooler3 lettersSee answer ›50Movement started by Tarana Burke in 20065 lettersSee answer ›53Dip3 lettersSee answer ›55Philosopher William of ___5 lettersSee answer ›57Become part of a club6 lettersSee answer ›59___ method (type of teaching)8 lettersSee answer ›61Bloom whose toxic nectar is one source of "mad honey"6 lettersSee answer ›62Flower found along a metaphorical path of ease8 lettersSee answer ›63A bad review might merit a rotten one6 lettersSee answer ›64Like some advice4 lettersSee answer ›65Manhattan liquor3 lettersSee answer ›

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1First sign of fall5 lettersSee answer ›2Family tree addition5 lettersSee answer ›3One of 12 in a Pulitzer-winning piece by composer/pianist William Bolcom5 lettersSee answer ›4Blossom in a lei8 lettersSee answer ›5Period in history3 lettersSee answer ›6Bed cover5 lettersSee answer ›7Scary Spice, by another nickname4 lettersSee answer ›8Texter's "just a sec"3 lettersSee answer ›9Harvesting machine6 lettersSee answer ›10Cousin of edelweiss5 lettersSee answer ›11Pattern based on nature, for short4 lettersSee answer ›12Stylish flair4 lettersSee answer ›13Turn down4 lettersSee answer ›15King, in Portuguese3 lettersSee answer ›21First word from a wedding officiant6 lettersSee answer ›25Home of the Stax Museum of American Soul Music7 lettersSee answer ›27Alice, in Wonderland7 lettersSee answer ›28Part of M.I.T.: Abbr.4 lettersSee answer ›29Very, slangily5 lettersSee answer ›30Politician Buttigieg4 lettersSee answer ›31Partner of born4 lettersSee answer ›32Sport with throws4 lettersSee answer ›33Siete + uno4 lettersSee answer ›34Cry in a gunfight4 lettersSee answer ›35Cutie pie4 lettersSee answer ›36Gives a lift6 lettersSee answer ›37Besties4 lettersSee answer ›39"I'll pass"8 lettersSee answer ›43Flower found at the end of a rainbow?6 lettersSee answer ›45Cold, hard cash5 lettersSee answer ›46Ancient marketplace5 lettersSee answer ›47Company man?5 lettersSee answer ›48"Link" in a botanical chain5 lettersSee answer ›49Play the host5 lettersSee answer ›50Nitty-gritty4 lettersSee answer ›51Automaker Ferrari4 lettersSee answer ›52Airport transport4 lettersSee answer ›54Some vipers4 lettersSee answer ›56Viper, e.g.3 lettersSee answer ›58Language of Vientiane3 lettersSee answer ›60Smoke3 lettersSee answer ›