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NYT Crossword May 8 2026 Answers

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Every answer from the Friday, May 8 2026 New York Times Crossword, checked and verified against the published NYT solution. Select a clue for the full explanation.

Constructed by Rafael Musa and Geoffrey Schorkopf · Edited by Will Shortz

Across

1Criticizes, in modern lingo7 lettersSee answer ›8Unruffled6 lettersSee answer ›14"Not to worry ..."8 lettersSee answer ›16Chichi6 lettersSee answer ›17One away from one's duties?8 lettersSee answer ›18French exit6 lettersSee answer ›19Hollywood is on it: Abbr.3 lettersSee answer ›20Secures, in a way5 lettersSee answer ›22Flubs5 lettersSee answer ›23Create a crispy crust for, say7 lettersSee answer ›25Coolers, for short3 lettersSee answer ›26"Jeez!"5 lettersSee answer ›29Touchy topic8 lettersSee answer ›31One of two in Raphael's "Sistine Madonna"6 lettersSee answer ›33Cartoonist who popularized the Democratic donkey4 lettersSee answer ›34"Bad hair day" hair3 lettersSee answer ›36Address no longer than 18 minutes7 lettersSee answer ›38Prepares for company, maybe7 lettersSee answer ›40Networking assets3 lettersSee answer ›41Second City district, with "the"4 lettersSee answer ›43Plumbing and welding, e.g.6 lettersSee answer ›44Really nasty fall?8 lettersSee answer ›47Date unlikely to be on a calendar5 lettersSee answer ›48Mammoth's home, for short3 lettersSee answer ›49Where to go for a run7 lettersSee answer ›51Peabody-winning journalist Steve5 lettersSee answer ›53Many a Chilango5 lettersSee answer ›54Formula 1 fig.3 lettersSee answer ›57"I'm this-a way!"6 lettersSee answer ›59Great depression?8 lettersSee answer ›61"Would you look at the time?!"6 lettersSee answer ›62Scrumdiddlyumptious8 lettersSee answer ›63Like some interests and stocks6 lettersSee answer ›64Feeds the kitty, say7 lettersSee answer ›

Down

1It's usually followed by an "s"4 lettersSee answer ›2Indicators of awareness4 lettersSee answer ›3Ding thing?4 lettersSee answer ›4Bygone "before"3 lettersSee answer ›5Books that go into intimate detail?10 lettersSee answer ›6It might bring you to tears5 lettersSee answer ›7"Good riddance"6 lettersSee answer ›8Jerk3 lettersSee answer ›9All slam dunks4 lettersSee answer ›10Accessory turned down on a cap6 lettersSee answer ›11Humor without a traditional punch line10 lettersSee answer ›12Create ripple effects, in a way10 lettersSee answer ›13Scallops can have hundreds of tiny blue ones4 lettersSee answer ›15"It's a date!"6 lettersSee answer ›21It's a wrap!5 lettersSee answer ›23Hairstylist's concern4 lettersSee answer ›24Go back to the beginning5 lettersSee answer ›26Whence the line "Beware the ides of March" in "Julius Caesar"4 lettersSee answer ›27Comment from one who's going along10 lettersSee answer ›28Where to see fresh coats of white?10 lettersSee answer ›30First gear?10 lettersSee answer ›32Rorschach patterns5 lettersSee answer ›35"I'm this-a way!"4 lettersSee answer ›37Goofballs5 lettersSee answer ›39___ Theatre, Atlanta art house named for a fictional estate4 lettersSee answer ›42White-collar figure6 lettersSee answer ›45Pointy-topped red-and-green headwear6 lettersSee answer ›46Tuber that's the source of tapioca6 lettersSee answer ›50___ Rousey, first American woman to win an Olympic medal in judo5 lettersSee answer ›51National capital that's home to Mykhailivska Square4 lettersSee answer ›52Schlep4 lettersSee answer ›54___ Annan, former U.N. secretary general4 lettersSee answer ›55Something that's hatched4 lettersSee answer ›56Half of some matching sets4 lettersSee answer ›58Work that traces the evolution of lang. over 1,000 years3 lettersSee answer ›60"And ___ long gone when ___ next to me" (Taylor Swift lyric)3 lettersSee answer ›