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New York Times Crossword May 21 2026 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 78 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the New York Times Crossword May 21 2026 answers. The Thursday puzzle has 78 clues; every answer has been verified. Click any clue to see every answer it has ever had, across every publisher in our database.

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Gossiped-about duoITEM4Across1 River whose southernmost source is found in BurundiNILE4Across5 Animal that expresses anger by spittingLLAMA5Across9 Curbside callTAXI4Across14 Egg's outlineOVAL4Across15 Traditional Vietnamese garment whose name means "long shirt"AODAI5Across16 2000 Eminem single with lines from his "biggest fan"STAN4Across17 St. Benedict, for oneMONK4Across18 Central meeting pointsNODES5Across19 timiLBACKWARDSCAP12Across20 50¢ or $1: Abbr.AMT3Across23 Fish more formally known as a batomorphRAY3Across24 Capital of Portugal, to nativesLISBOA6Across25 Crown of jewelsDIADEM6Across29 Penultimate Greek letterPSI3Across31 One of four seen on Leonardo da Vinci's "Vitruvian Man"ARM3Across33 Goat's cryMAA3Across34 Golfer's suppor-CUTOFFTEE9Across35 Move like a foxSKULK5Across38 Get a lode of this!ORE3Across40 John from BritainELTON5Across41 EvadeMINISKIRT9Across42 "Bad" beginningMAL3Across44 Like news that everyone already knowsOLD3Across45 Legal boundaries?ELS3Across46 Kind of cat with a black-and-white coatTUXEDO6Across47 More melted, as a marshmallowGOOIER6Across50 Tree alongside a ski runFIR3Across53 Bro, e.g.SIB3Across54 P | u | n | c | h | e | sSTRIPEDSOCKS12Across55 Sound of a perfect basketball shotSWISH5Across59 "Beware the ___ of a patient man": John DrydenFURY4Across62 OrderedBADE4Across63 Increase, as interestPIQUE5Across64 German Ms.FRAU4Across65 Pupil's surroundingsIRIS4Across66 Environmentalist AdamsANSEL5Across67 Site for many stars?YELP4Across68 Sounds of disapprovalTSKS4Across69

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Short negative reviewITSBAD6Down1 Floor covering in a Japanese tearoomTATAMI6Down2 "Bingo!"EXACTAMUNDO11Down3 Stole materialMINK4Down4 Southern denialNOMAAM6Down5 Something tickled on a pianoIVORY5Down6 "Buy ___. They're not making it anymore" (old saying)LAND4Down7 Philanthropic group with a clock face in its logoELKS4Down8 The so-called "Pineapple Isle"LANAI5Down9 Goes around and aroundLOOPS5Down10 Make sense, with "up"ADD3Down11 "Maggie ___," classic folk song covered by the BeatlesMAE3Down12 ChatGPT, Claude, etc.AIS3Down13 InflictsWREAKS6Down21 Muse of historyCLIO4Down22 Lasting damage from a tough experience, metaphoricallyBATTLESCARS11Down26 Milkshake flavorOREO4Down27 Gospel shoutAMEN4Down28 "Fountain of Milk Spreading Itself Uselessly on Three Shoes" painter, 1945DALI4Down30 Contented soundsPURRS5Down31 "Changed my mind," in editing notationSTET4Down32 CurlCOIL4Down35 Hip-knee connectorsFEMURS6Down36 Source of linseed oilFLAX4Down37 It's all a hazeSMOG4Down38 Drug bust unitKILO4Down39 Model MirandaKERR4Down43 Make neatTIDYUP6Down47 Large-eyed African antelope with a duplicative nameDIKDIK6Down48 FixateOBSESS6Down49 Give outISSUE5Down51 Neighbor of Ricky and Lucy, on 1950s TVETHEL5Down52 Far from house-trainedFERAL5Down53 DodgyIFFY4Down56 100%PURE4Down57 End piece?OBIT4Down58 Belinda's business on "The White Lotus"SPA3Down59 PrevailWIN3Down60 Some test figs.IQS3Down61

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This page lists every clue and answer from the New York Times crossword published on Thursday, May 21, 2026. Answers are checked against the completed grid before publishing. If a clue looks familiar, open it — the same wording often runs in other puzzles with a different answer, and the clue page shows every version we have on record.