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New York Times Crossword May 21 2026 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 78 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 78 clues from the New York Times Crossword for May 21 2026. Stuck on one? Click the clue to reveal its verified answer, plus every other answer that clue has had across every publisher in our database.

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Gossiped-about duo41 AcrossReveal answer → River whose southernmost source is found in Burundi45 AcrossReveal answer → Animal that expresses anger by spitting59 AcrossReveal answer → Curbside call414 AcrossReveal answer → Egg's outline415 AcrossReveal answer → Traditional Vietnamese garment whose name means "long shirt"516 AcrossReveal answer → 2000 Eminem single with lines from his "biggest fan"417 AcrossReveal answer → St. Benedict, for one418 AcrossReveal answer → Central meeting points519 AcrossReveal answer → timiL1220 AcrossReveal answer → 50¢ or $1: Abbr.323 AcrossReveal answer → Fish more formally known as a batomorph324 AcrossReveal answer → Capital of Portugal, to natives625 AcrossReveal answer → Crown of jewels629 AcrossReveal answer → Penultimate Greek letter331 AcrossReveal answer → One of four seen on Leonardo da Vinci's "Vitruvian Man"333 AcrossReveal answer → Goat's cry334 AcrossReveal answer → Golfer's suppor-935 AcrossReveal answer → Move like a fox538 AcrossReveal answer → Get a lode of this!340 AcrossReveal answer → John from Britain541 AcrossReveal answer → Evade942 AcrossReveal answer → "Bad" beginning344 AcrossReveal answer → Like news that everyone already knows345 AcrossReveal answer → Legal boundaries?346 AcrossReveal answer → Kind of cat with a black-and-white coat647 AcrossReveal answer → More melted, as a marshmallow650 AcrossReveal answer → Tree alongside a ski run353 AcrossReveal answer → Bro, e.g.354 AcrossReveal answer → P | u | n | c | h | e | s1255 AcrossReveal answer → Sound of a perfect basketball shot559 AcrossReveal answer → "Beware the ___ of a patient man": John Dryden462 AcrossReveal answer → Ordered463 AcrossReveal answer → Increase, as interest564 AcrossReveal answer → German Ms.465 AcrossReveal answer → Pupil's surroundings466 AcrossReveal answer → Environmentalist Adams567 AcrossReveal answer → Site for many stars?468 AcrossReveal answer → Sounds of disapproval469 AcrossReveal answer →

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Short negative review61 DownReveal answer → Floor covering in a Japanese tearoom62 DownReveal answer → "Bingo!"113 DownReveal answer → Stole material44 DownReveal answer → Southern denial65 DownReveal answer → Something tickled on a piano56 DownReveal answer → "Buy ___. They're not making it anymore" (old saying)47 DownReveal answer → Philanthropic group with a clock face in its logo48 DownReveal answer → The so-called "Pineapple Isle"59 DownReveal answer → Goes around and around510 DownReveal answer → Make sense, with "up"311 DownReveal answer → "Maggie ___," classic folk song covered by the Beatles312 DownReveal answer → ChatGPT, Claude, etc.313 DownReveal answer → Inflicts621 DownReveal answer → Muse of history422 DownReveal answer → Lasting damage from a tough experience, metaphorically1126 DownReveal answer → Milkshake flavor427 DownReveal answer → Gospel shout428 DownReveal answer → "Fountain of Milk Spreading Itself Uselessly on Three Shoes" painter, 1945430 DownReveal answer → Contented sounds531 DownReveal answer → "Changed my mind," in editing notation432 DownReveal answer → Curl435 DownReveal answer → Hip-knee connectors636 DownReveal answer → Source of linseed oil437 DownReveal answer → It's all a haze438 DownReveal answer → Drug bust unit439 DownReveal answer → Model Miranda443 DownReveal answer → Make neat647 DownReveal answer → Large-eyed African antelope with a duplicative name648 DownReveal answer → Fixate649 DownReveal answer → Give out551 DownReveal answer → Neighbor of Ricky and Lucy, on 1950s TV552 DownReveal answer → Far from house-trained553 DownReveal answer → Dodgy456 DownReveal answer → 100%457 DownReveal answer → End piece?458 DownReveal answer → Belinda's business on "The White Lotus"359 DownReveal answer → Prevail360 DownReveal answer → Some test figs.361 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the New York Times crossword published on Thursday, May 21, 2026. Answers are checked against the completed grid before publishing and live on each clue's own page, so you only see the solutions you ask for. 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.