New York Times Crossword May 22 2026 Answers

Friday puzzle · 75 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the New York Times Crossword May 22 2026 answers. The Friday puzzle has 75 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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Guns, so to speakBICEPS6Across1 Prefix with AmericanMESO4Across7 Charcuterie spreadBRIE4Across11 Footnote phraseETALII6Across15 Sherwood, e.g.OAKFOREST9Across16 Qualifier to an embarrassing questionASKINGFORAFRIEND16Across18 Location for some osteoarthritisKNEE4Across20 ___-Saint-Michel (French commune on a tidal island)MONT4Across21 SapsDOLTS5Across22 Sign of desperationSOS3Across23 Consider as one's residenceCALLHOME8Across24 Mrs. Addams, to Mr. AddamsTISH4Across27 Val who played Iceman in "Top Gun"KILMER6Across29 Guimarães greetingOLA3Across30 "Neato!"OHCOOL6Across33 "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" character ___ LinettiGINA4Across35 Genre for Blackpink and TwiceKPOP4Across36 Counteract negativity using lavish generosityKILLWITHKINDNESS16Across37 Former boy band with the members Harry, Liam, Louis, Niall and Zayn, familiarlyONED4Across40 Bit of marginaliaNOTE4Across41 Dealt withSEENTO6Across42 Weight plate units: Abbr.KGS3Across43 Place to get "pawmpered," sayPETSPA6Across44 Case for military policeAWOL4Across46 Like the Millennium Problems of the Clay Mathematics InstituteUNSOLVED8Across47 Suffix with peace but not warFUL3Across49 Philosopher William of ___OCCAM5Across51 Product for manscapingNAIR4Across55 Assuming thatIFSO4Across56 More sizzle than steakALLBARKANDNOBITE16Across57 Infamous chess trap that ends the game in two movesFOOLSMATE9Across61 Contents of a kitchen rackSPICES6Across62 Bump on a lidSTYE4Across63 Thin boardSLAT4Across64 What some streakers are charged with?TASERS6Across65

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Woodpeckers' peckersBEAKS5Down1 "Really, my pleasure"ITSNOTHING10Down2 "Sticky" birthday treats?CAKESICLES10Down3 Tahari or Saab of fashionELIE4Down4 Blame (on)PIN3Down5 Symbol used in summationSIGMA5Down6 Classical piece said to be the inspiration for Chopin's "Fantaisie-Impromptu"MOONLIGHTSONATA15Down7 Kepler-22b or Kepler-186f, e.g.EARTHLIKEPLANET15Down8 Calypso cousinSKA3Down9 Flat, sayOFF3Down10 ZestBRIO4Down11 Highlight ___REEL4Down12 ___ fussy (can be very flexible)ISNT4Down13 Some airport data, in briefETDS4Down14 Carnivora or LagomorphaORDER5Down17 Word with rock or medicineFOLK4Down19 When doubled, a fluffy Chinese dogCHOW4Down24 Hilton competitorOMNI4Down25 IsMEANS5Down26 Went (for)SOLD4Down28 Workplace with few barriersOPENOFFICE10Down30 Became tarnishedLOSTLUSTER10Down31 Lhasa ___APSO4Down32 "I heard you the first time! Geez!"OKOK4Down33 Wrapping material in mummificationLINEN5Down34 Had no doubtKNEW4Down36 Deep-fried side dish, familiarlyTOTS4Down38 Unexciting, as a partyDEAD4Down39 CatamountsPUMAS5Down44 Like some readersAVID4Down45 Young's partner in accountingERNST5Down48 Rich soil depositLOESS5Down50 SapsOAFS4Down51 Stop the bleeding, sayCLOT4Down52 Sicken with sweetnessCLOY4Down53 FitABLE4Down54 Sacred bird to the EgyptiansIBIS4Down56 Info on Zillow: Abbr.RMS3Down58 ___-El (Superman)KAL3Down59 Shout at a Greek weddingOPA3Down60

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This page lists every clue and answer from the New York Times crossword published on Friday, May 22, 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.