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New York Times Crossword May 22 2026 Answers

Friday puzzle · 75 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 75 clues from the New York Times Crossword for May 22 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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ClueLetters#Answer
Guns, so to speak61 AcrossReveal answer → Prefix with American47 AcrossReveal answer → Charcuterie spread411 AcrossReveal answer → Footnote phrase615 AcrossReveal answer → Sherwood, e.g.916 AcrossReveal answer → Qualifier to an embarrassing question1618 AcrossReveal answer → Location for some osteoarthritis420 AcrossReveal answer → ___-Saint-Michel (French commune on a tidal island)421 AcrossReveal answer → Saps522 AcrossReveal answer → Sign of desperation323 AcrossReveal answer → Consider as one's residence824 AcrossReveal answer → Mrs. Addams, to Mr. Addams427 AcrossReveal answer → Val who played Iceman in "Top Gun"629 AcrossReveal answer → Guimarães greeting330 AcrossReveal answer → "Neato!"633 AcrossReveal answer → "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" character ___ Linetti435 AcrossReveal answer → Genre for Blackpink and Twice436 AcrossReveal answer → Counteract negativity using lavish generosity1637 AcrossReveal answer → Former boy band with the members Harry, Liam, Louis, Niall and Zayn, familiarly440 AcrossReveal answer → Bit of marginalia441 AcrossReveal answer → Dealt with642 AcrossReveal answer → Weight plate units: Abbr.343 AcrossReveal answer → Place to get "pawmpered," say644 AcrossReveal answer → Case for military police446 AcrossReveal answer → Like the Millennium Problems of the Clay Mathematics Institute847 AcrossReveal answer → Suffix with peace but not war349 AcrossReveal answer → Philosopher William of ___551 AcrossReveal answer → Product for manscaping455 AcrossReveal answer → Assuming that456 AcrossReveal answer → More sizzle than steak1657 AcrossReveal answer → Infamous chess trap that ends the game in two moves961 AcrossReveal answer → Contents of a kitchen rack662 AcrossReveal answer → Bump on a lid463 AcrossReveal answer → Thin board464 AcrossReveal answer → What some streakers are charged with?665 AcrossReveal answer →

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Woodpeckers' peckers51 DownReveal answer → "Really, my pleasure"102 DownReveal answer → "Sticky" birthday treats?103 DownReveal answer → Tahari or Saab of fashion44 DownReveal answer → Blame (on)35 DownReveal answer → Symbol used in summation56 DownReveal answer → Classical piece said to be the inspiration for Chopin's "Fantaisie-Impromptu"157 DownReveal answer → Kepler-22b or Kepler-186f, e.g.158 DownReveal answer → Calypso cousin39 DownReveal answer → Flat, say310 DownReveal answer → Zest411 DownReveal answer → Highlight ___412 DownReveal answer → ___ fussy (can be very flexible)413 DownReveal answer → Some airport data, in brief414 DownReveal answer → Carnivora or Lagomorpha517 DownReveal answer → Word with rock or medicine419 DownReveal answer → When doubled, a fluffy Chinese dog424 DownReveal answer → Hilton competitor425 DownReveal answer → Is526 DownReveal answer → Went (for)428 DownReveal answer → Workplace with few barriers1030 DownReveal answer → Became tarnished1031 DownReveal answer → Lhasa ___432 DownReveal answer → "I heard you the first time! Geez!"433 DownReveal answer → Wrapping material in mummification534 DownReveal answer → Had no doubt436 DownReveal answer → Deep-fried side dish, familiarly438 DownReveal answer → Unexciting, as a party439 DownReveal answer → Catamounts544 DownReveal answer → Like some readers445 DownReveal answer → Young's partner in accounting548 DownReveal answer → Rich soil deposit550 DownReveal answer → Saps451 DownReveal answer → Stop the bleeding, say452 DownReveal answer → Sicken with sweetness453 DownReveal answer → Fit454 DownReveal answer → Sacred bird to the Egyptians456 DownReveal answer → Info on Zillow: Abbr.358 DownReveal answer → ___-El (Superman)359 DownReveal answer → Shout at a Greek wedding360 DownReveal answer →

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