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New York Times Crossword May 23 2026 Answers

Saturday puzzle · 62 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the New York Times Crossword May 23 2026 answers. The Saturday puzzle has 62 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#
They might be settled atop stoolsBARBETS7Across1 Shell, sayARMOR5Across8 Places to put fliersAVIARIES8Across13 Surgical specialty, informallyNEURO5Across15 A boxer's might knock you outDOGBREATH9Across16 Substitute for "etc."YADDA5Across18 BegrudgesENVIES6Across19 Old auto company based in Lansing, Mich.REO3Across20 Jazz drummer DeRosaCLEM4Across22 One of the seven depicted in the 1995 thriller "Se7en"GREED5Across23 Daytime regularsSOAPSTARS9Across24 What some prisoners earn, in briefGEDS4Across26 Old black-and-white police autos, to BritsPANDACARS9Across27 ___ weekendSPA3Across28 Walk on water?GANGPLANK9Across29 Top that screams "Look at me!"LOUDSHIRT9Across30 Clay-and-calcium-carbonate mix used in cement makingMARLSTONE9Across31 "Lovely!"FAB3Across32 Chess puzzle challenge, maybeMATEINONE9Across35 Make doCOPE4Across36 Many an epithetDIRTYNAME9Across37 Common con gameMONTE5Across38 Petite ___ (certain French partner)AMIE4Across39 Epithet lead-inAKA3Across40 Bit of back-and-forthBANTER6Across41 Farrow with a Pulitzer for his investigative journalismRONAN5Across42 Eerie substance faked in 19th-century ghost hoaxesECTOPLASM9Across44 Bygone leadersTSARS5Across46 Tourist nickname for a Southern mecca, to the chagrin of many localsHOTLANTA8Across47 Until, in UruguayHASTA5Across48 Destination for wagons, onceTHEWEST7Across49

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
No-goodniksBADEGGS7Down1 Sales job that Forbes magazine once dubbed "the original side hustle," informallyAVONREP7Down2 Ancient collection of Hindu hymnsRIGVEDA7Down3 PampersBABIES6Down4 Handled something poorly, sayERRED5Down5 Gets even with?TIES4Down6 Tac precederSEA3Down7 At least oneANY3Down8 Substance that undergoes change, as in a labREACTANT8Down9 Magpie lookalike with black-and-white plumageMUDLARK7Down10 Bosses (around)ORDERS6Down11 Gads aboutROAMS5Down12 Figurative ability to withstand almost anythingSTRONGSTOMACH13Down14 Canal blocker?HEADPHONE9Down17 Milky and iridescentOPALINE7Down21 Lizard predator of AfricaSANDSNAKE9Down24 Close callSCARE5Down25 Swedish American model PorizkovaPAULINA7Down27 Edward who wrote and illustrated "The Gashlycrumb Tinies"GOREY5Down29 Foam designs, perhapsLATTEART8Down30 Berth placesMARINAS7Down31 19th-century German novelist TheodorFONTANE7Down32 Stressors for some H.S. seniorsAPTESTS7Down33 Accessory on a pub counterBEERMAT7Down34 Brunch beverageMIMOSA6Down35 Standard 1L course, informallyCONLAW6Down36 Title for some fictional lordsDARTH5Down37 Sugar ___MAPLE5Down38 Choice for the undecidedBOTH4Down41 Org. with a "Cryptographic Support Services" page on its websiteNSA3Down43 Little squirtTOT3Down45

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue and answer from the New York Times crossword published on Saturday, May 23, 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.