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New York Times Crossword May 23 2026 Answers

Saturday puzzle · 62 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 62 clues from the New York Times Crossword for May 23 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
They might be settled atop stools71 AcrossReveal answer → Shell, say58 AcrossReveal answer → Places to put fliers813 AcrossReveal answer → Surgical specialty, informally515 AcrossReveal answer → A boxer's might knock you out916 AcrossReveal answer → Substitute for "etc."518 AcrossReveal answer → Begrudges619 AcrossReveal answer → Old auto company based in Lansing, Mich.320 AcrossReveal answer → Jazz drummer DeRosa422 AcrossReveal answer → One of the seven depicted in the 1995 thriller "Se7en"523 AcrossReveal answer → Daytime regulars924 AcrossReveal answer → What some prisoners earn, in brief426 AcrossReveal answer → Old black-and-white police autos, to Brits927 AcrossReveal answer → ___ weekend328 AcrossReveal answer → Walk on water?929 AcrossReveal answer → Top that screams "Look at me!"930 AcrossReveal answer → Clay-and-calcium-carbonate mix used in cement making931 AcrossReveal answer → "Lovely!"332 AcrossReveal answer → Chess puzzle challenge, maybe935 AcrossReveal answer → Make do436 AcrossReveal answer → Many an epithet937 AcrossReveal answer → Common con game538 AcrossReveal answer → Petite ___ (certain French partner)439 AcrossReveal answer → Epithet lead-in340 AcrossReveal answer → Bit of back-and-forth641 AcrossReveal answer → Farrow with a Pulitzer for his investigative journalism542 AcrossReveal answer → Eerie substance faked in 19th-century ghost hoaxes944 AcrossReveal answer → Bygone leaders546 AcrossReveal answer → Tourist nickname for a Southern mecca, to the chagrin of many locals847 AcrossReveal answer → Until, in Uruguay548 AcrossReveal answer → Destination for wagons, once749 AcrossReveal answer →

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No-goodniks71 DownReveal answer → Sales job that Forbes magazine once dubbed "the original side hustle," informally72 DownReveal answer → Ancient collection of Hindu hymns73 DownReveal answer → Pampers64 DownReveal answer → Handled something poorly, say55 DownReveal answer → Gets even with?46 DownReveal answer → Tac preceder37 DownReveal answer → At least one38 DownReveal answer → Substance that undergoes change, as in a lab89 DownReveal answer → Magpie lookalike with black-and-white plumage710 DownReveal answer → Bosses (around)611 DownReveal answer → Gads about512 DownReveal answer → Figurative ability to withstand almost anything1314 DownReveal answer → Canal blocker?917 DownReveal answer → Milky and iridescent721 DownReveal answer → Lizard predator of Africa924 DownReveal answer → Close call525 DownReveal answer → Swedish American model Porizkova727 DownReveal answer → Edward who wrote and illustrated "The Gashlycrumb Tinies"529 DownReveal answer → Foam designs, perhaps830 DownReveal answer → Berth places731 DownReveal answer → 19th-century German novelist Theodor732 DownReveal answer → Stressors for some H.S. seniors733 DownReveal answer → Accessory on a pub counter734 DownReveal answer → Brunch beverage635 DownReveal answer → Standard 1L course, informally636 DownReveal answer → Title for some fictional lords537 DownReveal answer → Sugar ___538 DownReveal answer → Choice for the undecided441 DownReveal answer → Org. with a "Cryptographic Support Services" page on its website343 DownReveal answer → Little squirt345 DownReveal answer →

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