New York Times Crossword May 28 2026 Answers
Thursday puzzle · 70 clues · ✓ All answers verified
Below are all the New York Times Crossword May 28 2026 answers. The Thursday puzzle has 70 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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Click a clue for every answer it has ever hadClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Surname of two Indian prime ministersGANDHI6Across1
Fly-by-night types?OWLS4Across7
Go (for)OPT3Across11
Drew Carey, Halle Berry or Guy Fieri, originallyOHIOAN6Across14
Baroque instrumentVIOL4Across15
Long-handled gardening tool or immoral pleasure seeker, per contestant Ken Jennings on "Jeopardy!" (incorrectly)HOE3Across16
Walking-around money for Pavarotti?TENORTWENTY11Across17
VetoNIX3Across19
Whistling stickup man on "The Wire"OMAR4Across20
Cry of frustrationAARGH5Across21
McGwire's rival in 1990s M.L.B.SOSA4Across22
Hajj destinationMECCA5Across23
Baseball team formerly known as the Colt .45sASTROS6Across25
Preacher's gift?PASTORPRESENT13Across27
Fly catcher?MITT4Across29
Kind of a drag?MAIN4Across30
ParrotAPE3Across31
PerceptiveSENSATE7Across32
Icy passage to Antarctica's McMurdo StationROSSSEA7Across35
Get ___ (shine scholastically)ANA3Across37
Muscle exercised with a shoulder press, familiarlyDELT4Across38
Billionaire MuskELON4Across40
5 and 8 go into 42, for example?FACTORFICTION13Across41
Fan of "I" statementsEGOIST6Across45
Dissect with a diagramPARSE5Across46
"___, actually ..."WELL4Across47
Start of many first-year course namesINTRO5Across48
Lawman who got out of DodgeEARP4Across50
60 minutiORA3Across54
Local leader is prohibited?MAYORMAYNOT11Across55
ClearRID3Across57
Bum around EuropeARSE4Across58
Intentional creasesPLEATS6Across59
Org. targeting Walter White on "Breaking Bad"DEA3Across60
Changes the locks?DYES4Across61
Acted all crabby?SIDLED6Across62
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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Programming statement that can result in spaghetti codeGOTO4Down1
[Excuse me]AHEM4Down2
Totenberg of public radioNINA4Down3
People who get walked all overDOORMATS8Down4
Bit of a laughHAR3Down5
Not separatedINTACT6Down6
Throwing styleOVERARM7Down7
Bit of a larkWING4Down8
Lady-killerLOTHARIO8Down9
Machiavellian, in a waySLY3Down10
Answer to "Why's your report card in the trash?"OHNOREASON10Down11
Written with venomPOISONPEN9Down12
Oil, they sayTEXASTEA8Down13
Birthplace of Dr PepperWACO4Down18
Fremont and Folsom in S.F., for twoSTS3Down22
México's Tabasco, Jalisco and othersESTADOS7Down24
Guardians of bushido traditionSENSEIS7Down26
National drink of Puerto RicoPINACOLADA10Down27
Two, for many a putt-putt holePAR3Down28
It's a zoo out thereMENAGERIE9Down29
Blue stop sign?SAFEWORD8Down32
Third in orderTERTIARY8Down33
Resident of Rivendell, in TolkienELF3Down34
Dark and sultry, like a femme fatale's gazeSLOEEYED8Down36
Comes on little cat feetTIPTOES7Down39
"___ death do us part"TIL3Down42
Comedian JimmyCARR4Down43
Opposite of 39-DownTROMPS6Down44
Where to look if you're looking for LUV (i.e., Southwest Airlines)NYSE4Down49
Fussbudgety, sayANAL4Down51
Mindless repetitionROTE4Down52
Affliction for many first responders, in briefPTSD4Down53
"Spy vs. Spy" magazineMAD3Down55
Who said "I'm so mean I make medicine sick"ALI3Down56
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This page lists every clue and answer from the New York Times crossword published on Thursday, May 28, 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.