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New York Times Crossword May 8 2026 Answers

Friday puzzle · 70 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the New York Times Crossword May 8 2026 answers. The Friday 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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Across

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Criticizes, in modern lingoHATESON7Across1 UnruffledATEASE6Across8 "Not to worry ..."THERENOW8Across14 ChichiSWANKY6Across16 One away from one's duties?TAXEXILE8Across17 French exitSORTIE6Across18 Hollywood is on it: Abbr.PST3Across19 Secures, in a wayMOORS5Across20 FlubsSLIPS5Across22 Create a crispy crust for, sayPANSEAR7Across23 Coolers, for shortACS3Across25 "Jeez!"AWMAN5Across26 Touchy topicSORESPOT8Across29 One of two in Raphael's "Sistine Madonna"CHERUB6Across31 Cartoonist who popularized the Democratic donkeyNAST4Across33 "Bad hair day" hairMOP3Across34 Address no longer than 18 minutesTEDTALK7Across36 Prepares for company, maybeNEATENS7Across38 Networking assetsINS3Across40 Second City district, with "the"LOOP4Across41 Plumbing and welding, e.g.TRADES6Across43 Really nasty fall?ICESTORM8Across44 Date unlikely to be on a calendarTRYST5Across47 Mammoth's home, for shortNHL3Across48 Where to go for a runSKIAREA7Across49 Peabody-winning journalist SteveKROFT5Across51 Many a ChilangoSENOR5Across53 Formula 1 fig.KPH3Across54 "I'm this-a way!"YOOHOO6Across57 Great depression?SINKHOLE8Across59 "Would you look at the time?!"IMLATE6Across61 ScrumdiddlyumptiousTODIEFOR8Across62 Like some interests and stocksVESTED6Across63 Feeds the kitty, sayCATSITS7Across64

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
It's usually followed by an "s"HTTP4Down1 Indicators of awarenessAHAS4Down2 Ding thing?TEXT4Down3 Bygone "before"ERE3Down4 Books that go into intimate detail?SEXMANUALS10Down5 It might bring you to tearsONION5Down6 "Good riddance"NOLOSS6Down7 JerkASS3Down8 All slam dunksTWOS4Down9 Accessory turned down on a capEARLAP6Down10 Humor without a traditional punch lineANTICOMEDY10Down11 Create ripple effects, in a waySKIPSTONES10Down12 Scallops can have hundreds of tiny blue onesEYES4Down13 "It's a date!"WEREON6Down15 It's a wrap!SARAN5Down21 Hairstylist's concernPART4Down23 Go back to the beginningRESET5Down24 Whence the line "Beware the ides of March" in "Julius Caesar"ACTI4Down26 Comment from one who's going alongWHENINROME10Down27 Where to see fresh coats of white?MEDSCHOOLS10Down28 First gear?STARTERKIT10Down30 Rorschach patternsBLOTS5Down32 "I'm this-a way!"PSST4Down35 GoofballsKOOKS5Down37 ___ Theatre, Atlanta art house named for a fictional estateTARA4Down39 White-collar figurePRIEST6Down42 Pointy-topped red-and-green headwearELFHAT6Down45 Tuber that's the source of tapiocaMANIOC6Down46 ___ Rousey, first American woman to win an Olympic medal in judoRONDA5Down50 National capital that's home to Mykhailivska SquareKYIV4Down51 SchlepTOTE4Down52 ___ Annan, former U.N. secretary generalKOFI4Down54 Something that's hatchedPLOT4Down55 Half of some matching setsHERS4Down56 Work that traces the evolution of lang. over 1,000 yearsOED3Down58 "And ___ long gone when ___ next to me" (Taylor Swift lyric)HES3Down60

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This page lists every clue and answer from the New York Times crossword published on Friday, May 8, 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.