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New York Times Crossword May 8 2026 Answers

Friday puzzle · 70 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 70 clues from the New York Times Crossword for May 8 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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Across

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ClueLetters#Answer
Criticizes, in modern lingo71 AcrossReveal answer → Unruffled68 AcrossReveal answer → "Not to worry ..."814 AcrossReveal answer → Chichi616 AcrossReveal answer → One away from one's duties?817 AcrossReveal answer → French exit618 AcrossReveal answer → Hollywood is on it: Abbr.319 AcrossReveal answer → Secures, in a way520 AcrossReveal answer → Flubs522 AcrossReveal answer → Create a crispy crust for, say723 AcrossReveal answer → Coolers, for short325 AcrossReveal answer → "Jeez!"526 AcrossReveal answer → Touchy topic829 AcrossReveal answer → One of two in Raphael's "Sistine Madonna"631 AcrossReveal answer → Cartoonist who popularized the Democratic donkey433 AcrossReveal answer → "Bad hair day" hair334 AcrossReveal answer → Address no longer than 18 minutes736 AcrossReveal answer → Prepares for company, maybe738 AcrossReveal answer → Networking assets340 AcrossReveal answer → Second City district, with "the"441 AcrossReveal answer → Plumbing and welding, e.g.643 AcrossReveal answer → Really nasty fall?844 AcrossReveal answer → Date unlikely to be on a calendar547 AcrossReveal answer → Mammoth's home, for short348 AcrossReveal answer → Where to go for a run749 AcrossReveal answer → Peabody-winning journalist Steve551 AcrossReveal answer → Many a Chilango553 AcrossReveal answer → Formula 1 fig.354 AcrossReveal answer → "I'm this-a way!"657 AcrossReveal answer → Great depression?859 AcrossReveal answer → "Would you look at the time?!"661 AcrossReveal answer → Scrumdiddlyumptious862 AcrossReveal answer → Like some interests and stocks663 AcrossReveal answer → Feeds the kitty, say764 AcrossReveal answer →

Down

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It's usually followed by an "s"41 DownReveal answer → Indicators of awareness42 DownReveal answer → Ding thing?43 DownReveal answer → Bygone "before"34 DownReveal answer → Books that go into intimate detail?105 DownReveal answer → It might bring you to tears56 DownReveal answer → "Good riddance"67 DownReveal answer → Jerk38 DownReveal answer → All slam dunks49 DownReveal answer → Accessory turned down on a cap610 DownReveal answer → Humor without a traditional punch line1011 DownReveal answer → Create ripple effects, in a way1012 DownReveal answer → Scallops can have hundreds of tiny blue ones413 DownReveal answer → "It's a date!"615 DownReveal answer → It's a wrap!521 DownReveal answer → Hairstylist's concern423 DownReveal answer → Go back to the beginning524 DownReveal answer → Whence the line "Beware the ides of March" in "Julius Caesar"426 DownReveal answer → Comment from one who's going along1027 DownReveal answer → Where to see fresh coats of white?1028 DownReveal answer → First gear?1030 DownReveal answer → Rorschach patterns532 DownReveal answer → "I'm this-a way!"435 DownReveal answer → Goofballs537 DownReveal answer → ___ Theatre, Atlanta art house named for a fictional estate439 DownReveal answer → White-collar figure642 DownReveal answer → Pointy-topped red-and-green headwear645 DownReveal answer → Tuber that's the source of tapioca646 DownReveal answer → ___ Rousey, first American woman to win an Olympic medal in judo550 DownReveal answer → National capital that's home to Mykhailivska Square451 DownReveal answer → Schlep452 DownReveal answer → ___ Annan, former U.N. secretary general454 DownReveal answer → Something that's hatched455 DownReveal answer → Half of some matching sets456 DownReveal answer → Work that traces the evolution of lang. over 1,000 years358 DownReveal answer → "And ___ long gone when ___ next to me" (Taylor Swift lyric)360 DownReveal answer →

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