NYT Crossword May 20 2026 Answers
The complete list of answers to the NYT Crossword published on May 20 2026.
- 70
- Total Clues
- 31
- Total Across
- 39
- Total Down
Clues Across (31 total)
(1)
Establishment that serves zombies, perhaps
The answer is: tikibar
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(8)
Adorn with raised lettering
The answer is: emboss
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"Drink" for vocal critics
The answer is: haterade
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(15)
European city that "waits for you," in a Billy Joel tune
The answer is: vienna
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(16)
Nontraditional time for voting someone into office
The answer is: offyearelection
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(18)
Redding who sang "(Sittin' on) The Dock of the Bay"
The answer is: otis
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(19)
God played by Anthony Hopkins in Marvel movies
The answer is: odin
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(20)
Church cross
The answer is: rood
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(21)
Florence-based fashion house
The answer is: gucci
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(24)
Takes back a public statement
The answer is: recants
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(26)
What a waiter might offer to start you off
The answer is: soupoftheday
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(29)
Make a boo-boo
The answer is: err
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(30)
___ contendere (court plea)
The answer is: nolo
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(31)
Spud
The answer is: tater
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Biting
The answer is: acerb
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(37)
___ Kippur
The answer is: yom
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(39)
Actress Bow of the silent film era
The answer is: clara
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(40)
Light show tool
The answer is: laser
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(41)
TV personality Kotb
The answer is: hoda
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(43)
Clan
The answer is: kin
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(44)
Bit of movie magic
The answer is: visualeffect
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(48)
"Essential" product used as an anti-acne treatment
The answer is: sageoil
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(51)
Take ___ of faith
The answer is: aleap
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(52)
Place for a seafood dinner
The answer is: pier
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(53)
Classic Pontiacs
The answer is: gtos
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(55)
Arcing tennis shots
The answer is: lobs
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(58)
Condescending rhetorical question … or what you might say about 16-, 26- and 44-Across?
The answer is: isntthatspecial
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(62)
John in the sketch "The Fish-Slapping Dance"
The answer is: cleese
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(63)
"Seems right," folksily
The answer is: reckonso
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(64)
Words a teenager might say with an eye roll
The answer is: yesdad
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Says OK
The answer is: assents
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Clues Down (39 total)
(1)
Mustachioed president who succeeded another mustachioed president in 1909
The answer is: taft
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(2)
"Don't know why I thought any different!"
The answer is: itfigures
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Gets hyped
The answer is: keysup
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Fury
The answer is: ire
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Farmyard bleat
The answer is: baa
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With deftness
The answer is: adroitly
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Clarinet, for one
The answer is: reed
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Made level
The answer is: evened
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Careful, this might be hot!
The answer is: mic
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(10)
Act of Judas
The answer is: betrayal
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(11)
Word with ring or roll
The answer is: onion
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Hoity-toity one
The answer is: snoot
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Smooths, in a way
The answer is: sands
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"___ boy!"
The answer is: hoo
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Old Italian money
The answer is: lire
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Musical notation that means "with vigor"
The answer is: conbrio
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(23)
Boardroom bigwig, in brief
The answer is: cfo
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Spot to drink a matcha with a Manx
The answer is: catcafe
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(26)
Ocean prey for a 27-Down
The answer is: seal
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Ocean predator of a 26-Down
The answer is: orca
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(28)
Big to-do
The answer is: hooha
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(32)
Be in charge, informally
The answer is: takepoint
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(33)
Protagonist of "That ’70s Show"
The answer is: eric
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(34)
Speech full of invective
The answer is: rant
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(36)
Went back (to), as a prior state
The answer is: reverted
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(38)
Epitome of slowness
The answer is: molasses
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(42)
Director Guillermo ___ Toro
The answer is: del
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Expressed frustration, maybe
The answer is: sighed
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(46)
Beauty company whose Nasdaq ticker symbol is its name
The answer is: ulta
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(47)
Atlanta athlete
The answer is: falcon
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(48)
Risqué
The answer is: spicy
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(49)
Walkway for newlyweds
The answer is: aisle
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They're part of what makes you you
The answer is: genes
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(54)
"___ Noche en Miami" (Bad Bunny song)
The answer is: otra
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(56)
Low voice
The answer is: bass
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___-mo
The answer is: slo
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(59)
Org. whose staffers wear royal blue uniforms
The answer is: tsa
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(60)
Lenovo products, informally
The answer is: pcs
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(61)
Just get (by)
The answer is: eke
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