NYT Crossword May 22 2026 Answers
The complete list of answers to the NYT Crossword published on May 22 2026.
- 75
- Total Clues
- 35
- Total Across
- 40
- Total Down
Clues Across (35 total)
(1)
Guns, so to speak
The answer is: biceps
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Prefix with American
The answer is: meso
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Charcuterie spread
The answer is: brie
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Footnote phrase
The answer is: etalii
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Sherwood, e.g.
The answer is: oakforest
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Qualifier to an embarrassing question
The answer is: askingforafriend
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(20)
Location for some osteoarthritis
The answer is: knee
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(21)
___-Saint-Michel (French commune on a tidal island)
The answer is: mont
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(22)
Saps
The answer is: dolts
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(23)
Sign of desperation
The answer is: sos
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(24)
Consider as one's residence
The answer is: callhome
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(27)
Mrs. Addams, to Mr. Addams
The answer is: tish
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(29)
Val who played Iceman in "Top Gun"
The answer is: kilmer
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(30)
Guimarães greeting
The answer is: ola
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"Neato!"
The answer is: ohcool
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(35)
"Brooklyn Nine-Nine" character ___ Linetti
The answer is: gina
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Genre for Blackpink and Twice
The answer is: kpop
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(37)
Counteract negativity using lavish generosity
The answer is: killwithkindness
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(40)
Former boy band with the members Harry, Liam, Louis, Niall and Zayn, familiarly
The answer is: oned
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(41)
Bit of marginalia
The answer is: note
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(42)
Dealt with
The answer is: seento
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Weight plate units: Abbr.
The answer is: kgs
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Place to get "pawmpered," say
The answer is: petspa
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Case for military police
The answer is: awol
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(47)
Like the Millennium Problems of the Clay Mathematics Institute
The answer is: unsolved
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Suffix with peace but not war
The answer is: ful
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Philosopher William of ___
The answer is: occam
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Product for manscaping
The answer is: nair
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(56)
Assuming that
The answer is: ifso
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(57)
More sizzle than steak
The answer is: allbarkandnobite
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Infamous chess trap that ends the game in two moves
The answer is: foolsmate
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(62)
Contents of a kitchen rack
The answer is: spices
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(63)
Bump on a lid
The answer is: stye
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Thin board
The answer is: slat
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What some streakers are charged with?
The answer is: tasers
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Clues Down (40 total)
(1)
Woodpeckers' peckers
The answer is: beaks
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(2)
"Really, my pleasure"
The answer is: itsnothing
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"Sticky" birthday treats?
The answer is: cakesicles
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Tahari or Saab of fashion
The answer is: elie
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Blame (on)
The answer is: pin
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Symbol used in summation
The answer is: sigma
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Classical piece said to be the inspiration for Chopin's "Fantaisie-Impromptu"
The answer is: moonlightsonata
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Kepler-22b or Kepler-186f, e.g.
The answer is: earthlikeplanet
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(9)
Calypso cousin
The answer is: ska
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(10)
Flat, say
The answer is: off
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(11)
Zest
The answer is: brio
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Highlight ___
The answer is: reel
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___ fussy (can be very flexible)
The answer is: isnt
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Some airport data, in brief
The answer is: etds
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Carnivora or Lagomorpha
The answer is: order
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Word with rock or medicine
The answer is: folk
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When doubled, a fluffy Chinese dog
The answer is: chow
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Hilton competitor
The answer is: omni
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Is
The answer is: means
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(28)
Went (for)
The answer is: sold
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Workplace with few barriers
The answer is: openoffice
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Became tarnished
The answer is: lostluster
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Lhasa ___
The answer is: apso
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"I heard you the first time! Geez!"
The answer is: okok
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Wrapping material in mummification
The answer is: linen
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Had no doubt
The answer is: knew
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(38)
Deep-fried side dish, familiarly
The answer is: tots
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(39)
Unexciting, as a party
The answer is: dead
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(44)
Catamounts
The answer is: pumas
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(45)
Like some readers
The answer is: avid
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(48)
Young's partner in accounting
The answer is: ernst
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(50)
Rich soil deposit
The answer is: loess
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(51)
Saps
The answer is: oafs
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(52)
Stop the bleeding, say
The answer is: clot
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(53)
Sicken with sweetness
The answer is: cloy
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(54)
Fit
The answer is: able
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Sacred bird to the Egyptians
The answer is: ibis
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(58)
Info on Zillow: Abbr.
The answer is: rms
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___-El (Superman)
The answer is: kal
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(60)
Shout at a Greek wedding
The answer is: opa
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