USA Today Crossword May 21 2026 Answers

The complete list of answers to the USA Today Crossword published on May 21 2026.

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Clues Across (37 total)

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___shot (ice hockey scoring attempt)
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"I agree! Quit pestering me!"
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Penne or ziti
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"Game of Thrones" star Chaplin
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Plant that Tarzan swings on
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Skedaddle
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"That'll never happen!"
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Reference book with maps
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Goodbye, in French
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Minor fender damage
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Took the bus
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WNBA official
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Texas city named after a Ukrainian city
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Made a snack tray for
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Singers for whom a high C is a comfortable note
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Flower or eye part
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Rocky ___ (ice cream flavor)
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Olympian Bolt
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Call when a baseball spectator illegally alters the course of play
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In unison
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Swimming competition
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Meal in a slow cooker
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Accepts the truth
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Magazine workers (Abbr.)
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Pride Month event
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Greed or gluttony
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Shape of many cameos
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Bring in
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Wi-Fi device
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Discontinued iPods
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Amount that's reasonable
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"I ___ sleep a wink!"
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___ pilaf
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Moderate gait
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Tedious tasks
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Futbol cheers
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They're often cooped up
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Clues Down (43 total)

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Couch
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Laundry unit
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Against
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Indiana basketball player
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Egg cells
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Good-hearted
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Fairy tale beginning
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Sharp
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Free TV ad, for short
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Cynthia Erivo and Jennifer Lawrence, for two
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Flies alone, say
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Amphibians who make "qwark-qwark-qwark" calls instead of croaks
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On the ocean
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Shades of colors
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Boatload
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Kids' creation that might be made out of pillows or snow
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Gloomy
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World Cup org.
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Taylor Swift's "The ___ Tour"
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"The Flintstones" pet
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Amanda Gorman works
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Less common
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Commercial's cost
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Popular event at a piano bar
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Poker buy-in
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On the rocks
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"Did you hear the latest ___?"
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Have to have
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Airport pickup stats
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Simple top
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Droopy
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Abodes for 12-Down
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To no ___ (unsuccessfully)
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Total stranger
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Toward the Arctic
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Rounded hairstyle
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Part of a train track
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"Way to go!"
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Really urgent
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MBA's university major, perhaps
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Baseball team based in Queens
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Roads, for short
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Hi- ___ image
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