New York Times Crossword Puzzle Answers Today 05/06/2026. The May 06 2026 Puzzle Answers are listed below in such order that they are easy to find.
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- Across
- 1a Don’t believe itLIE
- 4a Soccer great MiaHAMM
- 8a Prepared (for)BRACED
- 14a Feature of a spy filmINTRIGUE
- 16a Scalper’s transactionRESALE
- 17a Prairie bloom for which a creamery is namedBLUEBELL
- 18a DC good guyBATMAN
- 19a They’re found in a circleRADII
- 20a Dispensary inits.CBD
- 22a Late spring or early summer bloomPEONY
- 23a Leave speechlessAWE
- 24a Texter’s “I can’t even”SMH
- 26a In perpetuityEVER
- 28a Winter coat?ICE
- 29a Narrow margin of victoryHAIR
- 30a Lunchbox staple, informallyPBJ
- 33a All primes except 2ODDNUMBERS
- 37a Country nearest to the Equator without touching itPERU
- 38a Hybridized, botanically ? or like four pairs of answers in this puzzle (and the circled letters they intersect on)?CROSSPOLLINATED
- 40a “Stop right there!”HALT
- 41a “Great Scott!”HOLYTOLEDO
- 42a Bird adapted for silent flightOWL
- 43a Charging optionVISA
- 44a Deciding periods, in briefOTS
- 45a Airdrops?MIST
- 46a [I’m a good boy!]ARF
- 47a Summer coolerADE
- 50a Movement started by Tarana Burke in 2006METOO
- 53a DipSAG
- 55a Philosopher William of ___OCCAM
- 57a Become part of a clubENROLL
- 59a ___ method (type of teaching)SOCRATIC
- 61a Bloom whose toxic nectar is one source of “mad honey”AZALEA
- 62a Flower found along a metaphorical path of easePRIMROSE
- 63a A bad review might merit a rotten oneTOMATO
- 64a Like some adviceSAGE
- 65a Manhattan liquorRYE
- Down
- 1d First sign of fallLIBRA
- 2d Family tree additionINLAW
- 3d One of 12 in a Pulitzer-winning piece by composer/pianist William BolcomETUDE
- 4d Blossom in a leiHIBISCUS
- 5d Period in historyAGE
- 6d Bed coverMULCH
- 7d Scary Spice, by another nicknameMELB
- 8d Texter’s “just a sec”BRB
- 9d Harvesting machineREAPER
- 10d Cousin of edelweissASTER
- 11d Pattern based on nature, for shortCAMO
- 12d Stylish flairELAN
- 13d Turn downDENY
- 15d King, in PortugueseREI
- 21d First word from a wedding officiantDEARLY
- 25d Home of the Stax Museum of American Soul MusicMEMPHIS
- 27d Alice, in WonderlandVISITOR
- 28d Part of M.I.T.: Abbr.INST
- 29d Very, slangilyHELLA
- 30d Politician ButtigiegPETE
- 31d Partner of bornBRED
- 32d Sport with throwsJUDO
- 33d Siete + unoOCHO
- 34d Cry in a gunfightDRAW
- 35d Cutie pieDOLL
- 36d Gives a liftBOOSTS
- 37d BestiesPALS
- 39d “I’ll pass”NOTFORME
- 43d Flower found at the end of a rainbow?VIOLET
- 45d Cold, hard cashMOOLA
- 46d Ancient marketplaceAGORA
- 47d Company man?ACTOR
- 48d “Link” in a botanical chainDAISY
- 49d Play the hostEMCEE
- 50d Nitty-grittyMEAT
- 51d Automaker FerrariENZO
- 52d Airport transportTRAM
- 54d Some vipersASPS
- 56d Viper, e.g.CAR
- 58d Language of VientianeLAO
- 60d SmokeCIG