New York Times Crossword Puzzle Answers Today 05/23/2026. The May 23 2026 Puzzle Answers are listed below in such order that they are easy to find.
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- Across
- 1a They might be settled atop stoolsBARBETS
- 8a Shell, sayARMOR
- 13a Places to put fliersAVIARIES
- 15a Surgical specialty, informallyNEURO
- 16a A boxer’s might knock you outDOGBREATH
- 18a Substitute for “etc.”YADDA
- 19a BegrudgesENVIES
- 20a Old auto company based in Lansing, Mich.REO
- 22a Jazz drummer DeRosaCLEM
- 23a One of the seven depicted in the 1995 thriller “Se7en”GREED
- 24a Daytime regularsSOAPSTARS
- 26a What some prisoners earn, in briefGEDS
- 27a Old black-and-white police autos, to BritsPANDACARS
- 28a ___ weekendSPA
- 29a Walk on water?GANGPLANK
- 30a Top that screams “Look at me!”LOUDSHIRT
- 31a Clay-and-calcium-carbonate mix used in cement makingMARLSTONE
- 32a “Lovely!”FAB
- 35a Chess puzzle challenge, maybeMATEINONE
- 36a Make doCOPE
- 37a Many an epithetDIRTYNAME
- 38a Common con gameMONTE
- 39a Petite ___ (certain French partner)AMIE
- 40a Epithet lead-inAKA
- 41a Bit of back-and-forthBANTER
- 42a Farrow with a Pulitzer for his investigative journalismRONAN
- 44a Eerie substance faked in 19th-century ghost hoaxesECTOPLASM
- 46a Bygone leadersTSARS
- 47a Tourist nickname for a Southern mecca, to the chagrin of many localsHOTLANTA
- 48a Until, in UruguayHASTA
- 49a Destination for wagons, onceTHEWEST
- Down
- 1d No-goodniksBADEGGS
- 2d Sales job that Forbes magazine once dubbed “the original side hustle,” informallyAVONREP
- 3d Ancient collection of Hindu hymnsRIGVEDA
- 4d PampersBABIES
- 5d Handled something poorly, sayERRED
- 6d Gets even with?TIES
- 7d Tac precederSEA
- 8d At least oneANY
- 9d Substance that undergoes change, as in a labREACTANT
- 10d Magpie lookalike with black-and-white plumageMUDLARK
- 11d Bosses (around)ORDERS
- 12d Gads aboutROAMS
- 14d Figurative ability to withstand almost anythingSTRONGSTOMACH
- 17d Canal blocker?HEADPHONE
- 21d Milky and iridescentOPALINE
- 24d Lizard predator of AfricaSANDSNAKE
- 25d Close callSCARE
- 27d Swedish American model PorizkovaPAULINA
- 29d Edward who wrote and illustrated “The Gashlycrumb Tinies”GOREY
- 30d Foam designs, perhapsLATTEART
- 31d Berth placesMARINAS
- 32d 19th-century German novelist TheodorFONTANE
- 33d Stressors for some H.S. seniorsAPTESTS
- 34d Accessory on a pub counterBEERMAT
- 35d Brunch beverageMIMOSA
- 36d Standard 1L course, informallyCONLAW
- 37d Title for some fictional lordsDARTH
- 38d Sugar ___MAPLE
- 41d Choice for the undecidedBOTH
- 43d Org. with a “Cryptographic Support Services” page on its websiteNSA
- 45d Little squirtTOT