New York Times Crossword Puzzle Answers Today 05/28/2026. The May 28 2026 Puzzle Answers are listed below in such order that they are easy to find.
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- Across
- 1a Surname of two Indian prime ministersGANDHI
- 7a Fly-by-night types?OWLS
- 11a Go (for)OPT
- 14a Drew Carey, Halle Berry or Guy Fieri, originallyOHIOAN
- 15a Baroque instrumentVIOL
- 16a Long-handled gardening tool or immoral pleasure seeker, per contestant Ken Jennings on “Jeopardy!” (incorrectly)HOE
- 17a Walking-around money for Pavarotti?TENORTWENTY
- 19a VetoNIX
- 20a Whistling stickup man on “The Wire”OMAR
- 21a Cry of frustrationAARGH
- 22a McGwire’s rival in 1990s M.L.B.SOSA
- 23a Hajj destinationMECCA
- 25a Baseball team formerly known as the Colt .45sASTROS
- 27a Preacher’s gift?PASTORPRESENT
- 29a Fly catcher?MITT
- 30a Kind of a drag?MAIN
- 31a ParrotAPE
- 32a PerceptiveSENSATE
- 35a Icy passage to Antarctica’s McMurdo StationROSSSEA
- 37a Get ___ (shine scholastically)ANA
- 38a Muscle exercised with a shoulder press, familiarlyDELT
- 40a Billionaire MuskELON
- 41a 5 and 8 go into 42, for example?FACTORFICTION
- 45a Fan of “I” statementsEGOIST
- 46a Dissect with a diagramPARSE
- 47a “___, actually …”WELL
- 48a Start of many first-year course namesINTRO
- 50a Lawman who got out of DodgeEARP
- 54a 60 minutiORA
- 55a Local leader is prohibited?MAYORMAYNOT
- 57a ClearRID
- 58a Bum around EuropeARSE
- 59a Intentional creasesPLEATS
- 60a Org. targeting Walter White on “Breaking Bad”DEA
- 61a Changes the locks?DYES
- 62a Acted all crabby?SIDLED
- Down
- 1d Programming statement that can result in spaghetti codeGOTO
- 2d [Excuse me]AHEM
- 3d Totenberg of public radioNINA
- 4d People who get walked all overDOORMATS
- 5d Bit of a laughHAR
- 6d Not separatedINTACT
- 7d Throwing styleOVERARM
- 8d Bit of a larkWING
- 9d Lady-killerLOTHARIO
- 10d Machiavellian, in a waySLY
- 11d Answer to “Why’s your report card in the trash?”OHNOREASON
- 12d Written with venomPOISONPEN
- 13d Oil, they sayTEXASTEA
- 18d Birthplace of Dr PepperWACO
- 22d Fremont and Folsom in S.F., for twoSTS
- 24d México’s Tabasco, Jalisco and othersESTADOS
- 26d Guardians of bushido traditionSENSEIS
- 27d National drink of Puerto RicoPINACOLADA
- 28d Two, for many a putt-putt holePAR
- 29d It’s a zoo out thereMENAGERIE
- 32d Blue stop sign?SAFEWORD
- 33d Third in orderTERTIARY
- 34d Resident of Rivendell, in TolkienELF
- 36d Dark and sultry, like a femme fatale’s gazeSLOEEYED
- 39d Comes on little cat feetTIPTOES
- 42d “___ death do us part”TIL
- 43d Comedian JimmyCARR
- 44d Opposite of 39-DownTROMPS
- 49d Where to look if you’re looking for LUV (i.e., Southwest Airlines)NYSE
- 51d Fussbudgety, sayANAL
- 52d Mindless repetitionROTE
- 53d Affliction for many first responders, in briefPTSD
- 55d “Spy vs. Spy” magazineMAD
- 56d Who said “I’m so mean I make medicine sick”ALI