New York Times Crossword Puzzle Answers Today 05/29/2026. The May 29 2026 Puzzle Answers are listed below in such order that they are easy to find.
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- Across
- 1a “Oscar” of the French film industryCESAR
- 6a Feeling after a long hikeACHE
- 10a Singer/composer BareillesSARA
- 14a PrematurelyALLTOOSOON
- 16a Many a fund-raising target, informallyALUM
- 17a “We have a mutual friend?!”SMALLWORLD
- 18a Smurf who is more than 500 years oldPAPA
- 19a See 20-AcrossHOP
- 20a With 19-Across, swing dance originating in HarlemLINDY
- 21a They’re cut to defuse an explosiveWIRES
- 22a Cue … or queueLINE
- 23a Only player to win three Super Bowl M.V.P. awards before turning 30MAHOMES
- 25a Reducing to rubbleRAZING
- 28a Apt anagram of NOTESTONES
- 29a Hockey infractionICING
- 30a Breezy things enjoyed at the beachEASYREADS
- 34a Doesn’t go at full speedTROTS
- 35a SackAXE
- 36a Walk-onEXTRA
- 37a They might make you one with everythingZENSTATES
- 39a “La Tulipe Noire” novelist, 1850DUMAS
- 40a Party poppersCORKS
- 41a Makes fun of mercilesslyROASTS
- 42a Fall signSCORPIO
- 45a AgitateROIL
- 46a HitsTOKES
- 47a Won’t let it goSTEWS
- 49a Zendaya’s role on “Euphoria”RUE
- 52a Fictional manufacturer of a Do-It Yourself Tornado KitACME
- 53a “Can you catch me up?”WHATDIMISS
- 55a Time of day either wayNOON
- 56a Author of “All I Did Was Ask: Conversations with Writers, Actors, Musicians and Artists”TERRYGROSS
- 57a Barriers to entry, in a wayDAMS
- 58a Unravel at the edgesFRAY
- 59a Variety of cold brewNITRO
- Down
- 1d It is king, in a phraseCASH
- 2d Redheaded monster on TVELMO
- 3d ThwackSLAP
- 4d Birthplace of Martin Luther King Jr.: Abbr.ATL
- 5d Road maneuvers featuring lazy brakingROLLINGSTOPS
- 6d Without dissenting voicesASONE
- 7d It’s cut after birthCORD
- 8d “Yowzers!”HOLYMOSES
- 9d What a circle lacksEND
- 10d Someone attracted to intellect over looks, saySAPIOSEXUAL
- 11d Dream interrupterALARM
- 12d Currency in The Legend of ZeldaRUPEE
- 13d HoardAMASS
- 15d Outstanding, in a wayOWING
- 21d Eager buyer’s questionWHEREDOISIGN
- 22d Traps in a laundry roomLINTSCREENS
- 24d Not a particular oneANY
- 25d Snack brand since 1934RITZ
- 26d It might be a lotACRE
- 27d Last U.S. national park, alphabeticallyZION
- 28d Return payments?TAXES
- 30d Adhere to the kashrut dietary rulesEATKOSHER
- 31d They’re filled with baconATMS
- 32d “Curses, foiled again!”DRAT
- 33d GuffSASS
- 38d Co-star of 2025’s “Wicked: For Good,” informallyARI
- 41d Neither demure nor mindfulROWDY
- 42d Come to attention, in a waySTAND
- 43d Powder in a pantryCOCOA
- 44d Child’s agreementOKMOM
- 45d Avoid rage-quitting, perhapsRETRY
- 48d Longtime college basketball coach VanDerveerTARA
- 49d Run amokRIOT
- 50d Hammer-and-sickle land, for shortUSSR
- 51d Gas brand whose name sounds like two letters of the alphabetESSO
- 53d “R U KIDDING ME?!”WTF
- 54d Way to look inward, in brief?MRI