New York Times Crossword Puzzle Answers Today 05/20/2026. The May 20 2026 Puzzle Answers are listed below in such order that they are easy to find.
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- Across
- 1a Establishment that serves zombies, perhapsTIKIBAR
- 8a Adorn with raised letteringEMBOSS
- 14a “Drink” for vocal criticsHATERADE
- 15a European city that “waits for you,” in a Billy Joel tuneVIENNA
- 16a Nontraditional time for voting someone into officeOFFYEARELECTION
- 18a Redding who sang “(Sittin’ on) The Dock of the Bay”OTIS
- 19a God played by Anthony Hopkins in Marvel moviesODIN
- 20a Church crossROOD
- 21a Florence-based fashion houseGUCCI
- 24a Takes back a public statementRECANTS
- 26a What a waiter might offer to start you offSOUPOFTHEDAY
- 29a Make a boo-booERR
- 30a ___ contendere (court plea)NOLO
- 31a SpudTATER
- 35a BitingACERB
- 37a ___ KippurYOM
- 39a Actress Bow of the silent film eraCLARA
- 40a Light show toolLASER
- 41a TV personality KotbHODA
- 43a ClanKIN
- 44a Bit of movie magicVISUALEFFECT
- 48a “Essential” product used as an anti-acne treatmentSAGEOIL
- 51a Take ___ of faithALEAP
- 52a Place for a seafood dinnerPIER
- 53a Classic PontiacsGTOS
- 55a Arcing tennis shotsLOBS
- 58a Condescending rhetorical question ? or what you might say about 16-, 26- and 44-Across?ISNTTHATSPECIAL
- 62a John in the sketch “The Fish-Slapping Dance”CLEESE
- 63a “Seems right,” folksilyRECKONSO
- 64a Words a teenager might say with an eye rollYESDAD
- 65a Says OKASSENTS
- Down
- 1d Mustachioed president who succeeded another mustachioed president in 1909TAFT
- 2d “Don’t know why I thought any different!”ITFIGURES
- 3d Gets hypedKEYSUP
- 4d FuryIRE
- 5d Farmyard bleatBAA
- 6d With deftnessADROITLY
- 7d Clarinet, for oneREED
- 8d Made levelEVENED
- 9d Careful, this might be hot!MIC
- 10d Act of JudasBETRAYAL
- 11d Word with ring or rollONION
- 12d Hoity-toity oneSNOOT
- 13d Smooths, in a waySANDS
- 14d “___ boy!”HOO
- 17d Old Italian moneyLIRE
- 22d Musical notation that means “with vigor”CONBRIO
- 23d Boardroom bigwig, in briefCFO
- 25d Spot to drink a matcha with a ManxCATCAFE
- 26d Ocean prey for a 27-DownSEAL
- 27d Ocean predator of a 26-DownORCA
- 28d Big to-doHOOHA
- 32d Be in charge, informallyTAKEPOINT
- 33d Protagonist of “That ?70s Show”ERIC
- 34d Speech full of invectiveRANT
- 36d Went back (to), as a prior stateREVERTED
- 38d Epitome of slownessMOLASSES
- 42d Director Guillermo ___ ToroDEL
- 45d Expressed frustration, maybeSIGHED
- 46d Beauty company whose Nasdaq ticker symbol is its nameULTA
- 47d Atlanta athleteFALCON
- 48d RisquéSPICY
- 49d Walkway for newlywedsAISLE
- 50d They’re part of what makes you youGENES
- 54d “___ Noche en Miami” (Bad Bunny song)OTRA
- 56d Low voiceBASS
- 57d ___-moSLO
- 59d Org. whose staffers wear royal blue uniformsTSA
- 60d Lenovo products, informallyPCS
- 61d Just get (by)EKE