New York Times Crossword Puzzle Answers Today 05/21/2026. The May 21 2026 Puzzle Answers are listed below in such order that they are easy to find.
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- Across
- 1a Gossiped-about duoITEM
- 5a River whose southernmost source is found in BurundiNILE
- 9a Animal that expresses anger by spittingLLAMA
- 14a Curbside callTAXI
- 15a Egg’s outlineOVAL
- 16a Traditional Vietnamese garment whose name means “long shirt”AODAI
- 17a 2000 Eminem single with lines from his “biggest fan”STAN
- 18a St. Benedict, for oneMONK
- 19a Central meeting pointsNODES
- 20a timiLBACKWARDSCAP
- 23a 50¢ or $1: Abbr.AMT
- 24a Fish more formally known as a batomorphRAY
- 25a Capital of Portugal, to nativesLISBOA
- 29a Crown of jewelsDIADEM
- 31a Penultimate Greek letterPSI
- 33a One of four seen on Leonardo da Vinci’s “Vitruvian Man”ARM
- 34a Goat’s cryMAA
- 35a Golfer’s suppor-CUTOFFTEE
- 38a Move like a foxSKULK
- 40a Get a lode of this!ORE
- 41a John from BritainELTON
- 42a EvadeMINISKIRT
- 44a “Bad” beginningMAL
- 45a Like news that everyone already knowsOLD
- 46a Legal boundaries?ELS
- 47a Kind of cat with a black-and-white coatTUXEDO
- 50a More melted, as a marshmallowGOOIER
- 53a Tree alongside a ski runFIR
- 54a Bro, e.g.SIB
- 55a P | u | n | c | h | e | sSTRIPEDSOCKS
- 59a Sound of a perfect basketball shotSWISH
- 62a “Beware the ___ of a patient man”: John DrydenFURY
- 63a OrderedBADE
- 64a Increase, as interestPIQUE
- 65a German Ms.FRAU
- 66a Pupil’s surroundingsIRIS
- 67a Environmentalist AdamsANSEL
- 68a Site for many stars?YELP
- 69a Sounds of disapprovalTSKS
- Down
- 1d Short negative reviewITSBAD
- 2d Floor covering in a Japanese tearoomTATAMI
- 3d “Bingo!”EXACTAMUNDO
- 4d Stole materialMINK
- 5d Southern denialNOMAAM
- 6d Something tickled on a pianoIVORY
- 7d “Buy ___. They’re not making it anymore” (old saying)LAND
- 8d Philanthropic group with a clock face in its logoELKS
- 9d The so-called “Pineapple Isle”LANAI
- 10d Goes around and aroundLOOPS
- 11d Make sense, with “up”ADD
- 12d “Maggie ___,” classic folk song covered by the BeatlesMAE
- 13d ChatGPT, Claude, etc.AIS
- 21d InflictsWREAKS
- 22d Muse of historyCLIO
- 26d Lasting damage from a tough experience, metaphoricallyBATTLESCARS
- 27d Milkshake flavorOREO
- 28d Gospel shoutAMEN
- 30d “Fountain of Milk Spreading Itself Uselessly on Three Shoes” painter, 1945DALI
- 31d Contented soundsPURRS
- 32d “Changed my mind,” in editing notationSTET
- 35d CurlCOIL
- 36d Hip-knee connectorsFEMURS
- 37d Source of linseed oilFLAX
- 38d It’s all a hazeSMOG
- 39d Drug bust unitKILO
- 43d Model MirandaKERR
- 47d Make neatTIDYUP
- 48d Large-eyed African antelope with a duplicative nameDIKDIK
- 49d FixateOBSESS
- 51d Give outISSUE
- 52d Neighbor of Ricky and Lucy, on 1950s TVETHEL
- 53d Far from house-trainedFERAL
- 56d DodgyIFFY
- 57d 100%PURE
- 58d End piece?OBIT
- 59d Belinda’s business on “The White Lotus”SPA
- 60d PrevailWIN
- 61d Some test figs.IQS