New York Times Crossword Puzzle Answers Today 05/08/2026. The May 08 2026 Puzzle Answers are listed below in such order that they are easy to find.
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- Across
- 1a Criticizes, in modern lingoHATESON
- 8a UnruffledATEASE
- 14a “Not to worry …”THERENOW
- 16a ChichiSWANKY
- 17a One away from one’s duties?TAXEXILE
- 18a French exitSORTIE
- 19a Hollywood is on it: Abbr.PST
- 20a Secures, in a wayMOORS
- 22a FlubsSLIPS
- 23a Create a crispy crust for, sayPANSEAR
- 25a Coolers, for shortACS
- 26a “Jeez!”AWMAN
- 29a Touchy topicSORESPOT
- 31a One of two in Raphael’s “Sistine Madonna”CHERUB
- 33a Cartoonist who popularized the Democratic donkeyNAST
- 34a “Bad hair day” hairMOP
- 36a Address no longer than 18 minutesTEDTALK
- 38a Prepares for company, maybeNEATENS
- 40a Networking assetsINS
- 41a Second City district, with “the”LOOP
- 43a Plumbing and welding, e.g.TRADES
- 44a Really nasty fall?ICESTORM
- 47a Date unlikely to be on a calendarTRYST
- 48a Mammoth’s home, for shortNHL
- 49a Where to go for a runSKIAREA
- 51a Peabody-winning journalist SteveKROFT
- 53a Many a ChilangoSENOR
- 54a Formula 1 fig.KPH
- 57a “I’m this-a way!”YOOHOO
- 59a Great depression?SINKHOLE
- 61a “Would you look at the time?!”IMLATE
- 62a ScrumdiddlyumptiousTODIEFOR
- 63a Like some interests and stocksVESTED
- 64a Feeds the kitty, sayCATSITS
- Down
- 1d It’s usually followed by an “s”HTTP
- 2d Indicators of awarenessAHAS
- 3d Ding thing?TEXT
- 4d Bygone “before”ERE
- 5d Books that go into intimate detail?SEXMANUALS
- 6d It might bring you to tearsONION
- 7d “Good riddance”NOLOSS
- 8d JerkASS
- 9d All slam dunksTWOS
- 10d Accessory turned down on a capEARLAP
- 11d Humor without a traditional punch lineANTICOMEDY
- 12d Create ripple effects, in a waySKIPSTONES
- 13d Scallops can have hundreds of tiny blue onesEYES
- 15d “It’s a date!”WEREON
- 21d It’s a wrap!SARAN
- 23d Hairstylist’s concernPART
- 24d Go back to the beginningRESET
- 26d Whence the line “Beware the ides of March” in “Julius Caesar”ACTI
- 27d Comment from one who’s going alongWHENINROME
- 28d Where to see fresh coats of white?MEDSCHOOLS
- 30d First gear?STARTERKIT
- 32d Rorschach patternsBLOTS
- 35d “I’m this-a way!”PSST
- 37d GoofballsKOOKS
- 39d ___ Theatre, Atlanta art house named for a fictional estateTARA
- 42d White-collar figurePRIEST
- 45d Pointy-topped red-and-green headwearELFHAT
- 46d Tuber that’s the source of tapiocaMANIOC
- 50d ___ Rousey, first American woman to win an Olympic medal in judoRONDA
- 51d National capital that’s home to Mykhailivska SquareKYIV
- 52d SchlepTOTE
- 54d ___ Annan, former U.N. secretary generalKOFI
- 55d Something that’s hatchedPLOT
- 56d Half of some matching setsHERS
- 58d Work that traces the evolution of lang. over 1,000 yearsOED
- 60d “And ___ long gone when ___ next to me” (Taylor Swift lyric)HES