The full solution for the NY Times May 23 2026 Crossword puzzle is displayed below. This puzzle was authored by Kameron Austin Collins and edited by Will Shortz.
NYT Across Clues
- 1A They might be settled atop stools BARBETS
- 8A Shell, say ARMOR
- 13A Places to put fliers AVIARIES
- 15A Surgical specialty, informally NEURO
- 16A A boxer’s might knock you out DOGBREATH
- 18A Substitute for “etc.” YADDA
- 19A Begrudges ENVIES
- 20A Old auto company based in Lansing, Mich. REO
- 22A Jazz drummer DeRosa CLEM
- 23A One of the seven depicted in the 1995 thriller “Se7en” GREED
- 24A Daytime regulars SOAPSTARS
- 26A What some prisoners earn, in brief GEDS
- 27A Old black-and-white police autos, to Brits PANDACARS
- 28A ___ weekend SPA
- 29A Walk on water? GANGPLANK
- 30A Top that screams “Look at me!” LOUDSHIRT
- 31A Clay-and-calcium-carbonate mix used in cement making MARLSTONE
- 32A “Lovely!” FAB
- 35A Chess puzzle challenge, maybe MATEINONE
- 36A Make do COPE
- 37A Many an epithet DIRTYNAME
- 38A Common con game MONTE
- 39A Petite ___ (certain French partner) AMIE
- 40A Epithet lead-in AKA
- 41A Bit of back-and-forth BANTER
- 42A Farrow with a Pulitzer for his investigative journalism RONAN
- 44A Eerie substance faked in 19th-century ghost hoaxes ECTOPLASM
- 46A Bygone leaders TSARS
- 47A Tourist nickname for a Southern mecca, to the chagrin of many locals HOTLANTA
- 48A Until, in Uruguay HASTA
- 49A Destination for wagons, once THEWEST
NYT Vertical Clues
- 1D No-goodniks BADEGGS
- 2D Sales job that Forbes magazine once dubbed “the original side hustle,” informally AVONREP
- 3D Ancient collection of Hindu hymns RIGVEDA
- 4D Pampers BABIES
- 5D Handled something poorly, say ERRED
- 6D Gets even with? TIES
- 7D Tac preceder SEA
- 8D At least one ANY
- 9D Substance that undergoes change, as in a lab REACTANT
- 10D Magpie lookalike with black-and-white plumage MUDLARK
- 11D Bosses (around) ORDERS
- 12D Gads about ROAMS
- 14D Figurative ability to withstand almost anything STRONGSTOMACH
- 17D Canal blocker? HEADPHONE
- 21D Milky and iridescent OPALINE
- 24D Lizard predator of Africa SANDSNAKE
- 25D Close call SCARE
- 27D Swedish American model Porizkova PAULINA
- 29D Edward who wrote and illustrated “The Gashlycrumb Tinies” GOREY
- 30D Foam designs, perhaps LATTEART
- 31D Berth places MARINAS
- 32D 19th-century German novelist Theodor FONTANE
- 33D Stressors for some H.S. seniors APTESTS
- 34D Accessory on a pub counter BEERMAT
- 35D Brunch beverage MIMOSA
- 36D Standard 1L course, informally CONLAW
- 37D Title for some fictional lords DARTH
- 38D Sugar ___ MAPLE
- 41D Choice for the undecided BOTH
- 43D Org. with a “Cryptographic Support Services” page on its website NSA
- 45D Little squirt TOT
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