NYT Crossword Answers 05/06/26

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NYT Across Clues

• 1A Don’t believe it LIE
• 4A Soccer great Mia HAMM
• 8A Prepared (for) BRACED
• 14A Feature of a spy film INTRIGUE
• 16A Scalper’s transaction RESALE
• 17A Prairie bloom for which a creamery is named BLUEBELL
• 18A DC good guy BATMAN
• 19A They’re found in a circle RADII
• 20A Dispensary inits. CBD
• 22A Late spring or early summer bloom PEONY
• 23A Leave speechless AWE
• 24A Texter’s “I can’t even” SMH
• 26A In perpetuity EVER
• 28A Winter coat? ICE
• 29A Narrow margin of victory HAIR
• 30A Lunchbox staple, informally PBJ
• 33A All primes except 2 ODDNUMBERS
• 37A Country nearest to the Equator without touching it PERU
• 38A Hybridized, botanically ? or like four pairs of answers in this puzzle (and the circled letters they intersect on)? CROSSPOLLINATED
• 40A “Stop right there!” HALT
• 41A “Great Scott!” HOLYTOLEDO
• 42A Bird adapted for silent flight OWL
• 43A Charging option VISA
• 44A Deciding periods, in brief OTS
• 45A Airdrops? MIST
• 46A [I’m a good boy!] ARF
• 47A Summer cooler ADE
• 50A Movement started by Tarana Burke in 2006 METOO
• 53A Dip SAG
• 55A Philosopher William of ___ OCCAM
• 57A Become part of a club ENROLL
• 59A ___ method (type of teaching) SOCRATIC
• 61A Bloom whose toxic nectar is one source of “mad honey” AZALEA
• 62A Flower found along a metaphorical path of ease PRIMROSE
• 63A A bad review might merit a rotten one TOMATO
• 64A Like some advice SAGE
• 65A Manhattan liquor RYE

NYT Vertical Clues

• 1D First sign of fall LIBRA
• 2D Family tree addition INLAW
• 3D One of 12 in a Pulitzer-winning piece by composer/pianist William Bolcom ETUDE
• 4D Blossom in a lei HIBISCUS
• 5D Period in history AGE
• 6D Bed cover MULCH
• 7D Scary Spice, by another nickname MELB
• 8D Texter’s “just a sec” BRB
• 9D Harvesting machine REAPER
• 10D Cousin of edelweiss ASTER
• 11D Pattern based on nature, for short CAMO
• 12D Stylish flair ELAN
• 13D Turn down DENY
• 15D King, in Portuguese REI
• 21D First word from a wedding officiant DEARLY
• 25D Home of the Stax Museum of American Soul Music MEMPHIS
• 27D Alice, in Wonderland VISITOR
• 28D Part of M.I.T.: Abbr. INST
• 29D Very, slangily HELLA
• 30D Politician Buttigieg PETE
• 31D Partner of born BRED
• 32D Sport with throws JUDO
• 33D Siete + uno OCHO
• 34D Cry in a gunfight DRAW
• 35D Cutie pie DOLL
• 36D Gives a lift BOOSTS
• 37D Besties PALS
• 39D “I’ll pass” NOTFORME
• 43D Flower found at the end of a rainbow? VIOLET
• 45D Cold, hard cash MOOLA
• 46D Ancient marketplace AGORA
• 47D Company man? ACTOR
• 48D “Link” in a botanical chain DAISY
• 49D Play the host EMCEE
• 50D Nitty-gritty MEAT
• 51D Automaker Ferrari ENZO
• 52D Airport transport TRAM
• 54D Some vipers ASPS
• 56D Viper, e.g. CAR
• 58D Language of Vientiane LAO
• 60D Smoke CIG