NYT Crossword May 21, 2026 Answers

Across

1A Gossiped-about duo 4 5A River whose southernmost source is found in Burundi 4 9A Animal that expresses anger by spitting 5 14A Curbside call 4 15A Egg's outline 4 16A Traditional Vietnamese garment whose name means "long shirt" 5 17A 2000 Eminem single with lines from his "biggest fan" 4 18A St. Benedict, for one 4 19A Central meeting points 5 20A timiL 12 23A 50¢ or $1: Abbr. 3 24A Fish more formally known as a batomorph 3 25A Capital of Portugal, to natives 6 29A Crown of jewels 6 31A Penultimate Greek letter 3 33A One of four seen on Leonardo da Vinci's "Vitruvian Man" 3 34A Goat's cry 3 35A Golfer's suppor- 9 38A Move like a fox 5 40A Get a lode of this! 3 41A John from Britain 5 42A Evade 9 44A "Bad" beginning 3 45A Like news that everyone already knows 3 46A Legal boundaries? 3 47A Kind of cat with a black-and-white coat 6 50A More melted, as a marshmallow 6 53A Tree alongside a ski run 3 54A Bro, e.g. 3 55A P | u | n | c | h | e | s 12 59A Sound of a perfect basketball shot 5 62A "Beware the ___ of a patient man": John Dryden 4 63A Ordered 4 64A Increase, as interest 5 65A German Ms. 4 66A Pupil's surroundings 4 67A Environmentalist Adams 5 68A Site for many stars? 4 69A Sounds of disapproval 4

Down

1D Short negative review 6 2D Floor covering in a Japanese tearoom 6 3D "Bingo!" 11 4D Stole material 4 5D Southern denial 6 6D Something tickled on a piano 5 7D "Buy ___. They're not making it anymore" (old saying) 4 8D Philanthropic group with a clock face in its logo 4 9D The so-called "Pineapple Isle" 5 10D Goes around and around 5 11D Make sense, with "up" 3 12D "Maggie ___," classic folk song covered by the Beatles 3 13D ChatGPT, Claude, etc. 3 21D Inflicts 6 22D Muse of history 4 26D Lasting damage from a tough experience, metaphorically 11 27D Milkshake flavor 4 28D Gospel shout 4 30D "Fountain of Milk Spreading Itself Uselessly on Three Shoes" painter, 1945 4 31D Contented sounds 5 32D "Changed my mind," in editing notation 4 35D Curl 4 36D Hip-knee connectors 6 37D Source of linseed oil 4 38D It's all a haze 4 39D Drug bust unit 4 43D Model Miranda 4 47D Make neat 6 48D Large-eyed African antelope with a duplicative name 6 49D Fixate 6 51D Give out 5 52D Neighbor of Ricky and Lucy, on 1950s TV 5 53D Far from house-trained 5 56D Dodgy 4 57D 100% 4 58D End piece? 4 59D Belinda's business on "The White Lotus" 3 60D Prevail 3 61D Some test figs. 3