NYT Crossword May 22, 2026 Answers

Across

1A Guns, so to speak 6 7A Prefix with American 4 11A Charcuterie spread 4 15A Footnote phrase 6 16A Sherwood, e.g. 9 18A Qualifier to an embarrassing question 16 20A Location for some osteoarthritis 4 21A ___-Saint-Michel (French commune on a tidal island) 4 22A Saps 5 23A Sign of desperation 3 24A Consider as one's residence 8 27A Mrs. Addams, to Mr. Addams 4 29A Val who played Iceman in "Top Gun" 6 30A Guimarães greeting 3 33A "Neato!" 6 35A "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" character ___ Linetti 4 36A Genre for Blackpink and Twice 4 37A Counteract negativity using lavish generosity 16 40A Former boy band with the members Harry, Liam, Louis, Niall and Zayn, familiarly 4 41A Bit of marginalia 4 42A Dealt with 6 43A Weight plate units: Abbr. 3 44A Place to get "pawmpered," say 6 46A Case for military police 4 47A Like the Millennium Problems of the Clay Mathematics Institute 8 49A Suffix with peace but not war 3 51A Philosopher William of ___ 5 55A Product for manscaping 4 56A Assuming that 4 57A More sizzle than steak 16 61A Infamous chess trap that ends the game in two moves 9 62A Contents of a kitchen rack 6 63A Bump on a lid 4 64A Thin board 4 65A What some streakers are charged with? 6

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1D Woodpeckers' peckers 5 2D "Really, my pleasure" 10 3D "Sticky" birthday treats? 10 4D Tahari or Saab of fashion 4 5D Blame (on) 3 6D Symbol used in summation 5 7D Classical piece said to be the inspiration for Chopin's "Fantaisie-Impromptu" 15 8D Kepler-22b or Kepler-186f, e.g. 15 9D Calypso cousin 3 10D Flat, say 3 11D Zest 4 12D Highlight ___ 4 13D ___ fussy (can be very flexible) 4 14D Some airport data, in brief 4 17D Carnivora or Lagomorpha 5 19D Word with rock or medicine 4 24D When doubled, a fluffy Chinese dog 4 25D Hilton competitor 4 26D Is 5 28D Went (for) 4 30D Workplace with few barriers 10 31D Became tarnished 10 32D Lhasa ___ 4 33D "I heard you the first time! Geez!" 4 34D Wrapping material in mummification 5 36D Had no doubt 4 38D Deep-fried side dish, familiarly 4 39D Unexciting, as a party 4 44D Catamounts 5 45D Like some readers 4 48D Young's partner in accounting 5 50D Rich soil deposit 5 51D Saps 4 52D Stop the bleeding, say 4 53D Sicken with sweetness 4 54D Fit 4 56D Sacred bird to the Egyptians 4 58D Info on Zillow: Abbr. 3 59D ___-El (Superman) 3 60D Shout at a Greek wedding 3