NYT Crossword May 28, 2026 Answers

Across

1A Surname of two Indian prime ministers 6 7A Fly-by-night types? 4 11A Go (for) 3 14A Drew Carey, Halle Berry or Guy Fieri, originally 6 15A Baroque instrument 4 16A Long-handled gardening tool or immoral pleasure seeker, per contestant Ken Jennings on "Jeopardy!" (incorrectly) 3 17A Walking-around money for Pavarotti? 11 19A Veto 3 20A Whistling stickup man on "The Wire" 4 21A Cry of frustration 5 22A McGwire's rival in 1990s M.L.B. 4 23A Hajj destination 5 25A Baseball team formerly known as the Colt .45s 6 27A Preacher's gift? 13 29A Fly catcher? 4 30A Kind of a drag? 4 31A Parrot 3 32A Perceptive 7 35A Icy passage to Antarctica's McMurdo Station 7 37A Get ___ (shine scholastically) 3 38A Muscle exercised with a shoulder press, familiarly 4 40A Billionaire Musk 4 41A 5 and 8 go into 42, for example? 13 45A Fan of "I" statements 6 46A Dissect with a diagram 5 47A "___, actually ..." 4 48A Start of many first-year course names 5 50A Lawman who got out of Dodge 4 54A 60 minuti 3 55A Local leader is prohibited? 11 57A Clear 3 58A Bum around Europe 4 59A Intentional creases 6 60A Org. targeting Walter White on "Breaking Bad" 3 61A Changes the locks? 4 62A Acted all crabby? 6

Down

1D Programming statement that can result in spaghetti code 4 2D [Excuse me] 4 3D Totenberg of public radio 4 4D People who get walked all over 8 5D Bit of a laugh 3 6D Not separated 6 7D Throwing style 7 8D Bit of a lark 4 9D Lady-killer 8 10D Machiavellian, in a way 3 11D Answer to "Why's your report card in the trash?" 10 12D Written with venom 9 13D Oil, they say 8 18D Birthplace of Dr Pepper 4 22D Fremont and Folsom in S.F., for two 3 24D México's Tabasco, Jalisco and others 7 26D Guardians of bushido tradition 7 27D National drink of Puerto Rico 10 28D Two, for many a putt-putt hole 3 29D It's a zoo out there 9 32D Blue stop sign? 8 33D Third in order 8 34D Resident of Rivendell, in Tolkien 3 36D Dark and sultry, like a femme fatale's gaze 8 39D Comes on little cat feet 7 42D "___ death do us part" 3 43D Comedian Jimmy 4 44D Opposite of 39-Down 6 49D Where to look if you're looking for LUV (i.e., Southwest Airlines) 4 51D Fussbudgety, say 4 52D Mindless repetition 4 53D Affliction for many first responders, in brief 4 55D "Spy vs. Spy" magazine 3 56D Who said "I'm so mean I make medicine sick" 3