NYT Crossword May 6, 2026 Answers

Across

1A Don't believe it 3 4A Soccer great Mia 4 8A Prepared (for) 6 14A Feature of a spy film 8 16A Scalper's transaction 6 17A Prairie bloom for which a creamery is named 8 18A DC good guy 6 19A They're found in a circle 5 20A Dispensary inits. 3 22A Late spring or early summer bloom 5 23A Leave speechless 3 24A Texter's "I can't even" 3 26A In perpetuity 4 28A Winter coat? 3 29A Narrow margin of victory 4 30A Lunchbox staple, informally 3 33A All primes except 2 10 37A Country nearest to the Equator without touching it 4 38A Hybridized, botanically … or like four pairs of answers in this puzzle (and the circled letters they intersect on)? 15 40A "Stop right there!" 4 41A "Great Scott!" 10 42A Bird adapted for silent flight 3 43A Charging option 4 44A Deciding periods, in brief 3 45A Airdrops? 4 46A [I'm a good boy!] 3 47A Summer cooler 3 50A Movement started by Tarana Burke in 2006 5 53A Dip 3 55A Philosopher William of ___ 5 57A Become part of a club 6 59A ___ method (type of teaching) 8 61A Bloom whose toxic nectar is one source of "mad honey" 6 62A Flower found along a metaphorical path of ease 8 63A A bad review might merit a rotten one 6 64A Like some advice 4 65A Manhattan liquor 3

Down

1D First sign of fall 5 2D Family tree addition 5 3D One of 12 in a Pulitzer-winning piece by composer/pianist William Bolcom 5 4D Blossom in a lei 8 5D Period in history 3 6D Bed cover 5 7D Scary Spice, by another nickname 4 8D Texter's "just a sec" 3 9D Harvesting machine 6 10D Cousin of edelweiss 5 11D Pattern based on nature, for short 4 12D Stylish flair 4 13D Turn down 4 15D King, in Portuguese 3 21D First word from a wedding officiant 6 25D Home of the Stax Museum of American Soul Music 7 27D Alice, in Wonderland 7 28D Part of M.I.T.: Abbr. 4 29D Very, slangily 5 30D Politician Buttigieg 4 31D Partner of born 4 32D Sport with throws 4 33D Siete + uno 4 34D Cry in a gunfight 4 35D Cutie pie 4 36D Gives a lift 6 37D Besties 4 39D "I'll pass" 8 43D Flower found at the end of a rainbow? 6 45D Cold, hard cash 5 46D Ancient marketplace 5 47D Company man? 5 48D "Link" in a botanical chain 5 49D Play the host 5 50D Nitty-gritty 4 51D Automaker Ferrari 4 52D Airport transport 4 54D Some vipers 4 56D Viper, e.g. 3 58D Language of Vientiane 3 60D Smoke 3