NYT Crossword May 8, 2026 Answers

Across

1A Criticizes, in modern lingo 7 8A Unruffled 6 14A "Not to worry ..." 8 16A Chichi 6 17A One away from one's duties? 8 18A French exit 6 19A Hollywood is on it: Abbr. 3 20A Secures, in a way 5 22A Flubs 5 23A Create a crispy crust for, say 7 25A Coolers, for short 3 26A "Jeez!" 5 29A Touchy topic 8 31A One of two in Raphael's "Sistine Madonna" 6 33A Cartoonist who popularized the Democratic donkey 4 34A "Bad hair day" hair 3 36A Address no longer than 18 minutes 7 38A Prepares for company, maybe 7 40A Networking assets 3 41A Second City district, with "the" 4 43A Plumbing and welding, e.g. 6 44A Really nasty fall? 8 47A Date unlikely to be on a calendar 5 48A Mammoth's home, for short 3 49A Where to go for a run 7 51A Peabody-winning journalist Steve 5 53A Many a Chilango 5 54A Formula 1 fig. 3 57A "I'm this-a way!" 6 59A Great depression? 8 61A "Would you look at the time?!" 6 62A Scrumdiddlyumptious 8 63A Like some interests and stocks 6 64A Feeds the kitty, say 7

Down

1D It's usually followed by an "s" 4 2D Indicators of awareness 4 3D Ding thing? 4 4D Bygone "before" 3 5D Books that go into intimate detail? 10 6D It might bring you to tears 5 7D "Good riddance" 6 8D Jerk 3 9D All slam dunks 4 10D Accessory turned down on a cap 6 11D Humor without a traditional punch line 10 12D Create ripple effects, in a way 10 13D Scallops can have hundreds of tiny blue ones 4 15D "It's a date!" 6 21D It's a wrap! 5 23D Hairstylist's concern 4 24D Go back to the beginning 5 26D Whence the line "Beware the ides of March" in "Julius Caesar" 4 27D Comment from one who's going along 10 28D Where to see fresh coats of white? 10 30D First gear? 10 32D Rorschach patterns 5 35D "I'm this-a way!" 4 37D Goofballs 5 39D ___ Theatre, Atlanta art house named for a fictional estate 4 42D White-collar figure 6 45D Pointy-topped red-and-green headwear 6 46D Tuber that's the source of tapioca 6 50D ___ Rousey, first American woman to win an Olympic medal in judo 5 51D National capital that's home to Mykhailivska Square 4 52D Schlep 4 54D ___ Annan, former U.N. secretary general 4 55D Something that's hatched 4 56D Half of some matching sets 4 58D Work that traces the evolution of lang. over 1,000 years 3 60D "And ___ long gone when ___ next to me" (Taylor Swift lyric) 3