NYT Crossword Answers for May 21, 2026

NYT Crossword answers for May 21, 2026 are listed below by Across and Down clue.

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Across Answers

Gossiped-about duo View hint and explanation

ITEM

River whose southernmost source is found in Burundi View hint and explanation

NILE

Animal that expresses anger by spitting View hint and explanation

LLAMA

14A

Curbside call View hint and explanation

TAXI

15A

Egg's outline View hint and explanation

OVAL

16A

Traditional Vietnamese garment whose name means "long shirt" View hint and explanation

AODAI

17A

0 Eminem single with lines from his "biggest fan" View hint and explanation

STAN

18A

St. Benedict, for one View hint and explanation

MONK

19A

Central meeting points View hint and explanation

NODES

20A

timiL View hint and explanation

BACKWARDSCAP

23A

¢ or $1: Abbr. View hint and explanation

AMT

24A

Fish more formally known as a batomorph View hint and explanation

RAY

25A

Capital of Portugal, to natives View hint and explanation

LISBOA

29A

Crown of jewels View hint and explanation

DIADEM

31A

Penultimate Greek letter View hint and explanation

PSI

33A

One of four seen on Leonardo da Vinci's "Vitruvian Man" View hint and explanation

ARM

34A

Goat's cry View hint and explanation

MAA

35A

Golfer's suppor- View hint and explanation

CUTOFFTEE

38A

Move like a fox View hint and explanation

SKULK

40A

Get a lode of this! View hint and explanation

ORE

41A

John from Britain View hint and explanation

ELTON

42A

Evade View hint and explanation

MINISKIRT

44A

"Bad" beginning View hint and explanation

MAL

45A

Like news that everyone already knows View hint and explanation

OLD

46A

Legal boundaries? View hint and explanation

ELS

47A

Kind of cat with a black-and-white coat View hint and explanation

TUXEDO

50A

More melted, as a marshmallow View hint and explanation

GOOIER

53A

Tree alongside a ski run View hint and explanation

FIR

54A

Bro, e.g. View hint and explanation

SIB

55A

P | u | n | c | h | e | s View hint and explanation

STRIPEDSOCKS

59A

Sound of a perfect basketball shot View hint and explanation

SWISH

62A

"Beware the ___ of a patient man": John Dryden View hint and explanation

FURY

63A

Ordered View hint and explanation

BADE

64A

Increase, as interest View hint and explanation

PIQUE

65A

German Ms. View hint and explanation

FRAU

66A

Pupil's surroundings View hint and explanation

IRIS

67A

Environmentalist Adams View hint and explanation

ANSEL

68A

Site for many stars? View hint and explanation

YELP

69A

Sounds of disapproval View hint and explanation

TSKS

200A

Eminem single with lines from his "biggest fan" View hint and explanation

STAN

Down Answers

Short negative review View hint and explanation

ITSBAD

Floor covering in a Japanese tearoom View hint and explanation

TATAMI

"Bingo!" View hint and explanation

EXACTAMUNDO

Stole material View hint and explanation

MINK

Southern denial View hint and explanation

NOMAAM

Something tickled on a piano View hint and explanation

IVORY

"Buy ___. They're not making it anymore" (old saying) View hint and explanation

LAND

Philanthropic group with a clock face in its logo View hint and explanation

ELKS

The so-called "Pineapple Isle" View hint and explanation

LANAI

10D

Goes around and around View hint and explanation

LOOPS

11D

Make sense, with "up" View hint and explanation

ADD

12D

"Maggie ___," classic folk song covered by the Beatles View hint and explanation

MAE

13D

ChatGPT, Claude, etc. View hint and explanation

AIS

21D

Inflicts View hint and explanation

WREAKS

22D

Muse of history View hint and explanation

CLIO

26D

Lasting damage from a tough experience, metaphorically View hint and explanation

BATTLESCARS

27D

Milkshake flavor View hint and explanation

OREO

28D

Gospel shout View hint and explanation

AMEN

30D

"Fountain of Milk Spreading Itself Uselessly on Three Shoes" painter, 1945 View hint and explanation

DALI

31D

Contented sounds View hint and explanation

PURRS

32D

"Changed my mind," in editing notation View hint and explanation

STET

35D

Curl View hint and explanation

COIL

36D

Hip-knee connectors View hint and explanation

FEMURS

37D

Source of linseed oil View hint and explanation

FLAX

38D

It's all a haze View hint and explanation

SMOG

39D

Drug bust unit View hint and explanation

KILO

43D

Model Miranda View hint and explanation

KERR

47D

Make neat View hint and explanation

TIDYUP

48D

Large-eyed African antelope with a duplicative name View hint and explanation

DIKDIK

49D

Fixate View hint and explanation

OBSESS

51D

Give out View hint and explanation

ISSUE

52D

Neighbor of Ricky and Lucy, on 1950s TV View hint and explanation

ETHEL

53D

Far from house-trained View hint and explanation

FERAL

56D

Dodgy View hint and explanation

IFFY

57D

% View hint and explanation

PURE

58D

End piece? View hint and explanation

OBIT

59D

Belinda's business on "The White Lotus" View hint and explanation

SPA

60D

Prevail View hint and explanation

WIN

61D

Some test figs. View hint and explanation

IQS

100D

% View hint and explanation

PURE