NYT Crossword Answers for May 28, 2026

NYT Crossword answers for May 28, 2026 are listed below by Across and Down clue.

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Across Answers

Surname of two Indian prime ministers View hint and explanation

GANDHI

nd 8 go into 42, for example? View hint and explanation

FACTORFICTION

Fly-by-night types? View hint and explanation

OWLS

11A

Go (for) View hint and explanation

OPT

14A

Drew Carey, Halle Berry or Guy Fieri, originally View hint and explanation

OHIOAN

15A

Baroque instrument View hint and explanation

VIOL

16A

Long-handled gardening tool or immoral pleasure seeker, per contestant Ken Jennings on "Jeopardy!" (incorrectly) View hint and explanation

HOE

17A

Walking-around money for Pavarotti? View hint and explanation

TENORTWENTY

19A

Veto View hint and explanation

NIX

20A

Whistling stickup man on "The Wire" View hint and explanation

OMAR

21A

Cry of frustration View hint and explanation

AARGH

22A

McGwire's rival in 1990s M.L.B. View hint and explanation

SOSA

23A

Hajj destination View hint and explanation

MECCA

25A

Baseball team formerly known as the Colt .45s View hint and explanation

ASTROS

27A

Preacher's gift? View hint and explanation

PASTORPRESENT

29A

Fly catcher? View hint and explanation

MITT

30A

Kind of a drag? View hint and explanation

MAIN

31A

Parrot View hint and explanation

APE

32A

Perceptive View hint and explanation

SENSATE

35A

Icy passage to Antarctica's McMurdo Station View hint and explanation

ROSSSEA

37A

Get ___ (shine scholastically) View hint and explanation

ANA

38A

Muscle exercised with a shoulder press, familiarly View hint and explanation

DELT

40A

Billionaire Musk View hint and explanation

ELON

41A

and 8 go into 42, for example? View hint and explanation

FACTORFICTION

45A

Fan of "I" statements View hint and explanation

EGOIST

46A

Dissect with a diagram View hint and explanation

PARSE

47A

"___, actually ..." View hint and explanation

WELL

48A

Start of many first-year course names View hint and explanation

INTRO

50A

Lawman who got out of Dodge View hint and explanation

EARP

54A

minuti View hint and explanation

ORA

55A

Local leader is prohibited? View hint and explanation

MAYORMAYNOT

57A

Clear View hint and explanation

RID

58A

Bum around Europe View hint and explanation

ARSE

59A

Intentional creases View hint and explanation

PLEATS

60A

Org. targeting Walter White on "Breaking Bad" View hint and explanation

DEA

61A

Changes the locks? View hint and explanation

DYES

62A

Acted all crabby? View hint and explanation

SIDLED

Down Answers

Programming statement that can result in spaghetti code View hint and explanation

GOTO

[Excuse me] View hint and explanation

AHEM

Totenberg of public radio View hint and explanation

NINA

People who get walked all over View hint and explanation

DOORMATS

Bit of a laugh View hint and explanation

HAR

Not separated View hint and explanation

INTACT

Throwing style View hint and explanation

OVERARM

Bit of a lark View hint and explanation

WING

Lady-killer View hint and explanation

LOTHARIO

10D

Machiavellian, in a way View hint and explanation

SLY

11D

Answer to "Why's your report card in the trash?" View hint and explanation

OHNOREASON

12D

Written with venom View hint and explanation

POISONPEN

13D

Oil, they say View hint and explanation

TEXASTEA

18D

Birthplace of Dr Pepper View hint and explanation

WACO

22D

Fremont and Folsom in S.F., for two View hint and explanation

STS

24D

México's Tabasco, Jalisco and others View hint and explanation

ESTADOS

26D

Guardians of bushido tradition View hint and explanation

SENSEIS

27D

National drink of Puerto Rico View hint and explanation

PINACOLADA

28D

Two, for many a putt-putt hole View hint and explanation

PAR

29D

It's a zoo out there View hint and explanation

MENAGERIE

32D

Blue stop sign? View hint and explanation

SAFEWORD

33D

Third in order View hint and explanation

TERTIARY

34D

Resident of Rivendell, in Tolkien View hint and explanation

ELF

36D

Dark and sultry, like a femme fatale's gaze View hint and explanation

SLOEEYED

39D

Comes on little cat feet View hint and explanation

TIPTOES

42D

"___ death do us part" View hint and explanation

TIL

43D

Comedian Jimmy View hint and explanation

CARR

44D

Opposite of 39-Down View hint and explanation

TROMPS

49D

Where to look if you're looking for LUV (i.e., Southwest Airlines) View hint and explanation

NYSE

51D

Fussbudgety, say View hint and explanation

ANAL

52D

Mindless repetition View hint and explanation

ROTE

53D

Affliction for many first responders, in brief View hint and explanation

PTSD

55D

"Spy vs. Spy" magazine View hint and explanation

MAD

56D

Who said "I'm so mean I make medicine sick" View hint and explanation

ALI