NYT Crossword Clues for May 21, 2026

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Across Clues

Gossiped-about duo 4 letters / Daily

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River whose southernmost source is found in Burundi 4 letters / Daily

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Animal that expresses anger by spitting 5 letters / Daily

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Curbside call 4 letters / Daily

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Egg's outline 4 letters / Daily

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Traditional Vietnamese garment whose name means "long shirt" 5 letters / Daily

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0 Eminem single with lines from his "biggest fan" 4 letters / Daily

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St. Benedict, for one 4 letters / Daily

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Central meeting points 5 letters / Daily

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timiL 12 letters / Daily

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¢ or $1: Abbr. 3 letters / Daily

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Fish more formally known as a batomorph 3 letters / Daily

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Capital of Portugal, to natives 6 letters / Daily

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Crown of jewels 6 letters / Daily

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Penultimate Greek letter 3 letters / Daily

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One of four seen on Leonardo da Vinci's "Vitruvian Man" 3 letters / Daily

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Goat's cry 3 letters / Daily

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Golfer's suppor- 9 letters / Daily

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Move like a fox 5 letters / Daily

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Get a lode of this! 3 letters / Daily

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John from Britain 5 letters / Daily

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Evade 9 letters / Daily

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"Bad" beginning 3 letters / Daily

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Like news that everyone already knows 3 letters / Daily

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Legal boundaries? 3 letters / Daily

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Kind of cat with a black-and-white coat 6 letters / Daily

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More melted, as a marshmallow 6 letters / Daily

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Tree alongside a ski run 3 letters / Daily

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Bro, e.g. 3 letters / Daily

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P | u | n | c | h | e | s 12 letters / Daily

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Sound of a perfect basketball shot 5 letters / Daily

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"Beware the ___ of a patient man": John Dryden 4 letters / Daily

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Ordered 4 letters / Daily

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Increase, as interest 5 letters / Daily

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German Ms. 4 letters / Daily

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Pupil's surroundings 4 letters / Daily

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Environmentalist Adams 5 letters / Daily

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Site for many stars? 4 letters / Daily

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Sounds of disapproval 4 letters / Daily

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Eminem single with lines from his "biggest fan" 4 letters / Daily

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Down Clues

Short negative review 6 letters / Daily

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Floor covering in a Japanese tearoom 6 letters / Daily

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"Bingo!" 11 letters / Daily

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Stole material 4 letters / Daily

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Southern denial 6 letters / Daily

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Something tickled on a piano 5 letters / Daily

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"Buy ___. They're not making it anymore" (old saying) 4 letters / Daily

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Philanthropic group with a clock face in its logo 4 letters / Daily

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The so-called "Pineapple Isle" 5 letters / Daily

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Goes around and around 5 letters / Daily

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Make sense, with "up" 3 letters / Daily

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"Maggie ___," classic folk song covered by the Beatles 3 letters / Daily

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ChatGPT, Claude, etc. 3 letters / Daily

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Inflicts 6 letters / Daily

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Muse of history 4 letters / Daily

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Lasting damage from a tough experience, metaphorically 11 letters / Daily

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Milkshake flavor 4 letters / Daily

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Gospel shout 4 letters / Daily

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"Fountain of Milk Spreading Itself Uselessly on Three Shoes" painter, 1945 4 letters / Daily

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Contented sounds 5 letters / Daily

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"Changed my mind," in editing notation 4 letters / Daily

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Curl 4 letters / Daily

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Hip-knee connectors 6 letters / Daily

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Source of linseed oil 4 letters / Daily

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It's all a haze 4 letters / Daily

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Drug bust unit 4 letters / Daily

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Model Miranda 4 letters / Daily

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Make neat 6 letters / Daily

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Large-eyed African antelope with a duplicative name 6 letters / Daily

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Fixate 6 letters / Daily

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Give out 5 letters / Daily

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Neighbor of Ricky and Lucy, on 1950s TV 5 letters / Daily

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Far from house-trained 5 letters / Daily

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Dodgy 4 letters / Daily

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% 4 letters / Daily

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End piece? 4 letters / Daily

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Belinda's business on "The White Lotus" 3 letters / Daily

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Prevail 3 letters / Daily

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Some test figs. 3 letters / Daily

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% 4 letters / Daily

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