NYT Crossword Clues for May 31, 2026

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Across Clues

Sacsayhuamán fortress builders 5 letters / Daily

INCAS Reveal Hide

Literary forerunner of Captain Hook 4 letters / Daily

AHAB Reveal Hide

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Many an Alpha Beta in "Revenge of the Nerds" 4 letters / Daily

JOCK Reveal Hide

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Help-wanted letters 3 letters / Daily

SOS Reveal Hide

17A

Fermented vegan protein 6 letters / Daily

TEMPEH Reveal Hide

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Wrestler/actor John 4 letters / Daily

CENA Reveal Hide

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Coin with 12 stars around the border 4 letters / Daily

EURO Reveal Hide

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Align 4 letters / Daily

SYNC Reveal Hide

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Home of the legendary folk hero at 116-Across 11 letters / Daily

SWITZERLAND Reveal Hide

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One involved with checks and balances 9 letters / Daily

TREASURER Reveal Hide

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Without 4 letters / Daily

SANS Reveal Hide

27A

Green spaces 8 letters / Daily

PASTURES Reveal Hide

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Hero of Arabian tales 7 letters / Daily

ALIBABA Reveal Hide

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In the past 3 letters / Daily

AGO Reveal Hide

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___ Mahal 3 letters / Daily

TAJ Reveal Hide

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Expertise demonstrated by 116-Across in a fabled feat of precision 12 letters / Daily

MARKSMANSHIP Reveal Hide

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Home Run ___ (annual M.L.B. event) 5 letters / Daily

DERBY Reveal Hide

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D.O.J. agency 3 letters / Daily

ATF Reveal Hide

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Fuel-efficient Toyota 5 letters / Daily

PRIUS Reveal Hide

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Main ideas 5 letters / Daily

GISTS Reveal Hide

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Athletic skill mastered by 116-Across 7 letters / Daily

ARCHERY Reveal Hide

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W-9 fig. 3 letters / Daily

SSN Reveal Hide

45A

Banned substance, in sports lingo 3 letters / Daily

PED Reveal Hide

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Diego Rivera project 5 letters / Daily

MURAL Reveal Hide

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Apt name for a lawyer 3 letters / Daily

SUE Reveal Hide

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Laughed loudly 6 letters / Daily

ROARED Reveal Hide

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N.C.A.A. hoops powerhouse 3 letters / Daily

UNC Reveal Hide

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Like the Statue of Liberty at night 5 letters / Daily

UPLIT Reveal Hide

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Beatle who sang "Yellow Submarine" 5 letters / Daily

STARR Reveal Hide

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Sailor's septet 4 letters / Daily

SEAS Reveal Hide

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Go-getter's opposite 8 letters / Daily

DEADBEAT Reveal Hide

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Through 3 letters / Daily

VIA Reveal Hide

63A

"Drat!," in Dortmund 3 letters / Daily

ACH Reveal Hide

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"The Situation Room" airer 3 letters / Daily

CNN Reveal Hide

66A

Chirruping bird 7 letters / Daily

SPARROW Reveal Hide

67A

Pat down 5 letters / Daily

FRISK Reveal Hide

69A

City sobriquet that might describe the target for 116-Across, as depicted in this puzzle 11 letters / Daily

THEBIGAPPLE Reveal Hide

71A

Stuff in a puff 3 letters / Daily

AIR Reveal Hide

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She-ep? 3 letters / Daily

EWE Reveal Hide

73A

Home to the Burj Khalifa, in brief 3 letters / Daily

UAE Reveal Hide

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Appointments that may lead to better contacts 8 letters / Daily

EYEEXAMS Reveal Hide

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Dampens 4 letters / Daily

WETS Reveal Hide

78A

"Whoa, ___!" 5 letters / Daily

NELLY Reveal Hide

80A

Bel ___ cheese 5 letters / Daily

PAESE Reveal Hide

81A

Instinctive 3 letters / Daily

GUT Reveal Hide

82A

Religious dissent 6 letters / Daily

HERESY Reveal Hide

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$5 bill, slangily 3 letters / Daily

ABE Reveal Hide

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Actress Spacek 5 letters / Daily

SISSY Reveal Hide

87A

Negative logic gate in electrical engineering 3 letters / Daily

NOR Reveal Hide

88A

Cartesian conclusion 3 letters / Daily

IAM Reveal Hide

91A

Composer of an overture dedicated to 116-Across 7 letters / Daily

ROSSINI Reveal Hide

93A

Gets lost 5 letters / Daily

SCATS Reveal Hide

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Came to a conclusion 5 letters / Daily

ENDED Reveal Hide

98A

"Doctor ___" 3 letters / Daily

WHO Reveal Hide

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Start of an encrypted URL 5 letters / Daily

HTTPS Reveal Hide

103A

Streaker in the night sky ... or a punny description of 116-Across 12 letters / Daily

SHOOTINGSTAR Reveal Hide

106A

Acid 3 letters / Daily

LSD Reveal Hide

108A

Unprocessed, as data 3 letters / Daily

RAW Reveal Hide

109A

Inspiration for many seasonal festivals 7 letters / Daily

HARVEST Reveal Hide

110A

Oscar-winning 2019 film directed by Bong Joon Ho 8 letters / Daily

PARASITE Reveal Hide

113A

Smoke, perhaps 4 letters / Daily

CURE Reveal Hide

114A

What may begin at the end 9 letters / Daily

AFTERLIFE Reveal Hide

116A

Legendary figure who's the subject of this puzzle 11 letters / Daily

WILLIAMTELL Reveal Hide

118A

Orchard selection 4 letters / Daily

PEAR Reveal Hide

119A

Lot calculation 4 letters / Daily

AREA Reveal Hide

120A

"All's well with me" 4 letters / Daily

IMOK Reveal Hide

121A

Human 6 letters / Daily

MORTAL Reveal Hide

122A

Masthead figs. 3 letters / Daily

EDS Reveal Hide

123A

Timid 4 letters / Daily

MEEK Reveal Hide

124A

Quibbles 4 letters / Daily

NITS Reveal Hide

125A

Ruses 5 letters / Daily

PLOYS Reveal Hide

Down Clues

"What a bummer" 6 letters / Daily

ITSSAD Reveal Hide

À la Enya 6 letters / Daily

NEWAGE Reveal Hide

Key with three flats 6 letters / Daily

CMINOR Reveal Hide

Studios and penthouses: Abbr. 4 letters / Daily

APTS Reveal Hide

"___ me!" 3 letters / Daily

SEZ Reveal Hide

Knee parts, for short 4 letters / Daily

ACLS Reveal Hide

Part of a track meet 4 letters / Daily

HEAT Reveal Hide

Per ___ (accounting term) 5 letters / Daily

ANNUM Reveal Hide

Undeserved condemnation 6 letters / Daily

BADRAP Reveal Hide

10D

Watercraft that leave "rooster tails" in their wakes 7 letters / Daily

JETSKIS Reveal Hide

11D

"___ home and native land!" 3 letters / Daily

OUR Reveal Hide

12D

Absolutely whomps, in sports lingo 6 letters / Daily

CREAMS Reveal Hide

13D

"Bear" that's not a bear 5 letters / Daily

KOALA Reveal Hide

14D

Some red wines 6 letters / Daily

SYRAHS Reveal Hide

15D

Smallest quantity of digital data 6 letters / Daily

ONEBIT Reveal Hide

16D

Abandons, as a project 6 letters / Daily

SCRAPS Reveal Hide

18D

Purifying filter acronym 4 letters / Daily

HEPA Reveal Hide

21D

Eases 8 letters / Daily

SUBSIDES Reveal Hide

23D

Jasmine's tiger companion in "Aladdin" 5 letters / Daily

RAJAH Reveal Hide

25D

Big name in sewing machines 6 letters / Daily

SINGER Reveal Hide

28D

Messes up 4 letters / Daily

ERRS Reveal Hide

31D

TV host Banks 4 letters / Daily

TYRA Reveal Hide

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Longtime jazz bandleader with an Egyptian-inspired name 5 letters / Daily

SUNRA Reveal Hide

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Where Cary Grant orders a Gibson in a classic scene from "North by Northwest" 6 letters / Daily

BARCAR Reveal Hide

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Magnetic unit named for an inventor 5 letters / Daily

TESLA Reveal Hide

38D

Productive ... or a punny description of the feat performed by 116-Across? 8 letters / Daily

FRUITFUL Reveal Hide

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Many a liquor license applicant 9 letters / Daily

CLUBOWNER Reveal Hide

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As of now 3 letters / Daily

YET Reveal Hide

45D

Board game with ancient origins 9 letters / Daily

PARCHEESI Reveal Hide

46D

Gooey chocolate dessert 6 letters / Daily

MUDPIE Reveal Hide

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Discover 7 letters / Daily

UNEARTH Reveal Hide

50D

Holds forth 6 letters / Daily

ORATES Reveal Hide

51D

Tenth, in Latin 7 letters / Daily

DECIMUS Reveal Hide

54D

Small flycatchers named for their call, not their size 6 letters / Daily

PEWEES Reveal Hide

55D

Bro kin 3 letters / Daily

SIS Reveal Hide

56D

What 116-Across did before and after this puzzle's feat? 8 letters / Daily

TAKEABOW Reveal Hide

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Dread-full? 6 letters / Daily

ANGSTY Reveal Hide

59D

Popular beverage brand 7 letters / Daily

SNAPPLE Reveal Hide

61D

Dr. ___ 3 letters / Daily

DRE Reveal Hide

62D

Compete 3 letters / Daily

VIE Reveal Hide

64D

Bad spelling? 3 letters / Daily

HEX Reveal Hide

66D

Lead-in to bones or bucks 3 letters / Daily

SAW Reveal Hide

68D

Sunbeam 3 letters / Daily

RAY Reveal Hide

70D

Abandons a project, slangily 6 letters / Daily

BAGSIT Reveal Hide

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"Oy!" 5 letters / Daily

YEESH Reveal Hide

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Forwarded 8 letters / Daily

SENTOVER Reveal Hide

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Full of tall tales 5 letters / Daily

LYING Reveal Hide

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It's better than a bogey 3 letters / Daily

PAR Reveal Hide

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Team lineup 6 letters / Daily

ROSTER Reveal Hide

86D

Like most modern TV broadcasts 4 letters / Daily

INHD Reveal Hide

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"Money-back guarantee" and "Limited-time offer" 7 letters / Daily

ADSPEAK Reveal Hide

90D

Self-referential 4 letters / Daily

META Reveal Hide

92D

Conductor Georg 5 letters / Daily

SOLTI Reveal Hide

93D

Snaky double curve 6 letters / Daily

SSHAPE Reveal Hide

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Really irritated 6 letters / Daily

CHAFED Reveal Hide

95D

Main lines 6 letters / Daily

AORTAS Reveal Hide

96D

Full 6 letters / Daily

ENTIRE Reveal Hide

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Australian city named for a scientist 6 letters / Daily

DARWIN Reveal Hide

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Closely following 6 letters / Daily

TRUETO Reveal Hide

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Gambler's combo bet 6 letters / Daily

PARLAY Reveal Hide

102D

Waves sought by surfers 6 letters / Daily

SWELLS Reveal Hide

104D

Five Pillars religion 5 letters / Daily

ISLAM Reveal Hide

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"Spider-Man" director Sam 5 letters / Daily

RAIMI Reveal Hide

107D

Stitcher's line 4 letters / Daily

SEAM Reveal Hide

111D

Tee time or airtime, e.g. 4 letters / Daily

SLOT Reveal Hide

112D

Sorts 4 letters / Daily

ILKS Reveal Hide

113D

Corner key 4 letters / Daily

CTRL Reveal Hide

115D

Toll 3 letters / Daily

FEE Reveal Hide

117D

Bucket list item? 3 letters / Daily

MOP Reveal Hide