NYT Crossword Clues for May 6, 2026

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Across Clues

Don't believe it 3 letters / Daily

LIE Reveal Hide

Soccer great Mia 4 letters / Daily

HAMM Reveal Hide

Prepared (for) 6 letters / Daily

BRACED Reveal Hide

14A

Feature of a spy film 8 letters / Daily

INTRIGUE Reveal Hide

16A

Scalper's transaction 6 letters / Daily

RESALE Reveal Hide

17A

Prairie bloom for which a creamery is named 8 letters / Daily

BLUEBELL Reveal Hide

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DC good guy 6 letters / Daily

BATMAN Reveal Hide

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They're found in a circle 5 letters / Daily

RADII Reveal Hide

20A

Dispensary inits. 3 letters / Daily

CBD Reveal Hide

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Late spring or early summer bloom 5 letters / Daily

PEONY Reveal Hide

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Leave speechless 3 letters / Daily

AWE Reveal Hide

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Texter's "I can't even" 3 letters / Daily

SMH Reveal Hide

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In perpetuity 4 letters / Daily

EVER Reveal Hide

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Winter coat? 3 letters / Daily

ICE Reveal Hide

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Narrow margin of victory 4 letters / Daily

HAIR Reveal Hide

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Lunchbox staple, informally 3 letters / Daily

PBJ Reveal Hide

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All primes except 2 10 letters / Daily

ODDNUMBERS Reveal Hide

37A

Country nearest to the Equator without touching it 4 letters / Daily

PERU Reveal Hide

38A

Hybridized, botanically ... or like four pairs of answers in this puzzle (and the circled letters they intersect on)? 15 letters / Daily

CROSSPOLLINATED Reveal Hide

40A

"Stop right there!" 4 letters / Daily

HALT Reveal Hide

41A

"Great Scott!" 10 letters / Daily

HOLYTOLEDO Reveal Hide

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Bird adapted for silent flight 3 letters / Daily

OWL Reveal Hide

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Charging option 4 letters / Daily

VISA Reveal Hide

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Deciding periods, in brief 3 letters / Daily

OTS Reveal Hide

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Airdrops? 4 letters / Daily

MIST Reveal Hide

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[I'm a good boy!] 3 letters / Daily

ARF Reveal Hide

47A

Summer cooler 3 letters / Daily

ADE Reveal Hide

50A

Movement started by Tarana Burke in 2006 5 letters / Daily

METOO Reveal Hide

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Dip 3 letters / Daily

SAG Reveal Hide

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Philosopher William of ___ 5 letters / Daily

OCCAM Reveal Hide

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Become part of a club 6 letters / Daily

ENROLL Reveal Hide

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___ method (type of teaching) 8 letters / Daily

SOCRATIC Reveal Hide

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Bloom whose toxic nectar is one source of "mad honey" 6 letters / Daily

AZALEA Reveal Hide

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Flower found along a metaphorical path of ease 8 letters / Daily

PRIMROSE Reveal Hide

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A bad review might merit a rotten one 6 letters / Daily

TOMATO Reveal Hide

64A

Like some advice 4 letters / Daily

SAGE Reveal Hide

65A

Manhattan liquor 3 letters / Daily

RYE Reveal Hide

Down Clues

First sign of fall 5 letters / Daily

LIBRA Reveal Hide

Family tree addition 5 letters / Daily

INLAW Reveal Hide

One of 12 in a Pulitzer-winning piece by composer/pianist William Bolcom 5 letters / Daily

ETUDE Reveal Hide

Blossom in a lei 8 letters / Daily

HIBISCUS Reveal Hide

Period in history 3 letters / Daily

AGE Reveal Hide

Bed cover 5 letters / Daily

MULCH Reveal Hide

Scary Spice, by another nickname 4 letters / Daily

MELB Reveal Hide

Texter's "just a sec" 3 letters / Daily

BRB Reveal Hide

Harvesting machine 6 letters / Daily

REAPER Reveal Hide

10D

Cousin of edelweiss 5 letters / Daily

ASTER Reveal Hide

11D

Pattern based on nature, for short 4 letters / Daily

CAMO Reveal Hide

12D

Stylish flair 4 letters / Daily

ELAN Reveal Hide

13D

Turn down 4 letters / Daily

DENY Reveal Hide

15D

King, in Portuguese 3 letters / Daily

REI Reveal Hide

21D

First word from a wedding officiant 6 letters / Daily

DEARLY Reveal Hide

25D

Home of the Stax Museum of American Soul Music 7 letters / Daily

MEMPHIS Reveal Hide

27D

Alice, in Wonderland 7 letters / Daily

VISITOR Reveal Hide

28D

Part of M.I.T.: Abbr. 4 letters / Daily

INST Reveal Hide

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Very, slangily 5 letters / Daily

HELLA Reveal Hide

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Politician Buttigieg 4 letters / Daily

PETE Reveal Hide

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Partner of born 4 letters / Daily

BRED Reveal Hide

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Sport with throws 4 letters / Daily

JUDO Reveal Hide

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Siete + uno 4 letters / Daily

OCHO Reveal Hide

34D

Cry in a gunfight 4 letters / Daily

DRAW Reveal Hide

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Cutie pie 4 letters / Daily

DOLL Reveal Hide

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Gives a lift 6 letters / Daily

BOOSTS Reveal Hide

37D

Besties 4 letters / Daily

PALS Reveal Hide

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"I'll pass" 8 letters / Daily

NOTFORME Reveal Hide

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Flower found at the end of a rainbow? 6 letters / Daily

VIOLET Reveal Hide

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Cold, hard cash 5 letters / Daily

MOOLA Reveal Hide

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Ancient marketplace 5 letters / Daily

AGORA Reveal Hide

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Company man? 5 letters / Daily

ACTOR Reveal Hide

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"Link" in a botanical chain 5 letters / Daily

DAISY Reveal Hide

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Play the host 5 letters / Daily

EMCEE Reveal Hide

50D

Nitty-gritty 4 letters / Daily

MEAT Reveal Hide

51D

Automaker Ferrari 4 letters / Daily

ENZO Reveal Hide

52D

Airport transport 4 letters / Daily

TRAM Reveal Hide

54D

Some vipers 4 letters / Daily

ASPS Reveal Hide

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Viper, e.g. 3 letters / Daily

CAR Reveal Hide

58D

Language of Vientiane 3 letters / Daily

LAO Reveal Hide

60D

Smoke 3 letters / Daily

CIG Reveal Hide