NYT Crossword Clues for May 8, 2026

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Across Clues

Criticizes, in modern lingo 7 letters / Daily

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Unruffled 6 letters / Daily

ATEASE Reveal Hide

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"Not to worry ..." 8 letters / Daily

THERENOW Reveal Hide

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Chichi 6 letters / Daily

SWANKY Reveal Hide

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One away from one's duties? 8 letters / Daily

TAXEXILE Reveal Hide

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French exit 6 letters / Daily

SORTIE Reveal Hide

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Hollywood is on it: Abbr. 3 letters / Daily

PST Reveal Hide

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Secures, in a way 5 letters / Daily

MOORS Reveal Hide

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Flubs 5 letters / Daily

SLIPS Reveal Hide

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Create a crispy crust for, say 7 letters / Daily

PANSEAR Reveal Hide

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Coolers, for short 3 letters / Daily

ACS Reveal Hide

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"Jeez!" 5 letters / Daily

AWMAN Reveal Hide

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Touchy topic 8 letters / Daily

SORESPOT Reveal Hide

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One of two in Raphael's "Sistine Madonna" 6 letters / Daily

CHERUB Reveal Hide

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Cartoonist who popularized the Democratic donkey 4 letters / Daily

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"Bad hair day" hair 3 letters / Daily

MOP Reveal Hide

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Address no longer than 18 minutes 7 letters / Daily

TEDTALK Reveal Hide

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Prepares for company, maybe 7 letters / Daily

NEATENS Reveal Hide

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Networking assets 3 letters / Daily

INS Reveal Hide

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Second City district, with "the" 4 letters / Daily

LOOP Reveal Hide

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Plumbing and welding, e.g. 6 letters / Daily

TRADES Reveal Hide

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Really nasty fall? 8 letters / Daily

ICESTORM Reveal Hide

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Date unlikely to be on a calendar 5 letters / Daily

TRYST Reveal Hide

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Mammoth's home, for short 3 letters / Daily

NHL Reveal Hide

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Where to go for a run 7 letters / Daily

SKIAREA Reveal Hide

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Peabody-winning journalist Steve 5 letters / Daily

KROFT Reveal Hide

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Many a Chilango 5 letters / Daily

SENOR Reveal Hide

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Formula 1 fig. 3 letters / Daily

KPH Reveal Hide

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"I'm this-a way!" 6 letters / Daily

YOOHOO Reveal Hide

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Great depression? 8 letters / Daily

SINKHOLE Reveal Hide

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"Would you look at the time?!" 6 letters / Daily

IMLATE Reveal Hide

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Scrumdiddlyumptious 8 letters / Daily

TODIEFOR Reveal Hide

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Like some interests and stocks 6 letters / Daily

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Feeds the kitty, say 7 letters / Daily

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Down Clues

It's usually followed by an "s" 4 letters / Daily

HTTP Reveal Hide

Indicators of awareness 4 letters / Daily

AHAS Reveal Hide

Ding thing? 4 letters / Daily

TEXT Reveal Hide

Bygone "before" 3 letters / Daily

ERE Reveal Hide

Books that go into intimate detail? 10 letters / Daily

SEXMANUALS Reveal Hide

It might bring you to tears 5 letters / Daily

ONION Reveal Hide

"Good riddance" 6 letters / Daily

NOLOSS Reveal Hide

Jerk 3 letters / Daily

ASS Reveal Hide

All slam dunks 4 letters / Daily

TWOS Reveal Hide

10D

Accessory turned down on a cap 6 letters / Daily

EARLAP Reveal Hide

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Humor without a traditional punch line 10 letters / Daily

ANTICOMEDY Reveal Hide

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Create ripple effects, in a way 10 letters / Daily

SKIPSTONES Reveal Hide

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Scallops can have hundreds of tiny blue ones 4 letters / Daily

EYES Reveal Hide

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"It's a date!" 6 letters / Daily

WEREON Reveal Hide

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It's a wrap! 5 letters / Daily

SARAN Reveal Hide

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Hairstylist's concern 4 letters / Daily

PART Reveal Hide

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Go back to the beginning 5 letters / Daily

RESET Reveal Hide

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Whence the line "Beware the ides of March" in "Julius Caesar" 4 letters / Daily

ACTI Reveal Hide

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Comment from one who's going along 10 letters / Daily

WHENINROME Reveal Hide

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Where to see fresh coats of white? 10 letters / Daily

MEDSCHOOLS Reveal Hide

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First gear? 10 letters / Daily

STARTERKIT Reveal Hide

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Rorschach patterns 5 letters / Daily

BLOTS Reveal Hide

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"I'm this-a way!" 4 letters / Daily

PSST Reveal Hide

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Goofballs 5 letters / Daily

KOOKS Reveal Hide

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___ Theatre, Atlanta art house named for a fictional estate 4 letters / Daily

TARA Reveal Hide

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White-collar figure 6 letters / Daily

PRIEST Reveal Hide

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Pointy-topped red-and-green headwear 6 letters / Daily

ELFHAT Reveal Hide

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Tuber that's the source of tapioca 6 letters / Daily

MANIOC Reveal Hide

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___ Rousey, first American woman to win an Olympic medal in judo 5 letters / Daily

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National capital that's home to Mykhailivska Square 4 letters / Daily

KYIV Reveal Hide

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Schlep 4 letters / Daily

TOTE Reveal Hide

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___ Annan, former U.N. secretary general 4 letters / Daily

KOFI Reveal Hide

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Something that's hatched 4 letters / Daily

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Half of some matching sets 4 letters / Daily

HERS Reveal Hide

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Work that traces the evolution of lang. over 1,000 years 3 letters / Daily

OED Reveal Hide

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"And ___ long gone when ___ next to me" (Taylor Swift lyric) 3 letters / Daily

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