NYT CROSSWORD • WEDNESDAY, MAY 6, 2026

NYT Crossword Answers May 6, 2026

Complete answer list for the May 6, 2026 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By James MattinaEdited by Will ShortzGrid 15×1578 clues

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The Grid

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Across 37

  1. 1Don't believe it ↗LIE
  2. 4Soccer great Mia ↗HAMM
  3. 8Prepared (for) ↗BRACED
  4. 14Feature of a spy film ↗INTRIGUE
  5. 16Scalper's transaction ↗RESALE
  6. 17Prairie bloom for which a creamery is named ↗BLUEBELL
  7. 18DC good guy ↗BATMAN
  8. 19They're found in a circle ↗RADII
  9. 20Dispensary inits. ↗CBD
  10. 22Late spring or early summer bloom ↗PEONY
  11. 23Leave speechless ↗AWE
  12. 24Texter's "I can't even" ↗SMH
  13. 26In perpetuity ↗EVER
  14. 28Winter coat? ↗ICE
  15. 29Narrow margin of victory ↗HAIR
  16. 30Lunchbox staple, informally ↗PBJ
  17. 33All primes except 2 ↗ODDNUMBERS
  18. 37Country nearest to the Equator without touching it ↗PERU
  19. 38Hybridized, botanically … or like four pairs of answers in this puzzle (and the circled letters they intersect on)? ↗CROSSPOLLINATED
  20. 40"Stop right there!" ↗HALT
  21. 41"Great Scott!" ↗HOLYTOLEDO
  22. 42Bird adapted for silent flight ↗OWL
  23. 43Charging option ↗VISA
  24. 44Deciding periods, in brief ↗OTS
  25. 45Airdrops? ↗MIST
  26. 46[I'm a good boy!] ↗ARF
  27. 47Summer cooler ↗ADE
  28. 50Movement started by Tarana Burke in 2006 ↗METOO
  29. 53Dip ↗SAG
  30. 55Philosopher William of ___ ↗OCCAM
  31. 57Become part of a club ↗ENROLL
  32. 59___ method (type of teaching) ↗SOCRATIC
  33. 61Bloom whose toxic nectar is one source of "mad honey" ↗AZALEA
  34. 62Flower found along a metaphorical path of ease ↗PRIMROSE
  35. 63A bad review might merit a rotten one ↗TOMATO
  36. 64Like some advice ↗SAGE
  37. 65Manhattan liquor ↗RYE

Down 41

  1. 1First sign of fall ↗LIBRA
  2. 2Family tree addition ↗INLAW
  3. 3One of 12 in a Pulitzer-winning piece by composer/pianist William Bolcom ↗ETUDE
  4. 4Blossom in a lei ↗HIBISCUS
  5. 5Period in history ↗AGE
  6. 6Bed cover ↗MULCH
  7. 7Scary Spice, by another nickname ↗MELB
  8. 8Texter's "just a sec" ↗BRB
  9. 9Harvesting machine ↗REAPER
  10. 10Cousin of edelweiss ↗ASTER
  11. 11Pattern based on nature, for short ↗CAMO
  12. 12Stylish flair ↗ELAN
  13. 13Turn down ↗DENY
  14. 15King, in Portuguese ↗REI
  15. 21First word from a wedding officiant ↗DEARLY
  16. 25Home of the Stax Museum of American Soul Music ↗MEMPHIS
  17. 27Alice, in Wonderland ↗VISITOR
  18. 28Part of M.I.T.: Abbr. ↗INST
  19. 29Very, slangily ↗HELLA
  20. 30Politician Buttigieg ↗PETE
  21. 31Partner of born ↗BRED
  22. 32Sport with throws ↗JUDO
  23. 33Siete + uno ↗OCHO
  24. 34Cry in a gunfight ↗DRAW
  25. 35Cutie pie ↗DOLL
  26. 36Gives a lift ↗BOOSTS
  27. 37Besties ↗PALS
  28. 39"I'll pass" ↗NOTFORME
  29. 43Flower found at the end of a rainbow? ↗VIOLET
  30. 45Cold, hard cash ↗MOOLA
  31. 46Ancient marketplace ↗AGORA
  32. 47Company man? ↗ACTOR
  33. 48"Link" in a botanical chain ↗DAISY
  34. 49Play the host ↗EMCEE
  35. 50Nitty-gritty ↗MEAT
  36. 51Automaker Ferrari ↗ENZO
  37. 52Airport transport ↗TRAM
  38. 54Some vipers ↗ASPS
  39. 56Viper, e.g. ↗CAR
  40. 58Language of Vientiane ↗LAO
  41. 60Smoke ↗CIG