NYT CROSSWORD • FRIDAY, MAY 8, 2026

NYT Crossword Answers May 8, 2026

Complete answer list for the May 8, 2026 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Rafael Musa and Geoffrey SchorkopfEdited by Will ShortzGrid 15×1570 clues

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Across 34

  1. 1Criticizes, in modern lingo ↗HATESON
  2. 8Unruffled ↗ATEASE
  3. 14"Not to worry ..." ↗THERENOW
  4. 16Chichi ↗SWANKY
  5. 17One away from one's duties? ↗TAXEXILE
  6. 18French exit ↗SORTIE
  7. 19Hollywood is on it: Abbr. ↗PST
  8. 20Secures, in a way ↗MOORS
  9. 22Flubs ↗SLIPS
  10. 23Create a crispy crust for, say ↗PANSEAR
  11. 25Coolers, for short ↗ACS
  12. 26"Jeez!" ↗AWMAN
  13. 29Touchy topic ↗SORESPOT
  14. 31One of two in Raphael's "Sistine Madonna" ↗CHERUB
  15. 33Cartoonist who popularized the Democratic donkey ↗NAST
  16. 34"Bad hair day" hair ↗MOP
  17. 36Address no longer than 18 minutes ↗TEDTALK
  18. 38Prepares for company, maybe ↗NEATENS
  19. 40Networking assets ↗INS
  20. 41Second City district, with "the" ↗LOOP
  21. 43Plumbing and welding, e.g. ↗TRADES
  22. 44Really nasty fall? ↗ICESTORM
  23. 47Date unlikely to be on a calendar ↗TRYST
  24. 48Mammoth's home, for short ↗NHL
  25. 49Where to go for a run ↗SKIAREA
  26. 51Peabody-winning journalist Steve ↗KROFT
  27. 53Many a Chilango ↗SENOR
  28. 54Formula 1 fig. ↗KPH
  29. 57"I'm this-a way!" ↗YOOHOO
  30. 59Great depression? ↗SINKHOLE
  31. 61"Would you look at the time?!" ↗IMLATE
  32. 62Scrumdiddlyumptious ↗TODIEFOR
  33. 63Like some interests and stocks ↗VESTED
  34. 64Feeds the kitty, say ↗CATSITS

Down 36

  1. 1It's usually followed by an "s" ↗HTTP
  2. 2Indicators of awareness ↗AHAS
  3. 3Ding thing? ↗TEXT
  4. 4Bygone "before" ↗ERE
  5. 5Books that go into intimate detail? ↗SEXMANUALS
  6. 6It might bring you to tears ↗ONION
  7. 7"Good riddance" ↗NOLOSS
  8. 8Jerk ↗ASS
  9. 9All slam dunks ↗TWOS
  10. 10Accessory turned down on a cap ↗EARLAP
  11. 11Humor without a traditional punch line ↗ANTICOMEDY
  12. 12Create ripple effects, in a way ↗SKIPSTONES
  13. 13Scallops can have hundreds of tiny blue ones ↗EYES
  14. 15"It's a date!" ↗WEREON
  15. 21It's a wrap! ↗SARAN
  16. 23Hairstylist's concern ↗PART
  17. 24Go back to the beginning ↗RESET
  18. 26Whence the line "Beware the ides of March" in "Julius Caesar" ↗ACTI
  19. 27Comment from one who's going along ↗WHENINROME
  20. 28Where to see fresh coats of white? ↗MEDSCHOOLS
  21. 30First gear? ↗STARTERKIT
  22. 32Rorschach patterns ↗BLOTS
  23. 35"I'm this-a way!" ↗PSST
  24. 37Goofballs ↗KOOKS
  25. 39___ Theatre, Atlanta art house named for a fictional estate ↗TARA
  26. 42White-collar figure ↗PRIEST
  27. 45Pointy-topped red-and-green headwear ↗ELFHAT
  28. 46Tuber that's the source of tapioca ↗MANIOC
  29. 50___ Rousey, first American woman to win an Olympic medal in judo ↗RONDA
  30. 51National capital that's home to Mykhailivska Square ↗KYIV
  31. 52Schlep ↗TOTE
  32. 54___ Annan, former U.N. secretary general ↗KOFI
  33. 55Something that's hatched ↗PLOT
  34. 56Half of some matching sets ↗HERS
  35. 58Work that traces the evolution of lang. over 1,000 years ↗OED
  36. 60"And ___ long gone when ___ next to me" (Taylor Swift lyric) ↗HES