Daily Puzzle Solution
NYT Crossword
Wednesday, May 6, 2026
The New York Times crossword puzzle for Wednesday, May 6, 2026 features 78 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 4.9 letters. The longest answer is "CROSSPOLLINATED".
Total Clues
78
Longest
CROSSPOLLINATED
Avg Length
4.9
Shortest
LIE
Featured Clue
"Hybridized, botanically ... or like four pairs of answers in this puzzle (and the circled letters they intersect on)?"
15 Letters
CROSSPOLLINATED
ALLComplete Solution List
Don't believe it
3LIE
Soccer great Mia
4HAMM
Prepared (for)
6BRACED
Feature of a spy film
8INTRIGUE
Scalper's transaction
6RESALE
Prairie bloom for which a creamery is named
8BLUEBELL
DC good guy
6BATMAN
They're found in a circle
5RADII
Dispensary inits.
3CBD
Late spring or early summer bloom
5PEONY
Leave speechless
3AWE
Texter's "I can't even"
3SMH
In perpetuity
4EVER
Winter coat
3ICE
Narrow margin of victory
4HAIR
Lunchbox staple, informally
3PBJ
All primes except 2
10ODDNUMBERS
Country nearest to the Equator without touching it
4PERU
Hybridized, botanically ... or like four pairs of answers in this puzzle (and the circled letters they intersect on)?
15CROSSPOLLINATED
Stop right there!
4HALT
Great Scott!
10HOLYTOLEDO
Bird adapted for silent flight
3OWL
Charging option
4VISA
Deciding periods, in brief
3OTS
Airdrops?
4MIST
[I'm a good boy!]
3ARF
Summer cooler
3ADE
Movement started by Tarana Burke in 2006
5METOO
Dip
3SAG
Philosopher William of ___
5OCCAM
Become part of a club
6ENROLL
___ method (type of teaching)
8SOCRATIC
Bloom whose toxic nectar is one source of "mad honey"
6AZALEA
Flower found along a metaphorical path of ease
8PRIMROSE
A bad review might merit a rotten one
6TOMATO
Like some advice
4SAGE
Manhattan liquor
3RYE
First sign of fall
5LIBRA
Family tree addition
5INLAW
One of 12 in a Pulitzer-winning piece by composer/pianist William Bolcom
5ETUDE
Blossom in a lei
8HIBISCUS
Period in history
3AGE
Bed cover
5MULCH
Scary Spice, by another nickname
4MELB
Texter's "Just a sec"
3BRB
Harvesting machine
6REAPER
Cousin of edelweiss
5ASTER
Pattern based on nature, for short
4CAMO
Stylish flair
4ELAN
Turn down
4DENY
King, in Portuguese
3REI
First word from a wedding officiant
6DEARLY
Home of the Stax Museum of American Soul Music
7MEMPHIS
Alice, in Wonderland
7VISITOR
Part of M.I.T.: Abbr.
4INST
Very, slangily
5HELLA
Politician Buttigieg
4PETE
Partner of born
4BRED
Sport with throws
4JUDO
Siete + uno
4OCHO
Cry in a gunfight
4DRAW
Cutie pie
4DOLL
Gives a lift
6BOOSTS
Besties
4PALS
I'll pass ...
8NOTFORME
Flower found at the end of a rainbow?
6VIOLET
Cold hard cash
5MOOLA
Ancient marketplace
5AGORA
Company man?
5ACTOR
"Link" in a botanical chain
5DAISY
Play the host.
5EMCEE
Nitty-gritty
4MEAT
Automaker Ferrari
4ENZO
Airport transport
4TRAM
Some vipers
4ASPS
Viper, e.g.
3CAR
Language of Vientiane
3LAO
Smoke ____
3CIG