Daily Puzzle Solution
NYT Crossword
Friday, May 22, 2026
The New York Times crossword puzzle for Friday, May 22, 2026 features 75 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 5.5 letters. The longest answer is "ASKINGFORAFRIEND".
Total Clues
75
Longest
ASKINGFORAFRIEND
Avg Length
5.5
Shortest
SOS
Featured Clue
"Qualifier to an embarrassing question"
16 Letters
ASKINGFORAFRIEND
ALLComplete Solution List
Guns, so to speak
6BICEPS
Prefix with American
4MESO
Charcuterie spread
4BRIE
Footnote phrase
6ETALII
Sherwood, e.g.
9OAKFOREST
Qualifier to an embarrassing question
16ASKINGFORAFRIEND
Location for some osteoarthritis
4KNEE
___-Saint-Michel (French commune on a tidal island)
4MONT
Saps
5DOLTS
Sign of desperation
3SOS
Consider as one's residence
8CALLHOME
Mrs. Addams, to Mr. Addams
4TISH
Val who played Iceman in "Top Gun"
6KILMER
Guimarães greeting
3OLA
Neato!
6OHCOOL
"Brooklyn Nine-Nine" character ___ Linetti
4GINA
Genre for Blackpink and Twice
4KPOP
Counteract negativity using lavish generosity
16KILLWITHKINDNESS
Former boy band with the members Harry, Liam, Louis, Niall and Zayn, familiarly
4ONED
Bit of marginalia
4NOTE
Dealt (with)
6SEENTO
Weight plate units: Abbr.
3KGS
Place to get "pawmpered," say
6PETSPA
Case for military police
4AWOL
Like the Millennium Problems of the Clay Mathematics Institute
8UNSOLVED
Suffix with peace but not war
3FUL
Philosopher William of ___
5OCCAM
Product for manscaping
4NAIR
Assuming that
4IFSO
More sizzle than steak
16ALLBARKANDNOBITE
Infamous chess trap that ends the game in two moves
9FOOLSMATE
Contents of a kitchen rack
6SPICES
Bump on a lid
4STYE
Thin board
4SLAT
What some streakers are charged with?
6TASERS
Woodpeckers' peckers
5BEAKS
"Really, my pleasure"
10ITSNOTHING
"Sticky" birthday treats?
10CAKESICLES
Tahari or Saab of fashion
4ELIE
Blame (on)
3PIN
Symbol used in summation
5SIGMA
Classical piece said to be the inspiration for Chopin's "Fantaisie-Impromptu"
15MOONLIGHTSONATA
Kepler-22b or Kepler-186f, e.g.
15EARTHLIKEPLANET
Calypso cousin
3SKA
Flat, say
3OFF
Zest
4BRIO
Highlight
4REEL
___ fussy (can be very flexible)
4ISNT
Some airport data, in brief
4ETDS
Carnivora or Lagomorpha
5ORDER
Word with rock or medicine
4FOLK
When doubled, a fluffy Chinese dog
4CHOW
Hilton competitor
4OMNI
I's
5MEANS
Went for
4SOLD
Workplace with few barriers
10OPENOFFICE
Became tarnished
10LOSTLUSTER
Lhasa __
4APSO
"I heard you the first time! Geez!"
4OKOK
Wrapping material in mummification
5LINEN
Had no doubt
4KNEW
Deep-fried side dish, familiarly
4TOTS
Unexciting, as a party
4DEAD
Catamounts.
5PUMAS
Like some readers
4AVID
Young's partner in accounting
5ERNST
Rich soil deposit
5LOESS
Saps
4OAFS
Stop the bleeding, say
4CLOT
Sicken with sweetness
4CLOY
Fit
4ABLE
Sacred bird to the Egyptians
4IBIS
Info on Zillow: Abbr.
3RMS
___-El (Superman)
3KAL
Shout at a Greek wedding
3OPA