Daily Puzzle Solution
NYT Crossword
Sunday, May 24, 2026
The New York Times crossword puzzle for Sunday, May 24, 2026 features 140 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 5.2 letters. The longest answer is "CONTROLLEDCHAPS".
Total Clues
140
Longest
CONTROLLEDCHAPS
Avg Length
5.2
Shortest
LES
Featured Clue
"Stoical British guys?"
15 Letters
CONTROLLEDCHAPS
ALLComplete Solution List
Second attempt
4REDO
Hunk of marble, e.g.
4SLAB
Very proficient
5ADEPT
What many plants do in the heat
4WILT
Neighbor of Turkmenistan
4IRAN
Word with happy or half
4HOUR
Unusual trinket
5CURIO
___ furniture
5PATIO
Stoical British guys?
15CONTROLLEDCHAPS
Creative spark, in slang
5INSPO
Avoid
6ESCHEW
Sleepover challenge
4DARE
It's made with grains
7SANDART
They twist beneath the surface
4EELS
Poles support this
4TENT
Prefix with watt
4GIGA
__ Miz
3LES
Assortment
5ARRAY
"The skin cream you're using must be Neutrogena or CeraVe!"?
14THATSSONOTOLAY
Hollywood's Johnny
4DEPP
Stuck in the mud
5MIRED
Fitting
3APT
Baseball legend who dated J.Lo
4AROD
Lying on
4ATOP
__ tai
3CHI
Filthy, in slang
5GRODY
Like 2026, but not 2025
4EVEN
Pined for an ex-boyfriend?
11MISSEDABEAU
Awl, for one
4TOOL
Richard of "Pretty Woman"
4GERE
Grasp
3SEE
Muscle below a delt
3LAT
Pow!
4WHAM
Save the Children, e.g., in brief
3NGO
Roughly
4ORSO
Exasperated television producer's plea?
15GIVEMEONESEASON
'20s architecture style
4DECO
Bridal line?
3IDO
They can be candied
4YAMS
HVAC measure
3BTU
Molecule with the nucleotides G, U, A and C
3RNA
The Arabian Sea's Gulf of ___
4OMAN
Pickle type
4DILL
Reach out to people born between July 23 and August 22?
11CONTACTLEOS
When repeated, "Oh, please"
4COME
Phrase on a Spanish candy heart
5TEAMO
___ carte
3ALA
Sister of Osiris
4ISIS
Actress Ryan of the "Star Trek" franchise
4JERI
Me?
3MOI
Like milk that isn't worth crying over
5SPILT
Warning after a slice
4FORE
Good name for a salon specializing in mani-pedis?
14FIRSTCLASSNAIL
Floppy hat
5BERET
Aromatherapist's workplace
3SPA
Common forecast in Portland
4RAIN
Struggling to decide
4TORN
Musical group
4CAST
Princess Leia or Hester Prynne
7HEROINE
Visitor center handouts
4MAPS
City west of Montreal
6OTTAWA
Worship
5ADORE
Loading the dishes and unloading the dishes, e.g.?
15DISSONANTCHORES
*Agitated
5RILED
Selfish person
5TAKER
Coin, commonly
4DISK
Stink
4REEK
Pen ___ (corresponding pair)
4PALS
Like the strawberry champagne in Bruno Mars's "That's What I Like"
5ONICE
Neuter's partner
4SPAY
Tibetan oxen
4YAKS
White bed, perhaps?
4RICE
Love god
4EROS
Stance that resembles a ballerina on one leg
10DANCERPOSE
Using Tinder, Bumble, Hinge, etc.
9ONTHEAPPS
"The Conners" and "The Jeffersons"
5SHOWS
Common palindromic text
3LOL
___ Lang Syne
4AULD
"Relax. Calm yourself"
7BREATHE
One of two found on résumés?
6ACCENT
Of course
3DUH
Distinct period
3ERA
Domino dot
3PIP
Add at no extra cost
6TOSSIN
Sorcerer's stick
4WAND
We're toast!
10ITSALLOVER
Experts in body language?
10LIPREADERS
Foot, cutesily
6TOOTSY
Something a child takes a swing at
6PINATA
Count on
4RELY
Really not look forward to
5DREAD
Earlier
3AGO
Ruler in Russian history
4TSAR
Finished
7GOTDONE
President in 1800
5ADAMS
Knot again!
5RETIE
Windy City paper, with "The"
4TRIB
Trouble
4SPOT
Only U.S. state whose flag features a different design on each side (the back is a beaver!)
6OREGON
N.H.L. star Connor ___
7MCDAVID
"Awful! Awful! Awful!"
8IHATEDIT
Relative of an alpaca
7GUANACO
Accessory used in some stretches
8YOGABALL
Paleo- : old :: ___ : new
3NEO
Pharmacist Lilly
3ELI
She may have a little lamb
3EWE
Sailor's opener
4AHOY
Feline that a neighbor may find
7LOSTCAT
Note to staff
4MEMO
They're toast
6GONERS
Supervillain in "Fantastic Four" comics
7MOLEMAN
XXX-XX-XXXX ID
3SSN
Away from the office
3OUT
OB-GYN, e.g.
3DOC
Online reference with many faces
10EMOJIPEDIA
Miniature photo gallery
10CAMERAROLL
Touristy destination
10RESORTAREA
Bête ___
5NOIRE
Insider, in spy lingo
5ASSET
So-called "Land of a Million Elephants"
4LAOS
Follow closely
4TAIL
Individual account?
9LIFESTORY
Spray, in a way
4MIST
"It was my best effort"
6ITRIED
Wrap name
5SARAN
Parts of card-swiping machines
7PINPADS
G flat's equivalent
6FSHARP
Pink-slip
3CAN
Misinformed, say
6LIEDTO
Stop
6NOMORE
Place for miniature boats
4BATH
Arrogant
5COCKY
Sources of lead or gold
4ORES
Cut quickly
4SNIP
Half of a fortnight
4WEEK
Invites
4ASKS
"Mean Girls" character Janis ___
3IAN
_____ jet
3SKI
Jiff
3SEC
It may request that you remove your coat, in brief
3TSA