Daily Puzzle Solution
NYT Crossword
Tuesday, May 26, 2026
The New York Times crossword puzzle for Tuesday, May 26, 2026 features 78 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 4.8 letters. The longest answer is "BODYOFKNOWLEDGE".
Total Clues
78
Longest
BODYOFKNOWLEDGE
Avg Length
4.8
Shortest
GAP
Featured Clue
"What the answers to the starred clues are, collectively?"
15 Letters
BODYOFKNOWLEDGE
ALLComplete Solution List
Number not representable by Roman numerals
4ZERO
What's the point of bullfighting?
4HORN
Bryce Canyon's state
4UTAH
What Thomas Carlyle called "the dismal science," for short
4ECON
Cookies featured in Weird Al's "The White Stuff"
5OREOS
Condiment in potato salad, informally
4MAYO
*Aids for biting
10SHARPTEETH
Task for a line cook, informally
4PREP
Thus far
6TODATE
__ for thought
4FOOD
Crevice
3GAP
Ice cream drink?
4MALT
*Attribute for spotting what others miss
7KEENEYE
What a scare might make you do
4JUMP
Word after hand or band
3SAW
"That's a good tip for the future"
5NOTED
Actress de Armas of "Knives Out"
3ANA
Swanky shindig
4GALA
Copenhagener, e.g.
4DANE
What the answers to the starred clues are, collectively?
15BODYOFKNOWLEDGE
$50/hour, e.g.
4RATE
Cuisine from Bangkok
4THAI
It's blowing in the wind
3AIR
Artist with the albums "19," "21," "25" and "30"
5ADELE
My dear ___
3SIR
Online files for instruction manuals, often
4PDFS
Cheeky sort
7WISEASS
Rip-___ (awful deals)
4OFFS
Pre-entree order, informally
3APP
Daily delivery
4MAIL
Declares as fact
6SAYSSO
Picked out of a lineup, informally
4IDED
*One given to insolence
10SMARTMOUTH
Tickle Me Elmo toymaker
4TYCO
HR-V and CR-V automaker
5HONDA
Senior dance party
4PROM
Meyers of "Late Night"
4SETH
Within a stone's throw of
4NEAR
Patches up, say
4SEWS
Gusto
4ZEST
Repetitive sound effect
4ECHO
Highway, e.g.
4ROAD
Way to the highway
6ONRAMP
Spot to keep a passport while traveling
9HOTELSAFE
Valuable deposit
3ORE
Finding Nemo setting
4reef
Simply unacceptable
5NOTOK
M.L.B. official
3UMP
Customized bit of marketing
10TARGETEDAD
Yes, captain!
6AYEAYE
Moved like a kangaroo
6HOPPED
"If the ___ fits, wear it!"
4SHOE
School bake-sale org.
3PTA
Mountain visible from Anchorage
6DENALI
Lecture
4TALK
___ of your business!
4NONE
Punch in the ring
3JAB
Game with the goal of running out of cards
3UNO
Huge props
10MADRESPECT
Desires
5WANTS
Cheerleader's shout
6GOTEAM
A little sun
9DWARFSTAR
Connecticut Ivy
4YALE
Home of Xenia, the U.S.'s largest city whose name starts with "X"
4OHIO
Many an embedded animation
3GIF
Settings for "The Pitt" and "Code Black," for short
3ERS
Lies ahead
6AWAITS
Technique whereby a shirt is lowered into a pigmented bath
6DIPDYE
Military mind games, for short
6PSYOPS
Merit badge holder
4SASH
Schuster's partner in publishing
5SIMON
Closest peeps
3FAM
Assignment at a bowling alley
4LANE
You bet!
4SURE
Place in an overhead bin
4STOW
Electrical resistance units
4OHMS
[Facepalm]
3DOH
Nutritional intake amt.
3RDA