Daily Puzzle Solution
NYT Crossword
Friday, May 29, 2026
The New York Times crossword puzzle for Friday, May 29, 2026 features 72 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 5.4 letters. The longest answer is "ROLLINGSTOPS".
Total Clues
72
Longest
ROLLINGSTOPS
Avg Length
5.4
Shortest
HOP
Featured Clue
"Road maneuvers featuring lazy braking"
12 Letters
ROLLINGSTOPS
ALLComplete Solution List
"Oscar" of the French film industry
5CESAR
Feeling after a long hike
4ACHE
Singer/composer Bareilles
4SARA
Prematurely
10ALLTOOSOON
Many a fund-raising target, informally
4ALUM
"We have a mutual friend?!"
10SMALLWORLD
Smurf who is more than 500 years old
4PAPA
See 20-Across
3HOP
With 19-Across, swing dance originating in Harlem
5LINDY
They're cut to defuse an explosive
5WIRES
Cue ... or queue
4LINE
Only player to win three Super Bowl M.V.P. awards before turning 30
7MAHOMES
Reducing to rubble.
6RAZING
Apt anagram of "notes"
5TONES
Hockey infraction
5ICING
Breezy things enjoyed at the beach
9EASYREADS
Doesn't go at full speed
5TROTS
Sack
3AXE
Walk-on
5EXTRA
They might make you one with everything
9ZENSTATES
"La Tulipe Noire" novelist, 1850
5DUMAS
Party poppers
5CORKS
Makes fun of mercilessly
6ROASTS
Fall sign
7SCORPIO
Agitate
4ROIL
Hits
5TOKES
Won't let it go
5STEWS
Zendaya's role on "Euphoria"
3RUE
Fictional manufacturer of a Do-It Yourself Tornado Kit
4ACME
Can you catch me up?
10WHATDIMISS
Time of day either way
4NOON
Author of "All I Did Was Ask: Conversations with Writers, Actors, Musicians and Artists"
10TERRYGROSS
Barriers to entry, in a way
4DAMS
Unravel at the edges
4FRAY
Variety of cold brew
5NITRO
It is king, in a phrase
4CASH
Redheaded monster on TV
4ELMO
Thwack
4SLAP
Birthplace of Martin Luther King Jr.: Abbr.
3ATL
Road maneuvers featuring lazy braking
12ROLLINGSTOPS
Without dissenting voices
5ASONE
It's cut after birth
4CORD
Yowzers!
9HOLYMOSES
What a circle lacks
3END
Someone attracted to intellect over looks, say
11SAPIOSEXUAL
Dream interrupter
5ALARM
Currency in The Legend of Zelda
5RUPEE
Hoard
5AMASS
Outstanding, in a way
5OWING
Eager buyer's question
12WHEREDOISIGN
Traps in a laundry room
11LINTSCREENS
Not a particular one
3ANY
Snack brand since 1934
4RITZ
It might be a lot?
4ACRE
Last U.S. national park, alphabetically
4ZION
Return payments?
5TAXES
Adhere to the kashrut dietary rules
9EATKOSHER
They're filled with bacon
4ATMS
Curses, foiled again!
4DRAT
Guff
4SASS
Co-star of 2025's "Wicked: For Good," informally
3ARI
Neither demure nor mindful
5ROWDY
Come to attention, in a way
5STAND
Powder in a pantry
5COCOA
Child's agreement
5OKMOM
Avoid rage-quitting, perhaps
5RETRY
Longtime college basketball coach VanDerveer
4TARA
Run amok
4RIOT
Hammer-and-sickle land, for short
4USSR
Gas brand whose name sounds like two letters of the alphabet
4ESSO
r u kidding me
3WTF
Way to look inward, in brief?
3MRI