Daily Puzzle Solution
NYT Crossword
Sunday, May 31, 2026
The New York Times crossword puzzle for Sunday, May 31, 2026 features 140 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 5.2 letters. The longest answer is "MARKSMANSHIP".
Total Clues
140
Longest
MARKSMANSHIP
Avg Length
5.2
Shortest
SOS
Featured Clue
"Expertise demonstrated by 116-Across in a fabled feat of precision"
12 Letters
MARKSMANSHIP
ALLComplete Solution List
Sacsayhuamán fortress builders
5INCAS
Literary forerunner of Captain Hook
4AHAB
Many an Alpha Beta in "Revenge of the Nerds"
4JOCK
Help-wanted letters
3SOS
Fermented vegan protein
6TEMPEH
Wrestler/actor John
4CENA
Coin with 12 stars around the border
4EURO
Align
4SYNC
Home of the legendary folk hero at 116-Across
11SWITZERLAND
One involved with checks and balances
9TREASURER
Without
4SANS
Green spaces
8PASTURES
Hero of Arabian tales
7ALIBABA
In the past
3AGO
__ Mahal
3TAJ
Expertise demonstrated by 116-Across in a fabled feat of precision
12MARKSMANSHIP
Home Run ___ (annual M.L.B. event)
5DERBY
D.O.J. agency
3ATF
Fuel-efficient Toyota
5PRIUS
Main ideas
5GISTS
Athletic skill mastered by 116-Across
7ARCHERY
W-9 fig.
3SSN
Banned substance, in sports lingo
3PED
Diego Rivera project
5MURAL
Apt name for a lawyer
3SUE
Laughed loudly
6ROARED
N.C.A.A. hoops powerhouse
3UNC
Like the Statue of Liberty at night
5UPLIT
Beatle who sang "Yellow Submarine"
5STARR
Sailor's septet
4SEAS
Go-getter's opposite
8DEADBEAT
Through
3VIA
"Drat!," in Dortmund
3ACH
The Situation Room airer
3CNN
Chirruping bird
7SPARROW
Pat down
5FRISK
City sobriquet that might describe the target for 116-Across, as depicted in this puzzle
11THEBIGAPPLE
Stuff in a puff
3AIR
She-ep?
3EWE
Home to the Burj Khalifa, in brief
3UAE
Appointments that may lead to better contacts
8EYEEXAMS
Dampens
4WETS
Whoa
5NELLY
Bel __ cheese
5PAESE
Instinctive
3GUT
Religious dissent
6HERESY
$5 bill, slangily
3ABE
Actress Spacek
5SISSY
Negative logic gate in electrical engineering
3NOR
Cartesian conclusion
3IAM
Composer of an overture dedicated to 116-Across
7ROSSINI
Gets lost
5SCATS
Came to a conclusion
5ENDED
____ doctor
3WHO
Start of an encrypted URL
5HTTPS
Streaker in the night sky ... or a punny description of 116-Across
12SHOOTINGSTAR
__ acid
3LSD
Unprocessed, as data
3RAW
Inspiration for many seasonal festivals
7HARVEST
Oscar-winning 2019 film directed by Bong Joon Ho
8PARASITE
Smoke, perhaps
4CURE
What may begin at the end
9AFTERLIFE
Legendary figure who's the subject of this puzzle
11WILLIAMTELL
Orchard selection
4PEAR
Lot calculation
4AREA
All's well with me
4IMOK
Human
6MORTAL
Masthead figs.
3EDS
Timid
4MEEK
Quibbles
4NITS
Ruses
5PLOYS
What a bummer
6ITSSAD
À la Enya
6NEWAGE
Key with three flats
6CMINOR
Studios and penthouses: Abbr.
4APTS
Me?
3SEZ
Knee parts, for short
4ACLS
Part of a track meet.
4HEAT
Per ___ (accounting term)
5ANNUM
Undeserved condemnation
6BADRAP
Watercraft that leave "rooster tails" in their wakes
7JETSKIS
"___ home and native land!"
3OUR
Absolutely whomps, in sports lingo
6CREAMS
Bear that's not a bear
5KOALA
Some red wines
6SYRAHS
Smallest quantity of digital data
6ONEBIT
Abandons, as a project
6SCRAPS
Purifying filter acronym
4HEPA
Eases
8SUBSIDES
Jasmine's tiger companion in "Aladdin"
5RAJAH
Big name in sewing machines
6SINGER
Messes up
4ERRS
TV host Banks
4TYRA
Longtime jazz bandleader with an Egyptian-inspired name
5SUNRA
Where Cary Grant orders a Gibson in a classic scene from "North by Northwest"
6BARCAR
Magnetic unit named for an inventor
5TESLA
Productive ... or a punny description of the feat performed by 116-Across?
8FRUITFUL
Many a liquor license applicant
9CLUBOWNER
... as of now
3YET
Board game with ancient origins
9PARCHEESI
Gooey chocolate dessert
6MUDPIE
Discover
7UNEARTH
Holds forth
6ORATES
Tenth, in Latin
7DECIMUS
Small flycatchers named for their call, not their size
6PEWEES
Bro kin
3SIS
What 116-Across did before and after this puzzle's feat?
8TAKEABOW
Dread-full?
6ANGSTY
Popular beverage brand
7SNAPPLE
Dr. ___
3DRE
Compete
3VIE
Bad spelling?
3HEX
Lead-in to bones or bucks
3SAW
Sunbeam
3RAY
Abandons a project, slangily
6BAGSIT
Oy ___!
5YEESH
Forwarded
8SENTOVER
Full of tall tales
5LYING
It's better than a bogey
3PAR
Team lineup
6ROSTER
Like most modern TV broadcasts
4INHD
"Money-back guarantee" and "Limited-time offer"
7ADSPEAK
Self-referential
4META
Conductor Georg
5SOLTI
Snaky double curve
6SSHAPE
Really irritated
6CHAFED
Main lines
6AORTAS
Full
6ENTIRE
Australian city named for a scientist
6DARWIN
Closely following
6TRUETO
Gambler's combo bet
6PARLAY
Waves sought by surfers
6SWELLS
Five Pillars religion
5ISLAM
Spider-Man director Sam
5RAIMI
Stitcher's line.
4SEAM
Tee time or airtime, e.g.
4SLOT
Sorts
4ILKS
Corner key
4CTRL
Toll
3FEE
Bucket-list item
3MOP