NYT Crossword hints and answer for May 28, 2026
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Clues70
Across36
Down34
ConstructorJohn Kugelman
Today’s NYT Crossword clues, hints & answers
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Across
1A
Surname of two Indian prime ministers (6)
Starts with G, ends with IGANDHI→
7A
Fly-by-night types? (4)
Starts with O, ends with SOWLS→
11A
Go (for) (3)
Starts with O, ends with TOPT→
14A
Drew Carey, Halle Berry or Guy Fieri, originally (6)
Starts with O, ends with NOHIOAN→
15A
Baroque instrument (4)
Starts with V, ends with LVIOL→
16A
17A
Walking-around money for Pavarotti? (11)
Starts with T, ends with YTENORTWENTY→
20A
Whistling stickup man on "The Wire" (4)
Starts with O, ends with ROMAR→
21A
Cry of frustration (5)
Starts with A, ends with HAARGH→
22A
McGwire's rival in 1990s M.L.B. (4)
Starts with S, ends with ASOSA→
23A
Hajj destination (5)
Starts with M, ends with AMECCA→
25A
Baseball team formerly known as the Colt .45s (6)
Starts with A, ends with SASTROS→
27A
Preacher's gift? (13)
Starts with P, ends with TPASTORPRESENT→
29A
Fly catcher? (4)
Starts with M, ends with TMITT→
30A
Kind of a drag? (4)
Starts with M, ends with NMAIN→
31A
Parrot (3)
Starts with A, ends with EAPE→
32A
Perceptive (7)
Starts with S, ends with ESENSATE→
35A
Icy passage to Antarctica's McMurdo Station (7)
Starts with R, ends with AROSSSEA→
37A
Get ___ (shine scholastically) (3)
Starts with A, ends with AANA→
38A
Muscle exercised with a shoulder press, familiarly (4)
Starts with D, ends with TDELT→
40A
Billionaire Musk (4)
Starts with E, ends with NELON→
41A
5 and 8 go into 42, for example? (13)
Starts with F, ends with NFACTORFICTION→
45A
Fan of "I" statements (6)
Starts with E, ends with TEGOIST→
46A
Dissect with a diagram (5)
Starts with P, ends with EPARSE→
47A
"___, actually ..." (4)
Starts with W, ends with LWELL→
48A
Start of many first-year course names (5)
Starts with I, ends with OINTRO→
50A
Lawman who got out of Dodge (4)
Starts with E, ends with PEARP→
54A
60 minuti (3)
Starts with O, ends with AORA→
55A
Local leader is prohibited? (11)
Starts with M, ends with TMAYORMAYNOT→
58A
Bum around Europe (4)
Starts with A, ends with EARSE→
59A
Intentional creases (6)
Starts with P, ends with SPLEATS→
60A
Org. targeting Walter White on "Breaking Bad" (3)
Starts with D, ends with ADEA→
61A
Changes the locks? (4)
Starts with D, ends with SDYES→
62A
Acted all crabby? (6)
Starts with S, ends with DSIDLED→
Down
1D
Programming statement that can result in spaghetti code (4)
Starts with G, ends with OGOTO→
2D
[Excuse me] (4)
Starts with A, ends with MAHEM→
3D
Totenberg of public radio (4)
Starts with N, ends with ANINA→
4D
People who get walked all over (8)
Starts with D, ends with SDOORMATS→
5D
Bit of a laugh (3)
Starts with H, ends with RHAR→
6D
Not separated (6)
Starts with I, ends with TINTACT→
7D
Throwing style (7)
Starts with O, ends with MOVERARM→
8D
Bit of a lark (4)
Starts with W, ends with GWING→
9D
Lady-killer (8)
Starts with L, ends with OLOTHARIO→
10D
Machiavellian, in a way (3)
Starts with S, ends with YSLY→
11D
Answer to "Why's your report card in the trash?" (10)
Starts with O, ends with NOHNOREASON→
12D
Written with venom (9)
Starts with P, ends with NPOISONPEN→
13D
Oil, they say (8)
Starts with T, ends with ATEXASTEA→
18D
Birthplace of Dr Pepper (4)
Starts with W, ends with OWACO→
22D
Fremont and Folsom in S.F., for two (3)
Starts with S, ends with SSTS→
24D
México's Tabasco, Jalisco and others (7)
Starts with E, ends with SESTADOS→
26D
Guardians of bushido tradition (7)
Starts with S, ends with SSENSEIS→
27D
National drink of Puerto Rico (10)
Starts with P, ends with APINACOLADA→
28D
Two, for many a putt-putt hole (3)
Starts with P, ends with RPAR→
29D
It's a zoo out there (9)
Starts with M, ends with EMENAGERIE→
32D
Blue stop sign? (8)
Starts with S, ends with DSAFEWORD→
33D
Third in order (8)
Starts with T, ends with YTERTIARY→
34D
Resident of Rivendell, in Tolkien (3)
Starts with E, ends with FELF→
36D
Dark and sultry, like a femme fatale's gaze (8)
Starts with S, ends with DSLOEEYED→
39D
Comes on little cat feet (7)
Starts with T, ends with STIPTOES→
42D
"___ death do us part" (3)
Starts with T, ends with LTIL→
43D
Comedian Jimmy (4)
Starts with C, ends with RCARR→
44D
Opposite of 39-Down (6)
Starts with T, ends with STROMPS→
49D
Where to look if you're looking for LUV (i.e., Southwest Airlines) (4)
Starts with N, ends with ENYSE→
51D
Fussbudgety, say (4)
Starts with A, ends with LANAL→
52D
Mindless repetition (4)
Starts with R, ends with EROTE→
53D
Affliction for many first responders, in brief (4)
Starts with P, ends with DPTSD→
55D
"Spy vs. Spy" magazine (3)
Starts with M, ends with DMAD→
56D
Who said "I'm so mean I make medicine sick" (3)
Starts with A, ends with IALI→
How to solve the NYT Crossword
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for May 28, 2026?+
70 clues: 36 Across and 34 Down. The puzzle was constructed by John Kugelman and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: Surname of two Indian prime ministers (GANDHI); Fly-by-night types? (OWLS); Go (for) (OPT).
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