NYT Crossword hints and answer for May 30, 2026
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Clues68
Across33
Down35
ConstructorMalaika Handa and Erik Agard
Today’s NYT Crossword clues, hints & answers
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Across
1A
Man's name that, like Otto, is also an Italian number (3)
Starts with T, ends with ETRE→
4A
Missing unexpectedly (4)
Starts with A, ends with LAWOL→
8A
Times up (6)
Starts with A, ends with SATBATS→
14A
Vet's report (8)
Starts with W, ends with YWARSTORY→
16A
Poogle or Cybunny (6)
Starts with N, ends with TNEOPET→
17A
Movie trailer narrator's first words, often (8)
Starts with I, ends with DINAWORLD→
18A
Fresh Rolls, for example? (6)
Starts with N, ends with RNEWCAR→
19A
Prominent ingredient in a Taiwanese chicken soup (9)
Starts with S, ends with LSESAMEOIL→
21A
2014 historical drama in which Stephan James plays the civil rights activist John Lewis (5)
Starts with S, ends with ASELMA→
23A
Roti alternative (4)
Starts with N, ends with NNAAN→
25A
Last name in magazine publishing (4)
Starts with N, ends with TNAST→
29A
"French" or "sliced" haircut (3)
Starts with B, ends with BBOB→
31A
Music recording space, informally (3)
Starts with S, ends with USTU→
32A
Old political slogan of the women's suffrage and labor movements (13)
Starts with B, ends with SBREADANDROSES→
36A
"No more games!" (13)
Starts with P, ends with RPLAYTIMESOVER→
37A
Drinks popular among bodybuilders (13)
Starts with P, ends with SPROTEINSHAKES→
38A
Quintana ___, easternmost of Mexico's 31 states (3)
Starts with R, ends with OROO→
39A
Peaceful, so to speak (3)
Starts with Z, ends with NZEN→
40A
What's represented by a jiggled thumbs-up, in sign language (3)
Starts with T, ends with NTEN→
41A
Org. that includes the Forest Service (4)
Starts with U, ends with AUSDA→
43A
Agency-issued rules, for short (4)
Starts with R, ends with SREGS→
46A
Prosperous period (4)
Starts with B, ends with MBOOM→
50A
Express misgivings (5)
Starts with D, ends with RDEMUR→
52A
Mutual aid event that originated in 1920s Harlem (9)
Starts with R, ends with YRENTPARTY→
55A
Like Marilyn Monroe's beauty mark (6)
Starts with I, ends with CICONIC→
57A
Gathering with grills and grilles (8)
Starts with T, ends with ETAILGATE→
58A
Popular export from Islay or Speyside (6)
Starts with S, ends with HSCOTCH→
59A
Part of a cabinet that's made overseas (8)
Starts with M, ends with RMINISTER→
60A
Osaka's island (6)
Starts with H, ends with UHONSHU→
61A
Word used in conditional coding (4)
Starts with E, ends with EELSE→
62A
Settings for some residents, for short (3)
Starts with E, ends with SERS→
Down
1D
Switcheroo (5)
Starts with T, ends with TTWIST→
2D
Flying ___ (train between Mumbai and Surat) (5)
Starts with R, ends with ERANEE→
3D
DO NOT ___ (5)
Starts with E, ends with EERASE→
4D
Nuclide, e.g. (4)
Starts with A, ends with MATOM→
5D
Abraded (4)
Starts with W, ends with EWORE→
6D
Fabric debuted by DuPont in the 1940s (5)
Starts with O, ends with NORLON→
7D
Olympic golf gold medalist ___ Ko (5)
Starts with L, ends with ALYDIA→
8D
Princess played by Audrey Hepburn in "Roman Holiday" (3)
Starts with A, ends with NANN→
9D
Some gift shop merch (4)
Starts with T, ends with STEES→
10D
Former "S.N.L." comic ___ Yang (5)
Starts with B, ends with NBOWEN→
11D
Students might get credit from them (9)
Starts with A, ends with SAPCLASSES→
12D
Semi professional? (8)
Starts with T, ends with RTEAMSTER→
13D
Low-level cloud (7)
Starts with S, ends with SSTRATUS→
15D
Rodent that lives in South American marshes (8)
Starts with S, ends with TSWAMPRAT→
20D
Mideast yogurt dip eaten with pita (6)
Starts with L, ends with HLABNEH→
24D
Acknowledges, in a way (6)
Starts with N, ends with TNODSAT→
27D
Singer Jessie with the hit 2020 album "Before Love Came to Kill Us" (5)
Starts with R, ends with ZREYEZ→
28D
Like Cheerios vis-à-vis Lucky Charms, say (6)
Starts with O, ends with ROATIER→
30D
Strapped for cash (5)
Starts with B, ends with EBROKE→
32D
Color effect of a lunar eclipse (9)
Starts with B, ends with NBLOODMOON→
33D
Evening call to kids playing in the yard (6)
Starts with D, ends with RDINNER→
34D
Early hrs. (3)
Starts with A, ends with SAMS→
35D
They hold roasts (8)
Starts with O, ends with SOVENBAGS→
36D
Italian sparkling wine (8)
Starts with P, ends with OPROSECCO→
37D
Pearl-clutching (7)
Starts with P, ends with HPRUDISH→
42D
High-ranking women in "The Handmaid's Tale" (5)
Starts with A, ends with SAUNTS→
44D
"See what I mean?" (5)
Starts with G, ends with EGETME→
45D
Perpetual homebody? (5)
Starts with S, ends with LSNAIL→
47D
Make a delivery, in a way (5)
Starts with O, ends with EORATE→
48D
Mammal with webbed feet (5)
Starts with O, ends with ROTTER→
49D
Personality test co-inventor Isabel Briggs ___ (5)
Starts with M, ends with SMYERS→
51D
Rolling in it (4)
Starts with R, ends with HRICH→
53D
Popcorn holders (4)
Starts with T, ends with STINS→
54D
Ballet term from the French for "folded" (4)
Starts with P, ends with EPLIE→
56D
"Wicked" director Jon M. ___ (3)
Starts with C, ends with UCHU→
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for May 30, 2026?+
68 clues: 33 Across and 35 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Malaika Handa and Erik Agard and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: Man's name that, like Otto, is also an Italian number (TRE); Missing unexpectedly (AWOL); Times up (ATBATS).
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