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Newsday Crossword Answers for Friday, May 22, 2026

Friday, May 22, 2026/76 clues solved

Every clue and answer from today's Newsday Crossword for Friday, May 22, 2026, across and down, in grid order. Clues are kept with their answers rather than listed separately, so a half-remembered clue from an old grid stays findable — the whole archive is searchable the same way.

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Across

  • 1Bowl overseer
  • 5Selects, so to speak
  • 9Was posing
  • 14Saucy
  • 15Start to lock
  • 16Any glockenspiel sound
  • 17LARGE CENT
  • 19Hash up
  • 20Swallow cousin
  • 21Insubstantial
  • 23City near Cooperstown
  • 25It means "sight"
  • 27See 6-Down
  • 28REAL TIGHT RING
  • 32"I'll pass"
  • 33National Caramel Mo.
  • 34University administration, often
  • 35RODENT HATER
  • 40Persona canonizada
  • 41Repeated Stein line part
  • 42Where Einstein was born
  • 45RIPE ARMY SQUAD
  • 49What cutters are called
  • 51Close, as a hole
  • 52Someone __ problem
  • 53Trendy nightclub
  • 56Columbo player
  • 57Extra- opposite
  • 58CHEERY PUB
  • 63Publisher's page number
  • 64"Freedom from" feeling
  • 65Fed head before Ben
  • 66Not a little lock
  • 67Place for a fork
  • 68Take it slow

Down

  • 11000+-station network
  • 2Ironic conclusion
  • 3IMAX theater need
  • 4Attribute (to)
  • 5Type of top
  • 6With 27-Across, auteur from Taiwan
  • 7Erstwhile TV ministry
  • 8Minor break
  • 9Utmost height
  • 10Knee neighbor
  • 11Ignite
  • 12Show runner
  • 13Big name in excavators
  • 18Smell __
  • 22Query to the weary
  • 23Big brewer
  • 24Tante, across the Pyrenees
  • 25Top of an oceanic food chain
  • 26Less loquacious
  • 29Very bad weather
  • 30Sound of frustration
  • 31Early cameo in most 007 films
  • 36Bar designation
  • 37Sorority letter
  • 38April shower in ballparks
  • 39Buffoon
  • 43Be prone
  • 44Mayo and many others
  • 45Colonize
  • 46Sort of
  • 47Nurture
  • 48"Nothing small" order
  • 49Change your mind
  • 50High esteem
  • 54Evening hora
  • 55Dependable consultants
  • 56Flow into
  • 59Very tall retired hoopster Ming
  • 60Unpaid TV ad
  • 61Chinese dumpling
  • 62Ruination

Hints before the answers

  1. Today's grid is 15x15 with 76 entries.
  2. There are 35 across and 41 down.
  3. The longest answer has 13 letters and is 28-across.
  4. Today's puzzle is titled "OUT OF SHAPES".

All 76 answers

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  • 1ABowl overseerNCAA
  • 5ASelects, so to speakTAPS
  • 9AWas posingASKED
  • 14ASaucyPERT
  • 15AStart to lockANTI
  • 16AAny glockenspiel soundCHIME
  • 17ALARGE CENTRECTANGLE
  • 19AHash upMINCE
  • 20ASwallow cousinLARK
  • 21AInsubstantialSLENDER
  • 23ACity near CooperstownUTICA
  • 25AIt means "sight"OPTO
  • 27ASee 6-DownLEE
  • 28AREAL TIGHT RINGRIGHTTRIANGLE
  • 32A"I'll pass"NAH
  • 33ANational Caramel Mo.OCT
  • 34AUniversity administration, oftenGRE
  • 35ARODENT HATERTETRAHEDRON
  • 40APersona canonizadaSAN
  • 41ARepeated Stein line partISA
  • 42AWhere Einstein was bornULM
  • 45ARIPE ARMY SQUADSQUAREPYRAMID
  • 49AWhat cutters are calledSHE
  • 51AClose, as a holeDARN
  • 52ASomeone __ problemELSES
  • 53ATrendy nightclubHOTSPOT
  • 56AColumbo playerFALK
  • 57AExtra- oppositeINTER
  • 58ACHEERY PUBHYPERCUBE
  • 63APublisher's page numberFOLIO
  • 64A"Freedom from" feelingEASE
  • 65AFed head before BenALAN
  • 66ANot a little lockTRESS
  • 67APlace for a forkROAD
  • 68ATake it slowPLOD
  • 1D1000+-station networkNPR
  • 2DIronic conclusionCEE
  • 3DIMAX theater needARCLIGHT
  • 4DAttribute (to)ATTACH
  • 5DType of topTANK
  • 6DWith 27-Across, auteur from TaiwanANG
  • 7DErstwhile TV ministryPTL
  • 8DMinor breakSIESTA
  • 9DUtmost heightACME
  • 10DKnee neighborSHIN
  • 11DIgniteKINDLE
  • 12DShow runnerEMCEE
  • 13DBig name in excavatorsDEERE
  • 18DSmell __ARAT
  • 22DQuery to the wearyLONGDAY
  • 23DBig brewerURN
  • 24DTante, across the PyreneesTIA
  • 25DTop of an oceanic food chainORCA
  • 26DLess loquaciousPITHIER
  • 29DVery bad weatherTORNADO
  • 30DSound of frustrationGRR
  • 31DEarly cameo in most 007 filmsLEO
  • 36DBar designationESQ
  • 37DSorority letterTAU
  • 38DApril shower in ballparksESPN
  • 39DBuffoonNUMSKULL
  • 43DBe proneLIE
  • 44DMayo and many othersMDS
  • 45DColonizeSETTLE
  • 46DSort ofRATHER
  • 47DNurtureREAR
  • 48D"Nothing small" orderALLCAP
  • 49DChange your mindSHIFT
  • 50DHigh esteemHONOR
  • 54DEvening horaSEIS
  • 55DDependable consultantsPROS
  • 56DFlow intoFEED
  • 59DVery tall retired hoopster MingYAO
  • 60DUnpaid TV adPSA
  • 61DChinese dumplingBAO
  • 62DRuinationEND

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