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NYT Crossword — 2026-05-23
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They might be settled atop stools
7 letters
8A
Shell, say
5 letters
13A
Places to put fliers
8 letters
15A
Surgical specialty, informally
5 letters
16A
A boxer's might knock you out
9 letters
18A
Substitute for "etc."
5 letters
19A
Begrudges
6 letters
20A
Old auto company based in Lansing, Mich.
3 letters
22A
Jazz drummer DeRosa
4 letters
23A
One of the seven depicted in the 1995 thriller "Se7en"
5 letters
24A
Daytime regulars
9 letters
26A
What some prisoners earn, in brief
4 letters
27A
Old black-and-white police autos, to Brits
9 letters
28A
___ weekend
3 letters
29A
Walk on water?
9 letters
30A
Top that screams "Look at me!"
9 letters
31A
Clay-and-calcium-carbonate mix used in cement making
9 letters
32A
"Lovely!"
3 letters
35A
Chess puzzle challenge, maybe
9 letters
36A
Make do
4 letters
37A
Many an epithet
9 letters
38A
Common con game
5 letters
39A
Petite ___ (certain French partner)
4 letters
40A
Epithet lead-in
3 letters
41A
Bit of back-and-forth
6 letters
42A
Farrow with a Pulitzer for his investigative journalism
5 letters
44A
Eerie substance faked in 19th-century ghost hoaxes
9 letters
46A
Bygone leaders
5 letters
47A
Tourist nickname for a Southern mecca, to the chagrin of many locals
8 letters
48A
Until, in Uruguay
5 letters
49A
Destination for wagons, once
7 letters
