The Crossword Answers NYT - May 23, 2026

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• They might be settled atop stools Crossword Clue

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  BARBETS

• Shell, say Crossword Clue

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  ARMOR

• Places to put fliers Crossword Clue

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  AVIARIES

• Surgical specialty, informally Crossword Clue

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  NEURO

• A boxer's might knock you out Crossword Clue

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  DOGBREATH

• Substitute for "etc." Crossword Clue

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  YADDA

• Begrudges Crossword Clue

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  ENVIES

• Old auto company based in Lansing, Mich Crossword Clue

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  REO

• Jazz drummer DeRosa Crossword Clue

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  CLEM

• One of the seven depicted in the 1995 thriller "Se7en" Crossword Clue

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  GREED

• Daytime regulars Crossword Clue

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  SOAPSTARS

• What some prisoners earn, in brief Crossword Clue

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  GEDS

• Old black-and-white police autos, to Brits Crossword Clue

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  PANDACARS

• ___ weekend Crossword Clue

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  SPA

• Walk on water? Crossword Clue

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  GANGPLANK

• Top that screams "Look at me!" Crossword Clue

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  LOUDSHIRT

• Clay-and-calcium-carbonate mix used in cement making Crossword Clue

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  MARLSTONE

• "Lovely!" Crossword Clue

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  FAB

• Chess puzzle challenge, maybe Crossword Clue

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  MATEINONE

• Make do Crossword Clue

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  COPE

• Many an epithet Crossword Clue

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  DIRTYNAME

• Common con game Crossword Clue

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  MONTE

• Petite ___ (certain French partner) Crossword Clue

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  AMIE

• Epithet lead-in Crossword Clue

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  AKA

• Bit of back-and-forth Crossword Clue

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  BANTER

• Farrow with a Pulitzer for his investigative journalism Crossword Clue

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  RONAN

• Eerie substance faked in 19th-century ghost hoaxes Crossword Clue

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  ECTOPLASM

• Bygone leaders Crossword Clue

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  TSARS

• Tourist nickname for a Southern mecca, to the chagrin of many locals Crossword Clue

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  HOTLANTA

• Until, in Uruguay Crossword Clue

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  HASTA

• Destination for wagons, once Crossword Clue

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  THEWEST