New York Times puzzle clues 2026 May 23

• 19th-century German novelist Theodor Crossword Clue
• A boxer's might knock you out Crossword Clue
• Accessory on a pub counter Crossword Clue
• Ancient collection of Hindu hymns Crossword Clue
• At least one Crossword Clue
• Begrudges Crossword Clue
• Berth places Crossword Clue
• Bit of back-and-forth Crossword Clue
• Bosses (around) Crossword Clue
• Brunch beverage Crossword Clue
• Bygone leaders Crossword Clue
• Canal blocker? Crossword Clue
• Chess puzzle challenge, maybe Crossword Clue
• Choice for the undecided Crossword Clue
• Clay-and-calcium-carbonate mix used in cement making Crossword Clue
• Close call Crossword Clue
• Common con game Crossword Clue
• Daytime regulars Crossword Clue
• Destination for wagons, once Crossword Clue
• Edward who wrote and illustrated "The Gashlycrumb Tinies" Crossword Clue
• Eerie substance faked in 19th-century ghost hoaxes Crossword Clue
• Epithet lead-in Crossword Clue
• Farrow with a Pulitzer for his investigative journalism Crossword Clue
• Figurative ability to withstand almost anything Crossword Clue
• Foam designs, perhaps Crossword Clue
• Gads about Crossword Clue
• Gets even with? Crossword Clue
• Handled something poorly, say Crossword Clue
• Jazz drummer DeRosa Crossword Clue
• Little squirt Crossword Clue
• Lizard predator of Africa Crossword Clue
• "Lovely!" Crossword Clue
• Magpie lookalike with black-and-white plumage Crossword Clue
• Make do Crossword Clue
• Many an epithet Crossword Clue
• Milky and iridescent Crossword Clue
• No-goodniks Crossword Clue
• Old auto company based in Lansing, Mich. Crossword Clue
• Old black-and-white police autos, to Brits Crossword Clue
• One of the seven depicted in the 1995 thriller "Se7en" Crossword Clue
• Org. with a "Cryptographic Support Services" page on its website Crossword Clue
• Pampers Crossword Clue
• Petite ___ (certain French partner) Crossword Clue
• Places to put fliers Crossword Clue
• Sales job that Forbes magazine once dubbed "the original side hustle," informally Crossword Clue
• Shell, say Crossword Clue
• Standard 1L course, informally Crossword Clue
• Stressors for some H.S. seniors Crossword Clue
• Substance that undergoes change, as in a lab Crossword Clue
• Substitute for "etc." Crossword Clue
• Sugar ___ Crossword Clue
• Surgical specialty, informally Crossword Clue
• Swedish American model Porizkova Crossword Clue
• Tac preceder Crossword Clue
• They might be settled atop stools Crossword Clue
• Title for some fictional lords Crossword Clue
• Top that screams "Look at me!" Crossword Clue
• Tourist nickname for a Southern mecca, to the chagrin of many locals Crossword Clue
• Until, in Uruguay Crossword Clue
• Walk on water? Crossword Clue
• ___ weekend Crossword Clue
• What some prisoners earn, in brief Crossword Clue