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NYT Crossword — May 6, 2026

Wednesday’s 15 × 15 puzzle, 78 clues. The full solution is below — answers stay masked until you reveal them, one clue or all at once.

0 of 78 revealed

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Across

37 clues

1Don't believe it

4Soccer great Mia

8Prepared (for)

14Feature of a spy film

16Scalper's transaction

17Prairie bloom for which a creamery is named

19They're found in a circle

20Dispensary inits.

22Late spring or early summer bloom

23Leave speechless

24Texter's "I can't even"

26In perpetuity

29Narrow margin of victory

30Lunchbox staple, informally

33All primes except 2

37Country nearest to the Equator without touching it

38Hybridized, botanically … or like four pairs of answers in this puzzle (and the circled letters they intersect on)?

40"Stop right there!"

41"Great Scott!"

42Bird adapted for silent flight

43Charging option

44Deciding periods, in brief

46[I'm a good boy!]

47Summer cooler

50Movement started by Tarana Burke in 2006

55Philosopher William of ___

57Become part of a club

59___ method (type of teaching)

61Bloom whose toxic nectar is one source of "mad honey"

62Flower found along a metaphorical path of ease

63A bad review might merit a rotten one

64Like some advice

65Manhattan liquor

Down

41 clues

1First sign of fall

2Family tree addition

3One of 12 in a Pulitzer-winning piece by composer/pianist William Bolcom

4Blossom in a lei

5Period in history

7Scary Spice, by another nickname

8Texter's "just a sec"

9Harvesting machine

10Cousin of edelweiss

11Pattern based on nature, for short

12Stylish flair

15King, in Portuguese

21First word from a wedding officiant

25Home of the Stax Museum of American Soul Music

27Alice, in Wonderland

28Part of M.I.T.: Abbr.

29Very, slangily

30Politician Buttigieg

31Partner of born

32Sport with throws

34Cry in a gunfight

43Flower found at the end of a rainbow?

45Cold, hard cash

46Ancient marketplace

48"Link" in a botanical chain

49Play the host

51Automaker Ferrari

52Airport transport

58Language of Vientiane

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Stats & info

Wednesday, May 6, 2026

15×15

Grid size

78

Total entries

34/191

Black / letter cells

4.9

Avg entry length

15 ltrs

Longest entry

Medium

Wednesday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedMay 6, 2026

DayWednesday

ThemeUntitled

ConstructorJames Mattina

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split37 across · 41 down

Longest entries

38AHybridized, botanically … or like four pairs of answers in this puzzle (and the circled letters they intersect on)?15 ltrs 33AAll primes except 210 ltrs 41A"Great Scott!"10 ltrs 14AFeature of a spy film8 ltrs 17APrairie bloom for which a creamery is named8 ltrs

Wednesday is the midweek pivot, where themes get denser and clues start bending the surface reading. This grid has 34 black squares and averages 4.9 letters per entry.