Crossword Answers for Thursday, 21 May 2026
All 30 answers to the daily crossword for Thursday, 21 May 2026. Still want to finish it yourself? Play the puzzle instead.
Across
- 1
- Two items of the same kind SPAN
- 5
- Informal terms for a mother MOM
- 8
- Occurring or extending throughout a state STATEWIDE
- 10
- A secret word or phrase known only to a restricted group PASSWORDS
- 11
- A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters ARS
- 12
- Speak softly or lovingly COO
- 13
- A group of aquatic mammals POD
- 14
- Become vague or indistinct DIM
- 15
- Ride in a taxicab CAB
- 18
- Having no fixed course PLANETARY
- 21
- The act of referring or consulting REFERENCE
- 22
- Not allowed to continue to bat or run OUT
- 23
- A unit of play in tennis or squash SETS
Down
- 1
- An actor who plays a principal role STAR
- 2
- A written leave of absence PASS
- 3
- 100 at equal 1 kip in Laos ATS
- 4
- A recent arrival NEWCOMERS
- 5
- Spanish surrealist painter MIRO
- 6
- Not used up ODD
- 7
- A state in New England MES
- 8
- A fashionable hotel usually in a resort area SPA
- 9
- English conductor WOOD
- 13
- A coniferous tree PINE
- 14
- Informal or slang terms for mentally irregular DAFT
- 15
- Insincere talk about religion or morals CANT
- 16
- Form an arch or curve ARCS
- 17
- A farewell remark BYE
- 18
- In favor of PRO
- 19
- The basic unit of money in Moldova LEU
- 20
- The starting place for each hole on a golf course TEE