Crossword Answers for Saturday, 23 May 2026
All 30 answers to the daily crossword for Saturday, 23 May 2026. Still want to finish it yourself? Play the puzzle instead.
Across
- 1
- Being one more than one TWO
- 4
- The compass point midway between northeast and east ENE
- 7
- Good hearing EAR
- 8
- A counterfeit coin SLUG
- 9
- Fit snugly into INSERTING
- 11
- A clever remark MOT
- 12
- Propose or intend AIM
- 13
- Issue commands or orders for PRESCRIBE
- 17
- Tell an untruth; pretend with intent to deceive LIE
- 18
- A negative NAY
- 19
- Be equivalent in effect TRANSLATE
- 22
- Located at or near the back of an animal HIND
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- Take in solid food ATE
- 24
- Not used up ODD
- 25
- An affirmative YES
Down
- 1
- The pitch range of the highest male voice TENOR
- 2
- An uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation WASTELAND
- 3
- A mineral that contains metal that is valuable enough to be mined ORE
- 4
- Do away with ELIMINATE
- 5
- A woman religious NUN
- 6
- Oval reproductive body of a fowl (especially a hen) used as food EGG
- 8
- Move very slightly STIR
- 9
- One who is playfully mischievous IMP
- 10
- Any competition RACES
- 14
- A region of southeastern Pakistan SIND
- 15
- Wink briefly BATES
- 16
- Good discernment EYE
- 19
- A branch of the Tai languages THO
- 20
- Relieve from RID
- 21
- Put in a horizontal position LAY