Crossword Answers for Sunday, 24 May 2026

All 46 answers to the daily crossword for Sunday, 24 May 2026. Still want to finish it yourself? Play the puzzle instead.

Across

1
Belligerence aroused by a real or supposed wrong IRE
4
Impress greatly WOW
7
Being one more than one TWO
10
The shore of a sea or ocean regarded as a resort SEASIDE
12
Increase the number of rotations per minute REV
13
Able to see SIGHTED
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A wing of an insect ALA
15
Morally reprehensible UGLY
16
Examine thoroughly GRILL
18
The compass point midway between northeast and east ENE
19
Make a veinlike pattern VEINS
20
Tender and brittle CRISP
22
A state of extreme confusion and disorder CHAOS
24
Take by theft COP
27
Do one's shopping SHOPS
28
An informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk PAPA
29
A Swedish unit of length equivalent to 10 km MIL
30
Clothing in general APPAREL
33
Very familiar OLD
34
A worker who routes shipments for distribution and delivery ROUTERS
35
Clean in preparation for inspection GIS
36
The dark negative feminine principle in Chinese dualistic cosmology YIN
37
Express in words SAY

Down

1
The immediate descendants of a person ISSUE
2
Have sovereign power REIGN
3
Shoot two strokes under par EAGLE
4
Mental ability WIT
5
A lyric poem with complex stanza forms ODE
6
Put, fix, force, or implant WEDGES
7
A series of consequences wrought by an event TRAIN
8
An abundant source WELLS
9
Rounded like an egg OVAL
11
A quick throw SHY
17
Tear or be torn violently RIP
19
The cardinal number that is the sum of five and one VIS
20
A tight-fitting headdress CAP
21
A string of beads used in counting prayers ROSARY
22
Very hot and finely tapering pepper of special pungency CHILI
23
A stronghold HOLDS
24
Provide care for CARES
25
A commercial browser OPERA
26
Loss of the ability to move a body part PALSY
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Air pollution by a mixture of smoke and fog SMOG
28
Hit lightly PAT
31
Hawaiian dish of taro root pounded to a paste and often allowed to ferment POI
32
Make a play on words PUN