Daily Pop Crossword May 17 2026 Answers (5/17/26)

Our Daily POP Crossword May 17, 2026 answers guide should help you finish today’s crossword if you’ve found yourself stuck on a crossword clue. The Daily POP Crosswords is a daily puzzle game that challenges players to fill in the blanks of a crossword puzzle with words and phrases related to pop culture. Players can test their knowledge of current events, movies, music, and more while enjoying a classic word game format. The game is available online and can be played anytime, anywhere, making it an accessible and convenient form of entertainment for crossword enthusiasts of all ages.

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Daily Pop Crossword May 17, 2026 Answers

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« May 16 2026 Answers

#	Clue
1A	Performs like Missy Elliott
5A	"For All Mankind" agency (Abbr.)
9A	Babysitter's handful
12A	Settled on a branch, as a bird
13A	Children's book author Blyton
14A	A deer, a female deer
15A	"Bossypants" memoirist Fey
16A	Initial stake in a poker game
17A	Clean Air Act administrative gp. (Abbr.)
18A	Fictional Quebec village where Louise Penny's 33-Across novels take place (2 wds.)
21A	Actress Ridley who plays Gertrude Ederle in "Young Woman and the Sea"
24A	"Sesame Street" watcher
25A	Salty spot on a margarita glass
26A	Castle protector
30A	Muscle spasms
33A	Chief inspector in a series of mystery novels by Louise Penny (2 wds.)
36A	"We're not serving liquor," on invites
37A	Cartoon explorer with a talking backpack
38A	Have the sniffles
39A	___ Plaines, Illinois
41A	Island south of Sicily
43A	Louise Penny novel featuring 33-Across (3 wds.)
48A	"Fear and Loathing in ___ Vegas" (Hunter S. Thompson novel)
49A	"I had no ___!"
50A	Lexicographer Webster
54A	Cherry center
55A	Penny
56A	Reverse, as a computer operation
57A	Tricky
58A	"Shopaholic Ties the ___" (third novel in a series by Sophie Kinsella)
59A	Pirate's booty
1D	Templeton in "Charlotte's Web," for one
2D	"She Bee Stingin'" boxer Laila
3D	Wrestling victory
4D	Sports page numbers, for short
5D	"Coming to a theater ___ you"
6D	"Green Gables" girl
7D	Search engine hit
8D	Masterful
9D	Like some twins
10D	Have the blues
11D	The Black Eyed ___ (will.i.am's pop group)
19D	"Battle ___ of the Tiger Mother" (memoir by Amy Chua)
20D	Very small amount
21D	Dull-colored
22D	Like a well-ventilated room
23D	Shamelessness
27D	Like every other number
28D	"Four score and seven years ___ ... "
29D	Blacktop component
31D	Gambler's IOU
32D	"Once and Again" actress Ward
34D	"Wanna make ___?" ("Let's put money on it") (2 wds.)
35D	Baby doll's cry
40D	Manual transmission, informally
42D	Cancel
43D	"Heidi" mountains
44D	$50 get-out-of-jail payment in Monopoly
45D	"I Dream of Jeannie" actress Barbara
46D	Nevada casino city
47D	"Good Will Hunting" actor Damon
51D	"Bed-In for Peace" participant Yoko
52D	Shakespeare's "Much ___ About Nothing"
53D	Fresh from the oven

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