Daily Pop Crossword May 21 2026 Answers (5/21/26)

Our Daily POP Crossword May 21, 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 21, 2026 Answers

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« May 20 2026 Answers

#	Clue
1A	"All I ___ of You" (song from "The Phantom of the Opera")
4A	Celebrity couple
8A	See 14-Across
12A	King Kong or Donkey Kong
13A	PBS science series since 1974
14A	With 8-Across, part of a phone number
15A	Like full-time employees who are not paid hourly
17A	Sheep's bleats
18A	Broadway show for which 30-Across won the 1964 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical (2 wds.)
20A	Alma mater of Meryl Streep and Sigourney Weaver
23A	"Unforgettable" singer ___ King Cole
24A	Fisherman's ___ (waterfront district in San Francisco)
26A	"Erin Burnett OutFront" cable channel
27A	"Love Is a Battlefield" singer Benatar
30A	Singer/actress inducted in the American Theater Hall of Fame in 1981 and honored with a Lifetime Achievement Tony Award in 1995 (2 wds.)
33A	"Washboard" muscles, for short
34A	"Moonlight" and "Green Book" Oscar winner Mahershala
35A	One-named Greek keyboardist
36A	Movement-sensing Nintendo game console
37A	Hamburger patty, usually
38A	"Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" character originated by 30-Across on Broadway in 1949 (2 wds.)
44A	"Acoustic Soul" singer India.___
45A	Emphatic "You're mistaken!" (3 wds.)
49A	Warmhearted
50A	Chicken of the Sea product
51A	Japanese artist/singer/activist Yoko
52A	"Green ___ and Ham" (Dr. Seuss classic)
53A	Former Air France jets, for short
54A	Opal or topaz
1D	Common batteries for electronic toys
2D	Place for pampering in a fancy hotel
3D	"Kenan & ___" (late-1990s Nickelodeon show)
4D	Words that may start a memo (2 wds.)
5D	Work very hard
6D	Stunt legend Knievel
7D	One-named singer who plays "All the Way" Mae in "A League of Their Own"
8D	"Murder, She Wrote" setting ___ Cove
9D	Taken by mouth, as medication
10D	Hand out cards for a poker game, say
11D	Dennis Hopper motorcycle film "___ Rider"
16D	"Holding Out for ___" (classic Bonnie Tyler hit) (2 wds.)
19D	"It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" actor DeVito
20D	Female advocacy org., for short
21D	Obsessed captain played by Gregory Peck in "Moby Dick"
22D	Metallica drummer Ulrich
25D	Swing wildly
26D	The NBA's Bulls, on sports crawls
27D	Actor Chris of "Wonder Woman"
28D	"The Devil Wears Prada" actress Hathaway
29D	"Bring on the weekend!" letters
31D	Paying customers
32D	Sections of town, for short
36D	Mary-Louise Parker TV series about a suburban pot dealer
38D	Body of water
39D	Xerox machine insert (Abbr.)
40D	Wedding jewelry
41D	Informal promises of repayment
42D	Pocket fuzz
43D	Expected landing times, briefly
46D	Nutmeg-topped Christmas drink
47D	"___ Life To Live" (long-running ABC soap opera)
48D	Actor Hanks who plays Ben Bradlee in "The Post"

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