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

Here are all of the answers to today's Daily Themed Crossword puzzle for May 21 2026 to help you finish it up!

Our Daily Themed 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 Themed Crossword is available as a mobile app on both iOS and Android devices. It has become a popular crossword app due to its regular crossword offerings and difficulty level (not too easy, not too difficult, generally). They release a new crossword each day, every day of the year, and each crossword has a theme and allows for hints in case an answer involves a more obscure word.

Daily Themed Crossword May 21, 2026 Answers

If you need help solving the Daily Themed Crossword on 5/21/26, we’ve listed all of the crossword clues below so you can find the answer(s) you need. You can search for the clue and then select the appropriate clue to get the answer. We have done it this way so that if you’re just looking for a handful of clues, you won’t spoil other ones you’re working on!

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1A Plays a role in a film, like Brad Pitt
5A People hired to spin tracks at a nightclub: Abbr.
8A Twinkler in the sky
12A ___ hour (time for heavy traffic)
13A Column's partner, on a spreadsheet
14A See-through window part (rhymes with "bane")
15A ___ of spiders a.k.a. arachnophobia
16A Sailor's "yes"
17A Low female voice
18A Pen drive port type: Abbr.
20A 2013 animated film about a tiny woodland kingdom and a teenage girl who shrinks and joins leaf-riding warriors in a battle
22A Little iPod that was discontinued
24A Sebastian of Marvel movies
25A Feet warmers
26A Graham Bell's invention, for short
27A Parent honored in May
30A Rest stop for a wanderer
31A Suffix with "super" or "infer"
32A Suffix with "lemon" for a summer drink
33A ___ Cooper (denim company)
34A DVD player predecessor: Abbr.
35A Yellow rides around Manhattan
37A Animated 1994 film where a tiny girl the size of a thumb seeks her place in a world of overgrown creatures and adventure
39A Boxing bout enders: Abbr.
41A Pablo Picasso's work
42A Like music that's booming
43A 2010 Studio Ghibli film where a tiny "Borrower" girl befriends a human boy above the floorboards
48A Point ___ return (stage where it's impossible to stop): 2 wds.
49A "The Adventures of ___-Tin-Tin," 1954 television series with a canine superstar
50A Rock's ___ Against the Machine
51A "A ___ Life," 1998 Pixar film where tiny inventive ants and circus insects work together to defend their colony from a grasshopper gang
52A "The Good Wife" network: Abbr.
53A Teenager's unwanted skin eruption, slangily
1D Dog bark sound, in comics
2D Billiards stick
3D Airport bag-checking organization: Abbr.
4D "Honey, I ___ the Kids," 1989 family film starring Rick Moranis as a bumbling inventor who accidentally turns his kids and their friends tiny
5D Dull and colorless
6D "___ to the World" (Christmas carol)
7D Having more sugar or honey, say
8D Barcelona's country
9D Baby powder mineral
10D "___-Man," Marvel's 2015 superhero film featuring Paul Rudd as a burglar-turned-hero whose shrinking technology allows him to operate at a tiny insect scale
11D ___ Speedwagon, rock band formed in Illinois
19D Distress code to signal danger
21D Gal ___ (friend)
22D "Master of ___," comedy-drama series starring Aziz Ansari
23D Pimply puberty woe
24D Strong wind accompanied by rain and thunder
25D The "S" in RSVP
27D Ankle-length skirt or dress
28D Loki's adoptive father, in the MCU
29D ___ Verde National Park, Colorado
31D "Grey's Anatomy" setting, perhaps: Abbr.
34D Old tape format: Abbr.
35D ___ Hatcher of "Desperate Housewives"
36D ___ ego (secondary personality)
37D Chore list entries: Hyph.
38D Farm buildings (rhymes with "yarns")
39D Mapo ___ (traditional Sichuan dish)
40D "___ Fu Panda" (2008 animated film)
42D Throw a ball
43D Curved line, like that of a rainbow
44D Heart protector?
45D Devil in Looney Tunes cartoons, informally
46D ___ Friday's (restaurant chain): Abbr.
47D "Are we there ___?"

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Daily Themed Crossword is a popular online crossword puzzle game that is updated daily with new puzzles for players to solve. The game is developed by PlaySimple Games and is available on both iOS and Android devices.

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The puzzles in Daily Themed Crossword are organized around a different theme each day, with clues and answers related to that theme. For example, the theme for a particular day might be movies, and all the clues and answers would be related to movies in some way.

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The game is designed to be accessible to players of all skill levels, with puzzles ranging from easy to difficult. The game also includes helpful features such as hints and the ability to reveal individual letters or words to help players progress through more challenging puzzles.

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Daily Themed Crosswords

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