USA Today Crossword May 22 2026 Answers (5/22/26)

Our USA Today Crossword May 22, 2026 answers guide should help you finish today’s crossword if you’ve found yourself stuck on a crossword clue. USA Today Crossword is a popular daily puzzle that tests the player’s vocabulary, spelling, and general knowledge skills. The puzzle is available in print and digital format and is enjoyed by people of all ages. The clues can range from easy to challenging and the player must use their critical thinking abilities to solve the puzzle. It is a great way to pass the time and challenge oneself.

USA Today Crossword May 22, 2026 Answers

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« May 21 2026 Answers

#	Clue
1A	Secondary Insta accounts
5A	"Dancing Queen" band
9A	Persian poet whose works are used for bibliomancy during Nowruz
14A	Feeling yesterday's bike ride, perhaps
15A	Gas in a bright sign
16A	Give a speech
17A	Gardener's bagful
18A	Kid around
19A	"Game of Thrones" actor Gillen
20A	Place to pick some galas and drink cider
23A	Name of two Spice Girls
24A	One-fourth of a quart
25A	Conclude
26A	Letters next to cellphone bars
29A	Give a hand?
31A	Units of electrical resistance
33A	"I agree!"
34A	Word before "Bernard" or "Nicholas"
36A	"___ Forever" (1997 hip-hop album)
38A	Becoming unable to deal with a situation
41A	Hush-hush
42A	Cold weather coat
43A	Whale watching vessel
44A	Cold War country
46A	"College GameDay" channel
49A	Sketch show based in New York, for short
50A	Company with Soul?
51A	"C'est la ___!"
53A	Assistance
55A	Tool used to uncap a Guinness
58A	Drink aka hot chocolate
61A	The right direction?
62A	"RuPaul's Drag ___"
63A	Popular sans-serif font
64A	"At Last" singer James
65A	Iowa State's city
66A	Headwear for a princess
67A	Loch ___ monster
68A	Talk back to
1D	Indian state known for tea
2D	___ in (CCed, say)
3D	Three-base hit
4D	List on Etsy, say
5D	Pear variety
6D	Popular drinking game
7D	Pear variety
8D	Country song?
9D	Stockpile
10D	Desertlike
11D	Short-lived trend
12D	GPS prediction
13D	Peacefulness
21D	Oblong cream-filled pastry
22D	What a crossword clue hints at
26D	"Way 2 funny!"
27D	Camper's shelter
28D	Official language of Jamaica (Abbr.)
30D	Positive trait
32D	Start of an encrypted URL
33D	Book of maps
35D	Sense instinctively
37D	Maintenance
38D	State bird of Minnesota
39D	Squashed circle shape
40D	Gathers crops
41D	"CSI: Vegas" airer
45D	Glossy fabric
47D	Country with a namesake canal
48D	Sisters' daughters
50D	Eucalyptus-eating marsupial
52D	Small amounts
54D	Ball gown, for one
55D	Wild hog
56D	Fashionably ___
57D	Significant periods
58D	Pet that might knead its owner
59D	___ and the Will of the Wisps
60D	Org. in many spy novels

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