Daily Themed Crossword May 21, 2026 Answers
Every clue and answer from the May 21, 2026 grid, in puzzle order.
May 21, 2026 — All 67 Clues
Listed in the order they appear in the grid. Tap COPY to take an answer with you.
| # | Clue | Answer | Letters | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Plays a role in a film like Brad Pitt | Show answer | 4 | |
| #2 | People hired to spin tracks at a nightclub: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #3 | Twinkler in the sky | Show answer | 4 | |
| #4 | ___ hour (time for heavy traffic) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #5 | Column's partner on a spreadsheet | Show answer | 3 | |
| #6 | See-through window part (rhymes with bane) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #7 | ___ of spiders a.k.a. arachnophobia | Show answer | 4 | |
| #8 | Sailor's yes | Show answer | 3 | |
| #9 | Low female voice | Show answer | 4 | |
| #10 | Pen drive port type: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #11 | 2013 animated film about a tiny woodland kingdom and a teenage girl who shrinks and joins leaf-riding warriors in a battle | EPIC | 4 | |
| #12 | Little iPod that was discontinued | Show answer | 4 | |
| #13 | Sebastian of Marvel movies | Show answer | 4 | |
| #14 | Feet warmers | Show answer | 5 | |
| #15 | Graham Bell's invention for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #16 | Parent honored in May | Show answer | 3 | |
| #17 | Rest stop for a wanderer | Show answer | 3 | |
| #18 | Suffix with super or infer | Show answer | 3 | |
| #19 | Suffix with lemon for a summer drink | Show answer | 3 | |
| #20 | ___ Cooper (denim company) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #21 | DVD player predecessor: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #22 | Yellow rides around Manhattan | Show answer | 5 | |
| #23 | Animated 1994 film where a tiny girl the size of a thumb seeks her place in a world of overgrown creatures and adventure | Show answer | 10 | |
| #24 | Boxing bout enders: Abbr. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #25 | Pablo Picasso's work | Show answer | 3 | |
| #26 | Like music that's booming | Show answer | 4 | |
| #27 | 2010 Studio Ghibli film where a tiny Borrower girl befriends a human boy above the floorboards | Show answer | 8 | |
| #28 | Point ___ return (stage where it's impossible to stop): 2 wds. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #29 | The Adventures of ___-Tin-Tin 1954 television series with a canine superstar | Show answer | 3 | |
| #30 | Rock's ___ Against the Machine | Show answer | 4 | |
| #31 | A ___ Life 1998 Pixar film where tiny inventive ants and circus insects work together to defend their colony from a grasshopper gang | BUGS | 4 | |
| #32 | The Good Wife network: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #33 | Teenager's unwanted skin eruption slangily | Show answer | 3 | |
| #34 | Dog bark sound in comics | Show answer | 3 | |
| #35 | Billiards stick | Show answer | 3 | |
| #36 | Airport bag-checking organization: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #37 | Honey I ___ the Kids 1989 family film starring Rick Moranis as a bumbling inventor who accidentally turns his kids and their friends tiny | SHRUNK | 6 | |
| #38 | Dull and colorless | Show answer | 4 | |
| #39 | ___ to the World (Christmas carol) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #40 | Having more sugar or honey say | Show answer | 7 | |
| #41 | Barcelona's country | Show answer | 5 | |
| #42 | Baby powder mineral | Show answer | 4 | |
| #43 | ___-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 | ANT | 3 | |
| #44 | ___ Speedwagon rock band formed in Illinois | Show answer | 3 | |
| #45 | Distress code to signal danger | Show answer | 3 | |
| #46 | Gal ___ (friend) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #47 | Master of ___ comedy-drama series starring Aziz Ansari | Show answer | 4 | |
| #48 | Pimply puberty woe | Show answer | 4 | |
| #49 | Strong wind accompanied by rain and thunder | Show answer | 5 | |
| #50 | The S in RSVP | Show answer | 3 | |
| #51 | Ankle-length skirt or dress | Show answer | 4 | |
| #52 | Loki's adoptive father in the MCU | Show answer | 4 | |
| #53 | ___ Verde National Park Colorado | Show answer | 4 | |
| #54 | Grey's Anatomy setting perhaps: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #55 | Old tape format: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #56 | ___ Hatcher of Desperate Housewives | Show answer | 4 | |
| #57 | ___ ego (secondary personality) | Show answer | 5 | |
| #58 | Chore list entries: Hyph. | Show answer | 5 | |
| #59 | Farm buildings (rhymes with yarns) | Show answer | 5 | |
| #60 | Mapo ___ (traditional Sichuan dish) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #61 | ___ Fu Panda (2008 animated film) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #62 | Throw a ball | Show answer | 3 | |
| #63 | Curved line like that of a rainbow | Show answer | 3 | |
| #64 | Heart protector? | Show answer | 3 | |
| #65 | Devil in Looney Tunes cartoons informally | Show answer | 3 | |
| #66 | ___ Friday's (restaurant chain): Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #67 | Are we there ___? | Show answer | 3 |
How the May 21, 2026 Grid Breaks Down
This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for May 21, 2026, a Thursday. It contains 67 clues, which is a little above the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is THUMBELINA at 10 letters; the shortest is 3.
Watch the clue wording on this one: 9 clues are flagged "Abbr.", meaning the answer is shortened rather than spelled out, and 1 clue carries a "wds." flag, so the answer runs several words together with no spaces. Those markers are reliable in this game and are the quickest way to fix a letter count before you commit to an entry.
Neighbouring dates are linked above, and the 2026 archive holds every daily puzzle from that year. There is also a mini crossword for May 21, 2026 with 10 clues. Away from the calendar, the game's 202 themed packs hold another 58,679 clues.
May 21, 2026 — Questions
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3 Tips for the May 21, 2026 Crossword
The theme is a clue in itself
Daily Themed Crossword builds each board around one idea, and the themed entries are usually the longest answers on the grid. This board carries 67 clues with answers from 3 to 10 letters — work out what the long ones have in common and the rest of the grid opens up around them.
Short fills are where the crossings come from
Three- and four-letter answers are the cheapest squares on the board and they feed letters into every long entry they touch. When a themed answer will not come, fill the short ones around it first rather than staring at the clue.
There is a mini board for this date too
Daily Themed Crossword runs two boards a day. The mini crossword for May 21, 2026 is on its own page, and the two share a theme more often than not — solving one gives you a head start on the other.
Verified Answers, Not Guesses
How we verify this board
The 67 clue-and-answer pairs here were captured from the May 21, 2026 crossword on the day it ran, with the clue wording stored exactly as the game showed it and every answer length-checked against its slot. Dated boards are never rewritten after publication.
Reviewed by Nadia Okonkwo, Crossword and Clue Editor at Puzzle Solved. The full checking routine is in the methodology, and the standards every page is held to are in the editorial policy.
Last checked — Sep 8, 2026Daily Themed Crossword by the numbers
How to Solve a Daily Themed Crossword
How the daily and mini grids are built, and the order that solves them.
Read the theme before the clues
Daily Themed Crossword builds every puzzle around one idea, and the long entries almost always belong to it. Knowing the theme turns those from cold clues into a guessing game with a very short list.
Fill the short crossings first
Three and four letter answers use the most predictable vocabulary in the whole grid. Each one you place hands letters to the long clues for free, which is a better use of the first minute than staring at the hardest entry.
Abbreviations are signposted
A clue ending in "Abbr." or containing its own abbreviation is telling you the answer is short and clipped. The same goes for "Hyph." and "2 wds." — the clue format is half the answer.