Daily Themed Crossword May 29, 2026 Answers
Every clue and answer from the May 29, 2026 grid, in puzzle order.
May 29, 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 | Tear as wrapping paper | Show answer | 3 | |
| #2 | Farewell word often accompanied by a hand wave | Show answer | 3 | |
| #3 | On/___ (light switch setting) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #4 | Make a modification as to a document | Show answer | 4 | |
| #5 | Quaker grain | Show answer | 3 | |
| #6 | ___ hours (early morning) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #7 | Hello ___! (popular smartphone catchphrase containing a word hidden in motorboat) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #8 | Suffix with Cray for a popular art supplies company | Show answer | 3 | |
| #9 | ___ mortals (simple humans) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #10 | Just Do It sportswear brand | Show answer | 4 | |
| #11 | Huckleberry ___ (Mark Twain character) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #12 | Water carriers | Show answer | 5 | |
| #13 | 60-minute periods for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #14 | Prefix with center or dermal | Show answer | 3 | |
| #15 | Did you know that bees build a ___ (edible nest) using hexagons to store the most honey using the least wax? | Show answer | 9 | |
| #16 | Coke containers | Show answer | 4 | |
| #17 | Broadway's Five Guys Named ___ | Show answer | 3 | |
| #18 | Sheep's bleat | Show answer | 3 | |
| #19 | Remove painful knots from hair say | Show answer | 8 | |
| #20 | Avocado or coconut product | Show answer | 3 | |
| #21 | Eddington director Aster | Show answer | 3 | |
| #22 | Did you know that a nautilus ___ (hard outer covering) grows in a logarithmic spiral and always keeps the same shape as it gets bigger? | SHELL | 5 | |
| #23 | ___ Simpson Homer's son | Show answer | 4 | |
| #24 | There's one in this cluuee for short | Show answer | 4 | |
| #25 | Did you know that a ___ (forest giant) records its age as concentric rings that you can count? | Show answer | 4 | |
| #26 | Bright attention-grabbing advertisement like in Vegas or Times Square: 2 wds. | Show answer | 8 | |
| #27 | Title of respect for Anthony Hopkins | Show answer | 3 | |
| #28 | A-E connection | Show answer | 3 | |
| #29 | Prefix with plasm to mean a layer of a cell's cytoplasm | Show answer | 4 | |
| #30 | From ___ Z (entirely): 2 wds. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #31 | Tea in China | Show answer | 3 | |
| #32 | Did you know that the placement of a sunflower ___ (sprouting plant part) fits an interlocking spiral formed by Fibonacci numbers? | SEED | 4 | |
| #33 | Sleep state for the dreamer: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #34 | Don't mind if ___: 2 wds. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #35 | Plum's center | Show answer | 3 | |
| #36 | It can be found in a library | Show answer | 4 | |
| #37 | New Haven's Ivy League school | Show answer | 4 | |
| #38 | When a Lyft driver will show up: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #39 | Actor Wilson of Marley & Me | Show answer | 4 | |
| #40 | Did you know that a ___ (plant with fronds) leaf grows in a fractal pattern with each little leaflet mimicking the whole shape? | Show answer | 4 | |
| #41 | Lawyer's charge say | Show answer | 3 | |
| #42 | Dial ___ (telephone sound) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #43 | Assorted items for short | Show answer | 4 | |
| #44 | Suffix with self or fool | Show answer | 3 | |
| #45 | Cook as onion rings | Show answer | 3 | |
| #46 | Chest muscle for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #47 | Tablet that may be Air or Pro | Show answer | 4 | |
| #48 | Did you know that a ___ (common conifer) plant produces cones with scales arranged in upwards and downwards Fibonacci spirals? | Show answer | 4 | |
| #49 | Achilles' ___ phrase from Greek mythology used to refer to a weakness | Show answer | 4 | |
| #50 | Prefix with present to mean present everywhere | Show answer | 4 | |
| #51 | Drink enjoyed next to a Christmas tree for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #52 | Slender orchestra instrument | Show answer | 4 | |
| #53 | Postal sackful | Show answer | 4 | |
| #54 | It may be passed in fields or courts | Show answer | 4 | |
| #55 | Gaze intently | Show answer | 5 | |
| #56 | Frida Kahlo's creation | Show answer | 3 | |
| #57 | NBA Tonight channel: Abbr. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #58 | Gardener's watering tubes | Show answer | 5 | |
| #59 | Englishman informally | Show answer | 4 | |
| #60 | Aviation-related prefix with nautical or plane | Show answer | 4 | |
| #61 | ___-savvy (proficient in using computers) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #62 | Jedi with an unusual speech pattern | Show answer | 4 | |
| #63 | Organization taking X-rays?: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #64 | Network for Jimmy Fallon's talk show: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #65 | Break the ___ (get the conversation going) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #66 | Former telecom giant: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #67 | Fall asleep with off | Show answer | 3 |
How the May 29, 2026 Grid Breaks Down
This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for May 29, 2026, a Friday. It contains 67 clues, which is a little above the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is HONEYCOMB at 9 letters; the shortest is 3.
Watch the clue wording on this one: 6 clues are flagged "Abbr.", meaning the answer is shortened rather than spelled out, and 3 clues carry 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 29, 2026 with 10 clues. Away from the calendar, the game's 202 themed packs hold another 58,679 clues.
May 29, 2026 — Questions
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3 Tips for the May 29, 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 9 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 29, 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 29, 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 9, 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.