Crossword Answers for Friday, 22 May 2026
All 32 answers to the daily crossword for Friday, 22 May 2026. Still want to finish it yourself? Play the puzzle instead.
Across
- 1
- Using speech rather than writing ORAL
- 5
- The sound made by a cow or bull MOO
- 8
- Feeling a need to see others suffer VENOM
- 10
- A collection of anecdotes about a person or place ANA
- 11
- Someone who proclaims a message publicly ANNOUNCER
- 13
- The basic unit of money in Moldova LEU
- 14
- The syllable naming the first (tonic) note of any major scale in solmization DOH
- 15
- Mental ability WIT
- 17
- Small insectivorous birds TIT
- 19
- Male turkey TOM
- 21
- The excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time NET
- 23
- A light line that is used in lettering to help align the letters GUIDELINE
- 26
- A mineral that contains metal that is valuable enough to be mined ORE
- 27
- Sound practical judgment SENSE
- 28
- An associate degree in nursing ANS
- 29
- Make older AGES
Down
- 1
- Rounded like an egg OVAL
- 2
- Cause to appear in a new form RENEW
- 3
- Income from capital investment paid in a series of regular payments ANNUITIES
- 4
- A toilet in Britain LOO
- 5
- Make by machinery MACHINING
- 6
- A single person or thing ONE
- 7
- An implement used to propel or steer a boat OAR
- 9
- Slanderous remarks or charges MUD
- 12
- Negation of a word or group of words NOT
- 16
- Alone and on your own TOD
- 18
- Increase the tension on TENSE
- 20
- A state in New England MES
- 22
- Place on a tee TEES
- 23
- A state of southwestern India; a former Portuguese colony GOA
- 24
- A large pot for making coffee or tea URN
- 25
- A unit of length of thread or yarn LEA