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

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Using speech rather than writing ORAL
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The sound made by a cow or bull MOO
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Feeling a need to see others suffer VENOM
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A collection of anecdotes about a person or place ANA
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Someone who proclaims a message publicly ANNOUNCER
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The basic unit of money in Moldova LEU
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The syllable naming the first (tonic) note of any major scale in solmization DOH
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Mental ability WIT
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Small insectivorous birds TIT
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Male turkey TOM
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The excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time NET
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A light line that is used in lettering to help align the letters GUIDELINE
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A mineral that contains metal that is valuable enough to be mined ORE
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Sound practical judgment SENSE
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An associate degree in nursing ANS
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Make older AGES

Down

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Rounded like an egg OVAL
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Cause to appear in a new form RENEW
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Income from capital investment paid in a series of regular payments ANNUITIES
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A toilet in Britain LOO
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Make by machinery MACHINING
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A single person or thing ONE
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An implement used to propel or steer a boat OAR
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Slanderous remarks or charges MUD
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Negation of a word or group of words NOT
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Alone and on your own TOD
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Increase the tension on TENSE
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A state in New England MES
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Place on a tee TEES
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A state of southwestern India; a former Portuguese colony GOA
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A large pot for making coffee or tea URN
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A unit of length of thread or yarn LEA