MONDAY · 13 x 13 GRID · 68 CLUES · 32 ACROSS · 36 DOWN
Daily Themed Crossword May 16 2022 Answers
Below is the full clue list for the May 16, 2022 puzzle with the solution beside every clue, followed by the completed grid. Tap a clue to see its letter count and every other puzzle it has appeared in.
1A
Chest bone
RIB
3
4A
Urban haze
SMOG
4
8A
Place for an exfoliation treatment
SPA
3
11A
Praise in verse
ODE
3
12A
Presses some clothes, say
IRONS
5
14A
Rooster's partner
HEN
3
15A
"___ Trip," 2020 song by Kid Cudi that is one of the shortest songs to enter the Billboard charts
BEAUTIFUL
9
17A
Baseball Hall of Famer Mel
OTT
3
18A
___ Grey tea
EARL
4
19A
Beekeeper in a 1997 film
ULEE
4
21A
2016 song by Beyonce and James Blake that is one of the shortest songs to enter the Billboard charts
FORWARD
7
26A
Sin, ___, and Tan
COS
3
29A
"Beauty and a ___," song by Justin Bieber featuring Nicki Minaj
BEAT
4
30A
Burden to be carried
LOAD
4
34A
Start of a dance count, maybe
ONE
3
35A
Live on the ___ (take many risks)
EDGE
4
36A
Be behind on bills
OWE
3
37A
"Little ___," 1964 song covered by The Womenfolk that is one of the shortest songs to enter the Billboard charts
BOXES
5
39A
"Pen-Pineapple-___Pen," 2016 song by Pikotaro that is one of the shortest songs to enter the Billboard charts
APPLE
5
41A
Director Anderson of "The French Dispatch"
WES
3
43A
File a lawsuit against, say
SUE
3
44A
Appease, as an appetite
SATE
4
47A
"Old ___," 2019 song by Lil Nas X that is one of the shortest songs to enter the Billboard charts: 2 wds.
TOWNROAD
8
52A
Election day in the US, for short
TUE
3
53A
Former Yankees pitcher Eddie
LOPAT
5
54A
Sport-___ (multi-terrain vehicle)
UTE
3
55A
Brewer's output
ALE
3
56A
Equally matched, as in a competition
EVEN
4
57A
Popular motor oil additive: Abbr.
STP
3
58A
NFL distances, for short
YDS
3
59A
"___ the Halls," song by Nat King Cole that is one of the shortest songs to enter the Billboard charts
DECK
4
60A
Style of dance that uses the floor as percussion
TAP
3
1D
Post-bath attire
ROBE
4
2D
Germ of a discovery
IDEA
4
3D
"(Let Me Be Your) Teddy ___," 1957 song by Elvis Presley that is one of the shortest songs to enter the Billboard charts
BEAR
4
4D
___ back and relax
SIT
3
5D
Diagnostic scan: Abbr.
MRI
3
6D
Punch reaction, in comics
OOF
3
7D
Wildebeest from Africa
GNU
3
8D
Loafer or sneaker, e.g.
SHOE
4
9D
"___ Davidson," 2018 song by Ariana Grande that is one of the shortest songs to enter the Billboard charts
PETE
4
10D
Picnic crasher
ANT
3
13D
Talk drunkenly
SLUR
4
16D
Electromagnetic wave range used for communication in mines: Abbr.
ULF
3
20D
"Bad" cholesterol letters
LDL
3
22D
Extremely overweight
OBESE
5
23D
Taylor Swift's album that is a primary color
RED
3
24D
Friendly dog's greeting
WAG
3
25D
Gobbled up the cake, say
ATE
3
26D
Corn on the ___
COB
3
27D
Musical Yoko
ONO
3
28D
"___ Education," Netflix series
SEX
3
31D
Alley-___ (basketball play)
OOP
3
32D
Cobbler's pointy tool
AWL
3
33D
Eiffel 65's "Blue (Da Ba ___)"
DEE
3
38D
Fleece source
EWE
3
39D
Petunia, to Harry Potter
AUNT
4
40D
The "P" in RPM
PER
3
42D
Necessary apparatus for cooking
STOVE
5
43D
"Fatale" actress Hilary
SWANK
5
44D
1960 song by Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs that is one of the shortest songs to enter the Billboard charts
STAY
4
45D
"___ Lang Syne"
AULD
4
46D
Casual shirts
TEES
4
48D
Group for major oil-producing nations: Abbr.
OPEC
4
49D
Kick out from office, say
OUST
4
50D
"___ girl!"
ATTA
4
51D
"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" actor Johnny
DEPP
4
53D
Took charge of
LED
3
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5M
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8S
9P
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R
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14H
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N
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18E
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19U
20L
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22O
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24W
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D
26C
27O
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31O
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33D
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35E
D
G
E
36O
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37B
O
X
38E
S
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40P
P
L
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41W
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42S
43S
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44S
45A
46T
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47T
48O
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R
49O
50A
51D
52T
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53L
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54U
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55A
L
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56E
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57S
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58Y
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59D
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C
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60T
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The completed 13 x 13 grid for May 16, 2022. Numbers mark where each across and down answer begins.
About the May 16, 2022 puzzle
The May 16, 2022 Daily Themed Crossword is a 13 x 13 grid with 68 clues — 32 across and 36 down. Puzzles tend to get harder as the week progresses, so a Monday grid sits where you would expect it in that run.
There is also a small 5x5 Mini published the same day — its answers are on the May 16 2022 Mini page. If a clue reappears in a later puzzle its own answer page is updated, so bookmarking the clue is more reliable than bookmarking the date. Older puzzles live in the archive. We are in no way affiliated with or endorsed by the publishers that created the game.