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NYT Mini Crossword answers for Friday, May 22, 2026

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A Friday 5x5 by Joel Fagliano: THE opens the Across clues and TRAWL runs down the first column. Tap a clue to show just that answer.

Across

1. "___ Birds" (Hitchcock film that suggests this puzzle's theme)
THE
4. Loudly brag
CROW
5. Stretch out one's neck
CRANE
6. Advocate of war
HAWK
7. Test for fifth-year Hogwarts students
OWL

Down

1. Fish using a large net
TRAWL
2. Call from a Canada goose
HONK
3. Female sheep
EWE
4. Stick in one's ___ (bird-related idiom)
CRAW
5. Comedian Margaret
CHO

Full grid

Every answer, in grid order.

Across: THE · CROW · CRANE · HAWK · OWL
Down: TRAWL · HONK · EWE · CRAW · CHO

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