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Puzzle May 2026

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Ladies First

By: Brendan Emmett Quigley

Across
1 Passport maker
6 Museo hanging
10 Uncertain
14 Don’t go to
15 State in the Corn Belt
16 “Don’t stop now!”
17 Battle among Spanish brothers?
19 Part of a jack-o-lantern
20 Member of an army
21 “Succession” actor Ruck
22 Restaurant guide name
23 Sardine snapper?
27 Mist
28 Cause of wrinkles
29 Sneaks, e.g.
30 Shaving stuff
33 Band whose fans are called Juggalos, briefly
36 Things that get the shit out of plant museums?
40 Job, so to speak
41 Place for plot points
42 College application part
43 Just out of the shower
45 ___ Villa (English soccer club)
46 Like the bands Blondie and The Pretenders, or an alternate title for this puzzle
52 “Gotta bounce”
53 Point in the right direction?
54 Dorm party disrupters
57 Number of Oscars David Lynch won
58 Hot pursuit of a recluse?
61 A bit cracked
62 ___ Kazan
63 Question of interest
64 Slices of baloney
65 Big name in luxury hotels
66 Tonal

Down
1 “You nutter”
2 Patisserie installation
3 Long Island village originally named Great Cow Harbour
4 Unlit
5 Oklahoma county seat
6 Burrito sauce
7 Comedian Atkinson
8 Southerner’s giveaway
9 Listen here!
10 Answer to 63-Across
11 Blacksmith’s spot
12 Frock wearer
13 Gossipy buttinsky
18 ___ a soul
22 Deking move
24 Jewish eve (in THE REBEL)
25 Tabula ___
26 Showed up
27 Butter used in body lotion
29 “That’s enough!”
30 Repair
31 Arles assent
32 Morning hrs.
33 Comment from someone who is gone
34 “The Godfather” actor
35 “Gentleman” rapper
37 Cost of doing business?
38 Programmable thermostat
39 Spanish direction
43 Kit Kat cookies
44 Little sprite
45 Opposer
46 Big test
47 Picture in an email
48 Janelle who described herself as a “funkstress”
49 Touchy partner
50 ___ to go (itchin’ to move)
51 “The Thursday Murder Club” author Richard
55 Paris mayor Hidalgo
56 “Don’t go”
58 Chop down
59 Number of chopsticks
60 Chewie’s partner


SOLUTION BELOW:

The Toledo City Paper depends on readers like you! Become a friend today. See membership options

Ladies First

By: Brendan Emmett Quigley

Across
1 Passport maker
6 Museo hanging
10 Uncertain
14 Don’t go to
15 State in the Corn Belt
16 “Don’t stop now!”
17 Battle among Spanish brothers?
19 Part of a jack-o-lantern
20 Member of an army
21 “Succession” actor Ruck
22 Restaurant guide name
23 Sardine snapper?
27 Mist
28 Cause of wrinkles
29 Sneaks, e.g.
30 Shaving stuff
33 Band whose fans are called Juggalos, briefly
36 Things that get the shit out of plant museums?
40 Job, so to speak
41 Place for plot points
42 College application part
43 Just out of the shower
45 ___ Villa (English soccer club)
46 Like the bands Blondie and The Pretenders, or an alternate title for this puzzle
52 “Gotta bounce”
53 Point in the right direction?
54 Dorm party disrupters
57 Number of Oscars David Lynch won
58 Hot pursuit of a recluse?
61 A bit cracked
62 ___ Kazan
63 Question of interest
64 Slices of baloney
65 Big name in luxury hotels
66 Tonal

Down
1 “You nutter”
2 Patisserie installation
3 Long Island village originally named Great Cow Harbour
4 Unlit
5 Oklahoma county seat
6 Burrito sauce
7 Comedian Atkinson
8 Southerner’s giveaway
9 Listen here!
10 Answer to 63-Across
11 Blacksmith’s spot
12 Frock wearer
13 Gossipy buttinsky
18 ___ a soul
22 Deking move
24 Jewish eve (in THE REBEL)
25 Tabula ___
26 Showed up
27 Butter used in body lotion
29 “That’s enough!”
30 Repair
31 Arles assent
32 Morning hrs.
33 Comment from someone who is gone
34 “The Godfather” actor
35 “Gentleman” rapper
37 Cost of doing business?
38 Programmable thermostat
39 Spanish direction
43 Kit Kat cookies
44 Little sprite
45 Opposer
46 Big test
47 Picture in an email
48 Janelle who described herself as a “funkstress”
49 Touchy partner
50 ___ to go (itchin’ to move)
51 “The Thursday Murder Club” author Richard
55 Paris mayor Hidalgo
56 “Don’t go”
58 Chop down
59 Number of chopsticks
60 Chewie’s partner


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