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Daily Crossword Puzzle #5 for Fri, May 22, 2026

ACROSS
1. Make imperfect
4. Downhill vehicle
8. "______ My Girl" (Turtles hit)
12. Greek god of love
14. Sun: prefix
16. Suggestive of the supernatural
17. Armor plate that protects the chest
18. The property of being fit to eat
20. Falsehoods
22. Put into a specified state
23. Allow
24. Wily
25. "___ Maria"
28. Single
30. Capital of Western Samoa
31. Indian state
35. Pipe bend
37. Ancient Greek god of war
40. Root beer relative
41. Singer Brickell
42. Prying instrument
44. Actor Baldwin
45. Simple or foolish person
46. Tenth: prefix
47. To separate or throw off
48. Staphylococcus
50. Cook's measure (abbr.)
52. Petroleum
54. Fast jet (abbr.)
55. Gear tooth
58. Part of HMS, perhaps
61. Two (Sp.)
63. Approach
65. Pleas
70. Comfort
71. Portico
72. Haggard of country music
73. At sea
74. Drink excessively
75. Not wild
76. Eastern Standard Time (abbr.)

DOWN
1. Confronts
2. Therefore, facetiously
3. Turbulent
4. A female animal or person
5. Directed
6. Biblical high priest
7. Claim
8. Elected rep.
9. The bottom of a shoe or boot
10. Celtic language
11. System (abbr.)
13. Compass dir.
15. Butter sub
19. Inactive volcano in Sicily
21. Plant excrement
26. Small bottle
27. Having ears or earlike features
29. Fortification
30. City in Syria
32. Flatfish
33. Toward shelter
34. Apple computer (short form)
35. Prepare for publication
36. Pale green bean
38. First lady
39. Religious groups
41. Double-curved letter
43. Teases
49. Flintstone garb
51. R.R. building
53. Rich soil
55. Desist
56. Fertile tracts in a desert
57. Relatively large
58. Command
59. To the inside or interior of
60. Cease
62. Proofreading order
64. Teachers' org.
66. Actress Charlotte
67. Retirement account (abbr.)
68. Shade tree
69. Perceive with the eye