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NYT Crossword May 19 2026 Answers

All 76 clues from the Tuesday New York Times crossword, checked against the published NYT solution. Select any clue to see its verified answer with the full explanation.

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1AWhat you eat4 lettersSee answer ›5ACampfire confection5 lettersSee answer ›10AMama ___ of the Mamas & the Papas4 lettersSee answer ›14AClearasil target4 lettersSee answer ›15AHawkeye5 lettersSee answer ›16ASound of a horse's hoof4 lettersSee answer ›17AStandard musical progression15 lettersSee answer ›20ADry and withered4 lettersSee answer ›21A"Dinner's ready!"7 lettersSee answer ›22AHigh court judge?11 lettersSee answer ›26AJoke (around)3 lettersSee answer ›27AWhale groups4 lettersSee answer ›28AMichael of "The Man Who Would Be King"5 lettersSee answer ›29AJoint thing in the Venn diagram of "instruments" and "fish"4 lettersSee answer ›30A"That's so sweet!" reactions3 lettersSee answer ›31ASemaphore device4 lettersSee answer ›32APatty or Selma, to Bart Simpson4 lettersSee answer ›33ABasketball or baseball, but not boxing9 lettersSee answer ›36AFrozen dessert franchise4 lettersSee answer ›38ANew Zealander4 lettersSee answer ›39ADenali, e.g.: Abbr.3 lettersSee answer ›42AHeads of Hogwarts?4 lettersSee answer ›43ASpry5 lettersSee answer ›45AFree-spirited aesthetic4 lettersSee answer ›46A"Ick!"3 lettersSee answer ›47AMatching pair on many jets11 lettersSee answer ›49AMassachusetts locale of Manchester-by-the-Sea7 lettersSee answer ›51A"Yikes!"4 lettersSee answer ›52ARequirement at some comedy clubs … or for 17-, 22-, 33- and 47-Across?15 lettersSee answer ›57ALike a gut course4 lettersSee answer ›58AAfrican country that's another African country minus its final two letters5 lettersSee answer ›59AGeneric canine name4 lettersSee answer ›60ABreads for Reuben sandwiches4 lettersSee answer ›61A"Beau ___"5 lettersSee answer ›62ALeak slowly4 lettersSee answer ›
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1DFist bump3 lettersSee answer ›2DSkating exhibition7 lettersSee answer ›3DGroups of nine7 lettersSee answer ›4DClassic falling-block game6 lettersSee answer ›5DBasic dog command3 lettersSee answer ›6DIt's heard in a herd3 lettersSee answer ›7D___ goal (soccer blunder)3 lettersSee answer ›8DGorp tidbit6 lettersSee answer ›9DNumber added at the end?6 lettersSee answer ›10DCyrillic version of "U.S.S.R."4 lettersSee answer ›11DFrom Nome or Juneau7 lettersSee answer ›12DLone star?7 lettersSee answer ›13DDrops some cash6 lettersSee answer ›18D___ Lingus3 lettersSee answer ›19DBird of the W.N.B.A.3 lettersSee answer ›22DReturn sender, maybe, in brief3 lettersSee answer ›23DSch. whose campus is just off Interstate 4054 lettersSee answer ›24DSir's counterpart4 lettersSee answer ›25DFootball, informally7 lettersSee answer ›29DSlowly ___ surely3 lettersSee answer ›31DTina who hosted the debut of "Saturday Night Live UK"3 lettersSee answer ›32D"Entourage" agent Gold3 lettersSee answer ›33DAtlanta-based network3 lettersSee answer ›34DLeaves together?4 lettersSee answer ›35DActor Wilson4 lettersSee answer ›36D___ zone (no-parking area)7 lettersSee answer ›37DYoga stance on all fours7 lettersSee answer ›39DTerm of friendship for a French woman7 lettersSee answer ›40DNickname for Jeffrey Lebowski in "The Big Lebowski"7 lettersSee answer ›41DThose opposed3 lettersSee answer ›42DVillain in "The Silence of the Lambs"6 lettersSee answer ›43DCafe canopy6 lettersSee answer ›44DCompanion to Fannie and Freddie in the mortgage biz6 lettersSee answer ›45DMajor unknowns6 lettersSee answer ›47DSailor, informally3 lettersSee answer ›48D___ Z (Zoomers)3 lettersSee answer ›50D"Grand" ice cream brand4 lettersSee answer ›53DUnits in a tonne: Abbr.3 lettersSee answer ›54DWas introduced to3 lettersSee answer ›55DWrath3 lettersSee answer ›56DSwiffer WetJet, e.g.3 lettersSee answer ›
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