NYT Crossword Clues for May 11, 2026

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Across Clues

___ Spiegel (German magazine) 3 letters / Daily

DER Reveal Hide

Animal that ranges around Peru 5 letters / Daily

LLAMA Reveal Hide

Pointed, as a weapon 5 letters / Daily

AIMED Reveal Hide

14A

Lumberjack's tool 3 letters / Daily

AXE Reveal Hide

15A

Cameroon neighbor 5 letters / Daily

GABON Reveal Hide

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Yell "#$%!" 5 letters / Daily

SWEAR Reveal Hide

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Rankings of song popularity used as the music industry standard 15 letters / Daily

BILLBOARDCHARTS Reveal Hide

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Swells up 6 letters / Daily

BLOATS Reveal Hide

21A

Number in a septet 5 letters / Daily

SEVEN Reveal Hide

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Pb, in chemistry 4 letters / Daily

LEAD Reveal Hide

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Own (up) 4 letters / Daily

FESS Reveal Hide

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Freeze's opposite 4 letters / Daily

THAW Reveal Hide

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Whirling water 4 letters / Daily

EDDY Reveal Hide

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Up to, as a certain time 3 letters / Daily

TIL Reveal Hide

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Take fowl foully 5 letters / Daily

POACH Reveal Hide

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Canapé or deviled egg, for example 11 letters / Daily

HORSDOEUVRE Reveal Hide

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Clears of charges 7 letters / Daily

ACQUITS Reveal Hide

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A million gazillion 7 letters / Daily

UMPTEEN Reveal Hide

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Movie production facilities with controlled acoustics 11 letters / Daily

SOUNDSTAGES Reveal Hide

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Leave stunned 5 letters / Daily

AMAZE Reveal Hide

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Monk's counterpart 3 letters / Daily

NUN Reveal Hide

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Cut of pork or lamb 4 letters / Daily

CHOP Reveal Hide

47A

Spa service on the toes, in brief 4 letters / Daily

PEDI Reveal Hide

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"Please, no more!" 4 letters / Daily

STOP Reveal Hide

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"That is so funny" 4 letters / Daily

HAHA Reveal Hide

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Braid 5 letters / Daily

PLAIT Reveal Hide

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Helping for someone very, very hungry 6 letters / Daily

THIRDS Reveal Hide

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Insignificant amount 15 letters / Daily

DROPINTHEBUCKET Reveal Hide

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Tired from overexposure 5 letters / Daily

JADED Reveal Hide

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"It was the ___ I could do" 5 letters / Daily

LEAST Reveal Hide

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Big part of an elephant 3 letters / Daily

EAR Reveal Hide

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Storage places for lawn mowers 5 letters / Daily

SHEDS Reveal Hide

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Go kaboom, as a volcano 5 letters / Daily

ERUPT Reveal Hide

64A

Deadpan 3 letters / Daily

DRY Reveal Hide

Down Clues

Practice casually, with "in" 6 letters / Daily

DABBLE Reveal Hide

Kicked out, as from a country 6 letters / Daily

EXILED Reveal Hide

Fill with more ammunition 6 letters / Daily

RELOAD Reveal Hide

Pride letters 4 letters / Daily

LGBT Reveal Hide

Vientiane is its capital 4 letters / Daily

LAOS Reveal Hide

Lawyers' org. 3 letters / Daily

ABA Reveal Hide

Tasty little bites 7 letters / Daily

MORSELS Reveal Hide

Peruvian mountains 5 letters / Daily

ANDES Reveal Hide

Tennis star Arthur 4 letters / Daily

ASHE Reveal Hide

10D

"Don't involve me anymore" 8 letters / Daily

IWANTOUT Reveal Hide

11D

French for "sea" 3 letters / Daily

MER Reveal Hide

12D

Gobble down 3 letters / Daily

EAT Reveal Hide

13D

Medical pros: Abbr. 3 letters / Daily

DRS Reveal Hide

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Noblewoman 4 letters / Daily

LADY Reveal Hide

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Rival of Walgreens 3 letters / Daily

CVS Reveal Hide

23D

Winning a blue ribbon 5 letters / Daily

FIRST Reveal Hide

25D

Possess 4 letters / Daily

HAVE Reveal Hide

26D

Unit initially conceived as the amount of land that can be plowed in a day 4 letters / Daily

ACRE Reveal Hide

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"___ in doubt ..." 4 letters / Daily

WHEN Reveal Hide

29D

Pre-K enrollees 4 letters / Daily

TOTS Reveal Hide

30D

Enlivens, with "up" 4 letters / Daily

PEPS Reveal Hide

31D

___-and-seek 4 letters / Daily

HIDE Reveal Hide

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Unearthed 5 letters / Daily

DUGUP Reveal Hide

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Rain clouds, to some 4 letters / Daily

OMEN Reveal Hide

34D

Rapper ___ Rocky 4 letters / Daily

ASAP Reveal Hide

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"___ as you are" 4 letters / Daily

COME Reveal Hide

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College courtyard 4 letters / Daily

QUAD Reveal Hide

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Opened, as a fly 8 letters / Daily

UNZIPPED Reveal Hide

40D

Request from someone craving more 7 letters / Daily

ANOTHER Reveal Hide

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Fashionable 4 letters / Daily

CHIC Reveal Hide

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Listened, poetically 6 letters / Daily

HARKED Reveal Hide

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"Goodness me!" ... or a phonetic hint to 17-, 31-, 39- and 55-Across 6 letters / Daily

OHDEAR Reveal Hide

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Croissant, éclair or Danish 6 letters / Daily

PASTRY Reveal Hide

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The "S" of S.F. 3 letters / Daily

SAN Reveal Hide

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Mr., Ms. or Mrs. 5 letters / Daily

TITLE Reveal Hide

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Tube tops? 4 letters / Daily

LIDS Reveal Hide

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Recipe amt. 4 letters / Daily

TBSP Reveal Hide

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Jabba the ___ ("Star Wars" villain) 4 letters / Daily

HUTT Reveal Hide

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Party pros playing tunes 3 letters / Daily

DJS Reveal Hide

56D

"Go team!" 3 letters / Daily

RAH Reveal Hide

57D

Poem of praise 3 letters / Daily

ODE Reveal Hide

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Contents of l'océan 3 letters / Daily

EAU Reveal Hide