NYT Crossword Clues for May 12, 2026

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Across Clues

Appropriate answer for 1-Across 5 letters / Daily

START Reveal Hide

Have the sense of 4 letters / Daily

FEEL Reveal Hide

10A

Females shepherded by shepherds 4 letters / Daily

EWES Reveal Hide

14A

Fuel-bearing ship 5 letters / Daily

OILER Reveal Hide

15A

Leer at 4 letters / Daily

OGLE Reveal Hide

16A

One piece of a three-piece suit 4 letters / Daily

VEST Reveal Hide

17A

Listing at an ice cream shop in Ipswich 15 letters / Daily

FLAVOUROFTHEDAY Reveal Hide

20A

Lou Gehrig's disease, in brief 3 letters / Daily

ALS Reveal Hide

21A

"___ Robinson" (Simon & Garfunkel song) 3 letters / Daily

MRS Reveal Hide

22A

Happen afterward 5 letters / Daily

ENSUE Reveal Hide

23A

Some limb-moving muscles 9 letters / Daily

ABDUCTORS Reveal Hide

27A

Kids' items at a day care in Derby 14 letters / Daily

COLOURINGBOOKS Reveal Hide

32A

Pack tightly 5 letters / Daily

JAMIN Reveal Hide

33A

Spanish for "this" 4 letters / Daily

ESTE Reveal Hide

34A

Pod tidbit 3 letters / Daily

PEA Reveal Hide

35A

Spoke to a convention, say 6 letters / Daily

ORATED Reveal Hide

37A

Members of the aristocracy 6 letters / Daily

ELITES Reveal Hide

40A

Establishment that might offer free breakfast 3 letters / Daily

INN Reveal Hide

41A

Quaint lead-in to while 4 letters / Daily

ERST Reveal Hide

45A

Leads off 5 letters / Daily

OPENS Reveal Hide

46A

Areas on a map of Manchester 14 letters / Daily

NEIGHBOURHOODS Reveal Hide

50A

Sudden, widespread appearances of illness 9 letters / Daily

OUTBREAKS Reveal Hide

51A

Live (in) 5 letters / Daily

DWELL Reveal Hide

54A

"Thanks a ___!" (informal appreciation) 3 letters / Daily

MIL Reveal Hide

55A

Butcher's discard 3 letters / Daily

FAT Reveal Hide

58A

"Hmm, why use the spellings of 17-, 27- and 46-Across?" 15 letters / Daily

OHYOUAREBRITISH Reveal Hide

63A

Laura of "Jurassic Park" 4 letters / Daily

DERN Reveal Hide

64A

A pelican can hold more water in this than in its belly 4 letters / Daily

BILL Reveal Hide

65A

Franz ___, Prague-born writer of dark fiction 5 letters / Daily

KAFKA Reveal Hide

66A

Force holding us onto Earth, informally 4 letters / Daily

ONEG Reveal Hide

67A

Pepsi alternative 4 letters / Daily

COKE Reveal Hide

68A

Be present 5 letters / Daily

EXIST Reveal Hide

Down Clues

Divan 4 letters / Daily

SOFA Reveal Hide

Tens or ones place? 4 letters / Daily

TILL Reveal Hide

Lead-in to "poor Yorick!" 4 letters / Daily

ALAS Reveal Hide

Al Sharpton's title, for short 3 letters / Daily

REV Reveal Hide

Instrument with a Renaissance-era ancestor called a sackbut 8 letters / Daily

TROMBONE Reveal Hide

"Absolutely!" 7 letters / Daily

FORSURE Reveal Hide

Sense of self 3 letters / Daily

EGO Reveal Hide

Hermey is one, in TV's "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" 3 letters / Daily

ELF Reveal Hide

Do-over at serving 3 letters / Daily

LET Reveal Hide

10D

"Nevertheless ..." 6 letters / Daily

EVENSO Reveal Hide

11D

Marries 4 letters / Daily

WEDS Reveal Hide

12D

One son of Isaac and Rebekah 4 letters / Daily

ESAU Reveal Hide

13D

Bacterial eye malady 4 letters / Daily

STYE Reveal Hide

18D

Pakistani language 4 letters / Daily

URDU Reveal Hide

19D

Chervil or chive 4 letters / Daily

HERB Reveal Hide

23D

Touched down 4 letters / Daily

ALIT Reveal Hide

24D

Stool pigeons, in police shorthand 3 letters / Daily

CIS Reveal Hide

25D

Explosive inits. 3 letters / Daily

TNT Reveal Hide

26D

Kind of arch in architecture 4 letters / Daily

OGEE Reveal Hide

27D

___ asada 5 letters / Daily

CARNE Reveal Hide

28D

Resident of a Mideast sultanate 5 letters / Daily

OMANI Reveal Hide

29D

Chose, with "for" 5 letters / Daily

OPTED Reveal Hide

30D

Wails 5 letters / Daily

KEENS Reveal Hide

31D

Give some lip to 4 letters / Daily

SASS Reveal Hide

32D

JOIN Reveal Hide

36D

Some are said to be "swimming" in this 4 letters / Daily

DEBT Reveal Hide

38D

Resemble 8 letters / Daily

LOOKLIKE Reveal Hide

39D

Ways to raise capital, in brief 4 letters / Daily

IPOS Reveal Hide

42D

Lowe on TV 3 letters / Daily

ROB Reveal Hide

43D

Big ___, West Coast tourist destination 3 letters / Daily

SUR Reveal Hide

44D

Shake with fear 7 letters / Daily

TREMBLE Reveal Hide

47D

Sandlot QB's order to a receiver 6 letters / Daily

GOLONG Reveal Hide

48D

Streaming service owned by Disney 4 letters / Daily

HULU Reveal Hide

49D

Cause of a shower drain clog, maybe 4 letters / Daily

HAIR Reveal Hide

51D

Birdbrain 4 letters / Daily

DODO Reveal Hide

52D

"At what time?" 4 letters / Daily

WHEN Reveal Hide

53D

Brontë heroine 4 letters / Daily

EYRE Reveal Hide

55D

Popular female poodle name 4 letters / Daily

FIFI Reveal Hide

56D

Inquires 4 letters / Daily

ASKS Reveal Hide

57D

Word after "Copy" or "Fancy" 4 letters / Daily

THAT Reveal Hide

59D

Airer of "The View" 3 letters / Daily

ABC Reveal Hide

60D

Site of the world's largest Carnival celebration 3 letters / Daily

RIO Reveal Hide

61D

Wapiti, by another name 3 letters / Daily

ELK Reveal Hide

62D

Put a burden on 3 letters / Daily

TAX Reveal Hide