NYT Crossword Clues for May 14, 2026

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Across Clues

Cliff formed by a fault 5 letters / Daily

SCARP Reveal Hide

Avoided a tag, say 4 letters / Daily

SLID Reveal Hide

10A

Penultimate Greek letter 3 letters / Daily

PSI Reveal Hide

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"My fault entirely" 5 letters / Daily

ALLME Reveal Hide

14A

Taste perception first identified in 1908 5 letters / Daily

UMAMI Reveal Hide

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Physics unit named for a physicist 3 letters / Daily

OHM Reveal Hide

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Feature that debuted on Page 1 of The New York Times in 1997 11 letters / Daily

COLORPHOTOS Reveal Hide

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Confucian "way" 3 letters / Daily

TAO Reveal Hide

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Prime breeding environment for mosquitoes 13 letters / Daily

STANDINGWATER Reveal Hide

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Impression on some fancy sheets 9 letters / Daily

WATERMARK Reveal Hide

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Puente of "The Mambo Kings" 4 letters / Daily

TITO Reveal Hide

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Traveled path 5 letters / Daily

ROUTE Reveal Hide

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At sea, say 10 letters / Daily

ONTHEWATER Reveal Hide

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Powerful fireboat gear 12 letters / Daily

WATERCANNONS Reveal Hide

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Rationalist's theology 5 letters / Daily

DEISM Reveal Hide

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Decree 4 letters / Daily

FIAT Reveal Hide

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Part of an analogy 4 letters / Daily

ISTO Reveal Hide

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"___'s da breaks!" 3 letters / Daily

DEM Reveal Hide

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Lovestruck 7 letters / Daily

SMITTEN Reveal Hide

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Flesh and blood 3 letters / Daily

KIN Reveal Hide

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Biblical locale guarded by a flaming sword 4 letters / Daily

EDEN Reveal Hide

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Direction to bow, in music 4 letters / Daily

ARCO Reveal Hide

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Squeezing (out) 5 letters / Daily

EKING Reveal Hide

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Gets bloated, say 12 letters / Daily

RETAINSWATER Reveal Hide

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Pair for a pool 10 letters / Daily

WATERWINGS Reveal Hide

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Ruthless Athenian lawgiver 5 letters / Daily

DRACO Reveal Hide

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Tidy up, in a way 4 letters / Daily

DUST Reveal Hide

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What collects in a puddle 9 letters / Daily

RAINWATER Reveal Hide

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Things often getting free refills 13 letters / Daily

WATERPITCHERS Reveal Hide

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Simile segment 3 letters / Daily

ASA Reveal Hide

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Broadcasting giant with hundreds of stations 11 letters / Daily

IHEARTRADIO Reveal Hide

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___ Friday 3 letters / Daily

GAL Reveal Hide

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Origin of the words "sky" and "scrape" 5 letters / Daily

NORSE Reveal Hide

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Heather genus that's also a woman's name 5 letters / Daily

ERICA Reveal Hide

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Good periods 3 letters / Daily

UPS Reveal Hide

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Former small-sized G.M. cars 4 letters / Daily

GEOS Reveal Hide

62A

Compound with a caret-shaped molecule, as depicted by this puzzle's circled letters 5 letters / Daily

WATER Reveal Hide

Down Clues

Anatomical containers 4 letters / Daily

SACS Reveal Hide

Thicken 4 letters / Daily

CLOT Reveal Hide

Palindrome on an Italian restaurant menu 4 letters / Daily

ALLA Reveal Hide

September to April, in the oyster industry 7 letters / Daily

RMONTHS Reveal Hide

Alternatives to hourly wages 8 letters / Daily

PERDIEMS Reveal Hide

Ecological concern 4 letters / Daily

SMOG Reveal Hide

Trellis piece 4 letters / Daily

LATH Reveal Hide

"If u ask me" 3 letters / Daily

IMO Reveal Hide

Gossip about, informally 6 letters / Daily

DISHON Reveal Hide

10D

A peeling that's appealing? 10 letters / Daily

POTATOSKIN Reveal Hide

11D

Prolifically posting about one's kids online, in a neologism 10 letters / Daily

SHARENTING Reveal Hide

12D

Reassuring reply 4 letters / Daily

IMOK Reveal Hide

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"That ... ain't it" 4 letters / Daily

UHNO Reveal Hide

17D

Essence 4 letters / Daily

PITH Reveal Hide

21D

Certain tax-free bond, informally 4 letters / Daily

MUNI Reveal Hide

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Velocity, e.g. 4 letters / Daily

RATE Reveal Hide

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Relatively unusual 5 letters / Daily

ODDER Reveal Hide

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Had to have right away 10 letters / Daily

NEEDEDASAP Reveal Hide

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Races against the clock 10 letters / Daily

TIMETRIALS Reveal Hide

27D

Travel by pick-up? 5 letters / Daily

HITCH Reveal Hide

28D

"The Elder" or "The Younger" Roman 4 letters / Daily

CATO Reveal Hide

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Strains to hear? 5 letters / Daily

SONGS Reveal Hide

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Hemlock relatives 4 letters / Daily

FIRS Reveal Hide

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Hand, at a hacienda 4 letters / Daily

MANO Reveal Hide

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Group with a satellite truck 8 letters / Daily

NEWSCREW Reveal Hide

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Palindrome on an Indian restaurant menu 4 letters / Daily

NAAN Reveal Hide

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Seven-stringed instrument that gave the guitar its name 7 letters / Daily

KITHARA Reveal Hide

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Ancient book of divination 6 letters / Daily

ICHING Reveal Hide

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Member of a sluglike "Star Wars" species 4 letters / Daily

HUTT Reveal Hide

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Presaging disaster 4 letters / Daily

DIRE Reveal Hide

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Meaty pasta sauce 4 letters / Daily

RAGU Reveal Hide

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Long lunch? 4 letters / Daily

HERO Reveal Hide

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Get ahead of 4 letters / Daily

PASS Reveal Hide

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Cut and paste, e.g. 4 letters / Daily

EDIT Reveal Hide

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Force through a food mill 4 letters / Daily

RICE Reveal Hide

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Go way up 4 letters / Daily

SOAR Reveal Hide

56D

Uprooting tool 3 letters / Daily

HOE Reveal Hide