NYT Crossword Clues for May 15, 2026

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Across Clues

To the ___ (as much as possible) 4 letters / Daily

HILT Reveal Hide

Electrifying people, so to speak 9 letters / Daily

LIVEWIRES Reveal Hide

14A

Dog howling at night, maybe 4 letters / Daily

OMEN Reveal Hide

15A

Vintage bike feature 10 letters / Daily

BANANASEAT Reveal Hide

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Good name for a yoga instructor? 4 letters / Daily

MATT Reveal Hide

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Hairy get-up 10 letters / Daily

APECOSTUME Reveal Hide

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Wych ___ (tree type) 3 letters / Daily

ELM Reveal Hide

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Miss Doolittle of "Pygmalion" 5 letters / Daily

ELIZA Reveal Hide

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Civil rights activist Williams, an associate of Martin Luther King Jr. 5 letters / Daily

HOSEA Reveal Hide

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Splits apart 7 letters / Daily

CLEAVES Reveal Hide

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Annual coll. basketball competition 3 letters / Daily

NIT Reveal Hide

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Class for some aspiring bilinguals, in brief 3 letters / Daily

ESL Reveal Hide

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Led 6 letters / Daily

HEADED Reveal Hide

27A

Play casually, say 5 letters / Daily

STRUM Reveal Hide

29A

Like some kitchens 5 letters / Daily

EATIN Reveal Hide

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Harps on 8 letters / Daily

BELABORS Reveal Hide

33A

MacMurray of "Double Indemnity" 4 letters / Daily

FRED Reveal Hide

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Throw in at the end 5 letters / Daily

TAGON Reveal Hide

35A

Pulls off 4 letters / Daily

DOES Reveal Hide

37A

Jarring film transition to a new scene 8 letters / Daily

SMASHCUT Reveal Hide

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Sired 5 letters / Daily

BEGAT Reveal Hide

40A

Give a hand? 5 letters / Daily

SHAKE Reveal Hide

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Language of southern India 6 letters / Daily

TELUGU Reveal Hide

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Sierra, e.g. 3 letters / Daily

GMC Reveal Hide

45A

"Nasty!" 3 letters / Daily

EWW Reveal Hide

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Rainwater reservoir 7 letters / Daily

CISTERN Reveal Hide

47A

Duane ___ (New York-based pharmacy chain) 5 letters / Daily

READE Reveal Hide

49A

Figures in "Puss in Boots" and "Hop-o'-My-Thumb" 5 letters / Daily

OGRES Reveal Hide

51A

Sickly-looking 3 letters / Daily

WAN Reveal Hide

52A

"I don't care either way" 10 letters / Daily

ITSUPTOYOU Reveal Hide

54A

Magician's accessory 4 letters / Daily

CAPE Reveal Hide

55A

NEEDLEDROP Reveal Hide

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"Your turn to speak" 4 letters / Daily

OVER Reveal Hide

57A

Difficult time for farmers 9 letters / Daily

DRYSEASON Reveal Hide

58A

Hot ___ 4 letters / Daily

MESS Reveal Hide

Down Clues

Big name in meal prep kits 8 letters / Daily

HOMECHEF Reveal Hide

"Tell me!" 9 letters / Daily

IMALLEARS Reveal Hide

Line of attack? 9 letters / Daily

LETMEATEM Reveal Hide

Cause of a boom 3 letters / Daily

TNT Reveal Hide

Material for the blue eyebrows on the mask of Tutankhamen, in brief 5 letters / Daily

LAPIS Reveal Hide

Mother of Don Juan 4 letters / Daily

INEZ Reveal Hide

Here goes nothing! 9 letters / Daily

VACANTLOT Reveal Hide

Brian of ambient music 3 letters / Daily

ENO Reveal Hide

Part of a bass in a jug band 7 letters / Daily

WASHTUB Reveal Hide

10D

: 4 letters / Daily

ISTO Reveal Hide

11D

Get new life out of 5 letters / Daily

REUSE Reveal Hide

12D

Eponym for a lounge chair 5 letters / Daily

EAMES Reveal Hide

13D

"I can't believe that price" bargain 5 letters / Daily

STEAL Reveal Hide

15D

Made hay? 5 letters / Daily

BALED Reveal Hide

19D

Uniform 4 letters / Daily

EVEN Reveal Hide

22D

Puma rival 6 letters / Daily

ADIDAS Reveal Hide

24D

Setting for the graphic novel series "Persepolis" 4 letters / Daily

IRAN Reveal Hide

27D

Transition 5 letters / Daily

SEGUE Reveal Hide

28D

Competitor of the early Chevrolet 490 6 letters / Daily

MODELT Reveal Hide

30D

"Sticks" 9 letters / Daily

BACKWOODS Reveal Hide

31D

Dangerous ocean phenomenon 9 letters / Daily

ROGUEWAVE Reveal Hide

32D

Edible algae dubbed "green caviar" 9 letters / Daily

SEAGRAPES Reveal Hide

34D

Break the ice? 4 letters / Daily

THAW Reveal Hide

36D

Knockouts 8 letters / Daily

STUNNERS Reveal Hide

38D

Blind followers, informally 7 letters / Daily

SHEEPLE Reveal Hide

39D

Friend of Nancy Drew 4 letters / Daily

BESS Reveal Hide

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Moor 5 letters / Daily

TIEUP Reveal Hide

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Daily ___ 5 letters / Daily

GRIND Reveal Hide

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Element of a poetry analysis, maybe 5 letters / Daily

METER Reveal Hide

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Baseball's Stengel 5 letters / Daily

CASEY Reveal Hide

46D

Sing like Michael Bublé 5 letters / Daily

CROON Reveal Hide

48D

Threads 4 letters / Daily

DUDS Reveal Hide

50D

Food item whose name comes from the Greek for "turn" 4 letters / Daily

GYRO Reveal Hide

53D

Occasion that may involve fine china 3 letters / Daily

TEA Reveal Hide

54D

Common end to an address 3 letters / Daily

COM Reveal Hide