NYT Crossword Clues for May 19, 2026

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Across Clues

What you eat 4 letters / Daily

DIET Reveal Hide

Campfire confection 5 letters / Daily

SMORE Reveal Hide

10A

Mama ___ of the Mamas & the Papas 4 letters / Daily

CASS Reveal Hide

14A

Clearasil target 4 letters / Daily

ACNE Reveal Hide

15A

Hawkeye 5 letters / Daily

IOWAN Reveal Hide

16A

Sound of a horse's hoof 4 letters / Daily

CLOP Reveal Hide

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Standard musical progression 15 letters / Daily

PENTATONICSCALE Reveal Hide

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Dry and withered 4 letters / Daily

SERE Reveal Hide

21A

"Dinner's ready!" 7 letters / Daily

SOUPSON Reveal Hide

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High court judge? 11 letters / Daily

CHAIRUMPIRE Reveal Hide

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Joke (around) 3 letters / Daily

KID Reveal Hide

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Whale groups 4 letters / Daily

PODS Reveal Hide

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Michael of "The Man Who Would Be King" 5 letters / Daily

CAINE Reveal Hide

29A

Joint thing in the Venn diagram of "instruments" and "fish" 4 letters / Daily

BASS Reveal Hide

30A

"That's so sweet!" reactions 3 letters / Daily

AWS Reveal Hide

31A

Semaphore device 4 letters / Daily

FLAG Reveal Hide

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Patty or Selma, to Bart Simpson 4 letters / Daily

AUNT Reveal Hide

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Basketball or baseball, but not boxing 9 letters / Daily

TEAMSPORT Reveal Hide

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Frozen dessert franchise 4 letters / Daily

TCBY Reveal Hide

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New Zealander 4 letters / Daily

KIWI Reveal Hide

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Denali, e.g.: Abbr. 3 letters / Daily

MTN Reveal Hide

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Heads of Hogwarts? 4 letters / Daily

LOOS Reveal Hide

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Spry 5 letters / Daily

AGILE Reveal Hide

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Free-spirited aesthetic 4 letters / Daily

BOHO Reveal Hide

46A

"Ick!" 3 letters / Daily

EWW Reveal Hide

47A

Matching pair on many jets 11 letters / Daily

TWINENGINES Reveal Hide

49A

Massachusetts locale of Manchester-by-the-Sea 7 letters / Daily

CAPEANN Reveal Hide

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"Yikes!" 4 letters / Daily

EGAD Reveal Hide

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Requirement at some comedy clubs ... or for 17-, 22-, 33- and 47-Across? 15 letters / Daily

TWODRINKMINIMUM Reveal Hide

57A

Like a gut course 4 letters / Daily

EASY Reveal Hide

58A

African country that's another African country minus its final two letters 5 letters / Daily

NIGER Reveal Hide

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Generic canine name 4 letters / Daily

FIDO Reveal Hide

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Breads for Reuben sandwiches 4 letters / Daily

RYES Reveal Hide

61A

"Beau ___" 5 letters / Daily

GESTE Reveal Hide

62A

Leak slowly 4 letters / Daily

SEEP Reveal Hide

Down Clues

Fist bump 3 letters / Daily

DAP Reveal Hide

Skating exhibition 7 letters / Daily

ICESHOW Reveal Hide

Groups of nine 7 letters / Daily

ENNEADS Reveal Hide

Classic falling-block game 6 letters / Daily

TETRIS Reveal Hide

Basic dog command 3 letters / Daily

SIT Reveal Hide

It's heard in a herd 3 letters / Daily

MOO Reveal Hide

___ goal (soccer blunder) 3 letters / Daily

OWN Reveal Hide

Gorp tidbit 6 letters / Daily

RAISIN Reveal Hide

Number added at the end? 6 letters / Daily

ENCORE Reveal Hide

10D

Cyrillic version of "U.S.S.R." 4 letters / Daily

CCCP Reveal Hide

11D

From Nome or Juneau 7 letters / Daily

ALASKAN Reveal Hide

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Lone star? 7 letters / Daily

SOLOIST Reveal Hide

13D

Drops some cash 6 letters / Daily

SPENDS Reveal Hide

18D

___ Lingus 3 letters / Daily

AER Reveal Hide

19D

Bird of the W.N.B.A. 3 letters / Daily

SUE Reveal Hide

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Return sender, maybe, in brief 3 letters / Daily

CPA Reveal Hide

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Sch. whose campus is just off Interstate 405 4 letters / Daily

UCLA Reveal Hide

24D

Sir's counterpart 4 letters / Daily

MAAM Reveal Hide

25D

Football, informally 7 letters / Daily

PIGSKIN Reveal Hide

29D

Slowly ___ surely 3 letters / Daily

BUT Reveal Hide

31D

Tina who hosted the debut of "Saturday Night Live UK" 3 letters / Daily

FEY Reveal Hide

32D

"Entourage" agent Gold 3 letters / Daily

ARI Reveal Hide

33D

Atlanta-based network 3 letters / Daily

TBS Reveal Hide

34D

Leaves together? 4 letters / Daily

PILE Reveal Hide

35D

Actor Wilson 4 letters / Daily

OWEN Reveal Hide

36D

___ zone (no-parking area) 7 letters / Daily

TOWAWAY Reveal Hide

37D

Yoga stance on all fours 7 letters / Daily

COWPOSE Reveal Hide

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Term of friendship for a French woman 7 letters / Daily

MONAMIE Reveal Hide

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Nickname for Jeffrey Lebowski in "The Big Lebowski" 7 letters / Daily

THEDUDE Reveal Hide

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Those opposed 3 letters / Daily

NOS Reveal Hide

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Villain in "The Silence of the Lambs" 6 letters / Daily

LECTER Reveal Hide

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Cafe canopy 6 letters / Daily

AWNING Reveal Hide

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Companion to Fannie and Freddie in the mortgage biz 6 letters / Daily

GINNIE Reveal Hide

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Major unknowns 6 letters / Daily

BIGIFS Reveal Hide

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Sailor, informally 3 letters / Daily

TAR Reveal Hide

48D

___ Z (Zoomers) 3 letters / Daily

GEN Reveal Hide

50D

"Grand" ice cream brand 4 letters / Daily

EDYS Reveal Hide

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Units in a tonne: Abbr. 3 letters / Daily

KGS Reveal Hide

54D

Was introduced to 3 letters / Daily

MET Reveal Hide

55D

Wrath 3 letters / Daily

IRE Reveal Hide

56D

Swiffer WetJet, e.g. 3 letters / Daily

MOP Reveal Hide