NYT Crossword Clues for May 9, 2026

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Across Clues

Gold meddlers? 10 letters / Daily

ALCHEMISTS Reveal Hide

11A

One making calls on the fly? 4 letters / Daily

BIRD Reveal Hide

15A

You or me, e.g. 10 letters / Daily

MEREMORTAL Reveal Hide

16A

___ paratha (potato-filled flatbread) 4 letters / Daily

ALOO Reveal Hide

17A

Exclamation of surprise from a host 10 letters / Daily

YOUREEARLY Reveal Hide

18A

Place for a post 4 letters / Daily

BLOG Reveal Hide

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Dr. J, for all of his N.B.A. career 5 letters / Daily

SIXER Reveal Hide

20A

Perspective 4 letters / Daily

TAKE Reveal Hide

21A

Husky hellos? 4 letters / Daily

ARFS Reveal Hide

22A

Reached new heights 4 letters / Daily

GREW Reveal Hide

24A

Low-level clouds 6 letters / Daily

STRATI Reveal Hide

26A

Central Plains nation governed by the Nasharo Council 6 letters / Daily

PAWNEE Reveal Hide

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Storage unit 4 letters / Daily

BYTE Reveal Hide

32A

Portable retirement option 3 letters / Daily

COT Reveal Hide

33A

Black-and-white debut of 1912 4 letters / Daily

OREO Reveal Hide

34A

Like something no money can buy 4 letters / Daily

FREE Reveal Hide

36A

Accomplished 5 letters / Daily

ADEPT Reveal Hide

38A

List of qualifications? 15 letters / Daily

KINDASORTAMAYBE Reveal Hide

41A

Fragrant compound released during fermentation 5 letters / Daily

ESTER Reveal Hide

42A

Pomegranate morsel 4 letters / Daily

ARIL Reveal Hide

43A

Certain razorback 4 letters / Daily

BOAR Reveal Hide

44A

Letter in Socrates' and Aristotle's names 3 letters / Daily

RHO Reveal Hide

45A

Still active after all these years 4 letters / Daily

SPRY Reveal Hide

47A

Looks all over 6 letters / Daily

SCOURS Reveal Hide

49A

___ paratha (cheese-filled flatbread) 6 letters / Daily

PANEER Reveal Hide

51A

Great find in the candy aisle, by the sound of it 4 letters / Daily

SKOR Reveal Hide

53A

Things to let: Abbr. 4 letters / Daily

APTS Reveal Hide

54A

"I could be wrong, but ...," for short 4 letters / Daily

IMHO Reveal Hide

56A

Tropical ring 5 letters / Daily

ATOLL Reveal Hide

61A

Hoot 4 letters / Daily

RIOT Reveal Hide

62A

0 parody of a 62-Across 10 letters / Daily

SCARYMOVIE Reveal Hide

64A

"That's for sure" 4 letters / Daily

TRUE Reveal Hide

65A

Postponed court date? 10 letters / Daily

MAKEUPGAME Reveal Hide

66A

No time like the present 4 letters / Daily

YORE Reveal Hide

67A

Skirt with a bunch of leaves, perhaps 10 letters / Daily

STEAKSALAD Reveal Hide

200A

parody of a 62-Across 10 letters / Daily

SCARYMOVIE Reveal Hide

Down Clues

___ Kitchen, brand of organic foods since 1987 4 letters / Daily

AMYS Reveal Hide

Name of a pope and a Roman emperor whose terms of leadership overlapped 4 letters / Daily

LEOI Reveal Hide

Central point 4 letters / Daily

CRUX Reveal Hide

"This is for you" 4 letters / Daily

HERE Reveal Hide

Spring up 6 letters / Daily

EMERGE Reveal Hide

One of the Three Stooges 3 letters / Daily

MOE Reveal Hide

Extra hot 5 letters / Daily

IRATE Reveal Hide

Parlor treat typically served with the first five letters of its name 15 letters / Daily

STRAWBERRYSHAKE Reveal Hide

Lecture 4 letters / Daily

TALK Reveal Hide

10D

Least straightforward, say 6 letters / Daily

SLYEST Reveal Hide

11D

Weighty subject of some children's books 5 letters / Daily

BABAR Reveal Hide

12D

Statement that may be followed by a dash 10 letters / Daily

ILLRACEYOU Reveal Hide

13D

Where spirits are high? 10 letters / Daily

ROOFTOPBAR Reveal Hide

14D

Vacationers' hires, perhaps 10 letters / Daily

DOGSITTERS Reveal Hide

23D

Makes some calls 4 letters / Daily

REFS Reveal Hide

25D

Kings of Los Angeles, e.g. 4 letters / Daily

TEAM Reveal Hide

26D

Event at which you hope to get good deals? 10 letters / Daily

POKERPARTY Reveal Hide

27D

Radio journalist with the 2023 memoir "The Best Strangers in the World: Stories From a Life Spent Listening" 10 letters / Daily

ARISHAPIRO Reveal Hide

28D

Traveled to perform 10 letters / Daily

WENTONTOUR Reveal Hide

29D

Central point 4 letters / Daily

NODE Reveal Hide

31D

Legendary Himalayan climber 4 letters / Daily

YETI Reveal Hide

35D

Sound made by many fans 4 letters / Daily

ROAR Reveal Hide

37D

Clemson's ___ Swinney (winningest head football coach in A.C.C. history) 4 letters / Daily

DABO Reveal Hide

39D

Bath seat? 4 letters / Daily

ARSE Reveal Hide

40D

Setup for an extra point 4 letters / Daily

ALSO Reveal Hide

46D

Color separators 6 letters / Daily

PRISMS Reveal Hide

48D

What may slow the pace of some legs in a marathon 6 letters / Daily

CRAMPS Reveal Hide

50D

Perfume with an accent on its fourth letter 5 letters / Daily

ESTEE Reveal Hide

52D

Won land 5 letters / Daily

KOREA Reveal Hide

55D

What some bio majors do prep work for 4 letters / Daily

MCAT Reveal Hide

57D

Garment that once indicated citizenship 4 letters / Daily

TOGA Reveal Hide

58D

A zero is one 4 letters / Daily

OVAL Reveal Hide

59D

Kilo follower 4 letters / Daily

LIMA Reveal Hide

60D

Certification program developed by the U.S. Green Building Council, in brief 4 letters / Daily

LEED Reveal Hide

63D

New ___ University of Knuckleheads (fictional institution where Leslie Nielsen lectured about the Three Stooges) 3 letters / Daily

YUK Reveal Hide