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NYT Crossword May 12 2026 Answers

All 76 clues from the Tuesday New York Times crossword, checked against the published NYT solution. Select any clue to see its verified answer with the full explanation.

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1AAppropriate answer for 1-Across5 lettersSee answer ›6AHave the sense of4 lettersSee answer ›10AFemales shepherded by shepherds4 lettersSee answer ›14AFuel-bearing ship5 lettersSee answer ›15ALeer at4 lettersSee answer ›16AOne piece of a three-piece suit4 lettersSee answer ›17AListing at an ice cream shop in Ipswich15 lettersSee answer ›20ALou Gehrig's disease, in brief3 lettersSee answer ›21A"___ Robinson" (Simon & Garfunkel song)3 lettersSee answer ›22AHappen afterward5 lettersSee answer ›23ASome limb-moving muscles9 lettersSee answer ›27AKids' items at a day care in Derby14 lettersSee answer ›32APack tightly5 lettersSee answer ›33ASpanish for "this"4 lettersSee answer ›34APod tidbit3 lettersSee answer ›35ASpoke to a convention, say6 lettersSee answer ›37AMembers of the aristocracy6 lettersSee answer ›40AEstablishment that might offer free breakfast3 lettersSee answer ›41AQuaint lead-in to while4 lettersSee answer ›45ALeads off5 lettersSee answer ›46AAreas on a map of Manchester14 lettersSee answer ›50ASudden, widespread appearances of illness9 lettersSee answer ›51ALive (in)5 lettersSee answer ›54A"Thanks a ___!" (informal appreciation)3 lettersSee answer ›55AButcher's discard3 lettersSee answer ›58A"Hmm, why use the spellings of 17-, 27- and 46-Across?"15 lettersSee answer ›63ALaura of "Jurassic Park"4 lettersSee answer ›64AA pelican can hold more water in this than in its belly4 lettersSee answer ›65AFranz ___, Prague-born writer of dark fiction5 lettersSee answer ›66AForce holding us onto Earth, informally4 lettersSee answer ›67APepsi alternative4 lettersSee answer ›68ABe present5 lettersSee answer ›
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1DDivan4 lettersSee answer ›2DTens or ones place?4 lettersSee answer ›3DLead-in to "poor Yorick!"4 lettersSee answer ›4DAl Sharpton's title, for short3 lettersSee answer ›5DInstrument with a Renaissance-era ancestor called a sackbut8 lettersSee answer ›6D"Absolutely!"7 lettersSee answer ›7DSense of self3 lettersSee answer ›8DHermey is one, in TV's "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer"3 lettersSee answer ›9DDo-over at serving3 lettersSee answer ›10D"Nevertheless …"6 lettersSee answer ›11DMarries4 lettersSee answer ›12DOne son of Isaac and Rebekah4 lettersSee answer ›13DBacterial eye malady4 lettersSee answer ›18DPakistani language4 lettersSee answer ›19DChervil or chive4 lettersSee answer ›23DTouched down4 lettersSee answer ›24DStool pigeons, in police shorthand3 lettersSee answer ›25DExplosive inits.3 lettersSee answer ›26DKind of arch in architecture4 lettersSee answer ›27D___ asada5 lettersSee answer ›28DResident of a Mideast sultanate5 lettersSee answer ›29DChose, with "for"5 lettersSee answer ›30DWails5 lettersSee answer ›31DGive some lip to4 lettersSee answer ›32DSign up for4 lettersSee answer ›36DSome are said to be "swimming" in this4 lettersSee answer ›38DResemble8 lettersSee answer ›39DWays to raise capital, in brief4 lettersSee answer ›42DLowe on TV3 lettersSee answer ›43DBig ___, West Coast tourist destination3 lettersSee answer ›44DShake with fear7 lettersSee answer ›47DSandlot QB's order to a receiver6 lettersSee answer ›48DStreaming service owned by Disney4 lettersSee answer ›49DCause of a shower drain clog, maybe4 lettersSee answer ›51DBirdbrain4 lettersSee answer ›52D"At what time?"4 lettersSee answer ›53DBrontë heroine4 lettersSee answer ›55DPopular female poodle name4 lettersSee answer ›56DInquires4 lettersSee answer ›57DWord after "Copy" or "Fancy"4 lettersSee answer ›59DAirer of "The View"3 lettersSee answer ›60DSite of the world's largest Carnival celebration3 lettersSee answer ›61DWapiti, by another name3 lettersSee answer ›62DPut a burden on3 lettersSee answer ›
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