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NYT Crossword May 15 2026 Answers

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Every answer from the Friday, May 15 2026 New York Times Crossword, checked and verified against the published NYT solution. Select a clue for the full explanation.

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1To the ___ (as much as possible)4 lettersSee answer ›5Electrifying people, so to speak9 lettersSee answer ›14Dog howling at night, maybe4 lettersSee answer ›15Vintage bike feature10 lettersSee answer ›16Good name for a yoga instructor?4 lettersSee answer ›17Hairy get-up10 lettersSee answer ›18Wych ___ (tree type)3 lettersSee answer ›19Miss Doolittle of "Pygmalion"5 lettersSee answer ›20Civil rights activist Williams, an associate of Martin Luther King Jr.5 lettersSee answer ›21Splits apart7 lettersSee answer ›23Annual coll. basketball competition3 lettersSee answer ›25Class for some aspiring bilinguals, in brief3 lettersSee answer ›26Led6 lettersSee answer ›27Play casually, say5 lettersSee answer ›29Like some kitchens5 lettersSee answer ›30Harps on8 lettersSee answer ›33MacMurray of "Double Indemnity"4 lettersSee answer ›34Throw in at the end5 lettersSee answer ›35Pulls off4 lettersSee answer ›37Jarring film transition to a new scene8 lettersSee answer ›39Sired5 lettersSee answer ›40Give a hand?5 lettersSee answer ›41Language of southern India6 lettersSee answer ›42Sierra, e.g.3 lettersSee answer ›45"Nasty!"3 lettersSee answer ›46Rainwater reservoir7 lettersSee answer ›47Duane ___ (New York-based pharmacy chain)5 lettersSee answer ›49Figures in "Puss in Boots" and "Hop-o'-My-Thumb"5 lettersSee answer ›51Sickly-looking3 lettersSee answer ›52"I don't care either way"10 lettersSee answer ›54Magician's accessory4 lettersSee answer ›55Use of a popular song to make a scene iconic, in film-speak10 lettersSee answer ›56"Your turn to speak"4 lettersSee answer ›57Difficult time for farmers9 lettersSee answer ›58Hot ___4 lettersSee answer ›

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1Big name in meal prep kits8 lettersSee answer ›2"Tell me!"9 lettersSee answer ›3Line of attack?9 lettersSee answer ›4Cause of a boom3 lettersSee answer ›5Material for the blue eyebrows on the mask of Tutankhamen, in brief5 lettersSee answer ›6Mother of Don Juan4 lettersSee answer ›7Here goes nothing!9 lettersSee answer ›8Brian of ambient music3 lettersSee answer ›9Part of a bass in a jug band7 lettersSee answer ›11Get new life out of5 lettersSee answer ›12Eponym for a lounge chair5 lettersSee answer ›13"I can't believe that price" bargain5 lettersSee answer ›15Made hay?5 lettersSee answer ›19Uniform4 lettersSee answer ›22Puma rival6 lettersSee answer ›24Setting for the graphic novel series "Persepolis"4 lettersSee answer ›27Transition5 lettersSee answer ›28Competitor of the early Chevrolet 4906 lettersSee answer ›30"Sticks"9 lettersSee answer ›31Dangerous ocean phenomenon9 lettersSee answer ›32Edible algae dubbed "green caviar"9 lettersSee answer ›34Break the ice?4 lettersSee answer ›36Knockouts8 lettersSee answer ›38Blind followers, informally7 lettersSee answer ›39Friend of Nancy Drew4 lettersSee answer ›41Moor5 lettersSee answer ›42Daily ___5 lettersSee answer ›43Element of a poetry analysis, maybe5 lettersSee answer ›44Baseball's Stengel5 lettersSee answer ›46Sing like Michael Bublé5 lettersSee answer ›48Threads4 lettersSee answer ›50Food item whose name comes from the Greek for "turn"4 lettersSee answer ›53Occasion that may involve fine china3 lettersSee answer ›54Common end to an address3 lettersSee answer ›