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NYT Crossword May 16 2026 Answers

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Every answer from the Saturday, May 16 2026 New York Times Crossword, checked and verified against the published NYT solution. Select a clue for the full explanation.

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Across

1Modern "go-to's"4 lettersSee answer ›5Curtain for silhouetting on stage5 lettersSee answer ›10Bird on the South Carolina state quarter4 lettersSee answer ›14Capote or chesterfield4 lettersSee answer ›15Emulates E.T., in a way10 lettersSee answer ›17Roman goddess who drives a two-horse chariot4 lettersSee answer ›18Precious self-reference10 lettersSee answer ›19Name shared by the singer of the #1 hit "Rock Me Gently" (1974) and the first Korean American elected to the U.S. Senate (2024)7 lettersSee answer ›21Double-___ cassowary (bird of Indonesia and Australia)7 lettersSee answer ›22Matches with forensics14 lettersSee answer ›24Occasions to relax and recharge6 lettersSee answer ›25Obama's third secretary of defense (2013-15)5 lettersSee answer ›26Gasoline brand that offered the Torch Club credit card5 lettersSee answer ›27Aid in making salsa5 lettersSee answer ›28Operculum, e.g.3 lettersSee answer ›31Capital of Greenland4 lettersSee answer ›32They're hard to pull off5 lettersSee answer ›33Spa service, in brief4 lettersSee answer ›34Up to snuff, facetiously3 lettersSee answer ›35Trickles5 lettersSee answer ›36Cup holders5 lettersSee answer ›37Many a Porsche 9115 lettersSee answer ›38Practical types who are often perfectionists, it's said6 lettersSee answer ›39Don't start with me!14 lettersSee answer ›43Difficult effort7 lettersSee answer ›44Cut out7 lettersSee answer ›46Setting for Seurat's "A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte"10 lettersSee answer ›48Cold-smoked lox4 lettersSee answer ›497 up, perhaps10 lettersSee answer ›50Gulf of ___, waters that abut Djibouti and Somaliland4 lettersSee answer ›51Vanilla units4 lettersSee answer ›52Spouts5 lettersSee answer ›53Romp4 lettersSee answer ›

Down

1Victor over Washington on 11/12/1955 in "Back to the Future, Pt. II" — and in real life4 lettersSee answer ›2Cattle call9 lettersSee answer ›3Went wide or long, as a tennis ball9 lettersSee answer ›4"No closer!"8 lettersSee answer ›5Takes off6 lettersSee answer ›6Wind pipe?5 lettersSee answer ›7Blight3 lettersSee answer ›8Getting a break on Broadway?9 lettersSee answer ›9Medleys8 lettersSee answer ›10Marriott property with the slogan "Whatever Whenever"6 lettersSee answer ›11Triumphs smoothly5 lettersSee answer ›12___ Brickowski ("The Lego Movie" protagonist)5 lettersSee answer ›13"What this country ___ …"5 lettersSee answer ›16Certain volleyballer6 lettersSee answer ›20Deck4 lettersSee answer ›23Once-popular terra-cotta figurine7 lettersSee answer ›24Trigger hair4 lettersSee answer ›27State in which Gulliver is discovered by the Lilliputians9 lettersSee answer ›28Combo meal upgrade9 lettersSee answer ›29Going back ages9 lettersSee answer ›30___ track4 lettersSee answer ›32Folks who enjoy a well-aged beef?8 lettersSee answer ›33Borderline8 lettersSee answer ›35Echolocation systems6 lettersSee answer ›36Element between copper and gallium on the periodic table4 lettersSee answer ›37Spelling combinations?6 lettersSee answer ›38They're concerned with feeding kits6 lettersSee answer ›39Pharyngeal woe5 lettersSee answer ›40Cynthia ___, Tony winner for "The Color Purple"5 lettersSee answer ›41Buckled5 lettersSee answer ›42Extend, in a way5 lettersSee answer ›45Chilly and damp4 lettersSee answer ›47"___ noticed"3 lettersSee answer ›