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NYT Crossword May 18 2026 Answers

Deborah Simmons ✓Solving & explaining puzzles since 1998 · Updated May 18 2026

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Every answer from the Monday, May 18 2026 New York Times Crossword, checked and verified against the published NYT solution. Select a clue for the full explanation.

Constructed by Rena Cohen · Edited by Will Shortz

Across

1Like a game that has gone into a penalty shootout4 lettersSee answer ›5Luxury handbag brand5 lettersSee answer ›10Petri dish gel4 lettersSee answer ›14West Coast sch. that joined the Big Ten in 20244 lettersSee answer ›15Stereotypical meal for a college student5 lettersSee answer ›16"Veni, ___, vici"4 lettersSee answer ›17Like the Code of Hammurabi10 lettersSee answer ›19Enterprise rival4 lettersSee answer ›20Got to one's feet5 lettersSee answer ›21Elmer's product4 lettersSee answer ›23"There's a cockroach!"3 lettersSee answer ›24Patch up some clothes, say3 lettersSee answer ›25Pioneering hybrid car11 lettersSee answer ›29Pouty expression4 lettersSee answer ›30Future atty.'s exam4 lettersSee answer ›31Rae who played President Barbie in "Barbie"4 lettersSee answer ›34Tackling of the quarterback4 lettersSee answer ›37Nebraska's largest city5 lettersSee answer ›40Governing body in the Harry Potter universe15 lettersSee answer ›43Fibrous part of broccoli5 lettersSee answer ›44Nothin'4 lettersSee answer ›45Cool, slangily4 lettersSee answer ›46"___ Calm and Carry On"4 lettersSee answer ›48Region4 lettersSee answer ›50Gardener's tool11 lettersSee answer ›54Kit ___ bar3 lettersSee answer ›57Woodcutter's tool3 lettersSee answer ›58Beauty queen's accessory4 lettersSee answer ›59Garlicky condiment5 lettersSee answer ›61Eye irritation4 lettersSee answer ›63Advice for the overambitious ... or a hint to 17-, 25-, 40- and 50-Across10 lettersSee answer ›66___ leches cake4 lettersSee answer ›67Oopsie5 lettersSee answer ›68Lotion ingredient4 lettersSee answer ›69Toward sunrise4 lettersSee answer ›70"Same!"5 lettersSee answer ›71Stereotypically antisocial pets4 lettersSee answer ›

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1Large brass instruments5 lettersSee answer ›2"You have my sympathy"5 lettersSee answer ›3Macaroni shape5 lettersSee answer ›414 of these make up a fortnight4 lettersSee answer ›5Con's opposite3 lettersSee answer ›6Sprinted3 lettersSee answer ›7Friend in Mexico5 lettersSee answer ›8Gave out cards5 lettersSee answer ›9Zinnia or sunflower6 lettersSee answer ›10Director DuVernay3 lettersSee answer ›11Attempt something9 lettersSee answer ›12"Au revoir!"5 lettersSee answer ›13Puts on the line5 lettersSee answer ›18Oscar winner Jared4 lettersSee answer ›22English town famous for its salts5 lettersSee answer ›26Throw out of office4 lettersSee answer ›27Long (for)5 lettersSee answer ›28Holiday Inn competitor6 lettersSee answer ›29Sent by post6 lettersSee answer ›31Writes to on WhatsApp, in brief3 lettersSee answer ›32Puppy school command3 lettersSee answer ›33Roll of two ones9 lettersSee answer ›35"Ta-ta," in a text3 lettersSee answer ›36Camera company known for its "moments"5 lettersSee answer ›38With it3 lettersSee answer ›39Unreturned serve3 lettersSee answer ›41Distorts, as data5 lettersSee answer ›42Ticket price4 lettersSee answer ›47The "terrible twos" and the "threenager" years, for example6 lettersSee answer ›49Chapters of history4 lettersSee answer ›50Squander5 lettersSee answer ›51Outlandishly over the top, in modern slang5 lettersSee answer ›52Houston baseballer5 lettersSee answer ›53Swiss ___ (salad green)5 lettersSee answer ›54Marsupial often mistermed a "bear"5 lettersSee answer ›55Apportion5 lettersSee answer ›56There are 100 of these in every Scrabble game5 lettersSee answer ›60Apple desktop4 lettersSee answer ›62Superlative suffix3 lettersSee answer ›64Down Under bounder, for short3 lettersSee answer ›65Prefix between bi- and tetra-3 lettersSee answer ›