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NYT Crossword May 9 2026 Answers

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Every answer from the Saturday, May 9 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

1Gold meddlers?10 lettersSee answer ›11One making calls on the fly?4 lettersSee answer ›15You or me, e.g.10 lettersSee answer ›16___ paratha (potato-filled flatbread)4 lettersSee answer ›17Exclamation of surprise from a host10 lettersSee answer ›18Place for a post4 lettersSee answer ›19Dr. J, for all of his N.B.A. career5 lettersSee answer ›20Perspective4 lettersSee answer ›21Husky hellos?4 lettersSee answer ›22Reached new heights4 lettersSee answer ›24Low-level clouds6 lettersSee answer ›26Central Plains nation governed by the Nasharo Council6 lettersSee answer ›30Storage unit4 lettersSee answer ›32Portable retirement option3 lettersSee answer ›33Black-and-white debut of 19124 lettersSee answer ›34Like something no money can buy4 lettersSee answer ›36Accomplished5 lettersSee answer ›38List of qualifications?15 lettersSee answer ›41Fragrant compound released during fermentation5 lettersSee answer ›42Pomegranate morsel4 lettersSee answer ›43Certain razorback4 lettersSee answer ›44Letter in Socrates' and Aristotle's names3 lettersSee answer ›45Still active after all these years4 lettersSee answer ›47Looks all over6 lettersSee answer ›49___ paratha (cheese-filled flatbread)6 lettersSee answer ›51Great find in the candy aisle, by the sound of it4 lettersSee answer ›53Things to let: Abbr.4 lettersSee answer ›54"I could be wrong, but ...," for short4 lettersSee answer ›56Tropical ring5 lettersSee answer ›61Hoot4 lettersSee answer ›622000 parody of a 62-Across10 lettersSee answer ›64"That's for sure"4 lettersSee answer ›65Postponed court date?10 lettersSee answer ›66No time like the present4 lettersSee answer ›67Skirt with a bunch of leaves, perhaps10 lettersSee answer ›

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1___ Kitchen, brand of organic foods since 19874 lettersSee answer ›2Name of a pope and a Roman emperor whose terms of leadership overlapped4 lettersSee answer ›3Central point4 lettersSee answer ›4"This is for you"4 lettersSee answer ›5Spring up6 lettersSee answer ›6One of the Three Stooges3 lettersSee answer ›7Extra hot5 lettersSee answer ›8Parlor treat typically served with the first five letters of its name15 lettersSee answer ›9Lecture4 lettersSee answer ›10Least straightforward, say6 lettersSee answer ›11Weighty subject of some children's books5 lettersSee answer ›12Statement that may be followed by a dash10 lettersSee answer ›13Where spirits are high?10 lettersSee answer ›14Vacationers' hires, perhaps10 lettersSee answer ›23Makes some calls4 lettersSee answer ›25Kings of Los Angeles, e.g.4 lettersSee answer ›26Event at which you hope to get good deals?10 lettersSee answer ›27Radio journalist with the 2023 memoir "The Best Strangers in the World: Stories From a Life Spent Listening"10 lettersSee answer ›28Traveled to perform10 lettersSee answer ›29Central point4 lettersSee answer ›31Legendary Himalayan climber4 lettersSee answer ›35Sound made by many fans4 lettersSee answer ›37Clemson's ___ Swinney (winningest head football coach in A.C.C. history)4 lettersSee answer ›39Bath seat?4 lettersSee answer ›40Setup for an extra point4 lettersSee answer ›46Color separators6 lettersSee answer ›48What may slow the pace of some legs in a marathon6 lettersSee answer ›50Perfume with an accent on its fourth letter5 lettersSee answer ›52Won land5 lettersSee answer ›55What some bio majors do prep work for4 lettersSee answer ›57Garment that once indicated citizenship4 lettersSee answer ›58A zero is one4 lettersSee answer ›59Kilo follower4 lettersSee answer ›60Certification program developed by the U.S. Green Building Council, in brief4 lettersSee answer ›63New ___ University of Knuckleheads (fictional institution where Leslie Nielsen lectured about the Three Stooges)3 lettersSee answer ›