NYT Crossword May 12 2026 Answers

The complete list of answers to the NYT Crossword published on May 12 2026.

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Clues Across (32 total)

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Appropriate answer for 1-Across
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Have the sense of
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Females shepherded by shepherds
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Fuel-bearing ship
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Leer at
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One piece of a three-piece suit
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Listing at an ice cream shop in Ipswich
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Lou Gehrig's disease, in brief
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"___ Robinson" (Simon & Garfunkel song)
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Happen afterward
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Some limb-moving muscles
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Kids' items at a day care in Derby
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Pack tightly
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Spanish for "this"
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Pod tidbit
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Spoke to a convention, say
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Members of the aristocracy
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Establishment that might offer free breakfast
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Quaint lead-in to while
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Leads off
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Areas on a map of Manchester
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Sudden, widespread appearances of illness
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Live (in)
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"Thanks a ___!" (informal appreciation)
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Butcher's discard
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"Hmm, why use the spellings of 17-, 27- and 46-Across?"
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Laura of "Jurassic Park"
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A pelican can hold more water in this than in its belly
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Franz ___, Prague-born writer of dark fiction
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Force holding us onto Earth, informally
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Pepsi alternative
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Be present
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Clues Down (44 total)

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Divan
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Tens or ones place?
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Lead-in to "poor Yorick!"
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Al Sharpton's title, for short
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Instrument with a Renaissance-era ancestor called a sackbut
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"Absolutely!"
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Sense of self
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Hermey is one, in TV's "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer"
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Do-over at serving
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"Nevertheless …"
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Marries
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One son of Isaac and Rebekah
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Bacterial eye malady
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Pakistani language
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Chervil or chive
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Touched down
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Stool pigeons, in police shorthand
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Explosive inits.
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Kind of arch in architecture
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___ asada
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Resident of a Mideast sultanate
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Chose, with "for"
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Wails
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Give some lip to
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Sign up for
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Some are said to be "swimming" in this
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Resemble
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Ways to raise capital, in brief
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Lowe on TV
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Big ___, West Coast tourist destination
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Shake with fear
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Sandlot QB's order to a receiver
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Streaming service owned by Disney
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Cause of a shower drain clog, maybe
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Birdbrain
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"At what time?"
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Brontë heroine
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Popular female poodle name
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Inquires
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Word after "Copy" or "Fancy"
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Airer of "The View"
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Site of the world's largest Carnival celebration
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Wapiti, by another name
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Put a burden on
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