NYT Crossword May 16 2026 Answers

The complete list of answers to the NYT Crossword published on May 16 2026.

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Clues Across (33 total)

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Modern "go-to's"
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Curtain for silhouetting on stage
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Bird on the South Carolina state quarter
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Capote or chesterfield
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Emulates E.T., in a way
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Roman goddess who drives a two-horse chariot
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Precious self-reference
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Name shared by the singer of the #1 hit "Rock Me Gently" (1974) and the first Korean American elected to the U.S. Senate (2024)
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Double-___ cassowary (bird of Indonesia and Australia)
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Matches with forensics
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Occasions to relax and recharge
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Obama's third secretary of defense (2013-15)
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Gasoline brand that offered the Torch Club credit card
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Aid in making salsa
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Operculum, e.g.
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Capital of Greenland
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They're hard to pull off
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Spa service, in brief
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Up to snuff, facetiously
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Trickles
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Cup holders
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Many a Porsche 911
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Practical types who are often perfectionists, it's said
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Don't start with me!
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Difficult effort
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Cut out
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Setting for Seurat's "A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte"
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Cold-smoked lox
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7 up, perhaps
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Gulf of ___, waters that abut Djibouti and Somaliland
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Vanilla units
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Spouts
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Romp
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Clues Down (33 total)

(1)
Victor over Washington on 11/12/1955 in "Back to the Future, Pt. II" — and in real life
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Cattle call
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Went wide or long, as a tennis ball
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"No closer!"
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Takes off
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Wind pipe?
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Blight
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Getting a break on Broadway?
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Medleys
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Marriott property with the slogan "Whatever Whenever"
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Triumphs smoothly
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___ Brickowski ("The Lego Movie" protagonist)
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"What this country ___ …"
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Certain volleyballer
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Deck
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Once-popular terra-cotta figurine
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Trigger hair
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State in which Gulliver is discovered by the Lilliputians
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Combo meal upgrade
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Going back ages
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___ track
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Folks who enjoy a well-aged beef?
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Borderline
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Echolocation systems
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Element between copper and gallium on the periodic table
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Spelling combinations?
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They're concerned with feeding kits
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Pharyngeal woe
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Cynthia ___, Tony winner for "The Color Purple"
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Buckled
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Extend, in a way
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Chilly and damp
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"___ noticed"
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