NYT Crossword May 18 2026 Answers

The complete list of answers to the NYT Crossword published on May 18 2026.

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Clues Across (37 total)

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Like a game that has gone into a penalty shootout
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Luxury handbag brand
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Petri dish gel
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West Coast sch. that joined the Big Ten in 2024
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Stereotypical meal for a college student
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"Veni, ___, vici"
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Like the Code of Hammurabi
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Enterprise rival
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Got to one's feet
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Elmer's product
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"There's a cockroach!"
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Patch up some clothes, say
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Pioneering hybrid car
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Pouty expression
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Future atty.'s exam
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Rae who played President Barbie in "Barbie"
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Tackling of the quarterback
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Nebraska's largest city
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Governing body in the Harry Potter universe
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Fibrous part of broccoli
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Nothin'
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Cool, slangily
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"___ Calm and Carry On"
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Region
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Gardener's tool
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Kit ___ bar
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Woodcutter's tool
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Beauty queen's accessory
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Garlicky condiment
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Eye irritation
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Advice for the overambitious ... or a hint to 17-, 25-, 40- and 50-Across
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___ leches cake
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Oopsie
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Lotion ingredient
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Toward sunrise
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"Same!"
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Stereotypically antisocial pets
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Clues Down (41 total)

(1)
Large brass instruments
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"You have my sympathy"
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Macaroni shape
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14 of these make up a fortnight
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Con's opposite
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Sprinted
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Friend in Mexico
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Gave out cards
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Zinnia or sunflower
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Director DuVernay
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Attempt something
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"Au revoir!"
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Puts on the line
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Oscar winner Jared
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English town famous for its salts
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Throw out of office
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Long (for)
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Holiday Inn competitor
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Sent by post
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Writes to on WhatsApp, in brief
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Puppy school command
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Roll of two ones
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"Ta-ta," in a text
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Camera company known for its "moments"
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With it
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Unreturned serve
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Distorts, as data
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Ticket price
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The "terrible twos" and the "threenager" years, for example
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Chapters of history
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Squander
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Outlandishly over the top, in modern slang
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Houston baseballer
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Swiss ___ (salad green)
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Marsupial often mistermed a "bear"
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Apportion
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There are 100 of these in every Scrabble game
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Apple desktop
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Superlative suffix
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Down Under bounder, for short
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Prefix between bi- and tetra-
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