USA Today Crossword May 15 2026 Answers
The complete list of answers to the USA Today Crossword published on May 15 2026.
- 78
- Total Clues
- 39
- Total Across
- 39
- Total Down
Clues Across (39 total)
(1)
Bread baked in a tandoor
The answer is: naan
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Email attachments, often
The answer is: pdfs
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Clip wool from
The answer is: shear
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Jane Austen novel adapted into a film starring Anya Taylor-Joy
The answer is: emma
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(15)
The "R" of LARP
The answer is: role
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"That's false!"
The answer is: notso
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(17)
School on the Thames
The answer is: eton
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Zone
The answer is: area
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(19)
Wipe clean
The answer is: erase
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(20)
Notebooks that might be kept on nightstands
The answer is: dreamdiaries
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It's picked up at a pub
The answer is: tab
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Bit of muesli
The answer is: oat
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(25)
Meet and ___
The answer is: greet
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(28)
Animal also called a zebra giraffe
The answer is: okapi
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"Zoolander" star Wilson
The answer is: owen
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Hard to find
The answer is: rare
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(35)
Notable time period
The answer is: era
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(37)
Wall St. debut
The answer is: ipo
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(38)
Continent with about 60% of the global population
The answer is: asia
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Greta Gerwig or Wes Anderson, e.g.
The answer is: bignamedirector
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(44)
___ Games (Fortnite developer)
The answer is: epic
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(45)
Leave in a cheese cave, say
The answer is: age
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(46)
Female sheep
The answer is: ewe
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"Mae West Lips Sofa" artist
The answer is: dali
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(48)
___ out (crash)
The answer is: zonk
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___ Nation (Great Plains tribe)
The answer is: osage
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(54)
Soothing ointment
The answer is: salve
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Kind
The answer is: ilk
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(58)
National Sandwich Day mo.
The answer is: nov
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(59)
Messed up
The answer is: madeamistake
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(63)
Side with a shoestring variety
The answer is: fries
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(66)
Sitting atop
The answer is: upon
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Computer science pioneer Turing
The answer is: alan
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Goosebumps-inducing
The answer is: eerie
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"Avengers: Endgame" star Russo
The answer is: rene
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(70)
Dessert wine
The answer is: port
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(71)
2, 4, 6, 8, etc.
The answer is: evens
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Unpleasant smell
The answer is: odor
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Some officers (Abbr.)
The answer is: sgts
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Clues Down (39 total)
(1)
Must
The answer is: needto
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(2)
Operator of Cascades trains
The answer is: amtrak
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(3)
Single-celled organism
The answer is: amoeba
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(4)
Mama's mama
The answer is: nana
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"The Devil Wears ___"
The answer is: prada
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Cool Ranch chip
The answer is: dorito
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Word before "market" or "circus"
The answer is: flea
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(8)
Cook over high heat
The answer is: sear
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Scornful expression
The answer is: sneer
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(10)
Triple Crown contests
The answer is: horseraces
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(11)
LGA guess
The answer is: eta
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(12)
Beast of burden
The answer is: ass
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(13)
Ikura, e.g.
The answer is: roe
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(21)
"Schitt's Creek" matriarch
The answer is: moira
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(22)
Snub
The answer is: ignore
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Toward sunrise
The answer is: east
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Green Day, e.g.
The answer is: trio
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(29)
"I can tentatively make that appointment!"
The answer is: pencilmein
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(31)
Make broader
The answer is: widen
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(32)
Prefix with "center"
The answer is: epi
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Body part you can "lend"
The answer is: ear
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(36)
Wowed
The answer is: amazed
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(39)
Place to sleep
The answer is: bed
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(40)
Bitter brews
The answer is: ipas
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(41)
___ monster
The answer is: gila
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(42)
It might be stroked or bruised
The answer is: ego
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"Star Wars" creatures that live in trees on Endor
The answer is: ewoks
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(49)
Tea ceremony garment
The answer is: kimono
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(51)
Like a clock with hands
The answer is: analog
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(52)
Small racing vehicle
The answer is: gokart
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(53)
High jump and javelin throw, in the Olympics
The answer is: events
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(55)
Bouquet holders
The answer is: vases
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(57)
One-___ (short joke)
The answer is: liner
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(60)
Spanish currency
The answer is: euro
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(61)
Mimicked
The answer is: aped
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(62)
Dances like Savion Glover
The answer is: taps
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(63)
Service charge
The answer is: fee
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(64)
Crank up, like an engine
The answer is: rev
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Intense anger
The answer is: ire
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