USA Today Crossword May 18 2026 Answers

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

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Clues Across (40 total)

(1)
"Sex Education" actor Ncuti
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Filming locations
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Lifesaving skill, for short
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Option D, sometimes
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Divulge some personal info
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NPR host Shapiro
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Initial funding for a startup, often
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Word after "hot" or "shower"
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Body parts that might ring
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Diwali month (Abbr.)
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"Train Dreams" director Bentley
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Opposite of WNW
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Run out of clothes?
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"Please turn on my laser pointer"
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Dawn direction
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Push a door that says "pull"
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"Star Trek: Deep ___ Nine"
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Regrets
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Lunch or dinner
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Weep loudly
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Dog trained to perform specific tasks, often
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Pale brown
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"Yeah, right!"
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Carded
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Campfire treat
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___ de Janeiro
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Coup d'___
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"The Diplomat" actress Russell
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Basket for dirty clothes
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Day after Thu.
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Irritated and offended
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"Cowboy Carter" artist, for short
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"Bearded" flower
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Like this clue
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Metallic resource in A Feast For Odin
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2025 Best Picture winner
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Prolonged attack
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French article in "Arles"
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T-shirt labels
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Donkeys
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Clues Down (37 total)

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"Check it out!"
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Worry-free
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"Anything goes!"
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Ties the knot
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Rainbow shape
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Pirate exclamation popularized by Long John Silver
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Enjoy some dino nuggets
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Follow a delivery's status, say
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Put on the market
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Crispy potatoes with grilled steak, cheese, guac, etc.
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Official procedure
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"Get ___ of it"
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Future mushroom
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Insect in a colony
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Little troublemaker
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David's cynical best friend on "Schitt's Creek"
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General vicinity
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Halloween decoration
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Big ___, California
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Small burger
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Sis, for one
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Singer-songwriter DiFranco
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"Me too"
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"Juno" actor Michael
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Ran into
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Sound of disapproval
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Repeated musical phrase
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"Akhnaten," for one
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Emergency priority system
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"Laughing" animal
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Sewing needle opening
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Bits of land in the ocean
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Someone might rush to get into one
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"Indeed"
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Note between fa and la
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Visibility reducer
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Org. nicknamed "No Such Agency"
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