New York Times Crossword Puzzle Answers Today 05/12/2026. The May 12 2026 Puzzle Answers are listed below in such order that they are easy to find.
The puzzles get harder and harder to solve and more complex as the week passes You can search by clue name, number or direction for example for 2 Across clue just type '2A' or '2D' for 2nd down clue.
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- Across
- 1a Appropriate answer for 1-AcrossSTART
- 6a Have the sense ofFEEL
- 10a Females shepherded by shepherdsEWES
- 14a Fuel-bearing shipOILER
- 15a Leer atOGLE
- 16a One piece of a three-piece suitVEST
- 17a Listing at an ice cream shop in IpswichFLAVOUROFTHEDAY
- 20a Lou Gehrig’s disease, in briefALS
- 21a “___ Robinson” (Simon & Garfunkel song)MRS
- 22a Happen afterwardENSUE
- 23a Some limb-moving musclesABDUCTORS
- 27a Kids’ items at a day care in DerbyCOLOURINGBOOKS
- 32a Pack tightlyJAMIN
- 33a Spanish for “this”ESTE
- 34a Pod tidbitPEA
- 35a Spoke to a convention, sayORATED
- 37a Members of the aristocracyELITES
- 40a Establishment that might offer free breakfastINN
- 41a Quaint lead-in to whileERST
- 45a Leads offOPENS
- 46a Areas on a map of ManchesterNEIGHBOURHOODS
- 50a Sudden, widespread appearances of illnessOUTBREAKS
- 51a Live (in)DWELL
- 54a “Thanks a ___!” (informal appreciation)MIL
- 55a Butcher’s discardFAT
- 58a “Hmm, why use the spellings of 17-, 27- and 46-Across?”OHYOUAREBRITISH
- 63a Laura of “Jurassic Park”DERN
- 64a A pelican can hold more water in this than in its bellyBILL
- 65a Franz ___, Prague-born writer of dark fictionKAFKA
- 66a Force holding us onto Earth, informallyONEG
- 67a Pepsi alternativeCOKE
- 68a Be presentEXIST
- Down
- 1d DivanSOFA
- 2d Tens or ones place?TILL
- 3d Lead-in to “poor Yorick!”ALAS
- 4d Al Sharpton’s title, for shortREV
- 5d Instrument with a Renaissance-era ancestor called a sackbutTROMBONE
- 6d “Absolutely!”FORSURE
- 7d Sense of selfEGO
- 8d Hermey is one, in TV’s “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer”ELF
- 9d Do-over at servingLET
- 10d “Nevertheless ?”EVENSO
- 11d MarriesWEDS
- 12d One son of Isaac and RebekahESAU
- 13d Bacterial eye maladySTYE
- 18d Pakistani languageURDU
- 19d Chervil or chiveHERB
- 23d Touched downALIT
- 24d Stool pigeons, in police shorthandCIS
- 25d Explosive inits.TNT
- 26d Kind of arch in architectureOGEE
- 27d ___ asadaCARNE
- 28d Resident of a Mideast sultanateOMANI
- 29d Chose, with “for”OPTED
- 30d WailsKEENS
- 31d Give some lip toSASS
- 32d Sign up forJOIN
- 36d Some are said to be “swimming” in thisDEBT
- 38d ResembleLOOKLIKE
- 39d Ways to raise capital, in briefIPOS
- 42d Lowe on TVROB
- 43d Big ___, West Coast tourist destinationSUR
- 44d Shake with fearTREMBLE
- 47d Sandlot QB’s order to a receiverGOLONG
- 48d Streaming service owned by DisneyHULU
- 49d Cause of a shower drain clog, maybeHAIR
- 51d BirdbrainDODO
- 52d “At what time?”WHEN
- 53d Brontë heroineEYRE
- 55d Popular female poodle nameFIFI
- 56d InquiresASKS
- 57d Word after “Copy” or “Fancy”THAT
- 59d Airer of “The View”ABC
- 60d Site of the world’s largest Carnival celebrationRIO
- 61d Wapiti, by another nameELK
- 62d Put a burden onTAX