New York Times Crossword Puzzle Answers Today 05/19/2026. The May 19 2026 Puzzle Answers are listed below in such order that they are easy to find.
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- Across
- 1a What you eatDIET
- 5a Campfire confectionSMORE
- 10a Mama ___ of the Mamas & the PapasCASS
- 14a Clearasil targetACNE
- 15a HawkeyeIOWAN
- 16a Sound of a horse’s hoofCLOP
- 17a Standard musical progressionPENTATONICSCALE
- 20a Dry and witheredSERE
- 21a “Dinner’s ready!”SOUPSON
- 22a High court judge?CHAIRUMPIRE
- 26a Joke (around)KID
- 27a Whale groupsPODS
- 28a Michael of “The Man Who Would Be King”CAINE
- 29a Joint thing in the Venn diagram of “instruments” and “fish”BASS
- 30a “That’s so sweet!” reactionsAWS
- 31a Semaphore deviceFLAG
- 32a Patty or Selma, to Bart SimpsonAUNT
- 33a Basketball or baseball, but not boxingTEAMSPORT
- 36a Frozen dessert franchiseTCBY
- 38a New ZealanderKIWI
- 39a Denali, e.g.: Abbr.MTN
- 42a Heads of Hogwarts?LOOS
- 43a SpryAGILE
- 45a Free-spirited aestheticBOHO
- 46a “Ick!”EWW
- 47a Matching pair on many jetsTWINENGINES
- 49a Massachusetts locale of Manchester-by-the-SeaCAPEANN
- 51a “Yikes!”EGAD
- 52a Requirement at some comedy clubs ? or for 17-, 22-, 33- and 47-Across?TWODRINKMINIMUM
- 57a Like a gut courseEASY
- 58a African country that’s another African country minus its final two lettersNIGER
- 59a Generic canine nameFIDO
- 60a Breads for Reuben sandwichesRYES
- 61a “Beau ___”GESTE
- 62a Leak slowlySEEP
- Down
- 1d Fist bumpDAP
- 2d Skating exhibitionICESHOW
- 3d Groups of nineENNEADS
- 4d Classic falling-block gameTETRIS
- 5d Basic dog commandSIT
- 6d It’s heard in a herdMOO
- 7d ___ goal (soccer blunder)OWN
- 8d Gorp tidbitRAISIN
- 9d Number added at the end?ENCORE
- 10d Cyrillic version of “U.S.S.R.”CCCP
- 11d From Nome or JuneauALASKAN
- 12d Lone star?SOLOIST
- 13d Drops some cashSPENDS
- 18d ___ LingusAER
- 19d Bird of the W.N.B.A.SUE
- 22d Return sender, maybe, in briefCPA
- 23d Sch. whose campus is just off Interstate 405UCLA
- 24d Sir’s counterpartMAAM
- 25d Football, informallyPIGSKIN
- 29d Slowly ___ surelyBUT
- 31d Tina who hosted the debut of “Saturday Night Live UK”FEY
- 32d “Entourage” agent GoldARI
- 33d Atlanta-based networkTBS
- 34d Leaves together?PILE
- 35d Actor WilsonOWEN
- 36d ___ zone (no-parking area)TOWAWAY
- 37d Yoga stance on all foursCOWPOSE
- 39d Term of friendship for a French womanMONAMIE
- 40d Nickname for Jeffrey Lebowski in “The Big Lebowski”THEDUDE
- 41d Those opposedNOS
- 42d Villain in “The Silence of the Lambs”LECTER
- 43d Cafe canopyAWNING
- 44d Companion to Fannie and Freddie in the mortgage bizGINNIE
- 45d Major unknownsBIGIFS
- 47d Sailor, informallyTAR
- 48d ___ Z (Zoomers)GEN
- 50d “Grand” ice cream brandEDYS
- 53d Units in a tonne: Abbr.KGS
- 54d Was introduced toMET
- 55d WrathIRE
- 56d Swiffer WetJet, e.g.MOP