NYT CROSSWORD • MONDAY, MAY 11, 2026

NYT Crossword Answers May 11, 2026

Complete answer list for the May 11, 2026 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Joel WoodfordEdited by Will ShortzGrid 15×1576 clues

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Across 34

  1. 1___ Spiegel (German magazine) ↗DER
  2. 4Animal that ranges around Peru ↗LLAMA
  3. 9Pointed, as a weapon ↗AIMED
  4. 14Lumberjack's tool ↗AXE
  5. 15Cameroon neighbor ↗GABON
  6. 16Yell "#$%!" ↗SWEAR
  7. 17Rankings of song popularity used as the music industry standard ↗BILLBOARDCHARTS
  8. 20Swells up ↗BLOATS
  9. 21Number in a septet ↗SEVEN
  10. 22Pb, in chemistry ↗LEAD
  11. 23Own (up) ↗FESS
  12. 24Freeze's opposite ↗THAW
  13. 28Whirling water ↗EDDY
  14. 29Up to, as a certain time ↗TIL
  15. 30Take fowl foully ↗POACH
  16. 31Canapé or deviled egg, for example ↗HORSDOEUVRE
  17. 34Clears of charges ↗ACQUITS
  18. 38A million gazillion ↗UMPTEEN
  19. 39Movie production facilities with controlled acoustics ↗SOUNDSTAGES
  20. 41Leave stunned ↗AMAZE
  21. 42Monk's counterpart ↗NUN
  22. 43Cut of pork or lamb ↗CHOP
  23. 47Spa service on the toes, in brief ↗PEDI
  24. 48"Please, no more!" ↗STOP
  25. 50"That is so funny" ↗HAHA
  26. 51Braid ↗PLAIT
  27. 53Helping for someone very, very hungry ↗THIRDS
  28. 55Insignificant amount ↗DROPINTHEBUCKET
  29. 59Tired from overexposure ↗JADED
  30. 60"It was the ___ I could do" ↗LEAST
  31. 61Big part of an elephant ↗EAR
  32. 62Storage places for lawn mowers ↗SHEDS
  33. 63Go kaboom, as a volcano ↗ERUPT
  34. 64Deadpan ↗DRY

Down 42

  1. 1Practice casually, with "in" ↗DABBLE
  2. 2Kicked out, as from a country ↗EXILED
  3. 3Fill with more ammunition ↗RELOAD
  4. 4Pride letters ↗LGBT
  5. 5Vientiane is its capital ↗LAOS
  6. 6Lawyers' org. ↗ABA
  7. 7Tasty little bites ↗MORSELS
  8. 8Peruvian mountains ↗ANDES
  9. 9Tennis star Arthur ↗ASHE
  10. 10"Don't involve me anymore" ↗IWANTOUT
  11. 11French for "sea" ↗MER
  12. 12Gobble down ↗EAT
  13. 13Medical pros: Abbr. ↗DRS
  14. 18Noblewoman ↗LADY
  15. 19Rival of Walgreens ↗CVS
  16. 23Winning a blue ribbon ↗FIRST
  17. 25Possess ↗HAVE
  18. 26Unit initially conceived as the amount of land that can be plowed in a day ↗ACRE
  19. 27"___ in doubt ..." ↗WHEN
  20. 29Pre-K enrollees ↗TOTS
  21. 30Enlivens, with "up" ↗PEPS
  22. 31___-and-seek ↗HIDE
  23. 32Unearthed ↗DUGUP
  24. 33Rain clouds, to some ↗OMEN
  25. 34Rapper ___ Rocky ↗ASAP
  26. 35"___ as you are" ↗COME
  27. 36College courtyard ↗QUAD
  28. 37Opened, as a fly ↗UNZIPPED
  29. 40Request from someone craving more ↗ANOTHER
  30. 43Fashionable ↗CHIC
  31. 44Listened, poetically ↗HARKED
  32. 45"Goodness me!" ... or a phonetic hint to 17-, 31-, 39- and 55-Across ↗OHDEAR
  33. 46Croissant, éclair or Danish ↗PASTRY
  34. 48The "S" of S.F. ↗SAN
  35. 49Mr., Ms. or Mrs. ↗TITLE
  36. 52Tube tops? ↗LIDS
  37. 53Recipe amt. ↗TBSP
  38. 54Jabba the ___ ("Star Wars" villain) ↗HUTT
  39. 55Party pros playing tunes ↗DJS
  40. 56"Go team!" ↗RAH
  41. 57Poem of praise ↗ODE
  42. 58Contents of l'océan ↗EAU