NYT CROSSWORD • TUESDAY, MAY 12, 2026

NYT Crossword Answers May 12, 2026

Complete answer list for the May 12, 2026 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By John RuffEdited by Will ShortzGrid 15×1576 clues

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Across 32

  1. 1Appropriate answer for 1-Across ↗START
  2. 6Have the sense of ↗FEEL
  3. 10Females shepherded by shepherds ↗EWES
  4. 14Fuel-bearing ship ↗OILER
  5. 15Leer at ↗OGLE
  6. 16One piece of a three-piece suit ↗VEST
  7. 17Listing at an ice cream shop in Ipswich ↗FLAVOUROFTHEDAY
  8. 20Lou Gehrig's disease, in brief ↗ALS
  9. 21"___ Robinson" (Simon & Garfunkel song) ↗MRS
  10. 22Happen afterward ↗ENSUE
  11. 23Some limb-moving muscles ↗ABDUCTORS
  12. 27Kids' items at a day care in Derby ↗COLOURINGBOOKS
  13. 32Pack tightly ↗JAMIN
  14. 33Spanish for "this" ↗ESTE
  15. 34Pod tidbit ↗PEA
  16. 35Spoke to a convention, say ↗ORATED
  17. 37Members of the aristocracy ↗ELITES
  18. 40Establishment that might offer free breakfast ↗INN
  19. 41Quaint lead-in to while ↗ERST
  20. 45Leads off ↗OPENS
  21. 46Areas on a map of Manchester ↗NEIGHBOURHOODS
  22. 50Sudden, widespread appearances of illness ↗OUTBREAKS
  23. 51Live (in) ↗DWELL
  24. 54"Thanks a ___!" (informal appreciation) ↗MIL
  25. 55Butcher's discard ↗FAT
  26. 58"Hmm, why use the spellings of 17-, 27- and 46-Across?" ↗OHYOUAREBRITISH
  27. 63Laura of "Jurassic Park" ↗DERN
  28. 64A pelican can hold more water in this than in its belly ↗BILL
  29. 65Franz ___, Prague-born writer of dark fiction ↗KAFKA
  30. 66Force holding us onto Earth, informally ↗ONEG
  31. 67Pepsi alternative ↗COKE
  32. 68Be present ↗EXIST

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  1. 1Divan ↗SOFA
  2. 2Tens or ones place? ↗TILL
  3. 3Lead-in to "poor Yorick!" ↗ALAS
  4. 4Al Sharpton's title, for short ↗REV
  5. 5Instrument with a Renaissance-era ancestor called a sackbut ↗TROMBONE
  6. 6"Absolutely!" ↗FORSURE
  7. 7Sense of self ↗EGO
  8. 8Hermey is one, in TV's "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" ↗ELF
  9. 9Do-over at serving ↗LET
  10. 10"Nevertheless …" ↗EVENSO
  11. 11Marries ↗WEDS
  12. 12One son of Isaac and Rebekah ↗ESAU
  13. 13Bacterial eye malady ↗STYE
  14. 18Pakistani language ↗URDU
  15. 19Chervil or chive ↗HERB
  16. 23Touched down ↗ALIT
  17. 24Stool pigeons, in police shorthand ↗CIS
  18. 25Explosive inits. ↗TNT
  19. 26Kind of arch in architecture ↗OGEE
  20. 27___ asada ↗CARNE
  21. 28Resident of a Mideast sultanate ↗OMANI
  22. 29Chose, with "for" ↗OPTED
  23. 30Wails ↗KEENS
  24. 31Give some lip to ↗SASS
  25. 32Sign up for ↗JOIN
  26. 36Some are said to be "swimming" in this ↗DEBT
  27. 38Resemble ↗LOOKLIKE
  28. 39Ways to raise capital, in brief ↗IPOS
  29. 42Lowe on TV ↗ROB
  30. 43Big ___, West Coast tourist destination ↗SUR
  31. 44Shake with fear ↗TREMBLE
  32. 47Sandlot QB's order to a receiver ↗GOLONG
  33. 48Streaming service owned by Disney ↗HULU
  34. 49Cause of a shower drain clog, maybe ↗HAIR
  35. 51Birdbrain ↗DODO
  36. 52"At what time?" ↗WHEN
  37. 53Brontë heroine ↗EYRE
  38. 55Popular female poodle name ↗FIFI
  39. 56Inquires ↗ASKS
  40. 57Word after "Copy" or "Fancy" ↗THAT
  41. 59Airer of "The View" ↗ABC
  42. 60Site of the world's largest Carnival celebration ↗RIO
  43. 61Wapiti, by another name ↗ELK
  44. 62Put a burden on ↗TAX