NYT CROSSWORD • THURSDAY, MAY 14, 2026

NYT Crossword Answers May 14, 2026

Complete answer list for the May 14, 2026 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Simeon SeigelEdited by Will ShortzGrid 15×1574 clues

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WEDMAY
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THUMAY
14
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By Simeon Seigel
FRIMAY
15
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By Maddy Ziegler
SATMAY
16
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By Byron Walden

The Grid

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Across 37

  1. 1Cliff formed by a fault ↗SCARP
  2. 6Avoided a tag, say ↗SLID
  3. 10Penultimate Greek letter ↗PSI
  4. 13"My fault entirely" ↗ALLME
  5. 14Taste perception first identified in 1908 ↗UMAMI
  6. 15Physics unit named for a physicist ↗OHM
  7. 16Feature that debuted on Page 1 of The New York Times in 1997 ↗COLORPHOTOS
  8. 18Confucian "way" ↗TAO
  9. 19Prime breeding environment for mosquitoes ↗STANDINGH
  10. 20Impression on some fancy sheets ↗HMARK
  11. 22Puente of "The Mambo Kings" ↗TITO
  12. 23Traveled path ↗ROUTE
  13. 24At sea, say ↗ONTHEH
  14. 27Powerful fireboat gear ↗HCANNONS
  15. 30Rationalist's theology ↗DEISM
  16. 31Decree ↗FIAT
  17. 32Part of an analogy ↗ISTO
  18. 33"___'s da breaks!" ↗DEM
  19. 34Lovestruck ↗SMITTEN
  20. 37Flesh and blood ↗KIN
  21. 38Biblical locale guarded by a flaming sword ↗EDEN
  22. 40Direction to bow, in music ↗ARCO
  23. 41Squeezing (out) ↗EKING
  24. 43Gets bloated, say ↗RETAINSH
  25. 45Pair for a pool ↗HWINGS
  26. 46Ruthless Athenian lawgiver ↗DRACO
  27. 47Tidy up, in a way ↗DUST
  28. 48What collects in a puddle ↗RAINH
  29. 49Things often getting free refills ↗HPITCHERS
  30. 54Simile segment ↗ASA
  31. 55Broadcasting giant with hundreds of stations ↗IHEARTRADIO
  32. 57___ Friday ↗GAL
  33. 58Origin of the words "sky" and "scrape" ↗NORSE
  34. 59Heather genus that's also a woman's name ↗ERICA
  35. 60Good periods ↗UPS
  36. 61Former small-sized G.M. cars ↗GEOS
  37. 62Compound with a caret-shaped molecule, as depicted by this puzzle's circled letters ↗WATER

Down 37

  1. 1Anatomical containers ↗SACS
  2. 2Thicken ↗CLOT
  3. 3Palindrome on an Italian restaurant menu ↗ALLA
  4. 4September to April, in the oyster industry ↗RMONTHS
  5. 5Alternatives to hourly wages ↗PERDIEMS
  6. 6Ecological concern ↗SMOG
  7. 7Trellis piece ↗LATH
  8. 8"If u ask me" ↗IMO
  9. 9Gossip about, informally ↗DISHON
  10. 10A peeling that's appealing? ↗POTATOSKIN
  11. 11Prolifically posting about one's kids online, in a neologism ↗SHARENTING
  12. 12Reassuring reply ↗IMOK
  13. 14"That … ain't it" ↗UHNO
  14. 17Essence ↗PITH
  15. 21Certain tax-free bond, informally ↗MUNI
  16. 23Velocity, e.g. ↗RATE
  17. 24Relatively unusual ↗ODDER
  18. 25Had to have right away ↗NEEDEDASAP
  19. 26Races against the clock ↗TIMETRIALS
  20. 27Travel by pick-up? ↗HITCH
  21. 28"The Elder" or "The Younger" Roman ↗CATO
  22. 29Strains to hear? ↗SONGS
  23. 31Hemlock relatives ↗FIRS
  24. 35Hand, at a hacienda ↗MANO
  25. 36Group with a satellite truck ↗NEWSCREW
  26. 39Palindrome on an Indian restaurant menu ↗NAAN
  27. 42Seven-stringed instrument that gave the guitar its name ↗KITHARA
  28. 44Ancient book of divination ↗ICHING
  29. 45Member of a sluglike "Star Wars" species ↗HUTT
  30. 47Presaging disaster ↗DIRE
  31. 48Meaty pasta sauce ↗RAGU
  32. 49Long lunch? ↗HERO
  33. 50Get ahead of ↗PASS
  34. 51Cut and paste, e.g. ↗EDIT
  35. 52Force through a food mill ↗RICE
  36. 53Go way up ↗SOAR
  37. 56Uprooting tool ↗HOE