NYT CROSSWORD • FRIDAY, MAY 15, 2026

NYT Crossword Answers May 15, 2026

Complete answer list for the May 15, 2026 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

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Across 35

  1. 1To the ___ (as much as possible) ↗HILT
  2. 5Electrifying people, so to speak ↗LIVEWIRES
  3. 14Dog howling at night, maybe ↗OMEN
  4. 15Vintage bike feature ↗BANANASEAT
  5. 16Good name for a yoga instructor? ↗MATT
  6. 17Hairy get-up ↗APECOSTUME
  7. 18Wych ___ (tree type) ↗ELM
  8. 19Miss Doolittle of "Pygmalion" ↗ELIZA
  9. 20Civil rights activist Williams, an associate of Martin Luther King Jr. ↗HOSEA
  10. 21Splits apart ↗CLEAVES
  11. 23Annual coll. basketball competition ↗NIT
  12. 25Class for some aspiring bilinguals, in brief ↗ESL
  13. 26Led ↗HEADED
  14. 27Play casually, say ↗STRUM
  15. 29Like some kitchens ↗EATIN
  16. 30Harps on ↗BELABORS
  17. 33MacMurray of "Double Indemnity" ↗FRED
  18. 34Throw in at the end ↗TAGON
  19. 35Pulls off ↗DOES
  20. 37Jarring film transition to a new scene ↗SMASHCUT
  21. 39Sired ↗BEGAT
  22. 40Give a hand? ↗SHAKE
  23. 41Language of southern India ↗TELUGU
  24. 42Sierra, e.g. ↗GMC
  25. 45"Nasty!" ↗EWW
  26. 46Rainwater reservoir ↗CISTERN
  27. 47Duane ___ (New York-based pharmacy chain) ↗READE
  28. 49Figures in "Puss in Boots" and "Hop-o'-My-Thumb" ↗OGRES
  29. 51Sickly-looking ↗WAN
  30. 52"I don't care either way" ↗ITSUPTOYOU
  31. 54Magician's accessory ↗CAPE
  32. 55Use of a popular song to make a scene iconic, in film-speak ↗NEEDLEDROP
  33. 56"Your turn to speak" ↗OVER
  34. 57Difficult time for farmers ↗DRYSEASON
  35. 58Hot ___ ↗MESS

Down 35

  1. 1Big name in meal prep kits ↗HOMECHEF
  2. 2"Tell me!" ↗IMALLEARS
  3. 3Line of attack? ↗LETMEATEM
  4. 4Cause of a boom ↗TNT
  5. 5Material for the blue eyebrows on the mask of Tutankhamen, in brief ↗LAPIS
  6. 6Mother of Don Juan ↗INEZ
  7. 7Here goes nothing! ↗VACANTLOT
  8. 8Brian of ambient music ↗ENO
  9. 9Part of a bass in a jug band ↗WASHTUB
  10. 10: ↗ISTO
  11. 11Get new life out of ↗REUSE
  12. 12Eponym for a lounge chair ↗EAMES
  13. 13"I can't believe that price" bargain ↗STEAL
  14. 15Made hay? ↗BALED
  15. 19Uniform ↗EVEN
  16. 22Puma rival ↗ADIDAS
  17. 24Setting for the graphic novel series "Persepolis" ↗IRAN
  18. 27Transition ↗SEGUE
  19. 28Competitor of the early Chevrolet 490 ↗MODELT
  20. 30"Sticks" ↗BACKWOODS
  21. 31Dangerous ocean phenomenon ↗ROGUEWAVE
  22. 32Edible algae dubbed "green caviar" ↗SEAGRAPES
  23. 34Break the ice? ↗THAW
  24. 36Knockouts ↗STUNNERS
  25. 38Blind followers, informally ↗SHEEPLE
  26. 39Friend of Nancy Drew ↗BESS
  27. 41Moor ↗TIEUP
  28. 42Daily ___ ↗GRIND
  29. 43Element of a poetry analysis, maybe ↗METER
  30. 44Baseball's Stengel ↗CASEY
  31. 46Sing like Michael Bublé ↗CROON
  32. 48Threads ↗DUDS
  33. 50Food item whose name comes from the Greek for "turn" ↗GYRO
  34. 53Occasion that may involve fine china ↗TEA
  35. 54Common end to an address ↗COM