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NYT Crossword Answers May 19, 2026

Complete answer list for the May 19, 2026 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

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Across 35

  1. 1What you eat ↗DIET
  2. 5Campfire confection ↗SMORE
  3. 10Mama ___ of the Mamas & the Papas ↗CASS
  4. 14Clearasil target ↗ACNE
  5. 15Hawkeye ↗IOWAN
  6. 16Sound of a horse's hoof ↗CLOP
  7. 17Standard musical progression ↗PENTATONICSCALE
  8. 20Dry and withered ↗SERE
  9. 21"Dinner's ready!" ↗SOUPSON
  10. 22High court judge? ↗CHAIRUMPIRE
  11. 26Joke (around) ↗KID
  12. 27Whale groups ↗PODS
  13. 28Michael of "The Man Who Would Be King" ↗CAINE
  14. 29Joint thing in the Venn diagram of "instruments" and "fish" ↗BASS
  15. 30"That's so sweet!" reactions ↗AWS
  16. 31Semaphore device ↗FLAG
  17. 32Patty or Selma, to Bart Simpson ↗AUNT
  18. 33Basketball or baseball, but not boxing ↗TEAMSPORT
  19. 36Frozen dessert franchise ↗TCBY
  20. 38New Zealander ↗KIWI
  21. 39Denali, e.g.: Abbr. ↗MTN
  22. 42Heads of Hogwarts? ↗LOOS
  23. 43Spry ↗AGILE
  24. 45Free-spirited aesthetic ↗BOHO
  25. 46"Ick!" ↗EWW
  26. 47Matching pair on many jets ↗TWINENGINES
  27. 49Massachusetts locale of Manchester-by-the-Sea ↗CAPEANN
  28. 51"Yikes!" ↗EGAD
  29. 52Requirement at some comedy clubs … or for 17-, 22-, 33- and 47-Across? ↗TWODRINKMINIMUM
  30. 57Like a gut course ↗EASY
  31. 58African country that's another African country minus its final two letters ↗NIGER
  32. 59Generic canine name ↗FIDO
  33. 60Breads for Reuben sandwiches ↗RYES
  34. 61"Beau ___" ↗GESTE
  35. 62Leak slowly ↗SEEP

Down 41

  1. 1Fist bump ↗DAP
  2. 2Skating exhibition ↗ICESHOW
  3. 3Groups of nine ↗ENNEADS
  4. 4Classic falling-block game ↗TETRIS
  5. 5Basic dog command ↗SIT
  6. 6It's heard in a herd ↗MOO
  7. 7___ goal (soccer blunder) ↗OWN
  8. 8Gorp tidbit ↗RAISIN
  9. 9Number added at the end? ↗ENCORE
  10. 10Cyrillic version of "U.S.S.R." ↗CCCP
  11. 11From Nome or Juneau ↗ALASKAN
  12. 12Lone star? ↗SOLOIST
  13. 13Drops some cash ↗SPENDS
  14. 18___ Lingus ↗AER
  15. 19Bird of the W.N.B.A. ↗SUE
  16. 22Return sender, maybe, in brief ↗CPA
  17. 23Sch. whose campus is just off Interstate 405 ↗UCLA
  18. 24Sir's counterpart ↗MAAM
  19. 25Football, informally ↗PIGSKIN
  20. 29Slowly ___ surely ↗BUT
  21. 31Tina who hosted the debut of "Saturday Night Live UK" ↗FEY
  22. 32"Entourage" agent Gold ↗ARI
  23. 33Atlanta-based network ↗TBS
  24. 34Leaves together? ↗PILE
  25. 35Actor Wilson ↗OWEN
  26. 36___ zone (no-parking area) ↗TOWAWAY
  27. 37Yoga stance on all fours ↗COWPOSE
  28. 39Term of friendship for a French woman ↗MONAMIE
  29. 40Nickname for Jeffrey Lebowski in "The Big Lebowski" ↗THEDUDE
  30. 41Those opposed ↗NOS
  31. 42Villain in "The Silence of the Lambs" ↗LECTER
  32. 43Cafe canopy ↗AWNING
  33. 44Companion to Fannie and Freddie in the mortgage biz ↗GINNIE
  34. 45Major unknowns ↗BIGIFS
  35. 47Sailor, informally ↗TAR
  36. 48___ Z (Zoomers) ↗GEN
  37. 50"Grand" ice cream brand ↗EDYS
  38. 53Units in a tonne: Abbr. ↗KGS
  39. 54Was introduced to ↗MET
  40. 55Wrath ↗IRE
  41. 56Swiffer WetJet, e.g. ↗MOP