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New York Times Crossword May 14 2026 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 74 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the New York Times Crossword May 14 2026 answers. The Thursday puzzle has 74 clues; every answer has been verified. Click any clue to see every answer it has ever had, across every publisher in our database.

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Cliff formed by a faultSCARP5Across1 Avoided a tag, saySLID4Across6 Penultimate Greek letterPSI3Across10 "My fault entirely"ALLME5Across13 Taste perception first identified in 1908UMAMI5Across14 Physics unit named for a physicistOHM3Across15 Feature that debuted on Page 1 of The New York Times in 1997COLORPHOTOS11Across16 Confucian "way"TAO3Across18 Prime breeding environment for mosquitoesSTANDINGH9Across19 Impression on some fancy sheetsHMARK5Across20 Puente of "The Mambo Kings"TITO4Across22 Traveled pathROUTE5Across23 At sea, sayONTHEH6Across24 Powerful fireboat gearHCANNONS8Across27 Rationalist's theologyDEISM5Across30 DecreeFIAT4Across31 Part of an analogyISTO4Across32 "___'s da breaks!"DEM3Across33 LovestruckSMITTEN7Across34 Flesh and bloodKIN3Across37 Biblical locale guarded by a flaming swordEDEN4Across38 Direction to bow, in musicARCO4Across40 Squeezing (out)EKING5Across41 Gets bloated, sayRETAINSH8Across43 Pair for a poolHWINGS6Across45 Ruthless Athenian lawgiverDRACO5Across46 Tidy up, in a wayDUST4Across47 What collects in a puddleRAINH5Across48 Things often getting free refillsHPITCHERS9Across49 Simile segmentASA3Across54 Broadcasting giant with hundreds of stationsIHEARTRADIO11Across55 ___ FridayGAL3Across57 Origin of the words "sky" and "scrape"NORSE5Across58 Heather genus that's also a woman's nameERICA5Across59 Good periodsUPS3Across60 Former small-sized G.M. carsGEOS4Across61 Compound with a caret-shaped molecule, as depicted by this puzzle's circled lettersWATER5Across62

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Anatomical containersSACS4Down1 ThickenCLOT4Down2 Palindrome on an Italian restaurant menuALLA4Down3 September to April, in the oyster industryRMONTHS7Down4 Alternatives to hourly wagesPERDIEMS8Down5 Ecological concernSMOG4Down6 Trellis pieceLATH4Down7 "If u ask me"IMO3Down8 Gossip about, informallyDISHON6Down9 A peeling that's appealing?POTATOSKIN10Down10 Prolifically posting about one's kids online, in a neologismSHARENTING10Down11 Reassuring replyIMOK4Down12 "That … ain't it"UHNO4Down14 EssencePITH4Down17 Certain tax-free bond, informallyMUNI4Down21 Velocity, e.g.RATE4Down23 Relatively unusualODDER5Down24 Had to have right awayNEEDEDASAP10Down25 Races against the clockTIMETRIALS10Down26 Travel by pick-up?HITCH5Down27 "The Elder" or "The Younger" RomanCATO4Down28 Strains to hear?SONGS5Down29 Hemlock relativesFIRS4Down31 Hand, at a haciendaMANO4Down35 Group with a satellite truckNEWSCREW8Down36 Palindrome on an Indian restaurant menuNAAN4Down39 Seven-stringed instrument that gave the guitar its nameKITHARA7Down42 Ancient book of divinationICHING6Down44 Member of a sluglike "Star Wars" speciesHUTT4Down45 Presaging disasterDIRE4Down47 Meaty pasta sauceRAGU4Down48 Long lunch?HERO4Down49 Get ahead ofPASS4Down50 Cut and paste, e.g.EDIT4Down51 Force through a food millRICE4Down52 Go way upSOAR4Down53 Uprooting toolHOE3Down56

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This page lists every clue and answer from the New York Times crossword published on Thursday, May 14, 2026. Answers are checked against the completed grid before publishing. If a clue looks familiar, open it — the same wording often runs in other puzzles with a different answer, and the clue page shows every version we have on record.