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New York Times Crossword May 16 2026 Answers

Saturday puzzle · 66 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the New York Times Crossword May 16 2026 answers. The Saturday puzzle has 66 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#
Modern "go-to's"URLS4Across1 Curtain for silhouetting on stageSCRIM5Across5 Bird on the South Carolina state quarterWREN4Across10 Capote or chesterfieldCOAT4Across14 Emulates E.T., in a wayPHONESHOME10Across15 Roman goddess who drives a two-horse chariotLUNA4Across17 Precious self-referenceLITTLEOLME10Across18 Name shared by the singer of the #1 hit "Rock Me Gently" (1974) and the first Korean American elected to the U.S. Senate (2024)ANDYKIM7Across19 Double-___ cassowary (bird of Indonesia and Australia)WATTLED7Across21 Matches with forensicsDEBATECONTESTS14Across22 Occasions to relax and rechargeMEDAYS6Across24 Obama's third secretary of defense (2013-15)HAGEL5Across25 Gasoline brand that offered the Torch Club credit cardAMOCO5Across26 Aid in making salsaDICER5Across27 Operculum, e.g.LID3Across28 Capital of GreenlandNUUK4Across31 They're hard to pull offFEATS5Across32 Spa service, in briefMANI4Across33 Up to snuff, facetiouslyEPT3Across34 TricklesSEEPS5Across35 Cup holdersZARFS5Across36 Many a Porsche 911COUPE5Across37 Practical types who are often perfectionists, it's saidVIRGOS6Across38 Don't start with me!SECONDSTRINGER14Across39 Difficult effortTRAVAIL7Across43 Cut outEXCISED7Across44 Setting for Seurat's "A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte"RIVERSEINE10Across46 Cold-smoked loxNOVA4Across48 7 up, perhapsEVENSTEVEN10Across49 Gulf of ___, waters that abut Djibouti and SomalilandADEN4Across50 Vanilla unitsPODS4Across51 SpoutsSPEWS5Across52 RompLARK4Across53

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Victor over Washington on 11/12/1955 in "Back to the Future, Pt. II" — and in real lifeUCLA4Down1 Cattle callROUNDEMUP9Down2 Went wide or long, as a tennis ballLANDEDOUT9Down3 "No closer!"STAYBACK8Down4 Takes offSPLITS6Down5 Wind pipe?CHIME5Down6 BlightROT3Down7 Getting a break on Broadway?INTWOACTS9Down8 MedleysMELANGES8Down9 Marriott property with the slogan "Whatever Whenever"WHOTEL6Down10 Triumphs smoothlyROLLS5Down11 ___ Brickowski ("The Lego Movie" protagonist)EMMET5Down12 "What this country ___ …"NEEDS5Down13 Certain volleyballerSETTER6Down16 DeckKAYO4Down20 Once-popular terra-cotta figurineCHIAPET7Down23 Trigger hairMANE4Down24 State in which Gulliver is discovered by the LilliputiansDEEPSLEEP9Down27 Combo meal upgradeLARGESODA9Down28 Going back agesINFOREVER9Down29 ___ trackDISS4Down30 Folks who enjoy a well-aged beef?FEUDISTS8Down32 BorderlineMARGINAL8Down33 Echolocation systemsSONARS6Down35 Element between copper and gallium on the periodic tableZINC4Down36 Spelling combinations?COVENS6Down37 They're concerned with feeding kitsVIXENS6Down38 Pharyngeal woeSTREP5Down39 Cynthia ___, Tony winner for "The Color Purple"ERIVO5Down40 BuckledCAVED5Down41 Extend, in a wayRENEW5Down42 Chilly and dampDANK4Down45 "___ noticed"IVE3Down47

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue and answer from the New York Times crossword published on Saturday, May 16, 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.