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New York Times Crossword May 16 2026 Answers

Saturday puzzle · 66 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 66 clues from the New York Times Crossword for May 16 2026. Stuck on one? Click the clue to reveal its verified answer, plus every other answer that clue has had across every publisher in our database.

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ClueLetters#Answer
Modern "go-to's"41 AcrossReveal answer → Curtain for silhouetting on stage55 AcrossReveal answer → Bird on the South Carolina state quarter410 AcrossReveal answer → Capote or chesterfield414 AcrossReveal answer → Emulates E.T., in a way1015 AcrossReveal answer → Roman goddess who drives a two-horse chariot417 AcrossReveal answer → Precious self-reference1018 AcrossReveal answer → 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)719 AcrossReveal answer → Double-___ cassowary (bird of Indonesia and Australia)721 AcrossReveal answer → Matches with forensics1422 AcrossReveal answer → Occasions to relax and recharge624 AcrossReveal answer → Obama's third secretary of defense (2013-15)525 AcrossReveal answer → Gasoline brand that offered the Torch Club credit card526 AcrossReveal answer → Aid in making salsa527 AcrossReveal answer → Operculum, e.g.328 AcrossReveal answer → Capital of Greenland431 AcrossReveal answer → They're hard to pull off532 AcrossReveal answer → Spa service, in brief433 AcrossReveal answer → Up to snuff, facetiously334 AcrossReveal answer → Trickles535 AcrossReveal answer → Cup holders536 AcrossReveal answer → Many a Porsche 911537 AcrossReveal answer → Practical types who are often perfectionists, it's said638 AcrossReveal answer → Don't start with me!1439 AcrossReveal answer → Difficult effort743 AcrossReveal answer → Cut out744 AcrossReveal answer → Setting for Seurat's "A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte"1046 AcrossReveal answer → Cold-smoked lox448 AcrossReveal answer → 7 up, perhaps1049 AcrossReveal answer → Gulf of ___, waters that abut Djibouti and Somaliland450 AcrossReveal answer → Vanilla units451 AcrossReveal answer → Spouts552 AcrossReveal answer → Romp453 AcrossReveal answer →

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Victor over Washington on 11/12/1955 in "Back to the Future, Pt. II" — and in real life41 DownReveal answer → Cattle call92 DownReveal answer → Went wide or long, as a tennis ball93 DownReveal answer → "No closer!"84 DownReveal answer → Takes off65 DownReveal answer → Wind pipe?56 DownReveal answer → Blight37 DownReveal answer → Getting a break on Broadway?98 DownReveal answer → Medleys89 DownReveal answer → Marriott property with the slogan "Whatever Whenever"610 DownReveal answer → Triumphs smoothly511 DownReveal answer → ___ Brickowski ("The Lego Movie" protagonist)512 DownReveal answer → "What this country ___ …"513 DownReveal answer → Certain volleyballer616 DownReveal answer → Deck420 DownReveal answer → Once-popular terra-cotta figurine723 DownReveal answer → Trigger hair424 DownReveal answer → State in which Gulliver is discovered by the Lilliputians927 DownReveal answer → Combo meal upgrade928 DownReveal answer → Going back ages929 DownReveal answer → ___ track430 DownReveal answer → Folks who enjoy a well-aged beef?832 DownReveal answer → Borderline833 DownReveal answer → Echolocation systems635 DownReveal answer → Element between copper and gallium on the periodic table436 DownReveal answer → Spelling combinations?637 DownReveal answer → They're concerned with feeding kits638 DownReveal answer → Pharyngeal woe539 DownReveal answer → Cynthia ___, Tony winner for "The Color Purple"540 DownReveal answer → Buckled541 DownReveal answer → Extend, in a way542 DownReveal answer → Chilly and damp445 DownReveal answer → "___ noticed"347 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the New York Times crossword published on Saturday, May 16, 2026. Answers are checked against the completed grid before publishing and live on each clue's own page, so you only see the solutions you ask for. 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.