New York Times Crossword May 19 2026 Answers
Tuesday puzzle · 76 clues · ✓ All answers verified
Below are all the New York Times Crossword May 19 2026 answers. The Tuesday puzzle has 76 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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Across
Click a clue for every answer it has ever hadClueAnswerLettersDirection#
What you eatDIET4Across1
Campfire confectionSMORE5Across5
Mama ___ of the Mamas & the PapasCASS4Across10
Clearasil targetACNE4Across14
HawkeyeIOWAN5Across15
Sound of a horse's hoofCLOP4Across16
Standard musical progressionPENTATONICSCALE15Across17
Dry and witheredSERE4Across20
"Dinner's ready!"SOUPSON7Across21
High court judge?CHAIRUMPIRE11Across22
Joke (around)KID3Across26
Whale groupsPODS4Across27
Michael of "The Man Who Would Be King"CAINE5Across28
Joint thing in the Venn diagram of "instruments" and "fish"BASS4Across29
"That's so sweet!" reactionsAWS3Across30
Semaphore deviceFLAG4Across31
Patty or Selma, to Bart SimpsonAUNT4Across32
Basketball or baseball, but not boxingTEAMSPORT9Across33
Frozen dessert franchiseTCBY4Across36
New ZealanderKIWI4Across38
Denali, e.g.: Abbr.MTN3Across39
Heads of Hogwarts?LOOS4Across42
SpryAGILE5Across43
Free-spirited aestheticBOHO4Across45
"Ick!"EWW3Across46
Matching pair on many jetsTWINENGINES11Across47
Massachusetts locale of Manchester-by-the-SeaCAPEANN7Across49
"Yikes!"EGAD4Across51
Requirement at some comedy clubs … or for 17-, 22-, 33- and 47-Across?TWODRINKMINIMUM15Across52
Like a gut courseEASY4Across57
African country that's another African country minus its final two lettersNIGER5Across58
Generic canine nameFIDO4Across59
Breads for Reuben sandwichesRYES4Across60
"Beau ___"GESTE5Across61
Leak slowlySEEP4Across62
Down
ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Fist bumpDAP3Down1
Skating exhibitionICESHOW7Down2
Groups of nineENNEADS7Down3
Classic falling-block gameTETRIS6Down4
Basic dog commandSIT3Down5
It's heard in a herdMOO3Down6
___ goal (soccer blunder)OWN3Down7
Gorp tidbitRAISIN6Down8
Number added at the end?ENCORE6Down9
Cyrillic version of "U.S.S.R."CCCP4Down10
From Nome or JuneauALASKAN7Down11
Lone star?SOLOIST7Down12
Drops some cashSPENDS6Down13
___ LingusAER3Down18
Bird of the W.N.B.A.SUE3Down19
Return sender, maybe, in briefCPA3Down22
Sch. whose campus is just off Interstate 405UCLA4Down23
Sir's counterpartMAAM4Down24
Football, informallyPIGSKIN7Down25
Slowly ___ surelyBUT3Down29
Tina who hosted the debut of "Saturday Night Live UK"FEY3Down31
"Entourage" agent GoldARI3Down32
Atlanta-based networkTBS3Down33
Leaves together?PILE4Down34
Actor WilsonOWEN4Down35
___ zone (no-parking area)TOWAWAY7Down36
Yoga stance on all foursCOWPOSE7Down37
Term of friendship for a French womanMONAMIE7Down39
Nickname for Jeffrey Lebowski in "The Big Lebowski"THEDUDE7Down40
Those opposedNOS3Down41
Villain in "The Silence of the Lambs"LECTER6Down42
Cafe canopyAWNING6Down43
Companion to Fannie and Freddie in the mortgage bizGINNIE6Down44
Major unknownsBIGIFS6Down45
Sailor, informallyTAR3Down47
___ Z (Zoomers)GEN3Down48
"Grand" ice cream brandEDYS4Down50
Units in a tonne: Abbr.KGS3Down53
Was introduced toMET3Down54
WrathIRE3Down55
Swiffer WetJet, e.g.MOP3Down56
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This page lists every clue and answer from the New York Times crossword published on Tuesday, May 19, 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.