NYT Crossword May 12, 2026 Answers

Across

1A Appropriate answer for 1-Across 5 6A Have the sense of 4 10A Females shepherded by shepherds 4 14A Fuel-bearing ship 5 15A Leer at 4 16A One piece of a three-piece suit 4 17A Listing at an ice cream shop in Ipswich 15 20A Lou Gehrig's disease, in brief 3 21A "___ Robinson" (Simon & Garfunkel song) 3 22A Happen afterward 5 23A Some limb-moving muscles 9 27A Kids' items at a day care in Derby 14 32A Pack tightly 5 33A Spanish for "this" 4 34A Pod tidbit 3 35A Spoke to a convention, say 6 37A Members of the aristocracy 6 40A Establishment that might offer free breakfast 3 41A Quaint lead-in to while 4 45A Leads off 5 46A Areas on a map of Manchester 14 50A Sudden, widespread appearances of illness 9 51A Live (in) 5 54A "Thanks a ___!" (informal appreciation) 3 55A Butcher's discard 3 58A "Hmm, why use the spellings of 17-, 27- and 46-Across?" 15 63A Laura of "Jurassic Park" 4 64A A pelican can hold more water in this than in its belly 4 65A Franz ___, Prague-born writer of dark fiction 5 66A Force holding us onto Earth, informally 4 67A Pepsi alternative 4 68A Be present 5

Down

1D Divan 4 2D Tens or ones place? 4 3D Lead-in to "poor Yorick!" 4 4D Al Sharpton's title, for short 3 5D Instrument with a Renaissance-era ancestor called a sackbut 8 6D "Absolutely!" 7 7D Sense of self 3 8D Hermey is one, in TV's "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" 3 9D Do-over at serving 3 10D "Nevertheless …" 6 11D Marries 4 12D One son of Isaac and Rebekah 4 13D Bacterial eye malady 4 18D Pakistani language 4 19D Chervil or chive 4 23D Touched down 4 24D Stool pigeons, in police shorthand 3 25D Explosive inits. 3 26D Kind of arch in architecture 4 27D ___ asada 5 28D Resident of a Mideast sultanate 5 29D Chose, with "for" 5 30D Wails 5 31D Give some lip to 4 32D Sign up for 4 36D Some are said to be "swimming" in this 4 38D Resemble 8 39D Ways to raise capital, in brief 4 42D Lowe on TV 3 43D Big ___, West Coast tourist destination 3 44D Shake with fear 7 47D Sandlot QB's order to a receiver 6 48D Streaming service owned by Disney 4 49D Cause of a shower drain clog, maybe 4 51D Birdbrain 4 52D "At what time?" 4 53D Brontë heroine 4 55D Popular female poodle name 4 56D Inquires 4 57D Word after "Copy" or "Fancy" 4 59D Airer of "The View" 3 60D Site of the world's largest Carnival celebration 3 61D Wapiti, by another name 3 62D Put a burden on 3