NYT Crossword May 15, 2026 Answers

Across

1A To the ___ (as much as possible) 4 5A Electrifying people, so to speak 9 14A Dog howling at night, maybe 4 15A Vintage bike feature 10 16A Good name for a yoga instructor? 4 17A Hairy get-up 10 18A Wych ___ (tree type) 3 19A Miss Doolittle of "Pygmalion" 5 20A Civil rights activist Williams, an associate of Martin Luther King Jr. 5 21A Splits apart 7 23A Annual coll. basketball competition 3 25A Class for some aspiring bilinguals, in brief 3 26A Led 6 27A Play casually, say 5 29A Like some kitchens 5 30A Harps on 8 33A MacMurray of "Double Indemnity" 4 34A Throw in at the end 5 35A Pulls off 4 37A Jarring film transition to a new scene 8 39A Sired 5 40A Give a hand? 5 41A Language of southern India 6 42A Sierra, e.g. 3 45A "Nasty!" 3 46A Rainwater reservoir 7 47A Duane ___ (New York-based pharmacy chain) 5 49A Figures in "Puss in Boots" and "Hop-o'-My-Thumb" 5 51A Sickly-looking 3 52A "I don't care either way" 10 54A Magician's accessory 4 55A Use of a popular song to make a scene iconic, in film-speak 10 56A "Your turn to speak" 4 57A Difficult time for farmers 9 58A Hot ___ 4

Down

1D Big name in meal prep kits 8 2D "Tell me!" 9 3D Line of attack? 9 4D Cause of a boom 3 5D Material for the blue eyebrows on the mask of Tutankhamen, in brief 5 6D Mother of Don Juan 4 7D Here goes nothing! 9 8D Brian of ambient music 3 9D Part of a bass in a jug band 7 10D : 4 11D Get new life out of 5 12D Eponym for a lounge chair 5 13D "I can't believe that price" bargain 5 15D Made hay? 5 19D Uniform 4 22D Puma rival 6 24D Setting for the graphic novel series "Persepolis" 4 27D Transition 5 28D Competitor of the early Chevrolet 490 6 30D "Sticks" 9 31D Dangerous ocean phenomenon 9 32D Edible algae dubbed "green caviar" 9 34D Break the ice? 4 36D Knockouts 8 38D Blind followers, informally 7 39D Friend of Nancy Drew 4 41D Moor 5 42D Daily ___ 5 43D Element of a poetry analysis, maybe 5 44D Baseball's Stengel 5 46D Sing like Michael Bublé 5 48D Threads 4 50D Food item whose name comes from the Greek for "turn" 4 53D Occasion that may involve fine china 3 54D Common end to an address 3