NYT Crossword May 18, 2026 Answers
By Rena Cohen · Edited by Will Shortz
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Every answer for the New York Times Crossword from May 18, 2026, organized by Across and Down. Tap any clue to reveal its answer, letter count, and every past puzzle where it appeared.
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1A Like a game that has gone into a penalty shootout 4 5A Luxury handbag brand 5 10A Petri dish gel 4 14A West Coast sch. that joined the Big Ten in 2024 4 15A Stereotypical meal for a college student 5 16A "Veni, ___, vici" 4 17A Like the Code of Hammurabi 10 19A Enterprise rival 4 20A Got to one's feet 5 21A Elmer's product 4 23A "There's a cockroach!" 3 24A Patch up some clothes, say 3 25A Pioneering hybrid car 11 29A Pouty expression 4 30A Future atty.'s exam 4 31A Rae who played President Barbie in "Barbie" 4 34A Tackling of the quarterback 4 37A Nebraska's largest city 5 40A Governing body in the Harry Potter universe 15 43A Fibrous part of broccoli 5 44A Nothin' 4 45A Cool, slangily 4 46A "___ Calm and Carry On" 4 48A Region 4 50A Gardener's tool 11 54A Kit ___ bar 3 57A Woodcutter's tool 3 58A Beauty queen's accessory 4 59A Garlicky condiment 5 61A Eye irritation 4 63A Advice for the overambitious ... or a hint to 17-, 25-, 40- and 50-Across 10 66A ___ leches cake 4 67A Oopsie 5 68A Lotion ingredient 4 69A Toward sunrise 4 70A "Same!" 5 71A Stereotypically antisocial pets 4Down
1D Large brass instruments 5 2D "You have my sympathy" 5 3D Macaroni shape 5 4D 14 of these make up a fortnight 4 5D Con's opposite 3 6D Sprinted 3 7D Friend in Mexico 5 8D Gave out cards 5 9D Zinnia or sunflower 6 10D Director DuVernay 3 11D Attempt something 9 12D "Au revoir!" 5 13D Puts on the line 5 18D Oscar winner Jared 4 22D English town famous for its salts 5 26D Throw out of office 4 27D Long (for) 5 28D Holiday Inn competitor 6 29D Sent by post 6 31D Writes to on WhatsApp, in brief 3 32D Puppy school command 3 33D Roll of two ones 9 35D "Ta-ta," in a text 3 36D Camera company known for its "moments" 5 38D With it 3 39D Unreturned serve 3 41D Distorts, as data 5 42D Ticket price 4 47D The "terrible twos" and the "threenager" years, for example 6 49D Chapters of history 4 50D Squander 5 51D Outlandishly over the top, in modern slang 5 52D Houston baseballer 5 53D Swiss ___ (salad green) 5 54D Marsupial often mistermed a "bear" 5 55D Apportion 5 56D There are 100 of these in every Scrabble game 5 60D Apple desktop 4 62D Superlative suffix 3 64D Down Under bounder, for short 3 65D Prefix between bi- and tetra- 3Frequently Asked Questions
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