NYT Crossword May 19, 2026 Answers

Across

1A What you eat 4 5A Campfire confection 5 10A Mama ___ of the Mamas & the Papas 4 14A Clearasil target 4 15A Hawkeye 5 16A Sound of a horse's hoof 4 17A Standard musical progression 15 20A Dry and withered 4 21A "Dinner's ready!" 7 22A High court judge? 11 26A Joke (around) 3 27A Whale groups 4 28A Michael of "The Man Who Would Be King" 5 29A Joint thing in the Venn diagram of "instruments" and "fish" 4 30A "That's so sweet!" reactions 3 31A Semaphore device 4 32A Patty or Selma, to Bart Simpson 4 33A Basketball or baseball, but not boxing 9 36A Frozen dessert franchise 4 38A New Zealander 4 39A Denali, e.g.: Abbr. 3 42A Heads of Hogwarts? 4 43A Spry 5 45A Free-spirited aesthetic 4 46A "Ick!" 3 47A Matching pair on many jets 11 49A Massachusetts locale of Manchester-by-the-Sea 7 51A "Yikes!" 4 52A Requirement at some comedy clubs … or for 17-, 22-, 33- and 47-Across? 15 57A Like a gut course 4 58A African country that's another African country minus its final two letters 5 59A Generic canine name 4 60A Breads for Reuben sandwiches 4 61A "Beau ___" 5 62A Leak slowly 4

Down

1D Fist bump 3 2D Skating exhibition 7 3D Groups of nine 7 4D Classic falling-block game 6 5D Basic dog command 3 6D It's heard in a herd 3 7D ___ goal (soccer blunder) 3 8D Gorp tidbit 6 9D Number added at the end? 6 10D Cyrillic version of "U.S.S.R." 4 11D From Nome or Juneau 7 12D Lone star? 7 13D Drops some cash 6 18D ___ Lingus 3 19D Bird of the W.N.B.A. 3 22D Return sender, maybe, in brief 3 23D Sch. whose campus is just off Interstate 405 4 24D Sir's counterpart 4 25D Football, informally 7 29D Slowly ___ surely 3 31D Tina who hosted the debut of "Saturday Night Live UK" 3 32D "Entourage" agent Gold 3 33D Atlanta-based network 3 34D Leaves together? 4 35D Actor Wilson 4 36D ___ zone (no-parking area) 7 37D Yoga stance on all fours 7 39D Term of friendship for a French woman 7 40D Nickname for Jeffrey Lebowski in "The Big Lebowski" 7 41D Those opposed 3 42D Villain in "The Silence of the Lambs" 6 43D Cafe canopy 6 44D Companion to Fannie and Freddie in the mortgage biz 6 45D Major unknowns 6 47D Sailor, informally 3 48D ___ Z (Zoomers) 3 50D "Grand" ice cream brand 4 53D Units in a tonne: Abbr. 3 54D Was introduced to 3 55D Wrath 3 56D Swiffer WetJet, e.g. 3