NYT Crossword hints and answer for May 14, 2026
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Clues74
Across37
Down37
ConstructorSimeon Seigel
Today’s NYT Crossword clues, hints & answers
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Across
1A
Cliff formed by a fault (5)
Starts with S, ends with PSCARP→
6A
Avoided a tag, say (4)
Starts with S, ends with DSLID→
10A
Penultimate Greek letter (3)
Starts with P, ends with IPSI→
13A
"My fault entirely" (5)
Starts with A, ends with EALLME→
14A
Taste perception first identified in 1908 (5)
Starts with U, ends with IUMAMI→
15A
Physics unit named for a physicist (3)
Starts with O, ends with MOHM→
16A
Feature that debuted on Page 1 of The New York Times in 1997 (11)
Starts with C, ends with SCOLORPHOTOS→
18A
Confucian "way" (3)
Starts with T, ends with OTAO→
19A
Prime breeding environment for mosquitoes (9)
Starts with S, ends with HSTANDINGH→
20A
Impression on some fancy sheets (5)
Starts with H, ends with KHMARK→
22A
Puente of "The Mambo Kings" (4)
Starts with T, ends with OTITO→
23A
Traveled path (5)
Starts with R, ends with EROUTE→
24A
At sea, say (6)
Starts with O, ends with HONTHEH→
27A
Powerful fireboat gear (8)
Starts with H, ends with SHCANNONS→
30A
Rationalist's theology (5)
Starts with D, ends with MDEISM→
31A
Decree (4)
Starts with F, ends with TFIAT→
32A
Part of an analogy (4)
Starts with I, ends with OISTO→
33A
"___'s da breaks!" (3)
Starts with D, ends with MDEM→
34A
Lovestruck (7)
Starts with S, ends with NSMITTEN→
37A
Flesh and blood (3)
Starts with K, ends with NKIN→
38A
Biblical locale guarded by a flaming sword (4)
Starts with E, ends with NEDEN→
40A
Direction to bow, in music (4)
Starts with A, ends with OARCO→
41A
Squeezing (out) (5)
Starts with E, ends with GEKING→
43A
Gets bloated, say (8)
Starts with R, ends with HRETAINSH→
45A
Pair for a pool (6)
Starts with H, ends with SHWINGS→
46A
Ruthless Athenian lawgiver (5)
Starts with D, ends with ODRACO→
47A
Tidy up, in a way (4)
Starts with D, ends with TDUST→
48A
What collects in a puddle (5)
Starts with R, ends with HRAINH→
49A
Things often getting free refills (9)
Starts with H, ends with SHPITCHERS→
54A
Simile segment (3)
Starts with A, ends with AASA→
55A
Broadcasting giant with hundreds of stations (11)
Starts with I, ends with OIHEARTRADIO→
57A
___ Friday (3)
Starts with G, ends with LGAL→
58A
Origin of the words "sky" and "scrape" (5)
Starts with N, ends with ENORSE→
59A
Heather genus that's also a woman's name (5)
Starts with E, ends with AERICA→
60A
Good periods (3)
Starts with U, ends with SUPS→
61A
Former small-sized G.M. cars (4)
Starts with G, ends with SGEOS→
62A
Compound with a caret-shaped molecule, as depicted by this puzzle's circled letters (5)
Starts with W, ends with RWATER→
Down
1D
Anatomical containers (4)
Starts with S, ends with SSACS→
2D
Thicken (4)
Starts with C, ends with TCLOT→
3D
Palindrome on an Italian restaurant menu (4)
Starts with A, ends with AALLA→
4D
September to April, in the oyster industry (7)
Starts with R, ends with SRMONTHS→
5D
Alternatives to hourly wages (8)
Starts with P, ends with SPERDIEMS→
6D
Ecological concern (4)
Starts with S, ends with GSMOG→
7D
Trellis piece (4)
Starts with L, ends with HLATH→
8D
"If u ask me" (3)
Starts with I, ends with OIMO→
9D
Gossip about, informally (6)
Starts with D, ends with NDISHON→
10D
A peeling that's appealing? (10)
Starts with P, ends with NPOTATOSKIN→
11D
Prolifically posting about one's kids online, in a neologism (10)
Starts with S, ends with GSHARENTING→
12D
Reassuring reply (4)
Starts with I, ends with KIMOK→
14D
"That … ain't it" (4)
Starts with U, ends with OUHNO→
17D
Essence (4)
Starts with P, ends with HPITH→
21D
Certain tax-free bond, informally (4)
Starts with M, ends with IMUNI→
23D
Velocity, e.g. (4)
Starts with R, ends with ERATE→
24D
Relatively unusual (5)
Starts with O, ends with RODDER→
25D
Had to have right away (10)
Starts with N, ends with PNEEDEDASAP→
26D
Races against the clock (10)
Starts with T, ends with STIMETRIALS→
27D
Travel by pick-up? (5)
Starts with H, ends with HHITCH→
28D
"The Elder" or "The Younger" Roman (4)
Starts with C, ends with OCATO→
29D
Strains to hear? (5)
Starts with S, ends with SSONGS→
31D
Hemlock relatives (4)
Starts with F, ends with SFIRS→
35D
Hand, at a hacienda (4)
Starts with M, ends with OMANO→
36D
Group with a satellite truck (8)
Starts with N, ends with WNEWSCREW→
39D
Palindrome on an Indian restaurant menu (4)
Starts with N, ends with NNAAN→
42D
Seven-stringed instrument that gave the guitar its name (7)
Starts with K, ends with AKITHARA→
44D
Ancient book of divination (6)
Starts with I, ends with GICHING→
45D
Member of a sluglike "Star Wars" species (4)
Starts with H, ends with THUTT→
47D
Presaging disaster (4)
Starts with D, ends with EDIRE→
48D
Meaty pasta sauce (4)
Starts with R, ends with URAGU→
49D
Long lunch? (4)
Starts with H, ends with OHERO→
50D
Get ahead of (4)
Starts with P, ends with SPASS→
51D
Cut and paste, e.g. (4)
Starts with E, ends with TEDIT→
52D
Force through a food mill (4)
Starts with R, ends with ERICE→
53D
Go way up (4)
Starts with S, ends with RSOAR→
56D
Uprooting tool (3)
Starts with H, ends with EHOE→
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for May 14, 2026?+
74 clues: 37 Across and 37 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Simeon Seigel and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: Cliff formed by a fault (SCARP); Avoided a tag, say (SLID); Penultimate Greek letter (PSI).
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