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NYT Crossword Answers May 16 2026

By Emre Parlak Last Update: SEP 20, 2026 Follow on Google

NYT Crossword

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NYT Crossword May 16 2026 Answers

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1A Modern “go-to’s” Crossword Clue

URLS

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5A Curtain for silhouetting on stage Crossword Clue

SCRIM

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10A Bird on the South Carolina state quarter Crossword Clue

WREN

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14A Capote or chesterfield Crossword Clue

COAT

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15A Emulates E.T., in a way Crossword Clue

PHONESHOME

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17A Roman goddess who drives a two-horse chariot Crossword Clue

LUNA

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18A Precious self-reference Crossword Clue

LITTLEOLME

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19A Name shared by the singer of the #1 hit “Rock Me Gently” (1974) and the first Korean American elected to the U.S. Senate (2024) Crossword Clue

ANDYKIM

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21A Double-___ cassowary (bird of Indonesia and Australia) Crossword Clue

WATTLED

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22A Matches with forensics Crossword Clue

DEBATECONTESTS

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24A Occasions to relax and recharge Crossword Clue

MEDAYS

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25A Obama’s third secretary of defense (2013-15) Crossword Clue

HAGEL

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26A Gasoline brand that offered the Torch Club credit card Crossword Clue

AMOCO

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27A Aid in making salsa Crossword Clue

DICER

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28A Operculum, e.g. Crossword Clue

LID

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31A Capital of Greenland Crossword Clue

NUUK

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32A They’re hard to pull off Crossword Clue

FEATS

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33A Spa service, in brief Crossword Clue

MANI

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34A Up to snuff, facetiously Crossword Clue

EPT

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35A Trickles Crossword Clue

SEEPS

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36A Cup holders Crossword Clue

ZARFS

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37A Many a Porsche 911 Crossword Clue

COUPE

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38A Practical types who are often perfectionists, it’s said Crossword Clue

VIRGOS

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39A Don’t start with me! Crossword Clue

SECONDSTRINGER

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43A Difficult effort Crossword Clue

TRAVAIL

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46A Setting for Seurat’s “A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte” Crossword Clue

RIVERSEINE

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48A Cold-smoked lox Crossword Clue

NOVA

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49A 7 up, perhaps Crossword Clue

EVENSTEVEN

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50A Gulf of ___, waters that abut Djibouti and Somaliland Crossword Clue

ADEN

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51A Vanilla units Crossword Clue

PODS

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52A Spouts Crossword Clue

SPEWS

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53A Romp Crossword Clue

LARK

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