NYT Crossword Crossword Answers – Tuesday, 12 May 2026
Today’s NYT Crossword crossword answers for Tuesday, 12 May 2026. Below you’ll find all clues and solutions, updated daily.
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- 17Listing at an ice cream shop in IpswichAcross · 15 lettersLooking for a 15-letter word? Quick answers →
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- 21"___ Robinson" (Simon & Garfunkel song)Across · 3 lettersLooking for a 3-letter word? Quick answers →
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- 40Establishment that might offer free breakfastAcross · 3 lettersLooking for a 3-letter word? Quick answers →
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- 50Sudden, widespread appearances of illnessAcross · 9 lettersLooking for a 9-letter word? Quick answers →
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- 54"Thanks a ___!" (informal appreciation)Across · 3 lettersLooking for a 3-letter word? Quick answers →
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- 58"Hmm, why use the spellings of 17-, 27- and 46-Across?"Across · 15 lettersLooking for a 15-letter word? Quick answers →
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- 64A pelican can hold more water in this than in its bellyAcross · 4 lettersLooking for a 4-letter word? Quick answers →
- 65Franz ___, Prague-born writer of dark fictionAcross · 5 lettersLooking for a 5-letter word? Quick answers →
- 66Force holding us onto Earth, informallyAcross · 4 lettersLooking for a 4-letter word? Quick answers →
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- 5Instrument with a Renaissance-era ancestor called a sackbutDown · 8 lettersLooking for a 8-letter word? Quick answers →
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- 8Hermey is one, in TV's "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer"Down · 3 lettersLooking for a 3-letter word? Quick answers →
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- 60Site of the world's largest Carnival celebrationDown · 3 lettersLooking for a 3-letter word? Quick answers →
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