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NYT Crossword answers for May 11, 2026

NYT Crossword · May 11, 2026 · Every hint stays hidden until you tap it

All 76 clues from the Monday NYT Crossword (15 by 15), with every answer hidden until you want it. Check a length or a first letter before you reveal a whole answer.

Across clues and answer lengths
Across first letters
  • 1 starts with D
  • 4 starts with L
  • 9 starts with A
  • 14 starts with A
  • 15 starts with G
  • 16 starts with S
  • 17 starts with B
  • 20 starts with B
  • 21 starts with S
  • 22 starts with L
  • 23 starts with F
  • 24 starts with T
  • 28 starts with E
  • 29 starts with T
  • 30 starts with P
  • 31 starts with H
  • 34 starts with A
  • 38 starts with U
  • 39 starts with S
  • 41 starts with A
  • 42 starts with N
  • 43 starts with C
  • 47 starts with P
  • 48 starts with S
  • 50 starts with H
  • 51 starts with P
  • 53 starts with T
  • 55 starts with D
  • 59 starts with J
  • 60 starts with L
  • 61 starts with E
  • 62 starts with S
  • 63 starts with E
  • 64 starts with D
Show the across answers
  • 1 Across: ___ Spiegel (German magazine) DER
  • 4 Across: Animal that ranges around Peru LLAMA
  • 9 Across: Pointed, as a weapon AIMED
  • 14 Across: Lumberjack's tool AXE
  • 15 Across: Cameroon neighbor GABON
  • 16 Across: Yell "#$%!" SWEAR
  • 17 Across: Rankings of song popularity used as the music industry standard BILLBOARDCHARTS
  • 20 Across: Swells up BLOATS
  • 21 Across: Number in a septet SEVEN
  • 22 Across: Pb, in chemistry LEAD
  • 23 Across: Own (up) FESS
  • 24 Across: Freeze's opposite THAW
  • 28 Across: Whirling water EDDY
  • 29 Across: Up to, as a certain time TIL
  • 30 Across: Take fowl foully POACH
  • 31 Across: Canapé or deviled egg, for example HORSDOEUVRE
  • 34 Across: Clears of charges ACQUITS
  • 38 Across: A million gazillion UMPTEEN
  • 39 Across: Movie production facilities with controlled acoustics SOUNDSTAGES
  • 41 Across: Leave stunned AMAZE
  • 42 Across: Monk's counterpart NUN
  • 43 Across: Cut of pork or lamb CHOP
  • 47 Across: Spa service on the toes, in brief PEDI
  • 48 Across: "Please, no more!" STOP
  • 50 Across: "That is so funny" HAHA
  • 51 Across: Braid PLAIT
  • 53 Across: Helping for someone very, very hungry THIRDS
  • 55 Across: Insignificant amount DROPINTHEBUCKET
  • 59 Across: Tired from overexposure JADED
  • 60 Across: "It was the ___ I could do" LEAST
  • 61 Across: Big part of an elephant EAR
  • 62 Across: Storage places for lawn mowers SHEDS
  • 63 Across: Go kaboom, as a volcano ERUPT
  • 64 Across: Deadpan DRY
Down clues and answer lengths
Down first letters
  • 1 starts with D
  • 2 starts with E
  • 3 starts with R
  • 4 starts with L
  • 5 starts with L
  • 6 starts with A
  • 7 starts with M
  • 8 starts with A
  • 9 starts with A
  • 10 starts with I
  • 11 starts with M
  • 12 starts with E
  • 13 starts with D
  • 18 starts with L
  • 19 starts with C
  • 23 starts with F
  • 25 starts with H
  • 26 starts with A
  • 27 starts with W
  • 29 starts with T
  • 30 starts with P
  • 31 starts with H
  • 32 starts with D
  • 33 starts with O
  • 34 starts with A
  • 35 starts with C
  • 36 starts with Q
  • 37 starts with U
  • 40 starts with A
  • 43 starts with C
  • 44 starts with H
  • 45 starts with O
  • 46 starts with P
  • 48 starts with S
  • 49 starts with T
  • 52 starts with L
  • 53 starts with T
  • 54 starts with H
  • 55 starts with D
  • 56 starts with R
  • 57 starts with O
  • 58 starts with E
Show the down answers
  • 1 Down: Practice casually, with "in" DABBLE
  • 2 Down: Kicked out, as from a country EXILED
  • 3 Down: Fill with more ammunition RELOAD
  • 4 Down: Pride letters LGBT
  • 5 Down: Vientiane is its capital LAOS
  • 6 Down: Lawyers' org. ABA
  • 7 Down: Tasty little bites MORSELS
  • 8 Down: Peruvian mountains ANDES
  • 9 Down: Tennis star Arthur ASHE
  • 10 Down: "Don't involve me anymore" IWANTOUT
  • 11 Down: French for "sea" MER
  • 12 Down: Gobble down EAT
  • 13 Down: Medical pros: Abbr. DRS
  • 18 Down: Noblewoman LADY
  • 19 Down: Rival of Walgreens CVS
  • 23 Down: Winning a blue ribbon FIRST
  • 25 Down: Possess HAVE
  • 26 Down: Unit initially conceived as the amount of land that can be plowed in a day ACRE
  • 27 Down: "___ in doubt ..." WHEN
  • 29 Down: Pre-K enrollees TOTS
  • 30 Down: Enlivens, with "up" PEPS
  • 31 Down: ___-and-seek HIDE
  • 32 Down: Unearthed DUGUP
  • 33 Down: Rain clouds, to some OMEN
  • 34 Down: Rapper ___ Rocky ASAP
  • 35 Down: "___ as you are" COME
  • 36 Down: College courtyard QUAD
  • 37 Down: Opened, as a fly UNZIPPED
  • 40 Down: Request from someone craving more ANOTHER
  • 43 Down: Fashionable CHIC
  • 44 Down: Listened, poetically HARKED
  • 45 Down: "Goodness me!" ... or a phonetic hint to 17-, 31-, 39- and 55-Across OHDEAR
  • 46 Down: Croissant, éclair or Danish PASTRY
  • 48 Down: The "S" of S.F. SAN
  • 49 Down: Mr., Ms. or Mrs. TITLE
  • 52 Down: Tube tops? LIDS
  • 53 Down: Recipe amt. TBSP
  • 54 Down: Jabba the ___ ("Star Wars" villain) HUTT
  • 55 Down: Party pros playing tunes DJS
  • 56 Down: "Go team!" RAH
  • 57 Down: Poem of praise ODE
  • 58 Down: Contents of l'océan EAU
Show the solved grid
1D2E3R4L5L6A7M8A9A10I11M12E13D14AXE15GABON16SWEAR17BIL18LBOARD19CHARTS20BLOATS21SEVEN22LEAD23FESS24T25H26A27W28EDDY29TIL30POACH31HORS32D33OEUVRE34A35C36Q37UITS38UMPTEEN39SOUNDST40AGES41AMAZE42NUN43C44H45O46P47PEDI48S49TOP50HAHA51P52LAIT53T54HIRDS55D56R57OPINTH58EBUCKET59JADED60LEAST61EAR62SHEDS63ERUPT64DRY

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