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NYT Crossword — May 11, 2026

Monday’s 15 × 15 puzzle, 76 clues. The full solution is below — answers stay masked until you reveal them, one clue or all at once.

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Across

34 clues

1___ Spiegel (German magazine)

4Animal that ranges around Peru

9Pointed, as a weapon

14Lumberjack's tool

15Cameroon neighbor

17Rankings of song popularity used as the music industry standard

21Number in a septet

22Pb, in chemistry

24Freeze's opposite

28Whirling water

29Up to, as a certain time

30Take fowl foully

31Canapé or deviled egg, for example

34Clears of charges

38A million gazillion

39Movie production facilities with controlled acoustics

41Leave stunned

42Monk's counterpart

43Cut of pork or lamb

47Spa service on the toes, in brief

48"Please, no more!"

50"That is so funny"

53Helping for someone very, very hungry

55Insignificant amount

59Tired from overexposure

60"It was the ___ I could do"

61Big part of an elephant

62Storage places for lawn mowers

63Go kaboom, as a volcano

Down

42 clues

1Practice casually, with "in"

2Kicked out, as from a country

3Fill with more ammunition

5Vientiane is its capital

7Tasty little bites

8Peruvian mountains

9Tennis star Arthur

10"Don't involve me anymore"

11French for "sea"

13Medical pros: Abbr.

19Rival of Walgreens

23Winning a blue ribbon

26Unit initially conceived as the amount of land that can be plowed in a day

27"___ in doubt ..."

29Pre-K enrollees

30Enlivens, with "up"

33Rain clouds, to some

34Rapper ___ Rocky

35"___ as you are"

36College courtyard

37Opened, as a fly

40Request from someone craving more

44Listened, poetically

45"Goodness me!" ... or a phonetic hint to 17-, 31-, 39- and 55-Across

46Croissant, éclair or Danish

48The "S" of S.F.

49Mr., Ms. or Mrs.

54Jabba the ___ ("Star Wars" villain)

55Party pros playing tunes

57Poem of praise

58Contents of l'océan

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Stats & info

Monday, May 11, 2026

15×15

Grid size

76

Total entries

37/188

Black / letter cells

4.9

Avg entry length

15 ltrs

Longest entry

Easiest

Monday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedMay 11, 2026

DayMonday

ThemeUntitled

ConstructorJoel Woodford

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split34 across · 42 down

Longest entries

17ARankings of song popularity used as the music industry standard15 ltrs 55AInsignificant amount15 ltrs 31ACanapé or deviled egg, for example11 ltrs 39AMovie production facilities with controlled acoustics11 ltrs 10D"Don't involve me anymore"8 ltrs

Monday grids are the gentlest of the week: straightforward definitions, familiar fill and almost no wordplay. This grid has 37 black squares and averages 4.9 letters per entry.