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NYT Crossword — May 13, 2026

Wednesday’s 15 × 15 puzzle, 78 clues. The full solution is below — answers stay masked until you reveal them, one clue or all at once.

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35 clues

1Uber alternative

5The class of '26, at the beginning of '26

8Hosp. triage specialists

14One acting on impulse?

15Wasabi-coated tidbit, maybe

16Pittsburgh Pirates mascot

19Order to relax

20Group of reps

21Back-comb, in a way

24*Number of years between Summer Olympics

30Heated competition?

31Kilauea output

32Some porcelain pieces

34Shiba ___ (dog breed)

37*Number of Supreme Court justices

41Ethane or methane

43Conscious of systemic societal problems

44Big inits. in frozen desserts

45They're adjusted when truing a bicycle wheel

47*Guns N' Roses guitarist

52Beauty supply chain

54Under the weather

57Jackal-headed Egyptian deity

60What you'd need to press to make the starred clues and their answers match

62It was discovered by the Curies

63Kind of line at the beach

64Try a new course, say

65TikTok phenomena

67Drink with junmai and nigori variants

Down

43 clues

1Array behind the counter at a tavern

2Wheel assembly component

3Strike from a list

4Important contacts

5Many fast pitches

7Stark daughter played by Sophie Turner on "Game of Thrones"

8Fuel economy org.

10Imagined while sleeping

11Toothbrush handle?

12Cranberry-tinged cocktail

13Criminally good deal

22Its fur might trim a royal robe

24College faculty head

26Opposite of "nah"

28Seville snack

29Holiday preceders

32Handout with a kids' menu

33Bulls and bucks

34Avoids injury, say

35Personification of victory

38Formal accord

39Actress Jacobson of "Broad City"

40Furry "Star Wars" creature

44Container at an airport checkpoint, for short

45Smooth and glossy

46Seminar head, informally

47Ice cream purchase

48Forearm-related, in a way

49Practice piece

50Tree "houses"

51Palace, in Hindi

54Retail outlet with a store map at its entrance

55Garlic relative

56Strings of yore

58T-shaped birth control insert

59Texting inits.

61Fixtures at sports bars

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Stats & info

Wednesday, May 13, 2026

15×15

Grid size

78

Total entries

38/187

Black / letter cells

4.8

Avg entry length

15 ltrs

Longest entry

Medium

Wednesday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedMay 13, 2026

DayWednesday

ThemeUntitled

ConstructorBrian Keller

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split35 across · 43 down

Longest entries

37A*Number of Supreme Court justices15 ltrs 24A*Number of years between Summer Olympics12 ltrs 47A*Guns N' Roses guitarist12 ltrs 17A*Peers8 ltrs 60AWhat you'd need to press to make the starred clues and their answers match8 ltrs

Wednesday is the midweek pivot, where themes get denser and clues start bending the surface reading. This grid has 38 black squares and averages 4.8 letters per entry.