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NYT Crossword — May 19, 2026

Tuesday’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

35 clues

5Campfire confection

10Mama ___ of the Mamas & the Papas

14Clearasil target

16Sound of a horse's hoof

17Standard musical progression

20Dry and withered

21"Dinner's ready!"

22High court judge?

26Joke (around)

28Michael of "The Man Who Would Be King"

29Joint thing in the Venn diagram of "instruments" and "fish"

30"That's so sweet!" reactions

31Semaphore device

32Patty or Selma, to Bart Simpson

33Basketball or baseball, but not boxing

36Frozen dessert franchise

38New Zealander

39Denali, e.g.: Abbr.

42Heads of Hogwarts?

45Free-spirited aesthetic

47Matching pair on many jets

49Massachusetts locale of Manchester-by-the-Sea

52Requirement at some comedy clubs … or for 17-, 22-, 33- and 47-Across?

57Like a gut course

58African country that's another African country minus its final two letters

59Generic canine name

60Breads for Reuben sandwiches

Down

41 clues

2Skating exhibition

3Groups of nine

4Classic falling-block game

5Basic dog command

6It's heard in a herd

7___ goal (soccer blunder)

9Number added at the end?

10Cyrillic version of "U.S.S.R."

11From Nome or Juneau

13Drops some cash

19Bird of the W.N.B.A.

22Return sender, maybe, in brief

23Sch. whose campus is just off Interstate 405

24Sir's counterpart

25Football, informally

29Slowly ___ surely

31Tina who hosted the debut of "Saturday Night Live UK"

32"Entourage" agent Gold

33Atlanta-based network

34Leaves together?

36___ zone (no-parking area)

37Yoga stance on all fours

39Term of friendship for a French woman

40Nickname for Jeffrey Lebowski in "The Big Lebowski"

41Those opposed

42Villain in "The Silence of the Lambs"

44Companion to Fannie and Freddie in the mortgage biz

45Major unknowns

47Sailor, informally

48___ Z (Zoomers)

50"Grand" ice cream brand

53Units in a tonne: Abbr.

54Was introduced to

56Swiffer WetJet, e.g.

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Stats & info

Tuesday, May 19, 2026

15×15

Grid size

76

Total entries

36/189

Black / letter cells

5.0

Avg entry length

15 ltrs

Longest entry

Easy

Tuesday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedMay 19, 2026

DayTuesday

ThemeUntitled

ConstructorBrad Wiegmann

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split35 across · 41 down

Longest entries

17AStandard musical progression15 ltrs 52ARequirement at some comedy clubs … or for 17-, 22-, 33- and 47-Across?15 ltrs 22AHigh court judge?11 ltrs 47AMatching pair on many jets11 ltrs 33ABasketball or baseball, but not boxing9 ltrs

Tuesday sits one notch above Monday, usually with a light theme and a few playful clues. This grid has 36 black squares and averages 5.0 letters per entry.