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NYT Crossword — 2026-05-16
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1A
Modern "go-to's"
4 letters
5A
Curtain for silhouetting on stage
5 letters
10A
Bird on the South Carolina state quarter
4 letters
14A
Capote or chesterfield
4 letters
15A
Emulates E.T., in a way
10 letters
17A
Roman goddess who drives a two-horse chariot
4 letters
18A
Precious self-reference
10 letters
19A
Name shared by the singer of the #1 hit "Rock Me Gently" (1974) and the first Korean American elected to the U.S. Senate (2024)
7 letters
21A
Double-___ cassowary (bird of Indonesia and Australia)
7 letters
22A
Matches with forensics
14 letters
24A
Occasions to relax and recharge
6 letters
25A
Obama's third secretary of defense (2013-15)
5 letters
26A
Gasoline brand that offered the Torch Club credit card
5 letters
27A
Aid in making salsa
5 letters
28A
Operculum, e.g.
3 letters
31A
Capital of Greenland
4 letters
32A
They're hard to pull off
5 letters
33A
Spa service, in brief
4 letters
34A
Up to snuff, facetiously
3 letters
35A
Trickles
5 letters
36A
Cup holders
5 letters
37A
Many a Porsche 911
5 letters
38A
Practical types who are often perfectionists, it's said
6 letters
39A
Don't start with me!
14 letters
43A
Difficult effort
7 letters
44A
Cut out
7 letters
46A
Setting for Seurat's "A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte"
10 letters
48A
Cold-smoked lox
4 letters
49A
7 up, perhaps
10 letters
50A
Gulf of ___, waters that abut Djibouti and Somaliland
4 letters
51A
Vanilla units
4 letters
52A
Spouts
5 letters
53A
Romp
4 letters
