NYT Crossword Answers for May 11, 2026

NYT Crossword answers for May 11, 2026 are listed below by Across and Down clue.

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Across Answers

___ Spiegel (German magazine) View hint and explanation

DER

Animal that ranges around Peru View hint and explanation

LLAMA

Pointed, as a weapon View hint and explanation

AIMED

14A

Lumberjack's tool View hint and explanation

AXE

15A

Cameroon neighbor View hint and explanation

GABON

16A

Yell "#$%!" View hint and explanation

SWEAR

17A

Rankings of song popularity used as the music industry standard View hint and explanation

BILLBOARDCHARTS

20A

Swells up View hint and explanation

BLOATS

21A

Number in a septet View hint and explanation

SEVEN

22A

Pb, in chemistry View hint and explanation

LEAD

23A

Own (up) View hint and explanation

FESS

24A

Freeze's opposite View hint and explanation

THAW

28A

Whirling water View hint and explanation

EDDY

29A

Up to, as a certain time View hint and explanation

TIL

30A

Take fowl foully View hint and explanation

POACH

31A

Canapé or deviled egg, for example View hint and explanation

HORSDOEUVRE

34A

Clears of charges View hint and explanation

ACQUITS

38A

A million gazillion View hint and explanation

UMPTEEN

39A

Movie production facilities with controlled acoustics View hint and explanation

SOUNDSTAGES

41A

Leave stunned View hint and explanation

AMAZE

42A

Monk's counterpart View hint and explanation

NUN

43A

Cut of pork or lamb View hint and explanation

CHOP

47A

Spa service on the toes, in brief View hint and explanation

PEDI

48A

"Please, no more!" View hint and explanation

STOP

50A

"That is so funny" View hint and explanation

HAHA

51A

Braid View hint and explanation

PLAIT

53A

Helping for someone very, very hungry View hint and explanation

THIRDS

55A

Insignificant amount View hint and explanation

DROPINTHEBUCKET

59A

Tired from overexposure View hint and explanation

JADED

60A

"It was the ___ I could do" View hint and explanation

LEAST

61A

Big part of an elephant View hint and explanation

EAR

62A

Storage places for lawn mowers View hint and explanation

SHEDS

63A

Go kaboom, as a volcano View hint and explanation

ERUPT

64A

Deadpan View hint and explanation

DRY

Down Answers

Practice casually, with "in" View hint and explanation

DABBLE

Kicked out, as from a country View hint and explanation

EXILED

Fill with more ammunition View hint and explanation

RELOAD

Pride letters View hint and explanation

LGBT

Vientiane is its capital View hint and explanation

LAOS

Lawyers' org. View hint and explanation

ABA

Tasty little bites View hint and explanation

MORSELS

Peruvian mountains View hint and explanation

ANDES

Tennis star Arthur View hint and explanation

ASHE

10D

"Don't involve me anymore" View hint and explanation

IWANTOUT

11D

French for "sea" View hint and explanation

MER

12D

Gobble down View hint and explanation

EAT

13D

Medical pros: Abbr. View hint and explanation

DRS

18D

Noblewoman View hint and explanation

LADY

19D

Rival of Walgreens View hint and explanation

CVS

23D

Winning a blue ribbon View hint and explanation

FIRST

25D

Possess View hint and explanation

HAVE

26D

Unit initially conceived as the amount of land that can be plowed in a day View hint and explanation

ACRE

27D

"___ in doubt ..." View hint and explanation

WHEN

29D

Pre-K enrollees View hint and explanation

TOTS

30D

Enlivens, with "up" View hint and explanation

PEPS

31D

___-and-seek View hint and explanation

HIDE

32D

Unearthed View hint and explanation

DUGUP

33D

Rain clouds, to some View hint and explanation

OMEN

34D

Rapper ___ Rocky View hint and explanation

ASAP

35D

"___ as you are" View hint and explanation

COME

36D

College courtyard View hint and explanation

QUAD

37D

Opened, as a fly View hint and explanation

UNZIPPED

40D

Request from someone craving more View hint and explanation

ANOTHER

43D

Fashionable View hint and explanation

CHIC

44D

Listened, poetically View hint and explanation

HARKED

45D

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

OHDEAR

46D

Croissant, éclair or Danish View hint and explanation

PASTRY

48D

The "S" of S.F. View hint and explanation

SAN

49D

Mr., Ms. or Mrs. View hint and explanation

TITLE

52D

Tube tops? View hint and explanation

LIDS

53D

Recipe amt. View hint and explanation

TBSP

54D

Jabba the ___ ("Star Wars" villain) View hint and explanation

HUTT

55D

Party pros playing tunes View hint and explanation

DJS

56D

"Go team!" View hint and explanation

RAH

57D

Poem of praise View hint and explanation

ODE

58D

Contents of l'océan View hint and explanation

EAU