NYT Crossword Answers for May 12, 2026

NYT Crossword answers for May 12, 2026 are listed below by Across and Down clue.

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Across Answers

Appropriate answer for 1-Across View hint and explanation

START

Have the sense of View hint and explanation

FEEL

10A

Females shepherded by shepherds View hint and explanation

EWES

14A

Fuel-bearing ship View hint and explanation

OILER

15A

Leer at View hint and explanation

OGLE

16A

One piece of a three-piece suit View hint and explanation

VEST

17A

Listing at an ice cream shop in Ipswich View hint and explanation

FLAVOUROFTHEDAY

20A

Lou Gehrig's disease, in brief View hint and explanation

ALS

21A

"___ Robinson" (Simon & Garfunkel song) View hint and explanation

MRS

22A

Happen afterward View hint and explanation

ENSUE

23A

Some limb-moving muscles View hint and explanation

ABDUCTORS

27A

Kids' items at a day care in Derby View hint and explanation

COLOURINGBOOKS

32A

Pack tightly View hint and explanation

JAMIN

33A

Spanish for "this" View hint and explanation

ESTE

34A

Pod tidbit View hint and explanation

PEA

35A

Spoke to a convention, say View hint and explanation

ORATED

37A

Members of the aristocracy View hint and explanation

ELITES

40A

Establishment that might offer free breakfast View hint and explanation

INN

41A

Quaint lead-in to while View hint and explanation

ERST

45A

Leads off View hint and explanation

OPENS

46A

Areas on a map of Manchester View hint and explanation

NEIGHBOURHOODS

50A

Sudden, widespread appearances of illness View hint and explanation

OUTBREAKS

51A

Live (in) View hint and explanation

DWELL

54A

"Thanks a ___!" (informal appreciation) View hint and explanation

MIL

55A

Butcher's discard View hint and explanation

FAT

58A

"Hmm, why use the spellings of 17-, 27- and 46-Across?" View hint and explanation

OHYOUAREBRITISH

63A

Laura of "Jurassic Park" View hint and explanation

DERN

64A

A pelican can hold more water in this than in its belly View hint and explanation

BILL

65A

Franz ___, Prague-born writer of dark fiction View hint and explanation

KAFKA

66A

Force holding us onto Earth, informally View hint and explanation

ONEG

67A

Pepsi alternative View hint and explanation

COKE

68A

Be present View hint and explanation

EXIST

Down Answers

Divan View hint and explanation

SOFA

Tens or ones place? View hint and explanation

TILL

Lead-in to "poor Yorick!" View hint and explanation

ALAS

Al Sharpton's title, for short View hint and explanation

REV

Instrument with a Renaissance-era ancestor called a sackbut View hint and explanation

TROMBONE

"Absolutely!" View hint and explanation

FORSURE

Sense of self View hint and explanation

EGO

Hermey is one, in TV's "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" View hint and explanation

ELF

Do-over at serving View hint and explanation

LET

10D

"Nevertheless ..." View hint and explanation

EVENSO

11D

Marries View hint and explanation

WEDS

12D

One son of Isaac and Rebekah View hint and explanation

ESAU

13D

Bacterial eye malady View hint and explanation

STYE

18D

Pakistani language View hint and explanation

URDU

19D

Chervil or chive View hint and explanation

HERB

23D

Touched down View hint and explanation

ALIT

24D

Stool pigeons, in police shorthand View hint and explanation

CIS

25D

Explosive inits. View hint and explanation

TNT

26D

Kind of arch in architecture View hint and explanation

OGEE

27D

___ asada View hint and explanation

CARNE

28D

Resident of a Mideast sultanate View hint and explanation

OMANI

29D

Chose, with "for" View hint and explanation

OPTED

30D

Wails View hint and explanation

KEENS

31D

Give some lip to View hint and explanation

SASS

32D

JOIN

36D

Some are said to be "swimming" in this View hint and explanation

DEBT

38D

Resemble View hint and explanation

LOOKLIKE

39D

Ways to raise capital, in brief View hint and explanation

IPOS

42D

Lowe on TV View hint and explanation

ROB

43D

Big ___, West Coast tourist destination View hint and explanation

SUR

44D

Shake with fear View hint and explanation

TREMBLE

47D

Sandlot QB's order to a receiver View hint and explanation

GOLONG

48D

Streaming service owned by Disney View hint and explanation

HULU

49D

Cause of a shower drain clog, maybe View hint and explanation

HAIR

51D

Birdbrain View hint and explanation

DODO

52D

"At what time?" View hint and explanation

WHEN

53D

Brontë heroine View hint and explanation

EYRE

55D

Popular female poodle name View hint and explanation

FIFI

56D

Inquires View hint and explanation

ASKS

57D

Word after "Copy" or "Fancy" View hint and explanation

THAT

59D

Airer of "The View" View hint and explanation

ABC

60D

Site of the world's largest Carnival celebration View hint and explanation

RIO

61D

Wapiti, by another name View hint and explanation

ELK

62D

Put a burden on View hint and explanation

TAX