NYT Crossword Answers for May 14, 2026

NYT Crossword answers for May 14, 2026 are listed below by Across and Down clue.

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Across Answers

Cliff formed by a fault View hint and explanation

SCARP

Avoided a tag, say View hint and explanation

SLID

10A

Penultimate Greek letter View hint and explanation

PSI

13A

"My fault entirely" View hint and explanation

ALLME

14A

Taste perception first identified in 1908 View hint and explanation

UMAMI

15A

Physics unit named for a physicist View hint and explanation

OHM

16A

Feature that debuted on Page 1 of The New York Times in 1997 View hint and explanation

COLORPHOTOS

18A

Confucian "way" View hint and explanation

TAO

19A

Prime breeding environment for mosquitoes View hint and explanation

STANDINGWATER

20A

Impression on some fancy sheets View hint and explanation

WATERMARK

22A

Puente of "The Mambo Kings" View hint and explanation

TITO

23A

Traveled path View hint and explanation

ROUTE

24A

At sea, say View hint and explanation

ONTHEWATER

27A

Powerful fireboat gear View hint and explanation

WATERCANNONS

30A

Rationalist's theology View hint and explanation

DEISM

31A

Decree View hint and explanation

FIAT

32A

Part of an analogy View hint and explanation

ISTO

33A

"___'s da breaks!" View hint and explanation

DEM

34A

Lovestruck View hint and explanation

SMITTEN

37A

Flesh and blood View hint and explanation

KIN

38A

Biblical locale guarded by a flaming sword View hint and explanation

EDEN

40A

Direction to bow, in music View hint and explanation

ARCO

41A

Squeezing (out) View hint and explanation

EKING

43A

Gets bloated, say View hint and explanation

RETAINSWATER

45A

Pair for a pool View hint and explanation

WATERWINGS

46A

Ruthless Athenian lawgiver View hint and explanation

DRACO

47A

Tidy up, in a way View hint and explanation

DUST

48A

What collects in a puddle View hint and explanation

RAINWATER

49A

Things often getting free refills View hint and explanation

WATERPITCHERS

54A

Simile segment View hint and explanation

ASA

55A

Broadcasting giant with hundreds of stations View hint and explanation

IHEARTRADIO

57A

___ Friday View hint and explanation

GAL

58A

Origin of the words "sky" and "scrape" View hint and explanation

NORSE

59A

Heather genus that's also a woman's name View hint and explanation

ERICA

60A

Good periods View hint and explanation

UPS

61A

Former small-sized G.M. cars View hint and explanation

GEOS

62A

Compound with a caret-shaped molecule, as depicted by this puzzle's circled letters View hint and explanation

WATER

Down Answers

Anatomical containers View hint and explanation

SACS

Thicken View hint and explanation

CLOT

Palindrome on an Italian restaurant menu View hint and explanation

ALLA

September to April, in the oyster industry View hint and explanation

RMONTHS

Alternatives to hourly wages View hint and explanation

PERDIEMS

Ecological concern View hint and explanation

SMOG

Trellis piece View hint and explanation

LATH

"If u ask me" View hint and explanation

IMO

Gossip about, informally View hint and explanation

DISHON

10D

A peeling that's appealing? View hint and explanation

POTATOSKIN

11D

Prolifically posting about one's kids online, in a neologism View hint and explanation

SHARENTING

12D

Reassuring reply View hint and explanation

IMOK

14D

"That ... ain't it" View hint and explanation

UHNO

17D

Essence View hint and explanation

PITH

21D

Certain tax-free bond, informally View hint and explanation

MUNI

23D

Velocity, e.g. View hint and explanation

RATE

24D

Relatively unusual View hint and explanation

ODDER

25D

Had to have right away View hint and explanation

NEEDEDASAP

26D

Races against the clock View hint and explanation

TIMETRIALS

27D

Travel by pick-up? View hint and explanation

HITCH

28D

"The Elder" or "The Younger" Roman View hint and explanation

CATO

29D

Strains to hear? View hint and explanation

SONGS

31D

Hemlock relatives View hint and explanation

FIRS

35D

Hand, at a hacienda View hint and explanation

MANO

36D

Group with a satellite truck View hint and explanation

NEWSCREW

39D

Palindrome on an Indian restaurant menu View hint and explanation

NAAN

42D

Seven-stringed instrument that gave the guitar its name View hint and explanation

KITHARA

44D

Ancient book of divination View hint and explanation

ICHING

45D

Member of a sluglike "Star Wars" species View hint and explanation

HUTT

47D

Presaging disaster View hint and explanation

DIRE

48D

Meaty pasta sauce View hint and explanation

RAGU

49D

Long lunch? View hint and explanation

HERO

50D

Get ahead of View hint and explanation

PASS

51D

Cut and paste, e.g. View hint and explanation

EDIT

52D

Force through a food mill View hint and explanation

RICE

53D

Go way up View hint and explanation

SOAR

56D

Uprooting tool View hint and explanation

HOE