NYT Crossword Answers for May 9, 2026

NYT Crossword answers for May 9, 2026 are listed below by Across and Down clue.

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Across Answers

Gold meddlers? View hint and explanation

ALCHEMISTS

11A

One making calls on the fly? View hint and explanation

BIRD

15A

You or me, e.g. View hint and explanation

MEREMORTAL

16A

___ paratha (potato-filled flatbread) View hint and explanation

ALOO

17A

Exclamation of surprise from a host View hint and explanation

YOUREEARLY

18A

Place for a post View hint and explanation

BLOG

19A

Dr. J, for all of his N.B.A. career View hint and explanation

SIXER

20A

Perspective View hint and explanation

TAKE

21A

Husky hellos? View hint and explanation

ARFS

22A

Reached new heights View hint and explanation

GREW

24A

Low-level clouds View hint and explanation

STRATI

26A

Central Plains nation governed by the Nasharo Council View hint and explanation

PAWNEE

30A

Storage unit View hint and explanation

BYTE

32A

Portable retirement option View hint and explanation

COT

33A

Black-and-white debut of 1912 View hint and explanation

OREO

34A

Like something no money can buy View hint and explanation

FREE

36A

Accomplished View hint and explanation

ADEPT

38A

List of qualifications? View hint and explanation

KINDASORTAMAYBE

41A

Fragrant compound released during fermentation View hint and explanation

ESTER

42A

Pomegranate morsel View hint and explanation

ARIL

43A

Certain razorback View hint and explanation

BOAR

44A

Letter in Socrates' and Aristotle's names View hint and explanation

RHO

45A

Still active after all these years View hint and explanation

SPRY

47A

Looks all over View hint and explanation

SCOURS

49A

___ paratha (cheese-filled flatbread) View hint and explanation

PANEER

51A

Great find in the candy aisle, by the sound of it View hint and explanation

SKOR

53A

Things to let: Abbr. View hint and explanation

APTS

54A

"I could be wrong, but ...," for short View hint and explanation

IMHO

56A

Tropical ring View hint and explanation

ATOLL

61A

Hoot View hint and explanation

RIOT

62A

0 parody of a 62-Across View hint and explanation

SCARYMOVIE

64A

"That's for sure" View hint and explanation

TRUE

65A

Postponed court date? View hint and explanation

MAKEUPGAME

66A

No time like the present View hint and explanation

YORE

67A

Skirt with a bunch of leaves, perhaps View hint and explanation

STEAKSALAD

200A

parody of a 62-Across View hint and explanation

SCARYMOVIE

Down Answers

___ Kitchen, brand of organic foods since 1987 View hint and explanation

AMYS

Name of a pope and a Roman emperor whose terms of leadership overlapped View hint and explanation

LEOI

Central point View hint and explanation

CRUX

"This is for you" View hint and explanation

HERE

Spring up View hint and explanation

EMERGE

One of the Three Stooges View hint and explanation

MOE

Extra hot View hint and explanation

IRATE

Parlor treat typically served with the first five letters of its name View hint and explanation

STRAWBERRYSHAKE

Lecture View hint and explanation

TALK

10D

Least straightforward, say View hint and explanation

SLYEST

11D

Weighty subject of some children's books View hint and explanation

BABAR

12D

Statement that may be followed by a dash View hint and explanation

ILLRACEYOU

13D

Where spirits are high? View hint and explanation

ROOFTOPBAR

14D

Vacationers' hires, perhaps View hint and explanation

DOGSITTERS

23D

Makes some calls View hint and explanation

REFS

25D

Kings of Los Angeles, e.g. View hint and explanation

TEAM

26D

Event at which you hope to get good deals? View hint and explanation

POKERPARTY

27D

Radio journalist with the 2023 memoir "The Best Strangers in the World: Stories From a Life Spent Listening" View hint and explanation

ARISHAPIRO

28D

Traveled to perform View hint and explanation

WENTONTOUR

29D

Central point View hint and explanation

NODE

31D

Legendary Himalayan climber View hint and explanation

YETI

35D

Sound made by many fans View hint and explanation

ROAR

37D

Clemson's ___ Swinney (winningest head football coach in A.C.C. history) View hint and explanation

DABO

39D

Bath seat? View hint and explanation

ARSE

40D

Setup for an extra point View hint and explanation

ALSO

46D

Color separators View hint and explanation

PRISMS

48D

What may slow the pace of some legs in a marathon View hint and explanation

CRAMPS

50D

Perfume with an accent on its fourth letter View hint and explanation

ESTEE

52D

Won land View hint and explanation

KOREA

55D

What some bio majors do prep work for View hint and explanation

MCAT

57D

Garment that once indicated citizenship View hint and explanation

TOGA

58D

A zero is one View hint and explanation

OVAL

59D

Kilo follower View hint and explanation

LIMA

60D

Certification program developed by the U.S. Green Building Council, in brief View hint and explanation

LEED

63D

New ___ University of Knuckleheads (fictional institution where Leslie Nielsen lectured about the Three Stooges) View hint and explanation

YUK