NYT Crossword Answers 05/12/26

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NYT Across Clues

• 1A Appropriate answer for 1-Across START
• 6A Have the sense of FEEL
• 10A Females shepherded by shepherds EWES
• 14A Fuel-bearing ship OILER
• 15A Leer at OGLE
• 16A One piece of a three-piece suit VEST
• 17A Listing at an ice cream shop in Ipswich FLAVOUROFTHEDAY
• 20A Lou Gehrig’s disease, in brief ALS
• 21A “___ Robinson” (Simon & Garfunkel song) MRS
• 22A Happen afterward ENSUE
• 23A Some limb-moving muscles ABDUCTORS
• 27A Kids’ items at a day care in Derby COLOURINGBOOKS
• 32A Pack tightly JAMIN
• 33A Spanish for “this” ESTE
• 34A Pod tidbit PEA
• 35A Spoke to a convention, say ORATED
• 37A Members of the aristocracy ELITES
• 40A Establishment that might offer free breakfast INN
• 41A Quaint lead-in to while ERST
• 45A Leads off OPENS
• 46A Areas on a map of Manchester NEIGHBOURHOODS
• 50A Sudden, widespread appearances of illness OUTBREAKS
• 51A Live (in) DWELL
• 54A “Thanks a ___!” (informal appreciation) MIL
• 55A Butcher’s discard FAT
• 58A “Hmm, why use the spellings of 17-, 27- and 46-Across?” OHYOUAREBRITISH
• 63A Laura of “Jurassic Park” DERN
• 64A A pelican can hold more water in this than in its belly BILL
• 65A Franz ___, Prague-born writer of dark fiction KAFKA
• 66A Force holding us onto Earth, informally ONEG
• 67A Pepsi alternative COKE
• 68A Be present EXIST

NYT Vertical Clues

• 1D Divan SOFA
• 2D Tens or ones place? TILL
• 3D Lead-in to “poor Yorick!” ALAS
• 4D Al Sharpton’s title, for short REV
• 5D Instrument with a Renaissance-era ancestor called a sackbut TROMBONE
• 6D “Absolutely!” FORSURE
• 7D Sense of self EGO
• 8D Hermey is one, in TV’s “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” ELF
• 9D Do-over at serving LET
• 10D “Nevertheless ?” EVENSO
• 11D Marries WEDS
• 12D One son of Isaac and Rebekah ESAU
• 13D Bacterial eye malady STYE
• 18D Pakistani language URDU
• 19D Chervil or chive HERB
• 23D Touched down ALIT
• 24D Stool pigeons, in police shorthand CIS
• 25D Explosive inits. TNT
• 26D Kind of arch in architecture OGEE
• 27D ___ asada CARNE
• 28D Resident of a Mideast sultanate OMANI
• 29D Chose, with “for” OPTED
• 30D Wails KEENS
• 31D Give some lip to SASS
• 32D Sign up for JOIN
• 36D Some are said to be “swimming” in this DEBT
• 38D Resemble LOOKLIKE
• 39D Ways to raise capital, in brief IPOS
• 42D Lowe on TV ROB
• 43D Big ___, West Coast tourist destination SUR
• 44D Shake with fear TREMBLE
• 47D Sandlot QB’s order to a receiver GOLONG
• 48D Streaming service owned by Disney HULU
• 49D Cause of a shower drain clog, maybe HAIR
• 51D Birdbrain DODO
• 52D “At what time?” WHEN
• 53D Brontë heroine EYRE
• 55D Popular female poodle name FIFI
• 56D Inquires ASKS
• 57D Word after “Copy” or “Fancy” THAT
• 59D Airer of “The View” ABC
• 60D Site of the world’s largest Carnival celebration RIO
• 61D Wapiti, by another name ELK
• 62D Put a burden on TAX