NYT Crossword Answers 05/14/26

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NYT Across Clues

• 1A Cliff formed by a fault SCARP
• 6A Avoided a tag, say SLID
• 10A Penultimate Greek letter PSI
• 13A “My fault entirely” ALLME
• 14A Taste perception first identified in 1908 UMAMI
• 15A Physics unit named for a physicist OHM
• 16A Feature that debuted on Page 1 of The New York Times in 1997 COLORPHOTOS
• 18A Confucian “way” TAO
• 19A Prime breeding environment for mosquitoes STANDINGH
• 20A Impression on some fancy sheets HMARK
• 22A Puente of “The Mambo Kings” TITO
• 23A Traveled path ROUTE
• 24A At sea, say ONTHEH
• 27A Powerful fireboat gear HCANNONS
• 30A Rationalist’s theology DEISM
• 31A Decree FIAT
• 32A Part of an analogy ISTO
• 33A “___’s da breaks!” DEM
• 34A Lovestruck SMITTEN
• 37A Flesh and blood KIN
• 38A Biblical locale guarded by a flaming sword EDEN
• 40A Direction to bow, in music ARCO
• 41A Squeezing (out) EKING
• 43A Gets bloated, say RETAINSH
• 45A Pair for a pool HWINGS
• 46A Ruthless Athenian lawgiver DRACO
• 47A Tidy up, in a way DUST
• 48A What collects in a puddle RAINH
• 49A Things often getting free refills HPITCHERS
• 54A Simile segment ASA
• 55A Broadcasting giant with hundreds of stations IHEARTRADIO
• 57A ___ Friday GAL
• 58A Origin of the words “sky” and “scrape” NORSE
• 59A Heather genus that’s also a woman’s name ERICA
• 60A Good periods UPS
• 61A Former small-sized G.M. cars GEOS
• 62A Compound with a caret-shaped molecule, as depicted by this puzzle’s circled letters WATER

NYT Vertical Clues

• 1D Anatomical containers SACS
• 2D Thicken CLOT
• 3D Palindrome on an Italian restaurant menu ALLA
• 4D September to April, in the oyster industry RMONTHS
• 5D Alternatives to hourly wages PERDIEMS
• 6D Ecological concern SMOG
• 7D Trellis piece LATH
• 8D “If u ask me” IMO
• 9D Gossip about, informally DISHON
• 10D A peeling that’s appealing? POTATOSKIN
• 11D Prolifically posting about one’s kids online, in a neologism SHARENTING
• 12D Reassuring reply IMOK
• 14D “That ? ain’t it” UHNO
• 17D Essence PITH
• 21D Certain tax-free bond, informally MUNI
• 23D Velocity, e.g. RATE
• 24D Relatively unusual ODDER
• 25D Had to have right away NEEDEDASAP
• 26D Races against the clock TIMETRIALS
• 27D Travel by pick-up? HITCH
• 28D “The Elder” or “The Younger” Roman CATO
• 29D Strains to hear? SONGS
• 31D Hemlock relatives FIRS
• 35D Hand, at a hacienda MANO
• 36D Group with a satellite truck NEWSCREW
• 39D Palindrome on an Indian restaurant menu NAAN
• 42D Seven-stringed instrument that gave the guitar its name KITHARA
• 44D Ancient book of divination ICHING
• 45D Member of a sluglike “Star Wars” species HUTT
• 47D Presaging disaster DIRE
• 48D Meaty pasta sauce RAGU
• 49D Long lunch? HERO
• 50D Get ahead of PASS
• 51D Cut and paste, e.g. EDIT
• 52D Force through a food mill RICE
• 53D Go way up SOAR
• 56D Uprooting tool HOE