NYT Crossword Answers 05/15/26

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NYT Across Clues

• 1A To the ___ (as much as possible) HILT
• 5A Electrifying people, so to speak LIVEWIRES
• 14A Dog howling at night, maybe OMEN
• 15A Vintage bike feature BANANASEAT
• 16A Good name for a yoga instructor? MATT
• 17A Hairy get-up APECOSTUME
• 18A Wych ___ (tree type) ELM
• 19A Miss Doolittle of “Pygmalion” ELIZA
• 20A Civil rights activist Williams, an associate of Martin Luther King Jr. HOSEA
• 21A Splits apart CLEAVES
• 23A Annual coll. basketball competition NIT
• 25A Class for some aspiring bilinguals, in brief ESL
• 26A Led HEADED
• 27A Play casually, say STRUM
• 29A Like some kitchens EATIN
• 30A Harps on BELABORS
• 33A MacMurray of “Double Indemnity” FRED
• 34A Throw in at the end TAGON
• 35A Pulls off DOES
• 37A Jarring film transition to a new scene SMASHCUT
• 39A Sired BEGAT
• 40A Give a hand? SHAKE
• 41A Language of southern India TELUGU
• 42A Sierra, e.g. GMC
• 45A “Nasty!” EWW
• 46A Rainwater reservoir CISTERN
• 47A Duane ___ (New York-based pharmacy chain) READE
• 49A Figures in “Puss in Boots” and “Hop-o’-My-Thumb” OGRES
• 51A Sickly-looking WAN
• 52A “I don’t care either way” ITSUPTOYOU
• 54A Magician’s accessory CAPE
• 55A Use of a popular song to make a scene iconic, in film-speak NEEDLEDROP
• 56A “Your turn to speak” OVER
• 57A Difficult time for farmers DRYSEASON
• 58A Hot ___ MESS

NYT Vertical Clues

• 1D Big name in meal prep kits HOMECHEF
• 2D “Tell me!” IMALLEARS
• 3D Line of attack? LETMEATEM
• 4D Cause of a boom TNT
• 5D Material for the blue eyebrows on the mask of Tutankhamen, in brief LAPIS
• 6D Mother of Don Juan INEZ
• 7D Here goes nothing! VACANTLOT
• 8D Brian of ambient music ENO
• 9D Part of a bass in a jug band WASHTUB
• 10D : ISTO
• 11D Get new life out of REUSE
• 12D Eponym for a lounge chair EAMES
• 13D “I can’t believe that price” bargain STEAL
• 15D Made hay? BALED
• 19D Uniform EVEN
• 22D Puma rival ADIDAS
• 24D Setting for the graphic novel series “Persepolis” IRAN
• 27D Transition SEGUE
• 28D Competitor of the early Chevrolet 490 MODELT
• 30D “Sticks” BACKWOODS
• 31D Dangerous ocean phenomenon ROGUEWAVE
• 32D Edible algae dubbed “green caviar” SEAGRAPES
• 34D Break the ice? THAW
• 36D Knockouts STUNNERS
• 38D Blind followers, informally SHEEPLE
• 39D Friend of Nancy Drew BESS
• 41D Moor TIEUP
• 42D Daily ___ GRIND
• 43D Element of a poetry analysis, maybe METER
• 44D Baseball’s Stengel CASEY
• 46D Sing like Michael Bublé CROON
• 48D Threads DUDS
• 50D Food item whose name comes from the Greek for “turn” GYRO
• 53D Occasion that may involve fine china TEA
• 54D Common end to an address COM