The full solution for the NY Times May 16 2024 Crossword puzzle is displayed below. This puzzle was authored by Sara Muchnick and edited by Joel Fagliano.
Across Clues
- 1 Seabird’s nesting spot, sayISLE
- 5 Musical lead-in to beatAFRO
- 9 Pounds, perhapsACHES
- 14 OstracizeSHUN
- 15 Schreiber of “Asteroid City”LIEV
- 16 Word with secret or schoolTRADE
- 17 *GoneSOMENERVE
- 19 How high rollers want to liveLARGE
- 20 “Shirt Front and Fork” sculptor, 1922ARP
- 21 Life lines, for short?IVS
- 22 Like some peanuts and celebritiesROASTED
- 24 *Stone toolTOILETBRUSH
- 27 Scenarios to considerIFS
- 28 Tailored item that can have tailsSUIT
- 29 LessensEBBS
- 33 Bit of a bluffCRAG
- 36 *Scoop received in a callICECREAM
- 38 BackAGO
- 40 Colorful variety of lettuceREDLEAF
- 42 They might be targetedADS
- 43 *ShallSPARKLED
- 45 With every detail perfectTOAT
- 47 Vegetable that’s a letter off from an IvyKALE
- 48 Notable GuinnessALEC
- 50 Aromatic welcome giftLEI
- 52 *It gets the ball rollingROTARYJOINT
- 56 “Ah, yes ?”ISEENOW
- 59 The Reds, on a scoreboardCIN
- 60 Give the name ofDUB
- 62 Final points in scores?CODAS
- 63 When read forward and then backward, motto that suggests how to interpret this puzzle’s starred cluesALLFORONE
- 66 Say “I dunno,” sayELIDE
- 67 Where to find a very wet spongeREEF
- 68 Actor WilsonOWEN
- 69 Biblical verb with “thou”DOEST
- 70 Whirl or swirlEDDY
- 71 Part of M.I.T.: Abbr.INST
Vertical Clues
- 1 Rae of “American Fiction”ISSA
- 2 Repetitive clicking sound?SHORTI
- 3 Disappointing stocking stufferLUMPOFCOAL
- 4 Dir. from Atlanta to AthensENE
- 5 Tylenol alternativeALEVE
- 6 Some Guinness recordsFIRSTS
- 7 Title for Al Sharpton: Abbr.REV
- 8 How the fish in nigiri is servedOVERRICE
- 9 The whole world in your hands?ATLAS
- 10 Uninvited party guestCRASHER
- 11 StagHART
- 12 Competitive advantageEDGE
- 13 Unwelcome surprise in a glass of fresh-squeezed juiceSEED
- 18 ZeroNIL
- 23 Down more thanOUTEAT
- 25 Neighbor of Leb.ISR
- 26 Carpenter or masonBUILDER
- 30 World-wearyBEATENDOWN
- 31 Michael Jackson’s first concert tour after the Jackson 5BAD
- 32 Texting format inits.SMS
- 34 Craft measured in cubitsARK
- 35 Italian dessertGELATO
- 37 Head of lettuce?CFO
- 38 “I have to ___ ?”ASK
- 39 School fig.GPA
- 41 Where more than 60% of Fortune 500 companies are incorporatedDELAWARE
- 44 Goes over againREREADS
- 46 Athlete with two Grammy-nominated spoken-word albumsALI
- 49 Participated in a spin classCYCLED
- 51 Apple Music predecessorITUNES
- 53 It’s a startONSET
- 54 FlashJIFFY
- 55 Collaborator on 1980’s “Double Fantasy”ONO
- 56 Coffee order specificationICED
- 57 StagSOLO
- 58 Falco of “The Sopranos”EDIE
- 61 Having a kink, maybeBENT
- 64 Was aheadLED
- 65 Louis XIV, par exempleROI
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