The full solution for the NY Times May 18 2021 crossword puzzle is displayed below. Today’s puzzle is edited by Will Shortz and created by Margaret Seikel.
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Across Clues
- Hospital scan, for shortMRI
- Word before line or hosePANTY
- Joins a rendition of “If You’re Happy and You Know It,” sayCLAPS
- ___ LingusAER
- Fish tank buildupALGAE
- It clutches arrows and an olive branch on the Great SealEAGLE
- Fish eggsROE
- Rotten kidSPOILEDBRAT
- Reason for an Olympic diving demeritSPLASH
- Birthday staplePRESENT
- Heavy metal fanHEADBANGER
- Opposite of WSWENE
- BotherANNOY
- New England catchCOD
- Poet’s cadenceMETER
- Trippy drugLSD
- Khan who founded Khan AcademySAL
- What the letters of “Roy G. Biv” stand forCOLORS
- Brand of school supplies known for its dazzling rainbow designsLISAFRANK
- What a lot of office work is spent on nowadaysEMAILS
- Highest point value for a Scrabble tileTEN
- Ideology suffixISM
- Old battle clubsMACES
- Sleep preventer, in a fairy talePEA
- Seasonal delivery driver?SANTA
- Loop in on the DLBCC
- Certain emotional support animalTHERAPYDOG
- 2016 film starring Amy Adams as a linguist who communicates with aliensARRIVAL
- Yellow henchman in “Despicable Me”MINION
- Breakfast side order … or a hint to the last words of 18-, 23-, 34- and 49-AcrossSAUSAGELINK
- What tree rings indicateAGE
- Process, as oreSMELT
- Spirit in a bottleGENIE
- “Nothing but ___!”NET
- AffirmativesYESES
- Mythical king of CreteMINOS
- Braying animalASS
Vertical Clues
- Chief of a fire departmentMARSHAL
- Gets back in businessREOPENS
- Where the band U2 hails fromIRELAND
- ElapsePASSBY
- Pack leaderALPHA
- Doctors Without Borders, e.g., for shortNGO
- ___ chi (martial art)TAI
- Left a restaurant review, in a modern wayYELPED
- Hand overCEDE
- Workplaces where white coats are wornLABS
- Shake on, sayAGREETO
- DatebookPLANNER
- Some volleyball playersSETTERS
- BlunderERR
- FussADO
- Org. for the Big East and Pac-12NCAA
- Driver’s propGOLFTEE
- M.L.K. Day, e.g.: Abbr.MON
- Cousin of a caribouELK
- Radiator noiseSSS
- Soup containerCAN
- Tell a whopperLIE
- French pronounILS
- TushREAR
- ___ Row, part of Washington, D.C.EMBASSY
- Craft with knotted cordsMACRAME
- Builds up, as interestACCRUES
- The Hoosier StateINDIANA
- Iggy Pop’s band, with “the”STOOGES
- Aids for affixing messages on refrigeratorsMAGNETS
- Cough it up!PHLEGM
- Hard volleyball shotsSPIKES
- Writer RandAYN
- Underwear irritant, at timesTAG
- Prenatal test, for shortAMNIO
- Dot in the oceanISLE
- Fixtures in a chocolate factoryVATS
- Hawaiian garlandLEI
- Overnight stop on a road tripINN