The full solution for the NY Times May 18 2023 Crossword puzzle is displayed below. This Thursday’s puzzle is edited by Will Shortz and created by Kiran Pandey.
Across Clues
- Total dudBOMB
- Science fair locale, oftenGYM
- The “home” in “There’s no place like home”KANSAS
- Chloé who directed “Nomadland”ZHAO
- Grazing groundLEA
- Nipple ring?AREOLA
- Slang, for manyZILLIONS
- Video game franchise featuring a clone assassinHITMAN
- With 2-Down, the oldest sister city in the U.S.TOLEDO
- Massage parlor supplyOIL
- Dead ___END
- I, for oneROMANNUMERAL
- Betraying no emotionSTOLID
- Opposite of a heads up?TAILS
- When repeated, a sound from a brass instrumentWAH
- Mideast leaderEMIR
- Big to-dosFLAPS
- Scientific definition, for shortELECTRICALFAULT
- “My words fly up, my thoughts remain ___”: “Hamlet”BELOW
- Aroma that may induce meowingTUNA
- Simu ___, portrayer of Marvel’s Shang-ChiLIU
- Keats or WordsworthODIST
- Darlington Hall, in “The Remains of the Day”ESTATE
- Length, for exampleSEVENLETTERS
- ___ BoTAE
- FracasADO
- Go through the roofROCKET
- OptimisticUPBEAT
- Anagram, for instanceANCIENTS
- Guy who inspired an early 2010s hip-hop danceDOUGIE
- Trifling amountSOU
- “99 Luftballons” singerNENA
- “Heavens to Betsy!”YEGODS
- Material for demolitionTNT
- ValuedDEAR
Vertical Clues
- [Wrong answer!]BZZT
- See 20-AcrossOHIO
- Chain letter?MALL
- Cuban song genre that shares its name with a Spanish danceBOLERO
- Like Eeyore vis-à-vis his storybook companionsGLOOMIER
- WantYEN
- Wall builderMASON
- Coffee liqueur brandKAHLUA
- “Hereditary” director AsterARI
- What’s rustled in a swishNET
- Low turnover?SOMERSAULT
- Haim who co-starred in 2021’s “Licorice Pizza”ALANA
- Place to get a C.D.SANDL
- Golden calf, e.g.IDOL
- Companywide communication systemINTRANET
- Let inADMITTED
- Put outMIFF
- Civil rights activist BakerELLA
- Not for ___SALE
- First film appearance of Herbie, a sentient 1963 Volkswagen BeetleTHELOVEBUG
- NexusWEB
- Critical hospital dept.ICU
- Ballet bendPLIE
- Nickname that drops -artSTU
- Write in Python, sayCODE
- Romulus or RemusTWIN
- Like some diamondsLASERCUT
- TicketsSLATES
- Psionic counselor on “Star Trek: T.N.G.”TROI
- Be on the up and up?ASCEND
- Sketch done in preparation for a finished pieceSTUDY
- “The Facts in the Case of ___” (Andrew Sinclair novel that pays homage to a mystery writer)EAPOE
- Dead meat, so to speakTOAST
- Mini display?KNEE
- Where Zeus trapped the monster Typhon, in mythETNA
- Bolshevik’s baneTSAR
- Something to feed or strokeEGO
- BackingAID
- Sine qua ___NON
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