NYT Crossword hints and answer for May 11, 2026
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Clues76
Across34
Down42
ConstructorJoel Woodford
Today’s NYT Crossword clues, hints & answers
Every clue from this puzzle with a hint and the answer behind separate buttons, so you only see what you need. Click a clue for its own page.
Across
1A
___ Spiegel (German magazine) (3)
Starts with D, ends with RDER→
4A
Animal that ranges around Peru (5)
Starts with L, ends with ALLAMA→
9A
Pointed, as a weapon (5)
Starts with A, ends with DAIMED→
14A
Lumberjack's tool (3)
Starts with A, ends with EAXE→
15A
Cameroon neighbor (5)
Starts with G, ends with NGABON→
16A
Yell "#$%!" (5)
Starts with S, ends with RSWEAR→
17A
Rankings of song popularity used as the music industry standard (15)
Starts with B, ends with SBILLBOARDCHARTS→
20A
Swells up (6)
Starts with B, ends with SBLOATS→
21A
Number in a septet (5)
Starts with S, ends with NSEVEN→
22A
Pb, in chemistry (4)
Starts with L, ends with DLEAD→
23A
Own (up) (4)
Starts with F, ends with SFESS→
24A
Freeze's opposite (4)
Starts with T, ends with WTHAW→
28A
Whirling water (4)
Starts with E, ends with YEDDY→
29A
Up to, as a certain time (3)
Starts with T, ends with LTIL→
30A
Take fowl foully (5)
Starts with P, ends with HPOACH→
31A
Canapé or deviled egg, for example (11)
Starts with H, ends with EHORSDOEUVRE→
34A
Clears of charges (7)
Starts with A, ends with SACQUITS→
38A
A million gazillion (7)
Starts with U, ends with NUMPTEEN→
39A
Movie production facilities with controlled acoustics (11)
Starts with S, ends with SSOUNDSTAGES→
41A
Leave stunned (5)
Starts with A, ends with EAMAZE→
42A
Monk's counterpart (3)
Starts with N, ends with NNUN→
43A
Cut of pork or lamb (4)
Starts with C, ends with PCHOP→
47A
Spa service on the toes, in brief (4)
Starts with P, ends with IPEDI→
48A
"Please, no more!" (4)
Starts with S, ends with PSTOP→
50A
"That is so funny" (4)
Starts with H, ends with AHAHA→
53A
Helping for someone very, very hungry (6)
Starts with T, ends with STHIRDS→
55A
Insignificant amount (15)
Starts with D, ends with TDROPINTHEBUCKET→
59A
Tired from overexposure (5)
Starts with J, ends with DJADED→
60A
"It was the ___ I could do" (5)
Starts with L, ends with TLEAST→
61A
Big part of an elephant (3)
Starts with E, ends with REAR→
62A
Storage places for lawn mowers (5)
Starts with S, ends with SSHEDS→
63A
Go kaboom, as a volcano (5)
Starts with E, ends with TERUPT→
64A
Deadpan (3)
Starts with D, ends with YDRY→
Down
1D
Practice casually, with "in" (6)
Starts with D, ends with EDABBLE→
2D
Kicked out, as from a country (6)
Starts with E, ends with DEXILED→
3D
Fill with more ammunition (6)
Starts with R, ends with DRELOAD→
4D
Pride letters (4)
Starts with L, ends with TLGBT→
5D
Vientiane is its capital (4)
Starts with L, ends with SLAOS→
6D
Lawyers' org. (3)
Starts with A, ends with AABA→
7D
Tasty little bites (7)
Starts with M, ends with SMORSELS→
8D
Peruvian mountains (5)
Starts with A, ends with SANDES→
9D
Tennis star Arthur (4)
Starts with A, ends with EASHE→
10D
"Don't involve me anymore" (8)
Starts with I, ends with TIWANTOUT→
11D
French for "sea" (3)
Starts with M, ends with RMER→
12D
Gobble down (3)
Starts with E, ends with TEAT→
13D
Medical pros: Abbr. (3)
Starts with D, ends with SDRS→
18D
Noblewoman (4)
Starts with L, ends with YLADY→
19D
Rival of Walgreens (3)
Starts with C, ends with SCVS→
23D
Winning a blue ribbon (5)
Starts with F, ends with TFIRST→
25D
Possess (4)
Starts with H, ends with EHAVE→
26D
Unit initially conceived as the amount of land that can be plowed in a day (4)
Starts with A, ends with EACRE→
27D
"___ in doubt ..." (4)
Starts with W, ends with NWHEN→
29D
Pre-K enrollees (4)
Starts with T, ends with STOTS→
30D
Enlivens, with "up" (4)
Starts with P, ends with SPEPS→
31D
___-and-seek (4)
Starts with H, ends with EHIDE→
32D
Unearthed (5)
Starts with D, ends with PDUGUP→
33D
Rain clouds, to some (4)
Starts with O, ends with NOMEN→
34D
Rapper ___ Rocky (4)
Starts with A, ends with PASAP→
35D
"___ as you are" (4)
Starts with C, ends with ECOME→
36D
College courtyard (4)
Starts with Q, ends with DQUAD→
37D
Opened, as a fly (8)
Starts with U, ends with DUNZIPPED→
40D
Request from someone craving more (7)
Starts with A, ends with RANOTHER→
43D
Fashionable (4)
Starts with C, ends with CCHIC→
44D
Listened, poetically (6)
Starts with H, ends with DHARKED→
45D
"Goodness me!" ... or a phonetic hint to 17-, 31-, 39- and 55-Across (6)
Starts with O, ends with ROHDEAR→
46D
Croissant, éclair or Danish (6)
Starts with P, ends with YPASTRY→
48D
The "S" of S.F. (3)
Starts with S, ends with NSAN→
49D
Mr., Ms. or Mrs. (5)
Starts with T, ends with ETITLE→
52D
Tube tops? (4)
Starts with L, ends with SLIDS→
53D
Recipe amt. (4)
Starts with T, ends with PTBSP→
54D
Jabba the ___ ("Star Wars" villain) (4)
Starts with H, ends with THUTT→
55D
Party pros playing tunes (3)
Starts with D, ends with SDJS→
56D
"Go team!" (3)
Starts with R, ends with HRAH→
57D
Poem of praise (3)
Starts with O, ends with EODE→
58D
Contents of l'océan (3)
Starts with E, ends with UEAU→
How to solve the NYT Crossword
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for May 11, 2026?+
76 clues: 34 Across and 42 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Joel Woodford and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: ___ Spiegel (German magazine) (DER); Animal that ranges around Peru (LLAMA); Pointed, as a weapon (AIMED).
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