Daily Puzzle Solution
NYT Crossword
Tuesday, May 12, 2026
The New York Times crossword puzzle for Tuesday, May 12, 2026 features 76 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 4.9 letters. The longest answer is "FLAVOUROFTHEDAY".
Total Clues
76
Longest
FLAVOUROFTHEDAY
Avg Length
4.9
Shortest
ALS
Featured Clue
"Listing at an ice cream shop in Ipswich"
15 Letters
FLAVOUROFTHEDAY
ALLComplete Solution List
Appropriate answer for 1-Across
5START
Have the sense of
4FEEL
Females shepherded by shepherds
4EWES
Fuel-bearing ship
5OILER
Leer at
4OGLE
One piece of a three-piece suit
4VEST
Listing at an ice cream shop in Ipswich
15FLAVOUROFTHEDAY
Lou Gehrig's disease, in brief
3ALS
"___ Robinson" (Simon & Garfunkel song)
3MRS
Happen afterward
5ENSUE
Some limb-moving muscles
9ABDUCTORS
Kids' items at a day care in Derby
14COLOURINGBOOKS
Pack tightly
5JAMIN
Spanish for 'this'
4ESTE
Pod tidbit
3PEA
Spoke to a convention, say
6ORATED
Members of the aristocracy
6ELITES
Establishment that might offer free breakfast
3INN
Quaint lead-in to while
4ERST
Leads off
5OPENS
Areas on a map of Manchester
14NEIGHBOURHOODS
Sudden, widespread appearances of illness
9OUTBREAKS
Live in
5DWELL
"Thanks a ___!" (informal appreciation)
3MIL
Butcher's discard
3FAT
"Hmm, why use the spellings of 17-, 27- and 46-Across?"
15OHYOUAREBRITISH
Laura of Jurassic Park
4DERN
A pelican can hold more water in this than in its belly
4BILL
Franz ___, Prague-born writer of dark fiction
5KAFKA
Force holding us onto Earth, informally
4ONEG
Pepsi alternative
4COKE
Be present
5EXIST
Divan
4SOFA
Tens or ones place?
4TILL
Lead-in to "poor Yorick!"
4ALAS
Al Sharpton's title, for short
3REV
Instrument with a Renaissance-era ancestor called a sackbut
8TROMBONE
Absolutely!
7FORSURE
Sense of self
3EGO
Hermey is one, in TV's "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer"
3ELF
Do-over at serving
3LET
Nevertheless ...
6EVENSO
Marries
4WEDS
One son of Isaac and Rebekah
4ESAU
Bacterial eye malady
4STYE
Pakistani language
4URDU
Chervil or chive
4HERB
Touched down
4ALIT
Stool pigeons, in police shorthand
3CIS
Explosive inits.
3TNT
Kind of arch in architecture
4OGEE
___ asada
5CARNE
Resident of a Mideast sultanate
5OMANI
Chose, with "for"
5OPTED
Wails
5KEENS
Give some lip to
4SASS
Sign up for
4JOIN
Some are said to be "swimming" in this
4DEBT
Resemble
8LOOKLIKE
Ways to raise capital, in brief
4IPOS
Lowe on TV
3ROB
Big ___, West Coast tourist destination
3SUR
Shake with fear
7TREMBLE
Sandlot QB's order to a receiver
6GOLONG
Streaming service owned by Disney
4HULU
Cause of a shower drain clog, maybe
4HAIR
Birdbrain
4DODO
At what time?
4WHEN
Brontë heroine
4EYRE
Popular female poodle name
4FIFI
Inquires
4ASKS
Word after "Copy" or "Fancy"
4THAT
Airer of "The View"
3ABC
Site of the world's largest Carnival celebration
3RIO
Wapiti, by another name
3ELK
Put a burden on
3TAX