Daily Puzzle Solution
NYT Crossword
Wednesday, May 13, 2026
The New York Times crossword puzzle for Wednesday, May 13, 2026 features 78 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 4.8 letters. The longest answer is "OPENPARENTHESIS".
Total Clues
78
Longest
OPENPARENTHESIS
Avg Length
4.8
Shortest
SRS
Featured Clue
"Number of Supreme Court justices"
15 Letters
OPENPARENTHESIS
ALLComplete Solution List
Uber alternative
4TAXI
The class of '26, at the beginning of '26
3SRS
Hosp. triage specialists
6ERDOCS
One acting on impulse?
4AXON
Wasabi-coated tidbit, maybe
3PEA
Pittsburgh Pirates mascot
6PARROT
Peers
8PLUSSIGN
Order to relax
6ATEASE
Group of reps
3SET
Back-comb, in a way
5TEASE
__ mater
4ALMA
*Number of years between Summer Olympics
12DOLLARSYMBOL
Brews
6STEEPS
Heated competition?
4MEET
Kilauea output
4LAVA
Some porcelain pieces
5CHINA
Shiba __: dog breed
3INU
Number of Supreme Court justices
15OPENPARENTHESIS
Ethane or methane
3GAS
Belittle
5ABASE
Conscious of systemic societal problems
4WOKE
Big inits. in frozen desserts
4TCBY
They're adjusted when truing a bicycle wheel
6SPOKES
Guns 'n Roses guitarist
12QUESTIONMARK
Beauty supply chain
4ULTA
Swell
5NEATO
Under the weather
3ILL
Jackal-headed Egyptian deity
6ANUBIS
What you'd need to press to make the starred clues and their answers match
8SHIFTKEY
It was discovered by the Curies
6RADIUM
Kind of line at the beach
3TAN
Try a new course, say
4VEER
TikTok phenomena
6TRENDS
Guileful
3SLY
Drink with junmai and nigori variants
4SAKE
Array behind the counter at a tavern
4TAPS
Wheel assembly component
4AXLE
Strike from a list
4XOUT
Important contacts
3INS
Many fast pitches
6SPIELS
Majestic
5REGAL
Stark daughter played by Sophie Turner on "Game of Thrones"
5SANSA
Fuel economy org.
3EPA
Tattletale
3RAT
Imagined while sleeping
6DREAMT
Toothbrush handle?
5ORALB
Cranberry-tinged cocktail
5COSMO
Criminally good deal
5STEAL
Quit it!
4STOP
Its fur might trim a royal robe
6ERMINE
College faculty head
4DEAN
Email status
4SENT
Opposite of nah
4YEAH
Real grind
4SLOG
Seville snack
4TAPA
Holiday preceders
4EVES
Handout with a kids' menu
6CRAYON
Bulls and bucks
3HES
Avoids injury, say
4ISOK
Personification of victory
4NIKE
Wields
4USES
Formal accord
4PACT
Actress Jacobson of "Broad City"
4ABBI
Furry "Star Wars" creature
4EWOK
Container at an airport checkpoint, for short
6TSABIN
Smooth and glossy
6SATINY
Seminar head, informally
4PROF
Ice cream purchase
5QUART
Forearm-related, in a way
5ULNAR
Practice piece
5ETUDE
Tree houses?
5NESTS
Palace, in Hindi
5MAHAL
Retail outlet with a store map at its entrance
4IKEA
Garlic relative
4LEEK
Strings of yore
4LYRE
T-shaped birth control insert
3IUD
Texting inits.
3SMS
Fixtures at sports bars
3TVS