Daily Puzzle Solution
NYT Crossword
Friday, May 15, 2026
The New York Times crossword puzzle for Friday, May 15, 2026 features 70 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 5.6 letters. The longest answer is "BANANASEAT".
Total Clues
70
Longest
BANANASEAT
Avg Length
5.6
Shortest
ELM
Featured Clue
"Vintage bike feature"
10 Letters
BANANASEAT
ALLComplete Solution List
To the ___ (as much as possible)
4HILT
Electrifying people, so to speak
9LIVEWIRES
Dog howling at night, maybe
4OMEN
Vintage bike feature
10BANANASEAT
Good name for a yoga instructor?
4MATT
Hairy get-up
10APECOSTUME
Wych ___ (tree type)
3ELM
Miss Doolittle of "Pygmalion"
5ELIZA
Civil rights activist Williams, an associate of Martin Luther King Jr.
5HOSEA
Splits apart
7CLEAVES
Annual coll. basketball competition
3NIT
Class for some aspiring bilinguals, in brief
3ESL
Led
6HEADED
Play casually, say
5STRUM
Like some kitchens
5EATIN
Harps on
8BELABORS
MacMurray of "Double Indemnity"
4FRED
Throw in at the end
5TAGON
Pulls off
4DOES
Jarring film transition to a new scene
8SMASHCUT
Sired
5BEGAT
Give a hand
5SHAKE
Language of southern India
6TELUGU
Sierra, e.g.
3GMC
Nasty
3EWW
Rainwater reservoir
7CISTERN
Duane ___ (New York-based pharmacy chain)
5READE
Figures in "Puss in Boots" and "Hop-o'-My-Thumb"
5OGRES
Sickly looking
3WAN
*"I don't care either way"
10ITSUPTOYOU
Magician's accessory
4CAPE
Use of a popular song to make a scene iconic, in film-speak
10NEEDLEDROP
Your turn to speak
4OVER
Difficult time for farmers
9DRYSEASON
Hot ___
4MESS
Big name in meal prep kits
8HOMECHEF
Tell me
9IMALLEARS
Line of attack?
9LETMEATEM
Cause of a boom
3TNT
Material for the blue eyebrows on the mask of Tutankhamen, in brief
5LAPIS
Mother of Don Juan
4INEZ
Here goes nothing!
9VACANTLOT
Brian of ambient music
3ENO
Part of a bass in a jug band
7WASHTUB
^
4ISTO
Get new life out of
5REUSE
Eponym for a lounge chair
5EAMES
"I can't believe that price" bargain
5STEAL
Made hay
5BALED
Uniform
4EVEN
Puma rival
6ADIDAS
Setting for the graphic novel series "Persepolis"
4IRAN
Transition
5SEGUE
Competitor of the early Chevrolet 490
6MODELT
Sticks
9BACKWOODS
Dangerous ocean phenomenon
9ROGUEWAVE
Edible algae dubbed "green caviar"
9SEAGRAPES
Break the ice?
4THAW
Knockouts
8STUNNERS
Blind followers, informally
7SHEEPLE
Friend of Nancy Drew
4BESS
Moor
5TIEUP
Daily.
5GRIND
Element of a poetry analysis, maybe
5METER
Baseball's Stengel
5CASEY
Sing like Michael Bublé
5CROON
Threads
4DUDS
Food item whose name comes from the Greek for "turn"
4GYRO
Occasion that may involve fine china
3TEA
Common end to an address
3COM