Daily Puzzle Solution
NYT Crossword
Tuesday, May 19, 2026
The New York Times crossword puzzle for Tuesday, May 19, 2026 features 76 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 5.0 letters. The longest answer is "PENTATONICSCALE".
Total Clues
76
Longest
PENTATONICSCALE
Avg Length
5.0
Shortest
KID
Featured Clue
"Standard musical progression"
15 Letters
PENTATONICSCALE
ALLComplete Solution List
What you eat
4DIET
Campfire confection
5SMORE
Mama of the Mamas & the Papas
4CASS
Clearasil target
4ACNE
Hawkeye
5IOWAN
Sound of a horse's hoof
4CLOP
Standard musical progression
15PENTATONICSCALE
Dry and withered
4SERE
Dinner's ready!
7SOUPSON
High court judge?
11CHAIRUMPIRE
Joke around
3KID
Whale groups
4PODS
Michael of "The Man Who Would Be King"
5CAINE
Joint thing in the Venn diagram of "instruments" and "fish"
4BASS
"That's so sweet!" reactions
3AWS
Semaphore device
4FLAG
Patty or Selma, to Bart Simpson
4AUNT
Basketball or baseball, but not boxing
9TEAMSPORT
Frozen dessert franchise
4TCBY
New Zealander
4KIWI
Denali, e.g.: Abbr.
3MTN
Heads of Hogwarts?
4LOOS
Spry
5AGILE
Free-spirited aesthetic
4BOHO
[Ick!]
3EWW
Matching pair on many jets
11TWINENGINES
Massachusetts locale of Manchester-by-the-Sea
7CAPEANN
Yikes!
4EGAD
Requirement at some comedy clubs ... or for 17-, 22-, 33- and 47-Across?
15TWODRINKMINIMUM
Like a "gut" course
4EASY
African country that's another African country minus its final two letters
5NIGER
Generic canine name
4FIDO
Breads for Reuben sandwiches
4RYES
Beau __
5GESTE
Leak slowly
4SEEP
Fist bump
3DAP
Skating exhibition
7ICESHOW
Groups of nine
7ENNEADS
Classic falling-block game
6TETRIS
Basic dog command
3SIT
It's heard in a herd
3MOO
___ goal (soccer blunder)
3OWN
Gorp tidbit
6RAISIN
Number added at the end?
6ENCORE
Cyrillic version of "U.S.S.R."
4CCCP
From Nome or Juneau
7ALASKAN
Lone star?
7SOLOIST
Drops some cash
6SPENDS
__ Lingus
3AER
Bird of the W.N.B.A.
3SUE
Return sender, maybe, in brief
3CPA
Sch. whose campus is just off Interstate 405
4UCLA
Sir's counterpart
4MAAM
Football, informally
7PIGSKIN
Slowly ___ surely
3BUT
Tina who hosted the debut of "Saturday Night Live UK"
3FEY
Entourage agent Gold
3ARI
Atlanta-based network
3TBS
Leaves together?
4PILE
Actor Wilson
4OWEN
___ zone (no-parking area)
7TOWAWAY
Yoga stance on all fours
7COWPOSE
Term of friendship for a French woman
7MONAMIE
Nickname for Jeffrey Lebowski in "The Big Lebowski"
7THEDUDE
Those opposed
3NOS
Villain in "The Silence of the Lambs"
6LECTER
Cafe canopy
6AWNING
Companion to Fannie and Freddie in the mortgage biz
6GINNIE
Major unknowns
6BIGIFS
Sailor, informally
3TAR
__ Z: Zoomers
3GEN
Grand ice cream brand
4EDYS
Units in a tonne: Abbr.
3KGS
Was introduced to
3MET
Wrath
3IRE
Swiffer WetJet, e.g.
3MOP