The Crossword Answers NYT - May 14, 2026

across

• Cliff formed by a fault Crossword Clue

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  SCARP

• Avoided a tag, say Crossword Clue

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  SLID

• Penultimate Greek letter Crossword Clue

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  PSI

• "My fault entirely" Crossword Clue

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  ALLME

• Taste perception first identified in 1908 Crossword Clue

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  UMAMI

• Physics unit named for a physicist Crossword Clue

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  OHM

• Feature that debuted on Page 1 of The New York Times in 1997 Crossword Clue

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  COLORPHOTOS

• Confucian "way" Crossword Clue

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  TAO

• Prime breeding environment for mosquitoes Crossword Clue

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  STANDINGH

• Impression on some fancy sheets Crossword Clue

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  HMARK

• Puente of "The Mambo Kings" Crossword Clue

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  TITO

• Traveled path Crossword Clue

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  ROUTE

• At sea, say Crossword Clue

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  ONTHEH

• Powerful fireboat gear Crossword Clue

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  HCANNONS

• Rationalist's theology Crossword Clue

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  DEISM

• Decree Crossword Clue

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  FIAT

• Part of an analogy Crossword Clue

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  ISTO

• "___'s da breaks!" Crossword Clue

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  DEM

• Lovestruck Crossword Clue

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  SMITTEN

• Flesh and blood Crossword Clue

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  KIN

• Biblical locale guarded by a flaming sword Crossword Clue

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  EDEN

• Direction to bow, in music Crossword Clue

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  ARCO

• Squeezing (out) Crossword Clue

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  EKING

• Gets bloated, say Crossword Clue

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  RETAINSH

• Pair for a pool Crossword Clue

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  HWINGS

• Ruthless Athenian lawgiver Crossword Clue

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  DRACO

• Tidy up, in a way Crossword Clue

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  DUST

• What collects in a puddle Crossword Clue

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  RAINH

• Things often getting free refills Crossword Clue

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  HPITCHERS

• Simile segment Crossword Clue

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  ASA

• Broadcasting giant with hundreds of stations Crossword Clue

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  IHEARTRADIO

• ___ Friday Crossword Clue

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  GAL

• Origin of the words "sky" and "scrape" Crossword Clue

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  NORSE

• Heather genus that's also a woman's name Crossword Clue

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  ERICA

• Good periods Crossword Clue

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  UPS

• Former small-sized G.M. cars Crossword Clue

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  GEOS

• Compound with a caret-shaped molecule, as depicted by this puzzle's circled letters Crossword Clue

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  WATER