The Crossword Answers NYT - May 16, 2026

across

• Modern "go-to's" Crossword Clue

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  URLS

• Curtain for silhouetting on stage Crossword Clue

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  SCRIM

• Bird on the South Carolina state quarter Crossword Clue

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  WREN

• Capote or chesterfield Crossword Clue

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  COAT

• Emulates E.T., in a way Crossword Clue

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  PHONESHOME

• Roman goddess who drives a two-horse chariot Crossword Clue

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  LUNA

• Precious self-reference Crossword Clue

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  LITTLEOLME

• Name shared by the singer of the #1 hit "Rock Me Gently" and the first Korean American elected to the U.S. Senate Crossword Clue

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  ANDYKIM

• Double-___ cassowary (bird of Indonesia and Australia) Crossword Clue

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  WATTLED

• Matches with forensics Crossword Clue

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  DEBATECONTESTS

• Occasions to relax and recharge Crossword Clue

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  MEDAYS

• Obama's third secretary of defense (2013-15) Crossword Clue

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  HAGEL

• Gasoline brand that offered the Torch Club credit card Crossword Clue

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  AMOCO

• Aid in making salsa Crossword Clue

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  DICER

• Operculum, e.g Crossword Clue

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  LID

• Capital of Greenland Crossword Clue

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  NUUK

• They're hard to pull off Crossword Clue

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  FEATS

• Spa service, in brief Crossword Clue

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  MANI

• Up to snuff, facetiously Crossword Clue

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  EPT

• Trickles Crossword Clue

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  SEEPS

• Cup holders Crossword Clue

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  ZARFS

• Many a Porsche 911 Crossword Clue

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  COUPE

• Practical types who are often perfectionists, it's said Crossword Clue

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  VIRGOS

• Don't start with me! Crossword Clue

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  SECONDSTRINGER

• Difficult effort Crossword Clue

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  TRAVAIL

• Cut out Crossword Clue

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  EXCISED

• Setting for Seurat's "A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte" Crossword Clue

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  RIVERSEINE

• Cold-smoked lox Crossword Clue

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  NOVA

• 7 up, perhaps Crossword Clue

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  EVENSTEVEN

• Gulf of ___, waters that abut Djibouti and Somaliland Crossword Clue

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  ADEN

• Vanilla units Crossword Clue

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  PODS

• Spouts Crossword Clue

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  SPEWS

• Romp Crossword Clue

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  LARK