NYT Crossword Hints May 19 2024

Our NYT Crossword Hints for May 19, 2024 puzzle will help you move through the grid if you’ve found yourself stuck on a clue. The NYT Crossword is a daily crossword that tests solvers’ knowledge and vocabulary. It’s one of the most popular crosswords in the world, known for its challenging clues and clever wordplay. The puzzle is published in the print edition of the paper and is also available online.

NYT Crossword Hints, May 19, 2024

You’ll find hints for all of the crossword clues for the NYT Crossword on 5/19/24. The clues are listed below, and you can click/tap on a clue to go to its page for more detail, including definitions, but if you don’t want to be immediately spoiled, you can reveal letter by letter to still offer yourself more of a challenge before revealing the full solution.


  • 1A. End of the line

  • 5A. Agnus ___ (motif in Christian iconography)

  • 8A. French companions

  • 12A. Hubris

  • 17A. Lead-in to marine or marathon

  • 19A. The house, to a blackjack player

  • 21A. 1993 Beck single

  • 22A. Break up the band, say

  • 24A. Charades, but not chess

  • 25A. Certain wedding role

  • 26A. “If that missing house title ever does show up …”

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  • 29A. Grunting ox, by another name

  • 30A. Poetic preposition

  • 31A. Show with the Church Lady and Target Lady, for short

  • 32A. Bill in a till

  • 33A. Change for a 32-Across, perhaps

  • 37A. Having a studious appearance

  • 40A. Treats that Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith picked as runner-up to Doritos for “best snack in America”

  • 42A. Tiniest amount

  • 43A. Question from someone with a lot of outstanding debt?

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  • 48A. “No promises …”

  • 50A. Biblical king of Judea

  • 51A. Spice Girl Halliwell

  • 52A. Oversight

  • 55A. Over which announcements about pep rallies might be heard, for short

  • 56A. One of many in the Colosseum

  • 57A. Teacher’s instruction in a class on pointillism?

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  • 61A. Grass

  • 62A. “Bye Bye Birdie” actress ___-Margret

  • 63A. Salt-N-Pepa hit with the refrain “___, ___ ba-doop”

  • 64A. Weaknesses

  • 65A. How one might punnily define “Saran” or “sari”?

  • 70A. Cheeky

  • 72A. Follows a recipe direction

  • 74A. Actress McDonald

  • 76A. Underwater steerer

  • 77A. DHL competitor

  • 80A. Stevedore’s complaint?

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  • 85A. Champagne specification

  • 86A. Whitman of TV’s “Parenthood”

  • 87A. Chocolate mint brand

  • 88A. Paper pack

  • 89A. Like a redhead’s temperament, it’s said

  • 90A. South ___, river through Denver

  • 92A. “No need to find a professional illustrator!”

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  • 96A. Name that means “night” in Arabic and “purple” in German

  • 97A. Change form

  • 100A. Utensil drawer compartment

  • 101A. What “Eat” stands for in the mnemonic “Never Eat Soggy Waffles”

  • 102A. Post-op locale

  • 103A. NASA shorthand for a spacewalk

  • 106A. Gym rat’s focus

  • 107A. __-weekly

  • 110A. Tour guide’s remark at the challah factory?

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  • 116A. Out the ___

  • 119A. “Hmm, hard to say …”

  • 120A. Fictional dog with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame

  • 121A. Cry of delight

  • 122A. Supporter of the arts?

  • 123A. Lazy river conveyances

  • 124A. Question of ownership

  • 125A. Checked the license of, informally

  • 126A. Farm home

  • 127A. Spreadsheet button

  • 1D. 1991 crime drama starring Warren Beatty and Annette Bening

  • 2D. Luau greeting

  • 3D. No worries

  • 4D. Pants, informally

  • 5D. Biblical verb

  • 6D. Olympic event with masks

  • 7D. Giveaways in some common scams of the 2010s

  • 8D. “And Still I Rise” writer

  • 9D. Drink for which Pliny the Elder recorded a recipe

  • 10D. Con

  • 11D. Coming from both sides

  • 12D. Sum thing

  • 13D. Fragrant additive to beauty products

  • 14D. It’s like -like

  • 15D. Kaitlin Olson’s role on “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia”

  • 16D. Do wrong

  • 18D. Kosher

  • 20D. Sign

  • 23D. Wide receiver ___ Beckham, Jr.

  • 27D. Certain arm muscles, in brief

  • 28D. Not accept a refusal

  • 34D. Caption for an absent student, say

  • 35D. Morgan Stanley subsidiary

  • 36D. Official OKs

  • 37D. “Then again …,” in text messages

  • 38D. Video game company that published Frogger

  • 39D. Goes in a hurry

  • 41D. Trust in

  • 43D. Give a sharp hit

  • 44D. Widely admired person

  • 45D. Prey of polar bears

  • 46D. ___ Lanka

  • 47D. “You have a face for radio,” for one

  • 49D. Cause to rise

  • 53D. Fusses

  • 54D. Perform very well, in modern slang

  • 57D. Makeup of a tiny twisting ladder

  • 58D. Keep going

  • 59D. Tuna type

  • 60D. Do wrong

  • 62D. Nincompoop, more vulgarly

  • 66D. Matcha, e.g.

  • 67D. Like cutting the line

  • 68D. Makes sense

  • 69D. For

  • 71D. Where a golf ball sits

  • 72D. Golf ball indentation

  • 73D. Home to Firenze

  • 75D. About 40% of a hectare

  • 78D. Knitting stitch

  • 79D. Small, painful bump

  • 81D. Lack of energy

  • 82D. What context is, in a saying

  • 83D. Country that becomes a language if you remove its last letter

  • 84D. ‘My turn!’

  • 85D. Info in an “About Us” section

  • 89D. Frosting alternative

  • 91D. They might cover your back

  • 93D. Stored for the night, as a bus

  • 94D. One of the Starks on “Game of Thrones”

  • 95D. Hatches, e.g.

  • 98D. Masters of underwater camouflage

  • 99D. Sent express

  • 104D. “Parlez-___ français?”

  • 105D. Some godmothers

  • 107D. National dish of the Philippines

  • 108D. Member of an isolated colony, once

  • 109D. Meeting for two

  • 111D. A “waking dream,” per Aristotle

  • 112D. Senate staffer

  • 113D. Little annoyance

  • 114D. Sacred

  • 115D. Promises to pay

  • 116D. URL starter

  • 117D. Gratified groan

  • 118D. Metaphor for a house with young children, perhaps

We also recommend trying your hand at the NYT Mini Crossword, which is definitely easier (on all days!) as it is a 5×5, compared to the full-sized crossword (which is 15×15, and the Sunday edition is 21×21!). New crosswords are released at 10PM ET on weekdays and 6PM ET on weekends.

The New York Times crossword was first published in The New York Times in 1942 and has been a daily feature ever since. It is known for its high level of difficulty and for its clever, often playful, clues and themes. The puzzles range in size from 15×15 grids on weekdays to larger 21×21 grids on Sundays, with varying levels of difficulty.


The New York Times crossword is created by a team of skilled puzzle constructors and editors, who work to ensure that each puzzle is both entertaining and challenging for solvers. The puzzles are often themed, with clues and answers related to a particular subject or concept, and they frequently feature wordplay and puns.


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Solving the New York Times crossword has become a beloved pastime for many, and there are even competitions and clubs devoted to crossword puzzle solving. The New York Times crossword is available in print in the newspaper and online, and it has a dedicated following of loyal solvers who eagerly await each day’s puzzle.

If you’re still struggling to solve your NYT crosswords, consider practicing with the Eugene Sheffer and Thomas Joseph dailies first. If you’re looking for similarly challenging crosswords, we recommend the WSJ Crossword and LA Times Crossword.