NYT Crossword Answers - Tuesday 05/14/24

The full solution for the NY Times Crossword puzzle on Tuesday May 14, 2024 is displayed below.

ACROSS

1. Wafting smells	AROMAS
7. Colorful play area at a family fun center	BALLPIT
14. Headwear for lesser royalty	CORONET
16. Dig up	UNEARTH
17. Appliance with buttons like “Bagel” and “Frozen”	TOASTER
18. Cat breed with blue eyes	SIAMESE
19. Okay boomer?	TNT
20. Butterfly relative	MOTH
22. Hero’s virtue	VALOR
23. Additive that imparts umami, in brief	MSG
24. Result of a lack of focus	BLUR
25. By	BESIDE
26. Lead-in to some unsolicited advice	IFIMAY
28. Gets value from	USES
30. Some ward workers, for short	MDS
31. Military technology that’s a source of stress for whales	SONAR
32. Looking to mate, as a cat	INHEAT
34. CD selection	TRACK
35. Reggae relative	SKA
36. Led Zeppelin’s “Whole ___ Love”	LOTTA
40. Ideological split	SCHISM
42. Wafting smells	ODORS
43. Star pitcher	ACE
46. “Fiddlesticks!” is a mild one	OATH
47. Irreversibly committed	INDEEP
48. Pub regular	BARFLY
50. Man-eating monster	OGRE
52. “___ Misérables”	LES
53. Declare legally void	ANNUL
54. “Slaughterhouse-Five” setting, in brief	WWII
55. Foldable bed	COT
56. No-win situation?	TIEGAME
58. Wharton or Sloan, informally	BSCHOOL
61. Made certain	ENSURED
62. “Cheer up!”	BEHAPPY
63. Strongly dislikes	DETESTS
64. Credit ___ (bank headquartered in Zürich)	SUISSE

ACROSS Clues from Tuesday 05/14/24

1. Play a role	ACT
2. Supports from the stands	ROOTSFOR
3. Fizzy citrus drink	ORANGINA
4. More than some	MOST
5. Six-legged scurrier	ANT
6. In good taste	SEEMLY
7. Outback terrain	BUSH
8. DiFranco with a Broadway stint as Persephone in “Hadestown”	ANI
9. Lets be	LEAVESALONE
10. Himalayan holy figures	LAMAS
11. Early round in a competition, informally	PRELIM
12. “Strangely enough …”	ITSODD
13. “___ no place like home”	THERES
15. Drop ___ (moon someone)	TROU
21. Traveling fashion sale featuring the work of a specific designer	TRUNKSHOW
23. Fine rain	MIST
24. Neckwear for noisy dogs	BARKCOLLARS
25. Hum bug?	BEE
27. Apple Store purchases	MACS
29. Fake	SHAM
32. “You sure?”	ISIT
33. Younger Flanders boy on “The Simpsons”	TODD
37. Simple figure skating jumps	TOELOOPS
38. Common spots for eagles’ nests … or a hint to 2-, 9-, 21- and 24-Down	TREETOPS
39. Egyptian vipers	ASPS
41. What’s needed to make bale?	HAY
43. Grew less intense	ABATED
44. Incisor’s neighbor	CANINE
45. Writer Hemingway	ERNEST
47. Floral subject for van Gogh	IRISES
49. Bach’s “Toccata and ___ in D Minor”	FUGUE
51. Surname of musical brothers Barry, Robin, Maurice and Andy	GIBB
54. Ties the knot	WEDS
55. Spiced brew	CHAI
57. Queens ballplayer	MET
59. Jon M. ___, director of “Crazy Rich Asians”	CHU
60. Caustic solution	LYE

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