NYT Crossword Answers - Wednesday 05/15/24

The full solution for the NY Times Crossword puzzle on Wednesday May 15, 2024 is displayed below.

ACROSS

1. Befitting the circumstances	APT
4. “Belling the Cat” storyteller	AESOP
9. Bing Crosby’s record label	DECCA
14. Bovine expression	MOO
15. “Borat” follow-up from Sacha Baron Cohen	BRUNO
16. Belief system	ETHOS
17. Buzzer you wouldn’t want to hit?	BUMBLEBEE
19. Budweiser beer is aged using this wood	BEECH
20. Break up, as a knot	UNTIE
21. Barrier for an aspiring D.A.	LSAT
23. Biathlete’s need	SKI
24. Byron, by ancestry	SCOT
25. Breast milk container	BABYBOTTLE
28. Bottom of a dress	HEM
29. Beatles hit “And I Love ___”	HER
30. Beldames	CRONES
31. Big name in D.C.	KAMALA
34. Burst, as of wind	GUST
35. Brewer’s implement	BASEBALLBAT
38. Bad-tempered sort	CRAB
40. Blasphemes	SWEARS
41. Bacterium requiring oxygen	AEROBE
44. “Born in the ___” (Bruce Springsteen hit)	USA
45. Block, in a way	BAR
48. Blissful soak	BUBBLEBATH
51. Blind, to a duck	RUSE
52. Benedict follower?	INE
53. By the 1980s, this sea had become two lakes	ARAL
54. “Behold, the kingdom of God is in the ___ of you”: Luke	MIDST
55. Battery type	NICAD
57. “Best wishes for your once-a-year celebration!” (and a wish for solvers of this puzzle)	HAPPYBDAY
60. Bach exercise	ETUDE
61. Buy a drink for, say	TREAT
62. Body part with a ball and socket	HIP
63. Brims (with)	TEEMS
64. Break into pieces	SMASH
65. Barley brew	ALE

ACROSS Clues from Wednesday 05/15/24

1. Blindside, say	AMBUSH
2. Big cats and opportunists both do this	POUNCE
3. Basic drum	TOMTOM
4. Blessed with skills	ABLE
5. Before, in verse	ERE
6. Benchwarmer	SUB
7. Box of spaghetti’s weight: Abbr.	ONELB
8. Burns books?	POESY
9. Bondservant, often	DEBTOR
10. Bordeaux summer	ETE
11. Brownish-red shade	CHESTNUT
12. Bivalve mollusks	COCKLES
13. Beyond the pale?	ASHIEST
18. Bridle attachment	BIT
22. “Bachelor in Paradise” network	ABC
25. Bieber’s “That Should ___”	BEME
26. Bedouins, e.g.	ARABS
27. “Ben-Hur” getups	TOGAS
29. Bears, as a child	HAS
31. Beef on a skewer, e.g.	KABOB
32. “Buckle up! It’s the ___”	LAW
33. Bering Sea islander	ALEUT
35. Backyard get-together	BARBECUE
36. Bind with rope	LASH
37. Bali product	BRA
38. Biden’s advisers	CABINET
39. Bring back together	REUNITE
42. Business ends of swords	BLADES
43. Bard’s “always”	EER
45. Bo tree meditator	BUDDHA
46. Beset	ASSAIL
47. Bang out again, as a text	RETYPE
49. Bangkok coins	BAHTS
50. Burglar deterrent	ALARM
51. Bone in a cage	RIB
54. Belief that bulls hate the color red, e.g.	MYTH
56. Byrd’s rank: Abbr.	ADM
58. Black-eyed ___	PEA
59. Ballet step	PAS

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