NYT Crossword Answers - Thursday 05/16/24

The full solution for the NY Times Crossword puzzle on Thursday May 16, 2024 is displayed below.

ACROSS

1. Seabird’s nesting spot, say	ISLE
5. Musical lead-in to beat	AFRO
9. Pounds, perhaps	ACHES
14. Ostracize	SHUN
15. Schreiber of “Asteroid City”	LIEV
16. Word with secret or school	TRADE
17. *Gone	SOMENERVE
19. How high rollers want to live	LARGE
20. “Shirt Front and Fork” sculptor, 1922	ARP
21. Life lines, for short?	IVS
22. Like some peanuts and celebrities	ROASTED
24. *Stone tool	TOILETBRUSH
27. Scenarios to consider	IFS
28. Tailored item that can have tails	SUIT
29. Lessens	EBBS
33. Bit of a bluff	CRAG
36. *Scoop received in a call	ICECREAM
38. Back	AGO
40. Colorful variety of lettuce	REDLEAF
42. They might be targeted	ADS
43. *Shall	SPARKLED
45. With every detail perfect	TOAT
47. Vegetable that’s a letter off from an Ivy	KALE
48. Notable Guinness	ALEC
50. Aromatic welcome gift	LEI
52. *It gets the ball rolling	ROTARYJOINT
56. “Ah, yes …”	ISEENOW
59. The Reds, on a scoreboard	CIN
60. Give the name of	DUB
62. Final points in scores?	CODAS
63. When read forward and then backward, motto that suggests how to interpret this puzzle’s starred clues	ALLFORONE
66. Say “I dunno,” say	ELIDE
67. Where to find a very wet sponge	REEF
68. Actor Wilson	OWEN
69. Biblical verb with “thou”	DOEST
70. Whirl or swirl	EDDY
71. Part of M.I.T.: Abbr.	INST

ACROSS Clues from Thursday 05/16/24

1. Rae of “American Fiction”	ISSA
2. Repetitive clicking sound?	SHORTI
3. Disappointing stocking stuffer	LUMPOFCOAL
4. Dir. from Atlanta to Athens	ENE
5. Tylenol alternative	ALEVE
6. Some Guinness records	FIRSTS
7. Title for Al Sharpton: Abbr.	REV
8. How the fish in nigiri is served	OVERRICE
9. The whole world in your hands?	ATLAS
10. Uninvited party guest	CRASHER
11. Stag	HART
12. Competitive advantage	EDGE
13. Unwelcome surprise in a glass of fresh-squeezed juice	SEED
18. Zero	NIL
23. Down more than	OUTEAT
25. Neighbor of Leb.	ISR
26. Carpenter or mason	BUILDER
30. World-weary	BEATENDOWN
31. Michael Jackson’s first concert tour after the Jackson 5	BAD
32. Texting format inits.	SMS
34. Craft measured in cubits	ARK
35. Italian dessert	GELATO
37. Head of lettuce?	CFO
38. “I have to ___ …”	ASK
39. School fig.	GPA
41. Where more than 60% of Fortune 500 companies are incorporated	DELAWARE
44. Goes over again	REREADS
46. Athlete with two Grammy-nominated spoken-word albums	ALI
49. Participated in a spin class	CYCLED
51. Apple Music predecessor	ITUNES
53. It’s a start	ONSET
54. Flash	JIFFY
55. Collaborator on 1980’s “Double Fantasy”	ONO
56. Coffee order specification	ICED
57. Stag	SOLO
58. Falco of “The Sopranos”	EDIE
61. Having a kink, maybe	BENT
64. Was ahead	LED
65. Louis XIV, par exemple	ROI

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