NYT Crossword Answers - Monday 05/20/24

The full solution for the NY Times Crossword puzzle on Monday May 20, 2024 is displayed below.

ACROSS

1. It’s working!	LABOR
6. Move back and forth, as a dog’s tail	WAG
9. ___ paint (graffiti artist’s canful)	SPRAY
14. Yoga pose	ASANA
15. Balloon filler	AIR
16. Depart	LEAVE
17. Ogre with a donkey sidekick	SHREK
18. This dice roll: [ • ] [ • ]	SNAKEEYES
20. Beatles album character who apparently is an infantry leader	SERGEANTPEPPER
22. Early afternoon hour	ONE
23. Use a chair	SIT
24. Inits. on a food stamps card	EBT
25. Show interest at an auction	BID
26. Cool ___ cucumber	ASA
27. Baking amts.	TSPS
31. Hotels.com mascot who must be a commanding officer	CAPTAINOBVIOUS
35. Hot dish that sounds cold	CHILI
36. Norm: Abbr.	STD
37. Public perception	IMAGE
38. Fast-food icon who surely heads a brigade	COLONELSANDERS
41. The “S” of GPS: Abbr.	SYST
42. Extra part of a leap year	DAY
43. Above, in poetry	OER
44. Guys	MEN
45. ___-mo (sports replay effect)	SLO
46. Precious stone	GEM
49. Unfazed response to a threat from 20-, 31- or 38-Across?	YOUANDWHATARMY
54. Penguin Random House or HarperCollins	PUBLISHER
55. Wonderland girl	ALICE
56. Change, as the Constitution	AMEND
57. Praiseful poem	ODE
58. Grocery bag option	PAPER
59. Yucatán people of old	MAYAS
60. Holder of peas	POD
61. Swiss borders?	ESSES

ACROSS Clues from Monday 05/20/24

1. Cattle-catching rope	LASSO
2. Very pale	ASHEN
3. Wall fixture in a ballet studio	BARRE
4. Universal donor’s blood type, briefly	ONEG
5. Earns tons of money	RAKESITIN
6. “Hey, that ___ so bad!”	WASNT
7. Informal contraction	AINT
8. Purple pop	GRAPESODA
9. Caught some z’s	SLEPT
10. Chick’s chirp	PEEP
11. Comic actress Martha	RAYE
12. Declare	AVER
13. “Of course!”	YES
19. Skewered meat dish of the Mideast	KEBAB
21. Opera set in ancient Egypt	AIDA
25. Secondary story, in TV lingo	BPLOT
26. Fidgety	ANTSY
27. Microwave feature	TIMER
28. Fly sky-high	SOAR
29. Wrinkly-faced dogs	PUGS
30. Opposite of NNW	SSE
31. Bok ___ (Chinese vegetable)	CHOY
32. Troubles	AILS
33. Travel from Kauai to Maui to Oahu, say	ISLANDHOP
34. Medium for old home movies	VIDEOTAPE
35. Includes on an email, for short	CCS
39. Utopias	EDENS
40. Mardi Gras city, casually	NOLA
44. Cleaning professionals	MAIDS
45. Rip to pieces	SHRED
46. Holds tightly on to	GRIPS
47. Host an awards show	EMCEE
48. Mike who voiced 17-Across	MYERS
49. Arizona city or county	YUMA
50. Follow, as rules	OBEY
51. Bone in the forearm	ULNA
52. “This Is How ___ It” (1995 hit)	WEDO
53. “What a pity”	ALAS
54. Jim’s love on “The Office”	PAM

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