Crossword Answers for Tuesday, 19 May 2026

All 32 answers to the daily crossword for Tuesday, 19 May 2026. Still want to finish it yourself? Play the puzzle instead.

Across

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A blow from a flat object SLAP
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A special loved one PET
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A very light brown BEIGE
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Black tropical American cuckoo ANI
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High in price or charging high prices EXPENSIVE
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A Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies NYS
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Open to or abounding in fresh air AIRY
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Angular distance above the horizon ELS
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A thin layer covering something COAT
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A wing of an insect ALA
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Continue after an interruption CONTINUES
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Completely given to or absorbed by ALL
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The abode of mortals EARTH
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Some point or period in time DAY
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A fashionable hotel usually in a resort area SPAS

Down

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Exciting sexual desire SEXY
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An impudent or insolent rejoinder LIPS
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Make older AGE
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The act of punishing PENALTIES
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Two items of the same kind PAIR
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Be envious of; set one's heart on ENVY
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Equality of score in a contest TIE
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A mountain or tall hill BEN
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A female person who has the same parents as another person SIS
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Take in solid food EAT
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Large genus of African trees bearing kola nuts COLA
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Except that ONLY
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An indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint AURA
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Leave unchanged LETS
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The residue that remains when something is burned ASH
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Someone who is morally reprehensible CAD
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Take a siesta NAP