USA Today Crossword May 18 2026 Answers (5/18/26)

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USA Today Crossword May 18, 2026 Answers

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« May 17 2026 Answers

#	Clue
1A	"Sex Education" actor Ncuti
6A	Filming locations
10A	Lifesaving skill, for short
13A	Option D, sometimes
14A	Divulge some personal info
15A	NPR host Shapiro
16A	Initial funding for a startup, often
18A	Word after "hot" or "shower"
19A	Body parts that might ring
20A	Diwali month (Abbr.)
21A	"Train Dreams" director Bentley
23A	Opposite of WNW
24A	Run out of clothes?
26A	"Please turn on my laser pointer"
28A	Dawn direction
30A	Push a door that says "pull"
31A	"Star Trek: Deep ___ Nine"
32A	Regrets
34A	Lunch or dinner
36A	Weep loudly
37A	Dog trained to perform specific tasks, often
40A	Pale brown
41A	"Yeah, right!"
42A	Carded
43A	Campfire treat
45A	___ de Janeiro
47A	Coup d'___
49A	"The Diplomat" actress Russell
50A	Basket for dirty clothes
52A	Day after Thu.
54A	Irritated and offended
56A	"Cowboy Carter" artist, for short
57A	"Bearded" flower
58A	Like this clue
61A	Metallic resource in A Feast For Odin
62A	2025 Best Picture winner
63A	Prolonged attack
64A	French article in "Arles"
65A	T-shirt labels
66A	Donkeys
1D	"Check it out!"
2D	Worry-free
3D	"Anything goes!"
4D	Ties the knot
5D	Rainbow shape
6D	Pirate exclamation popularized by Long John Silver
7D	Enjoy some dino nuggets
8D	Follow a delivery's status, say
9D	Put on the market
10D	Crispy potatoes with grilled steak, cheese, guac, etc.
11D	Official procedure
12D	"Get ___ of it"
14D	Future mushroom
17D	Insect in a colony
22D	Little troublemaker
24D	David's cynical best friend on "Schitt's Creek"
25D	General vicinity
27D	Halloween decoration
29D	Big ___, California
31D	Small burger
33D	Sis, for one
35D	Singer-songwriter DiFranco
37D	"Me too"
38D	"Juno" actor Michael
39D	Ran into
40D	Sound of disapproval
44D	Repeated musical phrase
46D	"Akhnaten," for one
48D	Emergency priority system
50D	"Laughing" animal
51D	Sewing needle opening
53D	Bits of land in the ocean
55D	Someone might rush to get into one
57D	"Indeed"
58D	Note between fa and la
59D	Visibility reducer
60D	Org. nicknamed "No Such Agency"

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