Here are all of the NYT Crossword hints for May 17 2024 to help you finish it up!
By: Christine Mielke - Published:
Our NYT Crossword Hints for May 17, 2024 puzzle will help you move through the grid if you’ve found yourself stuck on a clue. The NYT Crossword is a daily crossword that tests solvers’ knowledge and vocabulary. It’s one of the most popular crosswords in the world, known for its challenging clues and clever wordplay. The puzzle is published in the print edition of the paper and is also available online.
NYT Crossword Hints, May 17, 2024
You’ll find hints for all of the crossword clues for the NYT Crossword on 5/17/24. The clues are listed below, and you can click/tap on a clue to go to its page for more detail, including definitions, but if you don’t want to be immediately spoiled, you can reveal letter by letter to still offer yourself more of a challenge before revealing the full solution.
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- 1A. Jordans, e.g.
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- 6A. CNN political correspondent Bash
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- 10A. Stuff
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- 14A. Place for student mixers?
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- 16A. Last thing left in Pandora's box
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- 17A. Became smitten
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- 18A. Barely made, with "out"
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- 19A. Like some blankets and burritos
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- 20A. Eccentric
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- 21A. Long rows?
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- 22A. "Sounds fun!"
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- 23A. Awards won by George Strait in three separate decades, familiarly
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- 25A. Capital of Punjab province
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- 28A. 1873 invention first used in San Francisco
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- 32A. Empty the Trash?
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- 33A. Massive onrush
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- 34A. Fade out
- 35A. Option for a road trip: Abbr.
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- 36A. Proctor's directive
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- 37A. Dessert skipper's explanation
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- 39A. Easy on Me singer, 2021
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- 40A. Seven-piece puzzles
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- 41A. Hill's partner in publishing
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- 42A. Northernmost point in the Inner Hebrides
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- 43A. Get a rise out of
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- 44A. Hidden treasures on "Survivor"
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- 47A. Lovable rascal
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- 49A. Merger agreement?
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- 52A. It might run in the cold
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- 53A. "Three-finger salute" to help reboot
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- 55A. Skee-Ball target
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- 56A. Outpaces the syllabus, say
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- 57A. Not keep harping on
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- 58A. Java servers
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- 59A. Gets larger, visually
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- 1D. Letters next to a blurred image, perhaps
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- 2D. Domed drink
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- 3D. Pleated garment
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- 4D. Animal that's catadromous, meaning it lives in fresh water but goes to sea to breed
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- 5D. Cutting lines
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- 6D. Arm raisers, informally
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- 7D. "Thanks" follower
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- 8D. Aspiring mariner
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- 9D. Longest-serving prime minister of Japan
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- 10D. Food item that's fittingly shaped like a mouse cursor
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- 11D. Modern TV attachment
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- 12D. Did an impression of
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- 13D. Doc's orders
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- 15D. Bill featuring Ben
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- 21D. Contingency
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- 22D. Tossing and turning, say
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- 24D. Credential to climb the corp. ladder
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- 25D. Not sketchy
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- 26D. Bouquet feature
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- 27D. Sported
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- 28D. Credits
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- 29D. Court figure, in old slang
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- 30D. Spain's so-called "City of Saints and Stones"
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- 31D. Keep up to date on the issues?
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- 33D. Prenatal period
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- 38D. Word on either side of "after"
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- 41D. Cass Elliot and Michelle Phillips, in a 1960s group
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- 43D. Comes out on top?
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- 44D. Very clear, as a stream
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- 45D. Option in the Monty Hall problem
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- 46D. Capital city that's home to the Vigeland sculpture park
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- 48D. Prefix in some juice names
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- 49D. Sneaking suspicion
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- 50D. Treasured
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- 51D. Onetime Ford rival
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- 53D. Fine wine word
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- 54D. Helpful word in a cryptogram, often
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We also recommend trying your hand at the NYT Mini Crossword, which is definitely easier (on all days!) as it is a 5×5, compared to the full-sized crossword (which is 15×15, and the Sunday edition is 21×21!). New crosswords are released at 10PM ET on weekdays and 6PM ET on weekends.
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