Crossword Answers for Saturday, 16 May 2026

All 32 answers to the daily crossword for Saturday, 16 May 2026. Still want to finish it yourself? Play the puzzle instead.

Across

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Ride in a taxicab CAB
4
Stretch (a shoe) on a shoetree TREE
8
Make older AGE
9
Utter a sudden loud cry YELL
10
Marked by rude or peremptory shortness CURT
11
Fill with ink INKS
12
The act of using USE
13
A final state END
14
A juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity TEENAGERS
18
Come together MET
19
Eggs of female fish ROE
20
Person who resembles a nonhuman primate APES
22
Rise or move forward TIDE
23
Bowl for baptismal water FONT
24
The compass point midway between northeast and east ENE
25
Small insectivorous birds TITS
26
The conscious mind EGO

Down

1
A justification for something existing or happening CAUSE
2
The verbal act of agreeing AGREEMENT
3
The act of gambling BET
4
Limit or restrict to TYING
5
Cause to become RENDERING
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Common deer of temperate Europe and Asia ELK
7
Angular distance above the horizon ELS
10
A step on some scale CUT
13
Take in solid food EAT
15
A kind of gun emplacement NESTS
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An exhibition of cowboy skills RODEO
17
Deem to be SEE
20
Situated at or toward the stern or tail AFT
21
Hawaiian dish of taro root pounded to a paste and often allowed to ferment POI
22
The starting place for each hole on a golf course TEE