Crossword Answers For: Monday, May 18, 2026

Down Clues and Answers:

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Down: Annoying ordeal => HASSLE
Down: Reddit tell-all sesh => AMA
Down: Veil material => LACE
Down: Fiction influenced by net culture => ALTLIT
Down: Grass roll => SOD
Down: __ hygiene => ORAL
Down: Let me give you a few pointers ... => HEREARESOMETIPS
Down: Pointed (at) => AIMED
Down: Galápagos lizard => IGUANA
Down: Small stick in a bird's nest => TWIG
Down: Yoga poses => ASANAS
Down: Some track-and-field attempts => HIGHJUMPS
Down: First step of a home reno => DEMO
Down: Beatty/Hoffman film flop => ISHTAR
Down: I'm not sure sounds => UHS
Down: Phoenix NBA team => SUNS
Down: Pickleball barrier => NET
Down: Overt => BLATANT
Down: Fuel additive brand => STP
Down: Avocado dip, for short => GUAC
Down: Oft-protected personal ID => SSN
Down: Same here => IAMTOO
Down: College Board exam for sophs => PSAT
Down: VW adorned with decals from the flower power era, e.g. => HIPPIEBUS
Down: Capital of Kansas => TOPEKA
Down: Richard of Chicago => GERE
Down: These days => LATELY
Down: Gavel-to-gavel coverage provider => CSPAN
Down: Advice for adding power to a golf swing, or what can be said about 17-, 27-, and 50-Across => ITSALLINTHEHIPS
Down: Lion's sound => ROAR
Down: Pop singer Rita => ORA
Down: Call forth, as memories => ELICIT
Down: Car loan figs. => APRS
Down: __ and improved => NEW
Down: Show up for => ATTEND
Down: Laugh syllable => HAH
Down: Tavern beer => ALE
Down: Likely feature of a valedictorian's report card => STRAIGHTAS
Down: __ of hand: magician's knack => SLEIGHT
Down: Actor Neeson => LIAM
Down: To be, in French => ETRE
Down: Donkey => ASS
Down: Dairy sound => MOO
Down: Online moderator, briefly => ADMIN
Down: Pink blooms sacred to Buddhists => LOTUSES
Down: Solo for an opera diva => ARIA
Down: Breakfast mascot's rank => CAPN
Down: Frozen ice queen => ELSA
Down: Dutch cheese => EDAM
Down: Yikes! => EGAD
Down: Category of noun => THING
Down: Get smart => WISEUP
Down: Soviet satellite launched in 1957 => SPUTNIK
Down: Wish heroine voiced by Ariana DeBose => ASHA
Down: Quick punch => JAB
Down: Web addresses => URLS
Down: Wish we all had that kind of luck => MUSTBENICE
Down: Moving from gig to gig => ONTOUR
Down: Scissors sound => SNIP
Down: Slangy Let's say ... => SPOSE
Down: Arthur in the International Tennis Hall of Fame => ASHE
Down: __ chi: martial art => TAI
Down: Part of a Gabby's Dollhouse costume => CATEARS
Down: Smash success => MEGAHIT
Down: Bridge charge => TOLL
Down: Treaty => PACT
Down: Traffic marker => PYLON
Down: Money of Italy, once => LIRA
Down: Resting on => ATOP
Down: Former Russian ruler => TSAR
Down: __ butter: skin care ingredient => SHEA
Down: Pepper (with) => PELT
Down: Furious feeling => IRE
Down: Casual refusal => NAW
Down: Brooch => PIN
Down: Norm: Abbr. => STD

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