Here are the answers to New York Times Crossword puzzles Tuesday May 18 2021.
‘Nothing but ___!’ – NET
2016 film starring Amy Adams as a linguist who communicates with aliens – ARRIVAL
Affirmatives – YESES
Aids for affixing messages on refrigerators – MAGNETS
Birthday staple – PRESENT
Blunder – ERR
Bother – ANNOY
Brand of school supplies known for its dazzling rainbow designs – LISAFRANK
Braying animal – ASS
Breakfast side order … or a hint to the last words of 18-, 23-, 34- and 49-Across – SAUSAGELINK
Builds up, as interest – ACCRUES
Certain emotional support animal – THERAPYDOG
Chief of a fire department – MARSHAL
Cough it up! – PHLEGM
Cousin of a caribou – ELK
Craft with knotted cords – MACRAME
Datebook – PLANNER
Doctors Without Borders, e.g., for short – NGO
Dot in the ocean – ISLE
Driver’s prop – GOLFTEE
Elapse – PASSBY
Fish eggs – ROE
Fish tank buildup – ALGAE
Fixtures in a chocolate factory – VATS
French pronoun – ILS
Fuss – ADO
Gets back in business – REOPENS
Hand over – CEDE
Hard volleyball shots – SPIKES
Hawaiian garland – LEI
Heavy metal fan – HEADBANGER
Highest point value for a Scrabble tile – TEN
Hospital scan, for short – MRI
Ideology suffix – ISM
Iggy Pop’s band, with ‘the’ – STOOGES
It clutches arrows and an olive branch on the Great Seal – EAGLE
Joins a rendition of ‘If You’re Happy and You Know It,’ say – CLAPS
Khan who founded Khan Academy – SAL
Left a restaurant review, in a modern way – YELPED
Loop in on the DL – BCC
M.L.K. Day, e.g.: Abbr – MON
Mythical king of Crete – MINOS
New England catch – COD
Old battle clubs – MACES
Opposite of WSW – ENE
Org. for the Big East and Pac-12 – NCAA
Overnight stop on a road trip – INN
Pack leader – ALPHA
Poet’s cadence – METER
Prenatal test, for short – AMNIO
Process, as ore – SMELT
Radiator noise – SSS
Reason for an Olympic diving demerit – SPLASH
Rotten kid – SPOILEDBRAT
Seasonal delivery driver? – SANTA
Shake on, say – AGREETO
Sleep preventer, in a fairy tale – PEA
Some volleyball players – SETTERS
Soup container – CAN
Spirit in a bottle – GENIE
Tell a whopper – LIE
The Hoosier State – INDIANA
Trippy drug – LSD
Tush – REAR
Underwear irritant, at times – TAG
What a lot of office work is spent on nowadays – EMAILS
What the letters of ‘Roy G. Biv’ stand for – COLORS
What tree rings indicate – AGE
Where the band U2 hails from – IRELAND
Word before line or hose – PANTY
Workplaces where white coats are worn – LABS
Writer Rand – AYN
Yellow henchman in ‘Despicable Me’ – MINION
___ chi (martial art) – TAI
___ Lingus – AER
___ Row, part of Washington, D.C – EMBASSY
