NY Times Crossword

May 18, 2026

Rena Cohen 

 

The answers to the first four clues will have something in common that is hinted at by the fifth clue.

 

1. Pioneering hybrid car

2. Like the code of Hammurabi 

3. Gardener's alliterative trimming tool 

4. Legendary Monty Python sketch featuring John Cleese 

5. Advice for the over-ambitious

 

Answer to Clue 5:

Start small

 

Answers to Clues 1-4:

 

1. Toyota Prius

2. Babylonian

3. Weed whacker

4. Ministry of Silly Walks 

 

Each clue answer stars with a word meaning "small":

1. TOYota

2. BABYlonian

3. WEEd 

4. MINIstry