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NYT Crossword May 3 2026 Answers

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Every answer from the Sunday, May 3 2026 New York Times Crossword, checked and verified against the published NYT solution. Select a clue for the full explanation.

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Across

1First person, in Austria3 lettersSee answer ›4Pressing activity, for short?3 lettersSee answer ›7Cleared to proceed4 lettersSee answer ›11Perched on7 lettersSee answer ›18Place for pigs to wallow7 lettersSee answer ›20Shawarma wrap4 lettersSee answer ›21"I'm here to learn"7 lettersSee answer ›22In sync7 lettersSee answer ›23Moisture barrier supplies13 lettersSee answer ›2623-Across, oddly?10 lettersSee answer ›28Vert. counterpart3 lettersSee answer ›29Geological layers6 lettersSee answer ›30They got the votes3 lettersSee answer ›31Saint Barthélemy, par exemple3 lettersSee answer ›32Sugar suffix3 lettersSee answer ›34Father of Deimos4 lettersSee answer ›35A hard job10 lettersSee answer ›4035-Across, oddly?10 lettersSee answer ›43Catch in a sting6 lettersSee answer ›44Cleveland-to-Akron dir.3 lettersSee answer ›45Ryder of "Stranger Things"6 lettersSee answer ›46Office memo starter4 lettersSee answer ›48Leprechaun's land4 lettersSee answer ›50Conflict-averse7 lettersSee answer ›55Fictional diary writer12 lettersSee answer ›6055-Across, oddly?8 lettersSee answer ›61A as in Austria3 lettersSee answer ›62Lock lips, in London4 lettersSee answer ›63Drive-___ menu4 lettersSee answer ›65Like the best bets6 lettersSee answer ›66Abandoned4 lettersSee answer ›68Off-center4 lettersSee answer ›70Time gone by4 lettersSee answer ›72Ending with the name Ann or Nan4 lettersSee answer ›73"Reason" given in a parental "explanation"6 lettersSee answer ›76Spots for grazing4 lettersSee answer ›78Pond scum, e.g.4 lettersSee answer ›80Craven behind the camera3 lettersSee answer ›81"One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" author8 lettersSee answer ›8381-Across, oddly?12 lettersSee answer ›87Political understanding7 lettersSee answer ›88___ Ed4 lettersSee answer ›89Book before Nehemiah4 lettersSee answer ›90Boot camp shout6 lettersSee answer ›92Stanford and Cal joined it in 20243 lettersSee answer ›95From the heart, in a way6 lettersSee answer ›99Conan and others10 lettersSee answer ›10399-Across, oddly?10 lettersSee answer ›105"Essays of ___" (19th-century collection)4 lettersSee answer ›106Summer hours in N.Y.C.3 lettersSee answer ›107You smelt it!3 lettersSee answer ›108Inits. fittingly filling the blanks of Obam_ _ _re3 lettersSee answer ›109Luxor Temple deity6 lettersSee answer ›112Take an ax to3 lettersSee answer ›114Client's sales agent, in brief10 lettersSee answer ›118114-Across, oddly?13 lettersSee answer ›121Unspoken set of rules between dudes7 lettersSee answer ›122N next to the gearshift7 lettersSee answer ›123Ozzy Osbourne's "___, I'm Coming Home"4 lettersSee answer ›124More dimwitted7 lettersSee answer ›125Make more appealing, as something otherwise plain7 lettersSee answer ›126"Glad that's over!"4 lettersSee answer ›127Spot for charity, say, in brief3 lettersSee answer ›128Newsroom staffers, for short3 lettersSee answer ›

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1"Just picture this!"7 lettersSee answer ›2Rudely interrupt, as a dance partner7 lettersSee answer ›3Man cave fixture7 lettersSee answer ›4Snow jobs4 lettersSee answer ›5Heartfelt ask4 lettersSee answer ›6Website with an alien logo6 lettersSee answer ›7Treat badly, in a way7 lettersSee answer ›8Potter's furnace4 lettersSee answer ›9Uber ride info, informally3 lettersSee answer ›10Small amount in the kitchen4 lettersSee answer ›11Adds with a spoon, say7 lettersSee answer ›12Org. for J. Robert Oppenheimer3 lettersSee answer ›13U.S.S.R. news source4 lettersSee answer ›14Zwei quadrupled4 lettersSee answer ›15What one might take or beat6 lettersSee answer ›16World Golf Hall-of-Famer Mark6 lettersSee answer ›17Caressed6 lettersSee answer ›19Sector of a color wheel3 lettersSee answer ›24"Yer darn ___!"6 lettersSee answer ›25Pert blurt4 lettersSee answer ›27Cry often accompanied by a sigh4 lettersSee answer ›33Cut-rate, in brand names5 lettersSee answer ›36Parched4 lettersSee answer ›37Named names4 lettersSee answer ›38Belgian battle site in W.W. I5 lettersSee answer ›39"Neato!"4 lettersSee answer ›40Sounding like taffeta, say6 lettersSee answer ›41More than suspects5 lettersSee answer ›42When tripled, "You get the picture"5 lettersSee answer ›47Sicilian spewer4 lettersSee answer ›49Part of A.A.R.P.: Abbr.3 lettersSee answer ›51Loaded (with)4 lettersSee answer ›52When teething might end6 lettersSee answer ›53Produce aisle device6 lettersSee answer ›54Swear6 lettersSee answer ›55Mimic6 lettersSee answer ›56Chewy chocolate candy brand6 lettersSee answer ›57One sporting a onesie6 lettersSee answer ›58Loose-cheeked, as a mastiff5 lettersSee answer ›59Fantastic beast4 lettersSee answer ›60Jarringly sensational5 lettersSee answer ›64"u slay me"4 lettersSee answer ›67Day care charge4 lettersSee answer ›69Blue blood vessels?6 lettersSee answer ›71"What ___ can I say?"4 lettersSee answer ›74German actress Berger with a career spanning eight decades5 lettersSee answer ›75Big name in blenders5 lettersSee answer ›77Reluctant to mingle, say3 lettersSee answer ›79Classic elevator tunes5 lettersSee answer ›82Start of a choosing rhyme5 lettersSee answer ›84"The time ___ hand"4 lettersSee answer ›85Stage item4 lettersSee answer ›86___-mutuel betting4 lettersSee answer ›88Kick starter?6 lettersSee answer ›91Didn't go it alone, say7 lettersSee answer ›93One of the so-called Five Civilized Tribes7 lettersSee answer ›94Magazine fig.4 lettersSee answer ›96Fragrant garden hybrid7 lettersSee answer ›97Gave consent7 lettersSee answer ›98The lords in "The 12 Days of Christmas," e.g.7 lettersSee answer ›99Noggin4 lettersSee answer ›100Vegan milk source6 lettersSee answer ›101Mob scene extra6 lettersSee answer ›102French financial institution6 lettersSee answer ›104Jazz subgenre for Wynton Marsalis6 lettersSee answer ›110Daily grinds4 lettersSee answer ›111Puts on4 lettersSee answer ›113Chicken (out)4 lettersSee answer ›114"I'm in such a fix"4 lettersSee answer ›115Metro regions, informally4 lettersSee answer ›116___ bene4 lettersSee answer ›117The Horned Frogs of Ft. Worth3 lettersSee answer ›11919th of 243 lettersSee answer ›120"Why, why, why?!"3 lettersSee answer ›