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NYT Crossword May 5 2026 Answers

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Every answer from the Tuesday, May 5 2026 New York Times Crossword, checked and verified against the published NYT solution. Select a clue for the full explanation.

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1Tried-and-true choice, informally4 lettersSee answer ›5It's perfect for some musicians5 lettersSee answer ›10Motorcyclist's invitation5 lettersSee answer ›15Asia's shrinking ___ Sea4 lettersSee answer ›16Ruckus5 lettersSee answer ›17Where Boise is5 lettersSee answer ›18It's a piece of cake10 lettersSee answer ›20Computer geeks5 lettersSee answer ›21Source of some South American wool5 lettersSee answer ›22Alaska politico Palin5 lettersSee answer ›24___-Ball4 lettersSee answer ›25Alternative to a Word doc3 lettersSee answer ›27It's child's play9 lettersSee answer ›29Glassblower, e.g.7 lettersSee answer ›33One of three statistical averages4 lettersSee answer ›34M.L.B. stadium demolished in 20094 lettersSee answer ›35Ones always blowing off steam?7 lettersSee answer ›39Altar promise3 lettersSee answer ›42It's a no-brainer16 lettersSee answer ›45Starchy tuber3 lettersSee answer ›462016 Ariana Grande love song7 lettersSee answer ›47Drug buster4 lettersSee answer ›48Heavy, spiked club4 lettersSee answer ›50Bared one's teeth, say7 lettersSee answer ›52It's a breeze9 lettersSee answer ›57___-fi3 lettersSee answer ›58Sudden or impulsive, as a decision4 lettersSee answer ›59Lipstick blunder5 lettersSee answer ›61Intermittently offered fast-food pork sandwich5 lettersSee answer ›65Oscars host, e.g.5 lettersSee answer ›67It's a walk in the park10 lettersSee answer ›69Abandon prematurely, as a mission5 lettersSee answer ›70Piano exercise5 lettersSee answer ›71Fencing blade4 lettersSee answer ›72"OMG, same!"5 lettersSee answer ›73About 50.7% of all Americans5 lettersSee answer ›74Like typical communicators in sign language4 lettersSee answer ›

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1Effrontery4 lettersSee answer ›2Not in writing, as an exam4 lettersSee answer ›3Magician's "Look what I did!"4 lettersSee answer ›4International competition in math, science and other disciplines8 lettersSee answer ›5Greek letter that looks like an "O" superimposed with an "I"3 lettersSee answer ›6Charged particles4 lettersSee answer ›7Roman robes5 lettersSee answer ›8French sweetheart5 lettersSee answer ›9Prohibited in Islam5 lettersSee answer ›10Chart-topper3 lettersSee answer ›11Texas setting for 2004's "Friday Night Lights"6 lettersSee answer ›12Mule or burro10 lettersSee answer ›13"Fancy seeing you here!"5 lettersSee answer ›14They may be counted when taking attendance5 lettersSee answer ›19Bell-bottom jeans and pet rocks, in the 1970s4 lettersSee answer ›23Undeniable successes8 lettersSee answer ›26Media misinformation8 lettersSee answer ›28Loch ___ monster4 lettersSee answer ›29Like a campfire by morning, typically4 lettersSee answer ›30Flightless bird from South America4 lettersSee answer ›31Figure in a school pep rally10 lettersSee answer ›32Empty ___ (home after the kids go off to college)4 lettersSee answer ›36Chinese general on a menu3 lettersSee answer ›37"___ will be done"3 lettersSee answer ›38English facilities4 lettersSee answer ›40"Don't you ___!"4 lettersSee answer ›41How much 1990s music was issued4 lettersSee answer ›43Pet pests4 lettersSee answer ›44Having added nutrients8 lettersSee answer ›49Obey, with "to"6 lettersSee answer ›51Apex4 lettersSee answer ›52Pay for at a restaurant, say5 lettersSee answer ›53Title role for Sylvester Stallone5 lettersSee answer ›54"This is my first day on the job"5 lettersSee answer ›55"Groovy"5 lettersSee answer ›56Unit of information5 lettersSee answer ›60Like checking a dating app while you're on a date4 lettersSee answer ›62Fully matured4 lettersSee answer ›63Swedish furniture supplier4 lettersSee answer ›64Complaint, informally4 lettersSee answer ›66Arrivals in the 2016 thriller "Arrival," in brief3 lettersSee answer ›68___ Faire (historical event)3 lettersSee answer ›