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Today's NYT Crossword Answers - May 3, 2026
Full Across and Down answer list for May 3, 2026. This page is updated daily with fresh puzzle data and optimized server-rendered markup for faster indexing.
Across Clues & Answers
1
First person, in Austria
ICH
4
Pressing activity, for short?
CPR
7
Cleared to proceed
OKED
11
Perched on
SATATOP
18
Place for pigs to wallow
MUDHOLE
20
Shawarma wrap
PITA
21
"I'm here to learn"
TEACHME
22
In sync
ATTUNED
23
Moisture barrier supplies
PLASTICSHEETS
26
23-Across, oddly?
GIVESADARN
28
Vert. counterpart
HOR
29
Geological layers
STRATA
30
They got the votes
INS
31
Saint Barthélemy, par exemple
ILE
32
Sugar suffix
OSE
34
Father of Deimos
ARES
35
A hard job
NOEASYTASK
40
35-Across, oddly?
STICKYPADS
43
Catch in a sting
ENTRAP
44
Cleveland-to-Akron dir.
SSE
45
Ryder of "Stranger Things"
WINONA
46
Office memo starter
INRE
48
Leprechaun's land
ERIN
50
Conflict-averse
NODRAMA
55
Fictional diary writer
BRIDGETJONES
60
55-Across, oddly?
LOWDIGIT
61
A as in Austria
EIN
62
Lock lips, in London
SNOG
63
Drive-___ menu
THRU
65
Like the best bets
SAFEST
66
Abandoned
LEFT
68
Off-center
AWRY
70
Time gone by
YORE
72
Ending with the name Ann or Nan
ETTE
73
"Reason" given in a parental "explanation"
ISAYSO
76
Spots for grazing
LEAS
78
Pond scum, e.g.
FILM
80
Craven behind the camera
WES
81
"One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" author
KENKESEY
83
81-Across, oddly?
CHILDSUPPORT
87
Political understanding
ENTENTE
88
___ Ed
PHYS
89
Book before Nehemiah
EZRA
90
Boot camp shout
TENHUT
92
Stanford and Cal joined it in 2024
ACC
95
From the heart, in a way
AORTAL
99
Conan and others
BARBARIANS
103
99-Across, oddly?
THINKPIECE
105
"Essays of ___" (19th-century collection)
ELIA
106
Summer hours in N.Y.C.
EDT
107
You smelt it!
ORE
108
Inits. fittingly filling the blanks of Obam_ _ _re
ACA
109
Luxor Temple deity
AMONRA
112
Take an ax to
HEW
114
Client's sales agent, in brief
ACCOUNTREP
118
114-Across, oddly?
NOTQUITERIGHT
121
Unspoken set of rules between dudes
BROCODE
122
N next to the gearshift
NEUTRAL
123
Ozzy Osbourne's "___, I'm Coming Home"
MAMA
124
More dimwitted
OBTUSER
125
Make more appealing, as something otherwise plain
DRESSUP
126
"Glad that's over!"
PHEW
127
Spot for charity, say, in brief
PSA
128
Newsroom staffers, for short
EDS
Down Clues & Answers
1
"Just picture this!"
IMAGINE
2
Rudely interrupt, as a dance partner
CUTINON
3
Man cave fixture
HDTVSET
4
Snow jobs
CONS
5
Heartfelt ask
PLEA
6
Website with an alien logo
REDDIT
7
Treat badly, in a way
OPPRESS
8
Potter's furnace
KILN
9
Uber ride info, informally
ETA
10
Small amount in the kitchen
DASH
11
Adds with a spoon, say
STIRSIN
12
Org. for J. Robert Oppenheimer
AEC
13
U.S.S.R. news source
TASS
14
Zwei quadrupled
ACHT
15
What one might take or beat
THERAP
16
World Golf Hall-of-Famer Mark
OMEARA
17
Caressed
PETTED
19
Sector of a color wheel
HUE
24
"Yer darn ___!"
TOOTIN
25
Pert blurt
SASS
27
Cry often accompanied by a sigh
ALAS
33
Cut-rate, in brand names
ECONO
36
Parched
ARID
37
Named names
SANG
38
Belgian battle site in W.W. I
YPRES
39
"Neato!"
KEEN
40
Sounding like taffeta, say
SWISHY
41
More than suspects
KNOWS
42
When tripled, "You get the picture"
YADDA
47
Sicilian spewer
ETNA
49
Part of A.A.R.P.: Abbr.
RET
51
Loaded (with)
RIFE
52
When teething might end
AGETWO
53
Produce aisle device
MISTER
54
Swear
ATTEST
55
Mimic
BELIKE
56
Chewy chocolate candy brand
RIESEN
57
One sporting a onesie
INFANT
58
Loose-cheeked, as a mastiff
JOWLY
59
Fantastic beast
OGRE
60
Jarringly sensational
LURID
64
"u slay me"
ROFL
67
Day care charge
TYKE
69
Blue blood vessels?
YACHTS
71
"What ___ can I say?"
ELSE
74
German actress Berger with a career spanning eight decades
SENTA
75
Big name in blenders
OSTER
77
Reluctant to mingle, say
SHY
79
Classic elevator tunes
MUZAK
82
Start of a choosing rhyme
EENIE
84
"The time ___ hand"
ISAT
85
Stage item
PROP
86
___-mutuel betting
PARI
88
Kick starter?
PUNTER
91
Didn't go it alone, say
HADHELP
93
One of the so-called Five Civilized Tribes
CHOCTAW
94
Magazine fig.
CIRC
96
Fragrant garden hybrid
TEAROSE
97
Gave consent
ACCEDED
98
The lords in "The 12 Days of Christmas," e.g.
LEAPERS
99
Noggin
BEAN
100
Vegan milk source
ALMOND
101
Mob scene extra
RIOTER
102
French financial institution
BANQUE
104
Jazz subgenre for Wynton Marsalis
NEOBOP
110
Daily grinds
RUTS
111
Puts on
AIRS
113
Chicken (out)
WIMP
114
"I'm in such a fix"
AHME
115
Metro regions, informally
URBS
116
___ bene
NOTA
117
The Horned Frogs of Ft. Worth
TCU
119
19th of 24
TAU
120
"Why, why, why?!"
GAH