New York Times Crossword Puzzle Answers Today 05/05/2026. The May 05 2026 Puzzle Answers are listed below in such order that they are easy to find.
The puzzles get harder and harder to solve and more complex as the week passes You can search by clue name, number or direction for example for 2 Across clue just type '2A' or '2D' for 2nd down clue.
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- Across
- 1a Tried-and-true choice, informallyGOTO
- 5a It’s perfect for some musiciansPITCH
- 10a Motorcyclist’s invitationHOPON
- 15a Asia’s shrinking ___ SeaARAL
- 16a RuckusHOOHA
- 17a Where Boise isIDAHO
- 18a It’s a piece of cakeLADYFINGER
- 20a Computer geeksTECHS
- 21a Source of some South American woolLLAMA
- 22a Alaska politico PalinSARAH
- 24a ___-BallSKEE
- 25a Alternative to a Word docPDF
- 27a It’s child’s playSIMONSAYS
- 29a Glassblower, e.g.ARTISAN
- 33a One of three statistical averagesMEAN
- 34a M.L.B. stadium demolished in 2009SHEA
- 35a Ones always blowing off steam?KETTLES
- 39a Altar promiseIDO
- 42a It’s a no-brainerHEADLESSHORSEMAN
- 45a Starchy tuberYAM
- 46a 2016 Ariana Grande love songINTOYOU
- 47a Drug busterNARC
- 48a Heavy, spiked clubMACE
- 50a Bared one’s teeth, saySNARLED
- 52a It’s a breezeTRADEWIND
- 57a ___-fiSCI
- 58a Sudden or impulsive, as a decisionRASH
- 59a Lipstick blunderSMEAR
- 61a Intermittently offered fast-food pork sandwichMCRIB
- 65a Oscars host, e.g.EMCEE
- 67a It’s a walk in the parkNATUREHIKE
- 69a Abandon prematurely, as a missionABORT
- 70a Piano exerciseETUDE
- 71a Fencing bladeEPEE
- 72a “OMG, same!”TOTES
- 73a About 50.7% of all AmericansWOMEN
- 74a Like typical communicators in sign languageDEAF
- Down
- 1d EffronteryGALL
- 2d Not in writing, as an examORAL
- 3d Magician’s “Look what I did!”TADA
- 4d International competition in math, science and other disciplinesOLYMPIAD
- 5d Greek letter that looks like an “O” superimposed with an “I”PHI
- 6d Charged particlesIONS
- 7d Roman robesTOGAS
- 8d French sweetheartCHERI
- 9d Prohibited in IslamHARAM
- 10d Chart-topperHIT
- 11d Texas setting for 2004’s “Friday Night Lights”ODESSA
- 12d Mule or burroPACKANIMAL
- 13d “Fancy seeing you here!”OHHEY
- 14d They may be counted when taking attendanceNOSES
- 19d Bell-bottom jeans and pet rocks, in the 1970sFADS
- 23d Undeniable successesHOMERUNS
- 26d Media misinformationFAKENEWS
- 28d Loch ___ monsterNESS
- 29d Like a campfire by morning, typicallyASHY
- 30d Flightless bird from South AmericaRHEA
- 31d Figure in a school pep rallyTEAMMASCOT
- 32d Empty ___ (home after the kids go off to college)NEST
- 36d Chinese general on a menuTSO
- 37d “___ will be done”THY
- 38d English facilitiesLOOS
- 40d “Don’t you ___!”DARE
- 41d How much 1990s music was issuedONCD
- 43d Pet pestsLICE
- 44d Having added nutrientsENRICHED
- 49d Obey, with “to”ADHERE
- 51d ApexACME
- 52d Pay for at a restaurant, sayTREAT
- 53d Title role for Sylvester StalloneRAMBO
- 54d “This is my first day on the job”IMNEW
- 55d “Groovy”NEATO
- 56d Unit of informationDATUM
- 60d Like checking a dating app while you’re on a dateRUDE
- 62d Fully maturedRIPE
- 63d Swedish furniture supplierIKEA
- 64d Complaint, informallyBEEF
- 66d Arrivals in the 2016 thriller “Arrival,” in briefETS
- 68d ___ Faire (historical event)REN