NYT Crossword Clues for May 5, 2026

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Across Clues

Tried-and-true choice, informally 4 letters / Daily

GOTO Reveal Hide

It's perfect for some musicians 5 letters / Daily

PITCH Reveal Hide

10A

Motorcyclist's invitation 5 letters / Daily

HOPON Reveal Hide

15A

Asia's shrinking ___ Sea 4 letters / Daily

ARAL Reveal Hide

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Ruckus 5 letters / Daily

HOOHA Reveal Hide

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Where Boise is 5 letters / Daily

IDAHO Reveal Hide

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It's a piece of cake 10 letters / Daily

LADYFINGER Reveal Hide

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Computer geeks 5 letters / Daily

TECHS Reveal Hide

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Source of some South American wool 5 letters / Daily

LLAMA Reveal Hide

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Alaska politico Palin 5 letters / Daily

SARAH Reveal Hide

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___-Ball 4 letters / Daily

SKEE Reveal Hide

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Alternative to a Word doc 3 letters / Daily

PDF Reveal Hide

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It's child's play 9 letters / Daily

SIMONSAYS Reveal Hide

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Glassblower, e.g. 7 letters / Daily

ARTISAN Reveal Hide

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One of three statistical averages 4 letters / Daily

MEAN Reveal Hide

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M.L.B. stadium demolished in 2009 4 letters / Daily

SHEA Reveal Hide

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Ones always blowing off steam? 7 letters / Daily

KETTLES Reveal Hide

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Altar promise 3 letters / Daily

IDO Reveal Hide

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It's a no-brainer 16 letters / Daily

HEADLESSHORSEMAN Reveal Hide

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Starchy tuber 3 letters / Daily

YAM Reveal Hide

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6 Ariana Grande love song 7 letters / Daily

INTOYOU Reveal Hide

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Drug buster 4 letters / Daily

NARC Reveal Hide

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Heavy, spiked club 4 letters / Daily

MACE Reveal Hide

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Bared one's teeth, say 7 letters / Daily

SNARLED Reveal Hide

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It's a breeze 9 letters / Daily

TRADEWIND Reveal Hide

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___-fi 3 letters / Daily

SCI Reveal Hide

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Sudden or impulsive, as a decision 4 letters / Daily

RASH Reveal Hide

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Lipstick blunder 5 letters / Daily

SMEAR Reveal Hide

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Intermittently offered fast-food pork sandwich 5 letters / Daily

MCRIB Reveal Hide

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Oscars host, e.g. 5 letters / Daily

EMCEE Reveal Hide

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It's a walk in the park 10 letters / Daily

NATUREHIKE Reveal Hide

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Abandon prematurely, as a mission 5 letters / Daily

ABORT Reveal Hide

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Piano exercise 5 letters / Daily

ETUDE Reveal Hide

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Fencing blade 4 letters / Daily

EPEE Reveal Hide

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"OMG, same!" 5 letters / Daily

TOTES Reveal Hide

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About 50.7% of all Americans 5 letters / Daily

WOMEN Reveal Hide

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Like typical communicators in sign language 4 letters / Daily

DEAF Reveal Hide

201A

Ariana Grande love song 7 letters / Daily

INTOYOU Reveal Hide

Down Clues

Effrontery 4 letters / Daily

GALL Reveal Hide

Not in writing, as an exam 4 letters / Daily

ORAL Reveal Hide

Magician's "Look what I did!" 4 letters / Daily

TADA Reveal Hide

International competition in math, science and other disciplines 8 letters / Daily

OLYMPIAD Reveal Hide

Greek letter that looks like an "O" superimposed with an "I" 3 letters / Daily

PHI Reveal Hide

Charged particles 4 letters / Daily

IONS Reveal Hide

Roman robes 5 letters / Daily

TOGAS Reveal Hide

French sweetheart 5 letters / Daily

CHERI Reveal Hide

Prohibited in Islam 5 letters / Daily

HARAM Reveal Hide

10D

Chart-topper 3 letters / Daily

HIT Reveal Hide

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Texas setting for 2004's "Friday Night Lights" 6 letters / Daily

ODESSA Reveal Hide

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Mule or burro 10 letters / Daily

PACKANIMAL Reveal Hide

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"Fancy seeing you here!" 5 letters / Daily

OHHEY Reveal Hide

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They may be counted when taking attendance 5 letters / Daily

NOSES Reveal Hide

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Bell-bottom jeans and pet rocks, in the 1970s 4 letters / Daily

FADS Reveal Hide

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Undeniable successes 8 letters / Daily

HOMERUNS Reveal Hide

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Media misinformation 8 letters / Daily

FAKENEWS Reveal Hide

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Loch ___ monster 4 letters / Daily

NESS Reveal Hide

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Like a campfire by morning, typically 4 letters / Daily

ASHY Reveal Hide

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Flightless bird from South America 4 letters / Daily

RHEA Reveal Hide

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Figure in a school pep rally 10 letters / Daily

TEAMMASCOT Reveal Hide

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Empty ___ (home after the kids go off to college) 4 letters / Daily

NEST Reveal Hide

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Chinese general on a menu 3 letters / Daily

TSO Reveal Hide

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"___ will be done" 3 letters / Daily

THY Reveal Hide

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English facilities 4 letters / Daily

LOOS Reveal Hide

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"Don't you ___!" 4 letters / Daily

DARE Reveal Hide

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How much 1990s music was issued 4 letters / Daily

ONCD Reveal Hide

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Pet pests 4 letters / Daily

LICE Reveal Hide

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Having added nutrients 8 letters / Daily

ENRICHED Reveal Hide

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Obey, with "to" 6 letters / Daily

ADHERE Reveal Hide

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Apex 4 letters / Daily

ACME Reveal Hide

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Pay for at a restaurant, say 5 letters / Daily

TREAT Reveal Hide

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Title role for Sylvester Stallone 5 letters / Daily

RAMBO Reveal Hide

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"This is my first day on the job" 5 letters / Daily

IMNEW Reveal Hide

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"Groovy" 5 letters / Daily

NEATO Reveal Hide

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Unit of information 5 letters / Daily

DATUM Reveal Hide

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Like checking a dating app while you're on a date 4 letters / Daily

RUDE Reveal Hide

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Fully matured 4 letters / Daily

RIPE Reveal Hide

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Swedish furniture supplier 4 letters / Daily

IKEA Reveal Hide

64D

Complaint, informally 4 letters / Daily

BEEF Reveal Hide

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Arrivals in the 2016 thriller "Arrival," in brief 3 letters / Daily

ETS Reveal Hide

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___ Faire (historical event) 3 letters / Daily

REN Reveal Hide