NYT Midi Crossword Clues & Answers - May 5

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NYT Midi Crossword Clues

Across

  1. 1Ultra-manly
  2. 6Airplane ___ (in-flight phone setting)
  3. 10Old-timey dental anesthetic
  4. 11Cooling lotion ingredient
  5. 12[Tap, tap] "Is this thing on?"
  6. 14"Let me think"
  7. 15Historic period
  8. 16Soup ingredient that is often removed before eating
  9. 20Make invalid, as a marriage
  10. 23Language suffix
  11. 24Hustlers in a billiards hall
  12. 27Workplace freebie
  13. 28Sign after Pisces
  14. 29Absolutely crush it, in slang
  15. 30Cook slowly, as tomatoes

Down

  1. 1See-through dress fabric
  2. 2Something about a million times smaller than a grain of sand
  3. 3Buddy
  4. 4Coop resident
  5. 5Trials and tribulations
  6. 6Taj ___
  7. 7Shout from a flamenco dancer
  8. 8One of the Seven Dwarfs
  9. 9Scared reaction to a spider
  10. 13"Summon" a new parent, maybe
  11. 16Like oversized luggage
  12. 17Spooky
  13. 18Slightly crooked, as a picture frame
  14. 19Spill the beans, with "up"
  15. 20Venmo and Splitwise
  16. 21Holiday tune
  17. 22Ephron who wrote "When Harry Met Sally ..."
  18. 25"Every dog ___ its day"
  19. 26What DALL-E, OpenAI's text-to-image tool, can create

Crossword clues, hints, and answers

Across

  1. 1. Ultra-manly — Answer: MACHO
  2. 6. Airplane ___ (in-flight phone setting) — Answer: MODE
  3. 10. Old-timey dental anesthetic — Answer: ETHER
  4. 11. Cooling lotion ingredient — Answer: ALOE
  5. 12. [Tap, tap] "Is this thing on?" — Answer: SOUNDCHECK
  6. 14. "Let me think" — Answer: HMM
  7. 15. Historic period — Answer: ERA
  8. 16. Soup ingredient that is often removed before eating — Answer: BAYLEAF
  9. 20. Make invalid, as a marriage — Answer: ANNUL
  10. 23. Language suffix — Answer: ESE
  11. 24. Hustlers in a billiards hall — Answer: POOLSHARKS
  12. 27. Workplace freebie — Answer: PERK
  13. 28. Sign after Pisces — Answer: ARIES
  14. 29. Absolutely crush it, in slang — Answer: SLAY
  15. 30. Cook slowly, as tomatoes — Answer: STEW

Down

  1. 1. See-through dress fabric — Answer: MESH
  2. 2. Something about a million times smaller than a grain of sand — Answer: ATOM
  3. 3. Buddy — Answer: CHUM
  4. 4. Coop resident — Answer: HEN
  5. 5. Trials and tribulations — Answer: ORDEALS
  6. 6. Taj ___ — Answer: MAHAL
  7. 7. Shout from a flamenco dancer — Answer: OLE
  8. 8. One of the Seven Dwarfs — Answer: DOC
  9. 9. Scared reaction to a spider — Answer: EEK
  10. 13. "Summon" a new parent, maybe — Answer: CRY
  11. 16. Like oversized luggage — Answer: BULKY
  12. 17. Spooky — Answer: EERIE
  13. 18. Slightly crooked, as a picture frame — Answer: ASKEW
  14. 19. Spill the beans, with "up" — Answer: FESS
  15. 20. Venmo and Splitwise — Answer: APPS
  16. 21. Holiday tune — Answer: NOEL
  17. 22. Ephron who wrote "When Harry Met Sally ..." — Answer: NORA
  18. 25. "Every dog ___ its day" — Answer: HAS
  19. 26. What DALL-E, OpenAI's text-to-image tool, can create — Answer: ART

Here are the NYT Midi Crossword answers for Tuesday, May 5, 2026 — every solution for that day's mid-size puzzle, listed at the top of this page. Whether you're catching up on a puzzle you missed, settling a “what was the answer on May 5?” question, or checking a grid you finished that day, the complete clue-by-clue solution is right here. Looking for today's puzzle instead? Head to our live NYT Midi Crossword answers page.

NYT Midi Crossword answers for May 5, 2026

The full solution for the May 5 NYT Midi is shown above, laid out clue by clue — every Across answer followed by every Down answer, exactly as that day's grid read. Each answer is listed separately, so you can check just the clue you were stuck on and leave the rest. This is the confirmed grid as published on Tuesday, May 5.

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