Here are the NYT Crossword answers for Sunday, May 3, 2026 — every solution for that day's 15×15 (21×21 on Sunday) 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 3?” 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 Crossword answers page.
NYT Crossword answers for May 3, 2026
The full solution for the May 3 NYT Crossword 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 Sunday, May 3.
Full NYT Crossword answer list for May 3, 2026
Every clue from the May 3 grid next to its solution — the same answers as the board above, in one plain list you can scan without tapping.
Across
| # | Clue | Answer |
|---|
| 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
| # | Clue | Answer |
|---|
| 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 |
Hints for the May 3 puzzle
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