NYT CROSSWORD • MONDAY, MAY 4, 2026

NYT Crossword Answers May 4, 2026

Complete answer list for the May 4, 2026 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Kate SchutzengelEdited by Will ShortzGrid 15×1578 clues

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Across 35

  1. 1"The ___ is clear!" ↗COAST
  2. 6"Mamma Mia" group ↗ABBA
  3. 10Spaces, as between teeth ↗GAPS
  4. 14Author Joyce Carol ___ ↗OATES
  5. 15Devices for keyless entry ↗FOBS
  6. 16Amo, amas, ___ ↗AMAT
  7. 17"Sleepless in Seattle" or "Legally Blonde," informally ↗CHICKFLICK
  8. 19Actress Dunham or Waithe ↗LENA
  9. 20Call from an ump ↗OUT
  10. 21Group of connected PCs ↗LAN
  11. 22Like some columns and bonds ↗IONIC
  12. 23Methodical way for something to be built ↗BRICKBYBRICK
  13. 27"This place is fire" ↗ITSLIT
  14. 30Sidney who directed "12 Angry Men" and "The Wiz" ↗LUMET
  15. 31Japanese camera giant ↗NIKON
  16. 32"The Lion King" villain ↗SCAR
  17. 34Soph., jr. and sr. ↗YRS
  18. 37Slogan encouraging the use of seatbelts ↗CLICKITORTICKET
  19. 41Swiss peak ↗ALP
  20. 42Enormous ↗HUGE
  21. 43New England state with the slogan "The Way Life Should Be" ↗MAINE
  22. 44Used, as a chair ↗SATON
  23. 47Shaggy hairstyle ↗MOPTOP
  24. 48Simple game requiring steady hands ↗PICKUPSTICKS
  25. 52Improvise, as a speech ↗ADLIB
  26. 53When a plane is due, for short ↗ETA
  27. 54Used to be ↗WAS
  28. 57College figure ↗DEAN
  29. 58Suddenly feels repulsed by a romantic partner … or a hint to 17-, 23-, 37- and 48-Across ↗GETSTHEICK
  30. 62Pole on a sailboat ↗MAST
  31. 63Tradition for many high school seniors ↗PROM
  32. 64Fasten, as a ship's rope ↗BELAY
  33. 65In addition ↗ALSO
  34. 66Levelheaded ↗SANE
  35. 67"Goodie" on classic radio ↗OLDIE

Down 43

  1. 12017 Pixar film set in Mexico ↗COCO
  2. 2Third-largest Hawaiian island ↗OAHU
  3. 3Going ___ (fighting) ↗ATIT
  4. 4Part of a min. ↗SEC
  5. 5Chiding sound ↗TSK
  6. 6Insurance company whose mascot is a duck ↗AFLAC
  7. 7Sound effect for a bop on the head ↗BOINK
  8. 8Eng. channel ↗BBC
  9. 9Request ↗ASK
  10. 10Aplenty ↗GALORE
  11. 11Bag of hotel room freebies, say ↗AMENITYKIT
  12. 12Feel a suddenly overwhelming fear ↗PANIC
  13. 13Serving of pancakes ↗STACK
  14. 18Move like a fairy ↗FLIT
  15. 22Tech giant founded in 1911 ↗IBM
  16. 23Voting group ↗BLOC
  17. 24Skating locale ↗RINK
  18. 25Play loudly, as from a speaker ↗BLARE
  19. 26Traditional circular dwelling ↗YURT
  20. 27Ancient Peruvian ↗INCA
  21. 28Cash drawer ↗TILL
  22. 29Plays hooky ↗SKIPSCLASS
  23. 32Shocks into silence ↗STUNS
  24. 33Part of a gearwheel ↗COG
  25. 35Nevada city near Lake Tahoe ↗RENO
  26. 36Bit of a staircase ↗STEP
  27. 38Flapjack franchise ↗IHOP
  28. 39Reassurance after a loud crash, say ↗IMOK
  29. 40Puts a limit on ↗CAPS
  30. 45Resembling ↗AKINTO
  31. 46Spot for three men in a nursery rhyme ↗TUB
  32. 47Exam for a future doc ↗MCAT
  33. 48Culinary personality Lakshmi ↗PADMA
  34. 49Best imaginable ↗IDEAL
  35. 50Wyoming's Grand ___ National Park ↗TETON
  36. 51"Hi, you know who this is" ↗ITSME
  37. 54Undomesticated ↗WILD
  38. 55Smoothie "superfood" ↗ACAI
  39. 56Scottish terrier breed ↗SKYE
  40. 58Rte. finder ↗GPS
  41. 59Long time in history ↗ERA
  42. 60Network for "Succession" and "The Wire" ↗HBO
  43. 61Slithery fish ↗EEL