NYT CROSSWORD • THURSDAY, MAY 7, 2026

NYT Crossword Answers May 7, 2026

Complete answer list for the May 7, 2026 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

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Across 35

  1. 1Representative Raskin of Maryland ↗JAMIE
  2. 6Coffee container ↗MUG
  3. 9One who measures meter by the feet? ↗POET
  4. 13Plant used to make a Mexican beverage called "pulque" ↗AGAVE
  5. 14Exploits ↗USES
  6. 16Guthrie who wrote "Alice's Restaurant" ↗ARLO
  7. 17BAD ___ER MOVE ↗CARELESSMISTAKE
  8. 20Wine aperitif ↗KIR
  9. 21Pioneering Philips product of the 1970s, in brief ↗VCR
  10. 22Does to perfection ↗NAILS
  11. 23Equipment that attaches to a mask ↗SNORKEL
  12. 26Locale in the Christmas story ↗INN
  13. 27___TER ↗WINLESSSEASON
  14. 33Yeshiva head ↗RABBI
  15. 35Blanchett of 2025's "Black Bag" ↗CATE
  16. 36Products of oogenesis ↗OVA
  17. 37Admission of defeat ↗ILOST
  18. 38"Eureka!" ↗AHA
  19. 39Garnish amount ↗SPRIG
  20. 41Pewter, mostly ↗TIN
  21. 42Pre-calc course ↗TRIG
  22. 43Minority group in Iraq and Turkey ↗KURDS
  23. 44P___ANT QUEEN ↗AGELESSBEAUTY
  24. 48Video game franchise featuring 100+ species of dinosaurs ↗ARK
  25. 49Hoards ↗AMASSES
  26. 52"C'mon, speak up!" ↗SAYIT
  27. 54Prefix with label ↗ECO
  28. 55Unwell ↗ILL
  29. 56___EAVOR ↗ENDLESSSTRUGGLE
  30. 60Tea brand once owned by Starbucks ↗TAZO
  31. 61Kind of high-fat diet ↗KETO
  32. 62Prey for a ladybug ↗APHID
  33. 63Blow out ↗SPEW
  34. 64"You can no more win a ___ than you can win an earthquake": Jeannette Rankin ↗WAR
  35. 65___ Park (gateway to Rocky Mountain National Park) ↗ESTES

Down 39

  1. 1Powerful cards in euchre ↗JACKS
  2. 2Over ↗AGAIN
  3. 3Ingredient in osso buco ↗MARROWBONE
  4. 4"___ gotta run" ↗IVE
  5. 5Metaphor for slipperiness ↗EEL
  6. 6Chargers and Challengers ↗MUSCLECARS
  7. 7Country that boycotted the 1984 Olympics ↗USSR
  8. 8Something a lapidary cuts ↗GEM
  9. 9Green film on copper, e.g. ↗PATINA
  10. 10Spoken ↗ORAL
  11. 11Animals that bugle ↗ELKS
  12. 12Pedicure target ↗TOE
  13. 15Gary of "Apollo 13" ↗SINISE
  14. 18Knievel in the Motorcycle Hall of Fame ↗EVEL
  15. 19Sensible ↗SANE
  16. 24Classic barbecue fare ↗RIBS
  17. 25Intertwined ↗KNIT
  18. 28Hindi honorific ↗SAHIB
  19. 29One providing timely delivery? ↗STAGEACTOR
  20. 30One's appearance after a difficult journey, say ↗SORRYSIGHT
  21. 31"Metamorphoses" writer ↗OVID
  22. 32Bothers, bothers, bothers ↗NAGS
  23. 33Meter maid in a Beatles hit ↗RITA
  24. 34Sacha Baron Cohen character ↗ALIG
  25. 39Arctic seabird nicknamed "aerial pirate" ↗SKUA
  26. 40Counterparts to calls, in stock lingo ↗PUTS
  27. 42"For shame!" ↗TSKTSK
  28. 45Strike down ↗LAYLOW
  29. 46___ Triangle (coastal section of Pennsylvania) ↗ERIE
  30. 47Spanish sweetheart ↗AMOR
  31. 50Kemper of "The Office" ↗ELLIE
  32. 51Toys that may be carried or pulled ↗SLEDS
  33. 52Breeze ↗SNAP
  34. 53Woodworking tool ↗ADZE
  35. 54"___ bien" ↗ESTA
  36. 56Saucer contents, informally ↗ETS
  37. 57Wrap (up) ↗SEW
  38. 58Nation ruled by six royal families, in brief ↗UAE
  39. 59Driver's guide, for short ↗GPS