Daily Puzzle Solution
NYT Crossword
Saturday, May 2, 2026
The New York Times crossword puzzle for Saturday, May 2, 2026 features 64 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 6.1 letters. The longest answer is "TEMPORARYTATTOO".
Total Clues
64
Longest
TEMPORARYTATTOO
Avg Length
6.1
Shortest
CAR
Featured Clue
"Disappearing ink?"
15 Letters
TEMPORARYTATTOO
ALLComplete Solution List
Extremely ambitious projects
9MOONSHOTS
Lifeless
4FLAT
Bare
9AUNATUREL
Like the Asian elephant vis-à-vis the African elephant
5RARER
Handle in a theater
9STAGENAME
Women's Basketball Hall-of-Famer ___ Beard
5ALANA
Rests (on)
6HINGES
Harshest punishment a website can give
8PERMABAN
Hypnotized
5UNDER
Don't look ___!
9NOPEEKING
Walk like a rhino
4PLOD
Follower of box or bumper
3CAR
Drops while running, say
5SWEAT
___ Marzano tomato
3SAN
"Alice in Zombieland" author ___ Showalter
4GENA
Giraffes lack them (they have ossicones)
5HORNS
Summer camp competitions for which teammates dress similarly
9COLORWARS
Soft rock
5SHALE
Minty candy brand
4YORK
One wrapping up a meal before eating anything?
3BOA
When tripled, a response from Hamlet to Polonius
5WORDS
Winning X or O
3TOE
Common parade sight
4BAND
It's here today, but might be gone tomorrow
9LATESTFAD
Rounded up?
5DOMED
Me-first
8ILLSTART
Establishment that might have a "buck-a-shuck" promotion
6RAWBAR
Actress Donovan of "Sabrina the Teenage Witch"
5ELISA
Sign on a convenience store window
9ATMINSIDE
Rotisserie-roasted Turkish dish
5DONER
Flip
9GOBANANAS
Joins a union
4WEDS
Moving on
9SOANYWAYS
Composite numbers?
7MASHUPS
1994 compilation album for the Red Hot Chili Peppers
7OUTINLA
How an annoying conversation might go
7ONANDON
Rode, in a way
6NAGGED
Be in a decision-making position
5STEER
"Mulan" antagonists
4HUNS
How We Do (Party) singer Rita
3ORA
Disappearing ink?
15TEMPORARYTATTOO
Be out
5SLEEP
Supporting structure
9FRAMEWORK
Three-peating N.B.A. champs from 2000 to '02
8LALAKERS
Preceder of Sea or horse
7ARABIAN
Residents without a title
7TENANTS
Buzzed
4RANG
Pass along, online
7RESHARE
iPod model
4NANO
Heavenly-sounding instrument also known as a bell-piano
7CELESTA
Symbols of success
9GOLDSTARS
Touched lovingly
8CARESSED
Traditional gift for a fifth anniversary
4WOOD
Put up with
7SWALLOW
Call it
7HOTLINE
Little girl, in Italian
7BAMBINA
Brand whose name doubles as instructions for its product
7ONEADAY
Formal speech
7ADDRESS
Cutting tool with an arch
6BOWSAW
Told a tale
4LIED
Hand grenades, informally
5FRAGS
"Full House" father
5DANNY
Film director Johnson
4RIAN
Credential for many a C.E.O.
3MBA