Daily Puzzle Solution
NYT Crossword
Monday, May 4, 2026
The New York Times crossword puzzle for Monday, May 4, 2026 features 78 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 4.8 letters. The longest answer is "CLICKITORTICKET".
Total Clues
78
Longest
CLICKITORTICKET
Avg Length
4.8
Shortest
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Featured Clue
"Slogan encouraging the use of seatbelts"
15 Letters
CLICKITORTICKET
ALLComplete Solution List
The __ is clear!
5COAST
Mamma Mia! group
4ABBA
Spaces, as between teeth
4GAPS
Author Joyce Carol ___
5OATES
Devices for keyless entry
4FOBS
Amo, amas, ___
4AMAT
"Sleepless in Seattle" or "Legally Blonde," informally
10CHICKFLICK
Actress Dunham or Waithe
4LENA
Call from an ump
3OUT
Group of connected PCs
3LAN
Like some columns and bonds
5IONIC
Methodical way for something to be built
12BRICKBYBRICK
"This place is fire"
6ITSLIT
Sidney who directed "12 Angry Men" and "The Wiz"
5LUMET
Japanese camera giant
5NIKON
The Lion King villain
4SCAR
Soph., jr. and sr.
3YRS
Slogan encouraging the use of seatbelts
15CLICKITORTICKET
Swiss peak
3ALP
Enormous
4HUGE
New England state with the slogan "The Way Life Should Be"
5MAINE
Used as a chair
5SATON
Shaggy hairstyle
6MOPTOP
Simple game requiring steady hands
12PICKUPSTICKS
Improvise, as a speech
5ADLIB
When a plane is due, for short
3ETA
Used to be ...
3WAS
College figure
4DEAN
Suddenly feels repulsed by a romantic partner ... or a hint to 17-, 23-, 37- and 48-Across
10GETSTHEICK
Pole on a sailboat
4MAST
Tradition for many high school seniors
4PROM
Fasten, as a ship's rope
5BELAY
In addition
4ALSO
Levelheaded
4SANE
"Goodie" on classic radio
5OLDIE
2017 Pixar film set in Mexico
4COCO
Third largest Hawaiian island
4OAHU
Going __ (fighting)
4ATIT
Part of a min.
3SEC
Chiding sound
3TSK
Insurance company whose mascot is a duck
5AFLAC
Sound effect for a bop on the head
5BOINK
Eng. channel?
3BBC
Request
3ASK
Aplenty
6GALORE
Bag of hotel room freebies, say
10AMENITYKIT
Feel a suddenly overwhelming fear
5PANIC
Serving of pancakes
5STACK
Move like a fairy
4FLIT
Tech giant founded in 1911
3IBM
Voting group
4BLOC
Skating locale
4RINK
Play loudly, as from a speaker
5BLARE
Traditional circular dwelling
4YURT
Ancient Peruvian
4INCA
Cash drawer
4TILL
Plays hooky
10SKIPSCLASS
Shocks into silence
5STUNS
Part of a gearwheel
3COG
Nevada city near Lake Tahoe
4RENO
Bit of a staircase
4STEP
Flapjack franchise
4IHOP
Reassurance after a loud crash, say
4IMOK
Puts a limit on
4CAPS
Resembling
6AKINTO
Spot for three men, in a nursery rhyme
3TUB
Exam for a future doc
4MCAT
Culinary personality Lakshmi
5PADMA
Best imaginable
5IDEAL
Wyoming's Grand ___ National Park
5TETON
"Hi, you know who this is"
5ITSME
Undomesticated
4WILD
Smoothie superfood
4ACAI
Scottish terrier breed
4SKYE
Rte. finder
3GPS
Long time in history
3ERA
Network for "Succession" and "The Wire"
3HBO
Slithery fish
3EEL