Daily Puzzle Solution
NYT Crossword
Tuesday, May 5, 2026
The New York Times crossword puzzle for Tuesday, May 5, 2026 features 79 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 5.2 letters. The longest answer is "HEADLESSHORSEMAN".
Total Clues
79
Longest
HEADLESSHORSEMAN
Avg Length
5.2
Shortest
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Featured Clue
"<i>It's a no-brainer</i>"
16 Letters
HEADLESSHORSEMAN
ALLComplete Solution List
Tried-and-true choice, informally
4GOTO
It's perfect for some musicians
5PITCH
Motorcyclist's invitation
5HOPON
Asia's shrinking sea
4ARAL
Ruckus
5HOOHA
Where Boise is
5IDAHO
<i>It's a piece of cake</i>
10LADYFINGER
Computer geeks
5TECHS
Source of some South American wool
5LLAMA
Alaska politico Palin
5SARAH
___-Ball
4SKEE
Alternative to a Word doc
3PDF
<i>It's child's play</i>
9SIMONSAYS
Glassblower, e.g.
7ARTISAN
One of three statistical averages
4MEAN
M.L.B. stadium demolished in 2009
4SHEA
Ones always blowing off steam?
7KETTLES
Altar promise
3IDO
<i>It's a no-brainer</i>
16HEADLESSHORSEMAN
Starchy tuber
3YAM
2016 Ariana Grande love song
7INTOYOU
Drug buster
4NARC
Heavy, spiked club
4MACE
Bared one's teeth, say
7SNARLED
<i>It's a breeze</i>
9TRADEWIND
___ -fi
3SCI
Sudden or impulsive, as a decision
4RASH
Lipstick blunder
5SMEAR
Intermittently offered fast-food pork sandwich
5MCRIB
Oscars host, e.g.
5EMCEE
<i>It's a walk in the park</i>
10NATUREHIKE
Abandon prematurely, as a mission
5ABORT
Piano exercise
5ETUDE
Fencing blade
4EPEE
omg same
5TOTES
About 50.7% of all Americans
5WOMEN
Like typical communicators in sign language
4DEAF
Effrontery
4GALL
Not in writing, as an exam
4ORAL
Magician's "Look what I did!"
4TADA
International competition in math, science and other disciplines
8OLYMPIAD
Greek letter that looks like an "O" superimposed with an "I"
3PHI
Charged particles
4IONS
Roman robes
5TOGAS
French sweetheart
5CHERI
Prohibited in Islam
5HARAM
Chart-topper
3HIT
Texas setting for 2004's "Friday Night Lights"
6ODESSA
Mule or burro
10PACKANIMAL
Fancy seeing you here!
5OHHEY
They may be counted when taking attendance
5NOSES
Bell-bottom jeans and pet rocks, in the 1970s
4FADS
Undeniable successes
8HOMERUNS
Media misinformation
8FAKENEWS
Loch ___ monster
4NESS
Like a campfire by morning, typically
4ASHY
Flightless bird from South America
4RHEA
Figure in a school pep rally
10TEAMMASCOT
Empty ___ (home after the kids go off to college)
4NEST
Chinese general on a menu
3TSO
___ will be done
3THY
English facilities
4LOOS
Don't you ____...!
4DARE
How much 1990s music was issued
4ONCD
Pet pests
4LICE
Having added nutrients
8ENRICHED
Obey, with "to"
6ADHERE
Apex
4ACME
Pay for at a restaurant, say
5TREAT
Title role for Sylvester Stallone
5RAMBO
This is my first day on the job
5IMNEW
Groovy
5NEATO
Unit of information
5DATUM
Like checking a dating app while you're on a date
4RUDE
Fully matured
4RIPE
Swedish furniture supplier
4IKEA
Complaint, informally
4BEEF
Arrivals in the 2016 thriller "Arrival," in brief
3ETS
___ Faire (historical event)
3REN