Daily Puzzle Solution
NYT Crossword
Thursday, May 7, 2026
The New York Times crossword puzzle for Thursday, May 7, 2026 features 74 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 5.0 letters. The longest answer is "CARELESSMISTAKE".
Total Clues
74
Longest
CARELESSMISTAKE
Avg Length
5.0
Shortest
MUG
Featured Clue
"BAD ___ER MOVE"
15 Letters
CARELESSMISTAKE
ALLComplete Solution List
Representative Raskin of Maryland
5JAMIE
Coffee container
3MUG
One who measures meter by the feet?
4POET
Plant used to make a Mexican beverage called "pulque"
5AGAVE
Exploits
4USES
Guthrie who wrote "Alice's Restaurant"
4ARLO
BAD ___ER MOVE
15CARELESSMISTAKE
Wine aperitif
3KIR
Pioneering Philips product of the 1970s, in brief
3VCR
Does to perfection
5NAILS
Equipment that attaches to a mask
7SNORKEL
Locale in the Christmas story
3INN
___TER
13WINLESSSEASON
Yeshiva head
5RABBI
Blanchett of 2025's "Black Bag"
4CATE
Products of oogenesis
3OVA
Admission of defeat
5ILOST
Eureka!
3AHA
Garnish amount
5SPRIG
Pewter, mostly
3TIN
Pre-calc course
4TRIG
Minority group in Iraq and Turkey
5KURDS
P___ANT QUEEN
13AGELESSBEAUTY
Video game franchise featuring 100+ species of dinosaurs
3ARK
Hoards
7AMASSES
"C'mon, speak up!"
5SAYIT
Prefix with label
3ECO
Unwell
3ILL
___EAVOR
15ENDLESSSTRUGGLE
Tea brand once owned by Starbucks
4TAZO
Kind of high-fat diet
4KETO
Prey for a ladybug
5APHID
Blow out
4SPEW
"You can no more win a ___ than you can win an earthquake": Jeannette Rankin
3WAR
___ Park (gateway to Rocky Mountain National Park)
5ESTES
Powerful cards in euchre
5JACKS
Over
5AGAIN
Ingredient in osso buco
10MARROWBONE
Gotta run!
3IVE
Metaphor for slipperiness
3EEL
Chargers and Challengers
10MUSCLECARS
Country that boycotted the 1984 Olympics
4USSR
Something a lapidary cuts
3GEM
Green film on copper, e.g.
6PATINA
Spoken
4ORAL
Animals that bugle
4ELKS
Pedicure target
3TOE
Gary of "Apollo 13"
6SINISE
Knievel in the Motorcycle Hall of Fame
4EVEL
Sensible
4SANE
Classic barbecue fare
4RIBS
Intertwined
4KNIT
Hindi honorific
5SAHIB
One providing timely delivery?
10STAGEACTOR
One's appearance after a difficult journey, say
10SORRYSIGHT
Metamorphoses writer
4OVID
Bothers, bothers, bothers
4NAGS
Meter maid in a Beatles hit
4RITA
Sacha Baron Cohen character
4ALIG
Arctic seabird nicknamed "aerial pirate"
4SKUA
Counterparts to calls, in stock lingo
4PUTS
For shame!
6TSKTSK
Strike down
6LAYLOW
___ Triangle (coastal section of Pennsylvania)
4ERIE
Spanish sweetheart
4AMOR
Kemper of "The Office"
5ELLIE
Toys that may be carried or pulled
5SLEDS
Breeze
4SNAP
Woodworking tool
4ADZE
___ bien
4ESTA
Saucer contents, informally
3ETS
Wrap up
3SEW
Nation ruled by six royal families, in brief
3UAE
Driver's guide, for short
3GPS