Daily Puzzle Solution
NYT Crossword
Sunday, May 10, 2026
The New York Times crossword puzzle for Sunday, May 10, 2026 features 140 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 5.5 letters. The longest answer is "YOUTHFULINDISCRETIONS".
Total Clues
140
Longest
YOUTHFULINDISCRETIONS
Avg Length
5.5
Shortest
ADS
Featured Clue
"<i>Wild cats</i>"
21 Letters
YOUTHFULINDISCRETIONS
ALLComplete Solution List
Many web banners
3ADS
DNA sample implement
4SWAB
Grp. that regulates streams
3FCC
Vape alternative
3CIG
Apple tablet
4IPAD
It might hang during the summer
8SUNSHADE
"Me, that's ___!"
3WHO
Well, lah-di-dah!
3OHO
Rural skyline feature
4SILO
<i>U.F.C. fighter</i>
12SPACEINVADER
<i>Where many large cutlets are seen</i>
8MEGAMALL
A, as in aviating?
4ALFA
Little piggies?
4TOES
Dadaism, it's said
7ANTIART
Naught
3NIL
<i>Wild cats</i>
21YOUTHFULINDISCRETIONS
Animated figure
4TOON
Extraterrestrial British TV villain that debuted in 1963
5DALEK
Laura seen in "Big Little Lies"
4DERN
King ___
4LEAR
Greatly admires
7REVERES
Table salt, in a lab
4NACL
Fan's buzz
5WHIRR
Restaurant prearrangement, in brief
3RES
What's the ___
3DIF
Gaping gap
5CHASM
Replay reviewer
3REF
Days, in Spain.
4DIAS
A string player plays the strings with it
3BOW
Try intermittent fasting, perhaps
4DIET
P.G.A. peg
3TEE
Tiler's measurement
4AREA
"The Daily" publisher: Abbr.
3NYT
Large summer delivery, in past times / N.F.L. linemen, at times
17ICEBLOCK/BLOCKERS
Reddish-purple vegetable
4BEET
Instagram update
4POST
Situps tighten them
3ABS
Lifeguard's tubeful / Baby gift bearing the alphabet, maybe
17SUNBLOCK/BLOCKSET
Game entry
4ANTE
Web page
4SITE
___ Turner, antislavery rebel
3NAT
Dad, in a euphemism / Naval barrier preventing entering and leaving
17OLDBLOCK/BLOCKADE
Jaunty greeting
4HIHO
Big name in deep-dish pizza
3UNO
Letterman rival
4LENO
Refusals
3NOS
The Almighty
4LORD
Junkyard guardian's warning
3GRR
In itself
5PERSE
Tanner's letters
3SPF
Newsstand item, in brief
3MAG
East Asian fiddles
5ERHUS
Numbskull, in Yiddish
4YUTZ
"Ha! My statement wasn't really true — sue me!"
7SOILIED
Get ad-libby-dibby while singy-ingy-inging?
4SCAT
Apr. 15 experts
4CPAS
Barely visible, as a star
5DLIST
Eagle's grabber
4CLAW
<i>Chic venue that features great bands</i>
21ROCKANDROLLHALLOFFAME
Hesitant reply
3EHH
2015 thriller starring Emily Blunt as an F.B.I. agent
7SICARIO
Midsummer babies
4LEOS
___ framed!
4IWAS
<i>They're frequently bcced</i>
8AWAYTEAM
Ensure that a task is finished ... and a hint that might help with finishing this puzzle
12CLOSETHELOOP
Rx quantity
4DOSE
Theater hit's inits.
3SRO
Babysitter's bane
3IMP
Gnawable, wearable items that might help with A.D.H.D.
8CHEWELRY
Baa-baa mamas
4EWES
QB's highlights
3TDS
Vietnamese Lunar New Year festival
3TET
Gas giant?
4HESS
Girl in the fam
3SIS
Purity analysis
5ASSAY
Kids' play set brand
5DUPLO
Messy mix-up
5SNAFU
___/her
3SHE
Pass the time until
7WAITFOR
"Meek" in "Blessed are the meek," e.g.
6ADNOUN
Slant made with a table saw
5BEVEL
Abbr. starting an email header
3FWD
His first star turn was in the 1995 film "Devil in a Blue Dress"
7CHEADLE
Less freshly funny
7CORNIER
Peanuts, e.g.
5COMIC
They say ...
6IHEARD
Begin using sustainable alternatives
7GOGREEN
Ending with material
3ISM
Instrument with keys
5PIANO
Daring bet
5ALLIN
Barbies, e.g.
5DOLLS
Disperse, as seeds
7SCATTER
The Beatles' "Please Please Me" and "A Hard Day's Night," e.g.
6ASIDES
Draw in
7ATTRACT
Audibly expressed dismay
5TSKED
Squirrel away
5HOARD
Sat ___ (Brit's GPS)
3NAV
Length equaling 25.4 millimeters
4INCH
<i>Bic filler</i>
9LIFESTORY
<i>Travelers' cases</i>
9RESTSTOPS
Leafy dish served with an entree
9SIDESALAD
<i>Arsenic's realm, in years past</i>
9LATENIGHT
Finalizes
7WRAPSUP
Leading lady's part
7HEROINE
Luxury sunglasses
7RAYBANS
Dalmatian in a red hat, maybe
7FIREDOG
Transparent, in brief
7SEETHRU
Falling stars?
7METEORS
Just silly
5INANE
Plains animal in a herd
5BISON
Prefix meaning "eye"
5OCULO
Meanders
5WENDS
Fruity-smelling perfume ingredient
5ESTER
Had a fast break
3ATE
^
15BLOCKBLOCKBLOCK
___ Humbug
3BAH
Admit, in a way
7LETPAST
Late-evening beverage request
5DECAF
Use a straw
4SUCK
Travel guide writer Eugene
5FODOR
Lithium, magnesium and aluminum
6METALS
Unedited data set, say
7RAWFILE
Maximally weird-yet-delightful
7ZANIEST
AGAINST THE LAW
7ILLICIT
Reply feigning guiltlessness
7LILOLME
Kinda
3ISH
Wades in puddles, say
7SLOSHES
Digital S.L.R. insert
6SDCARD
Dress
6CLOTHE
English writer with an apt surname
5READE
Gee whillikers!
5OHWOW
Pursue
5CHASE
Fidel ___, Philippine president in the 1990s
5RAMOS
Parasite
5LEECH
Military deserters, in brief
5AWOLS
Native New Zealander's language
5MAORI
Best Play and Best Upset
5ESPYS
Affirmative
3YES
Sign up, with "in"
3OPT
Disgusted squeals
3EWS