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NYT Crossword answers for May 3, 2026

NYT Crossword · May 3, 2026 · Every hint stays hidden until you tap it

All 138 clues from the Sunday NYT Crossword (21 by 21), with every answer hidden until you want it. Check a length or a first letter before you reveal a whole answer.

Today's title: What Are The Odds?

Across clues and answer lengths
Across first letters
  • 1 starts with I
  • 4 starts with C
  • 7 starts with O
  • 11 starts with S
  • 18 starts with M
  • 20 starts with P
  • 21 starts with T
  • 22 starts with A
  • 23 starts with P
  • 26 starts with G
  • 28 starts with H
  • 29 starts with S
  • 30 starts with I
  • 31 starts with I
  • 32 starts with O
  • 34 starts with A
  • 35 starts with N
  • 40 starts with S
  • 43 starts with E
  • 44 starts with S
  • 45 starts with W
  • 46 starts with I
  • 48 starts with E
  • 50 starts with N
  • 55 starts with B
  • 60 starts with L
  • 61 starts with E
  • 62 starts with S
  • 63 starts with T
  • 65 starts with S
  • 66 starts with L
  • 68 starts with A
  • 70 starts with Y
  • 72 starts with E
  • 73 starts with I
  • 76 starts with L
  • 78 starts with F
  • 80 starts with W
  • 81 starts with K
  • 83 starts with C
  • 87 starts with E
  • 88 starts with P
  • 89 starts with E
  • 90 starts with T
  • 92 starts with A
  • 95 starts with A
  • 99 starts with B
  • 103 starts with T
  • 105 starts with E
  • 106 starts with E
  • 107 starts with O
  • 108 starts with A
  • 109 starts with A
  • 112 starts with H
  • 114 starts with A
  • 118 starts with N
  • 121 starts with B
  • 122 starts with N
  • 123 starts with M
  • 124 starts with O
  • 125 starts with D
  • 126 starts with P
  • 127 starts with P
  • 128 starts with E
Show the across answers
  • 1 Across: First person, in Austria ICH
  • 4 Across: Pressing activity, for short? CPR
  • 7 Across: Cleared to proceed OKED
  • 11 Across: Perched on SATATOP
  • 18 Across: Place for pigs to wallow MUDHOLE
  • 20 Across: Shawarma wrap PITA
  • 21 Across: "I'm here to learn" TEACHME
  • 22 Across: In sync ATTUNED
  • 23 Across: Moisture barrier supplies PLASTICSHEETS
  • 26 Across: 23-Across, oddly? GIVESADARN
  • 28 Across: Vert. counterpart HOR
  • 29 Across: Geological layers STRATA
  • 30 Across: They got the votes INS
  • 31 Across: Saint Barthélemy, par exemple ILE
  • 32 Across: Sugar suffix OSE
  • 34 Across: Father of Deimos ARES
  • 35 Across: A hard job NOEASYTASK
  • 40 Across: 35-Across, oddly? STICKYPADS
  • 43 Across: Catch in a sting ENTRAP
  • 44 Across: Cleveland-to-Akron dir. SSE
  • 45 Across: Ryder of "Stranger Things" WINONA
  • 46 Across: Office memo starter INRE
  • 48 Across: Leprechaun's land ERIN
  • 50 Across: Conflict-averse NODRAMA
  • 55 Across: Fictional diary writer BRIDGETJONES
  • 60 Across: 55-Across, oddly? LOWDIGIT
  • 61 Across: A as in Austria EIN
  • 62 Across: Lock lips, in London SNOG
  • 63 Across: Drive-___ menu THRU
  • 65 Across: Like the best bets SAFEST
  • 66 Across: Abandoned LEFT
  • 68 Across: Off-center AWRY
  • 70 Across: Time gone by YORE
  • 72 Across: Ending with the name Ann or Nan ETTE
  • 73 Across: "Reason" given in a parental "explanation" ISAYSO
  • 76 Across: Spots for grazing LEAS
  • 78 Across: Pond scum, e.g. FILM
  • 80 Across: Craven behind the camera WES
  • 81 Across: "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" author KENKESEY
  • 83 Across: 81-Across, oddly? CHILDSUPPORT
  • 87 Across: Political understanding ENTENTE
  • 88 Across: ___ Ed PHYS
  • 89 Across: Book before Nehemiah EZRA
  • 90 Across: Boot camp shout TENHUT
  • 92 Across: Stanford and Cal joined it in 2024 ACC
  • 95 Across: From the heart, in a way AORTAL
  • 99 Across: Conan and others BARBARIANS
  • 103 Across: 99-Across, oddly? THINKPIECE
  • 105 Across: "Essays of ___" (19th-century collection) ELIA
  • 106 Across: Summer hours in N.Y.C. EDT
  • 107 Across: You smelt it! ORE
  • 108 Across: Inits. fittingly filling the blanks of Obam_ _ _re ACA
  • 109 Across: Luxor Temple deity AMONRA
  • 112 Across: Take an ax to HEW
  • 114 Across: Client's sales agent, in brief ACCOUNTREP
  • 118 Across: 114-Across, oddly? NOTQUITERIGHT
  • 121 Across: Unspoken set of rules between dudes BROCODE
  • 122 Across: N next to the gearshift NEUTRAL
  • 123 Across: Ozzy Osbourne's "___, I'm Coming Home" MAMA
  • 124 Across: More dimwitted OBTUSER
  • 125 Across: Make more appealing, as something otherwise plain DRESSUP
  • 126 Across: "Glad that's over!" PHEW
  • 127 Across: Spot for charity, say, in brief PSA
  • 128 Across: Newsroom staffers, for short EDS
Down clues and answer lengths
Down first letters
  • 1 starts with I
  • 2 starts with C
  • 3 starts with H
  • 4 starts with C
  • 5 starts with P
  • 6 starts with R
  • 7 starts with O
  • 8 starts with K
  • 9 starts with E
  • 10 starts with D
  • 11 starts with S
  • 12 starts with A
  • 13 starts with T
  • 14 starts with A
  • 15 starts with T
  • 16 starts with O
  • 17 starts with P
  • 19 starts with H
  • 24 starts with T
  • 25 starts with S
  • 27 starts with A
  • 33 starts with E
  • 36 starts with A
  • 37 starts with S
  • 38 starts with Y
  • 39 starts with K
  • 40 starts with S
  • 41 starts with K
  • 42 starts with Y
  • 47 starts with E
  • 49 starts with R
  • 51 starts with R
  • 52 starts with A
  • 53 starts with M
  • 54 starts with A
  • 55 starts with B
  • 56 starts with R
  • 57 starts with I
  • 58 starts with J
  • 59 starts with O
  • 60 starts with L
  • 64 starts with R
  • 67 starts with T
  • 69 starts with Y
  • 71 starts with E
  • 74 starts with S
  • 75 starts with O
  • 77 starts with S
  • 79 starts with M
  • 82 starts with E
  • 84 starts with I
  • 85 starts with P
  • 86 starts with P
  • 88 starts with P
  • 91 starts with H
  • 93 starts with C
  • 94 starts with C
  • 96 starts with T
  • 97 starts with A
  • 98 starts with L
  • 99 starts with B
  • 100 starts with A
  • 101 starts with R
  • 102 starts with B
  • 104 starts with N
  • 110 starts with R
  • 111 starts with A
  • 113 starts with W
  • 114 starts with A
  • 115 starts with U
  • 116 starts with N
  • 117 starts with T
  • 119 starts with T
  • 120 starts with G
Show the down answers
  • 1 Down: "Just picture this!" IMAGINE
  • 2 Down: Rudely interrupt, as a dance partner CUTINON
  • 3 Down: Man cave fixture HDTVSET
  • 4 Down: Snow jobs CONS
  • 5 Down: Heartfelt ask PLEA
  • 6 Down: Website with an alien logo REDDIT
  • 7 Down: Treat badly, in a way OPPRESS
  • 8 Down: Potter's furnace KILN
  • 9 Down: Uber ride info, informally ETA
  • 10 Down: Small amount in the kitchen DASH
  • 11 Down: Adds with a spoon, say STIRSIN
  • 12 Down: Org. for J. Robert Oppenheimer AEC
  • 13 Down: U.S.S.R. news source TASS
  • 14 Down: Zwei quadrupled ACHT
  • 15 Down: What one might take or beat THERAP
  • 16 Down: World Golf Hall-of-Famer Mark OMEARA
  • 17 Down: Caressed PETTED
  • 19 Down: Sector of a color wheel HUE
  • 24 Down: "Yer darn ___!" TOOTIN
  • 25 Down: Pert blurt SASS
  • 27 Down: Cry often accompanied by a sigh ALAS
  • 33 Down: Cut-rate, in brand names ECONO
  • 36 Down: Parched ARID
  • 37 Down: Named names SANG
  • 38 Down: Belgian battle site in W.W. I YPRES
  • 39 Down: "Neato!" KEEN
  • 40 Down: Sounding like taffeta, say SWISHY
  • 41 Down: More than suspects KNOWS
  • 42 Down: When tripled, "You get the picture" YADDA
  • 47 Down: Sicilian spewer ETNA
  • 49 Down: Part of A.A.R.P.: Abbr. RET
  • 51 Down: Loaded (with) RIFE
  • 52 Down: When teething might end AGETWO
  • 53 Down: Produce aisle device MISTER
  • 54 Down: Swear ATTEST
  • 55 Down: Mimic BELIKE
  • 56 Down: Chewy chocolate candy brand RIESEN
  • 57 Down: One sporting a onesie INFANT
  • 58 Down: Loose-cheeked, as a mastiff JOWLY
  • 59 Down: Fantastic beast OGRE
  • 60 Down: Jarringly sensational LURID
  • 64 Down: "u slay me" ROFL
  • 67 Down: Day care charge TYKE
  • 69 Down: Blue blood vessels? YACHTS
  • 71 Down: "What ___ can I say?" ELSE
  • 74 Down: German actress Berger with a career spanning eight decades SENTA
  • 75 Down: Big name in blenders OSTER
  • 77 Down: Reluctant to mingle, say SHY
  • 79 Down: Classic elevator tunes MUZAK
  • 82 Down: Start of a choosing rhyme EENIE
  • 84 Down: "The time ___ hand" ISAT
  • 85 Down: Stage item PROP
  • 86 Down: ___-mutuel betting PARI
  • 88 Down: Kick starter? PUNTER
  • 91 Down: Didn't go it alone, say HADHELP
  • 93 Down: One of the so-called Five Civilized Tribes CHOCTAW
  • 94 Down: Magazine fig. CIRC
  • 96 Down: Fragrant garden hybrid TEAROSE
  • 97 Down: Gave consent ACCEDED
  • 98 Down: The lords in "The 12 Days of Christmas," e.g. LEAPERS
  • 99 Down: Noggin BEAN
  • 100 Down: Vegan milk source ALMOND
  • 101 Down: Mob scene extra RIOTER
  • 102 Down: French financial institution BANQUE
  • 104 Down: Jazz subgenre for Wynton Marsalis NEOBOP
  • 110 Down: Daily grinds RUTS
  • 111 Down: Puts on AIRS
  • 113 Down: Chicken (out) WIMP
  • 114 Down: "I'm in such a fix" AHME
  • 115 Down: Metro regions, informally URBS
  • 116 Down: ___ bene NOTA
  • 117 Down: The Horned Frogs of Ft. Worth TCU
  • 119 Down: 19th of 24 TAU
  • 120 Down: "Why, why, why?!" GAH
Show the solved grid
1I2C3H4C5P6R7O8K9E10D11S12A13T14A15T16O17P18MUD19HOLE20PITA21TEACHME22ATTUNED23PLAS24TICSHEET25S26GIVESAD27ARN28HOR29STRATA30INS31ILE32OS33E34ARES35NOE36A37S38YTAS39K40STIC41K42YPADS43ENTRAP44SSE45WINONA46INR47E48E49RIN50NOD51R52A53M54A55B56R57IDGET58J59ONES60LOWDIGIT61EIN62SNOG63TH64RU65SAFEST66LEF67T68AWR69Y70YOR71E72ETTE73ISAY74S75O76LEA77S78FIL79M80WES81KENKES82EY83CH84ILDSU85P86PORT87ENTENTE88PHYS89EZRA90TEN91HUT92A93C94C95AOR96T97A98L99B100A101R102BARIANS103THI104NKPIECE105ELIA106EDT107ORE108ACA109AMON110R111A112HE113W114ACCO115U116N117TREP118NOTQUI119TERI120GHT121BROCODE122NEUTRAL123MAMA124OBTUSER125DRESSUP126PHEW127PSA128EDS

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