Daily Themed Crossword May 9, 2019 Answers
Every clue and answer from the May 9, 2019 grid, in puzzle order.
May 9, 2019 — All 64 Clues
Listed in the order they appear in the grid. Tap COPY to take an answer with you.
| # | Clue | Answer | Letters | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | ___ Grand Las Vegas (hotel and casino): Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #2 | Many PTA members for short | Show answer | 4 | |
| #3 | Monsieur's affirmative | Show answer | 3 | |
| #4 | "The Marvelous ___ Maisel" | Show answer | 3 | |
| #5 | Sarandon of "Dead Man Walking" | Show answer | 5 | |
| #6 | Positively or negatively charged particle | Show answer | 3 | |
| #7 | "___ complicated" (relationship status) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #8 | From head ___ (completely): 2 wds. | Show answer | 5 | |
| #9 | "Toy ___" (1995 animated comedy featuring Buzz Lightyear) | Show answer | 5 | |
| #10 | Strongly persuade | Show answer | 4 | |
| #11 | "I could ___ a hand here." | Show answer | 3 | |
| #12 | Rise upward into the air | Show answer | 4 | |
| #13 | Fall back like the tide | Show answer | 3 | |
| #14 | Spiritual guide or teacher | Show answer | 4 | |
| #15 | Hiltons and Marriotts | Show answer | 6 | |
| #16 | Owl's laugh | Show answer | 4 | |
| #17 | Emulate a burglar | Show answer | 3 | |
| #18 | "___ Mars" American sci-fi film from 2000 about a manned exploration mission to Mars that goes wrong: 2 wds. | Show answer | 9 | |
| #19 | Land of Bollywood | Show answer | 5 | |
| #20 | Chatter or talk a lot | Show answer | 3 | |
| #21 | Insect that produces formic acid | Show answer | 3 | |
| #22 | "Harry Potter and the ___ of the Phoenix" (fifth installment in the Harry Potter series) | Show answer | 5 | |
| #23 | Damp as morning lawns | Show answer | 4 | |
| #24 | "... I've ___ the moves like Jagger..." | Show answer | 3 | |
| #25 | "Dangerous Woman" singer Ariana ___ | Show answer | 6 | |
| #26 | German region in which Essen is the chief city | Show answer | 4 | |
| #27 | Length multiplied by breadth | Show answer | 4 | |
| #28 | Palindromic visual unit of the body | Show answer | 3 | |
| #29 | "Days of ___ Lives" (classic soap opera) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #30 | "___ be back." (line from "The Terminator") | Show answer | 3 | |
| #31 | "Inc." cousin for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #32 | Be the first one to finish a race say | Show answer | 3 | |
| #33 | "___ of Dogs" (2018 film) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #34 | Palindromic time of the day | Show answer | 4 | |
| #35 | "___ Mars" a sci-fi horror film from 2013 about an eight-person crew stationed on Mars: 4 wds. | Show answer | 13 | |
| #36 | Centipede has many | Show answer | 4 | |
| #37 | Wilting or floppy | Show answer | 6 | |
| #38 | Pertaining to hearing or the ear | Show answer | 5 | |
| #39 | "He's Just ___ That Into You" (Scarlett Johansson film) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #40 | Issa ___ 2018 Emmy nominee for HBO's "Insecure" | Show answer | 3 | |
| #41 | "How Deep Is Your Love" by ___ Hill | Show answer | 3 | |
| #42 | Bathroom to a Londoner | Show answer | 3 | |
| #43 | Type of altered plant that Monsanto was known for: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #44 | To combine into one as business firms | Show answer | 5 | |
| #45 | Cookies in McFlurrys | Show answer | 5 | |
| #46 | Agatha Christie novel "Murder on the ___ Express" | Show answer | 6 | |
| #47 | Where Rome lies | Show answer | 5 | |
| #48 | Vatican leader | Show answer | 4 | |
| #49 | Attention-seeker say | Show answer | 5 | |
| #50 | Reeded woodwind instrument | Show answer | 4 | |
| #51 | ___ flour (gluten-free option) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #52 | Use a chair | Show answer | 3 | |
| #53 | Gasp while crying | Show answer | 3 | |
| #54 | Val Kilmer's sci-fi thriller film from 2000 about an interplanetary mission to Mars: 2 wds. | Show answer | 9 | |
| #55 | Beats by ___ (audio equipment brand) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #56 | Bill ___ who danced to "Weird Science" on "Dancing With the Stars" | Show answer | 3 | |
| #57 | Water snake? | Show answer | 3 | |
| #58 | Small measure in cooking for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #59 | Stock market launch: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #60 | Violent or bloody | Show answer | 4 | |
| #61 | Drain-unclogging chemicals | Show answer | 4 | |
| #62 | Golf ball support | Show answer | 3 | |
| #63 | Compass direction that's the opposite of WNW: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #64 | Website with a "Find" and "Near" search bar | Show answer | 4 |
How the May 9, 2019 Grid Breaks Down
This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for May 9, 2019, a Thursday. It contains 64 clues, which is a little below the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is THELASTDAYSON at 13 letters; the shortest is 3.
Watch the clue wording on this one: 4 clues are flagged "Abbr.", meaning the answer is shortened rather than spelled out, and 4 clues carry a "wds." flag, so the answer runs several words together with no spaces. Those markers are reliable in this game and are the quickest way to fix a letter count before you commit to an entry.
Neighbouring dates are linked above, and the 2019 archive holds every daily puzzle from that year. There is also a mini crossword for May 9, 2019 with 10 clues. Away from the calendar, the game's 202 themed packs hold another 58,679 clues.
May 9, 2019 — Questions
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3 Tips for the May 9, 2019 Crossword
The theme is a clue in itself
Daily Themed Crossword builds each board around one idea, and the themed entries are usually the longest answers on the grid. This board carries 64 clues with answers from 3 to 13 letters — work out what the long ones have in common and the rest of the grid opens up around them.
Short fills are where the crossings come from
Three- and four-letter answers are the cheapest squares on the board and they feed letters into every long entry they touch. When a themed answer will not come, fill the short ones around it first rather than staring at the clue.
There is a mini board for this date too
Daily Themed Crossword runs two boards a day. The mini crossword for May 9, 2019 is on its own page, and the two share a theme more often than not — solving one gives you a head start on the other.
Verified Answers, Not Guesses
How we verify this board
The 64 clue-and-answer pairs here were captured from the May 9, 2019 crossword on the day it ran, with the clue wording stored exactly as the game showed it and every answer length-checked against its slot. Dated boards are never rewritten after publication.
Reviewed by Nadia Okonkwo, Crossword and Clue Editor at Puzzle Solved. The full checking routine is in the methodology, and the standards every page is held to are in the editorial policy.
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How to Solve a Daily Themed Crossword
How the daily and mini grids are built, and the order that solves them.
Read the theme before the clues
Daily Themed Crossword builds every puzzle around one idea, and the long entries almost always belong to it. Knowing the theme turns those from cold clues into a guessing game with a very short list.
Fill the short crossings first
Three and four letter answers use the most predictable vocabulary in the whole grid. Each one you place hands letters to the long clues for free, which is a better use of the first minute than staring at the hardest entry.
Abbreviations are signposted
A clue ending in "Abbr." or containing its own abbreviation is telling you the answer is short and clipped. The same goes for "Hyph." and "2 wds." — the clue format is half the answer.