Daily Themed Crossword May 17, 2019 Answers
Every clue and answer from the May 17, 2019 grid, in puzzle order.
May 17, 2019 — All 66 Clues
Listed in the order they appear in the grid. Tap COPY to take an answer with you.
| # | Clue | Answer | Letters | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Patch of hair above each of 60a | Show answer | 4 | |
| #2 | Secret recipient on an email: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #3 | "___ help you?": 2 wds. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #4 | Greenish-blue color | Show answer | 4 | |
| #5 | Nocturnal mammal that loves to hang upside down | Show answer | 3 | |
| #6 | Hesitate to do something with "at" | Show answer | 4 | |
| #7 | What remains after the smoke clears | Show answer | 3 | |
| #8 | "True ___" Arnold Schwarzenegger starrer action film | Show answer | 4 | |
| #9 | Bohemian novelist and short story writer Franz | Show answer | 5 | |
| #10 | "___ were you I'd have accepted the proposal.": 2 wds. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #11 | One of a list | Show answer | 4 | |
| #12 | Overflow with something | Show answer | 4 | |
| #13 | Italian active volcano | Show answer | 4 | |
| #14 | Pills that help your health for short | Show answer | 4 | |
| #15 | Line of light radiating from the Sun | Show answer | 3 | |
| #16 | Mongolia's continent | Show answer | 4 | |
| #17 | Lavish outdoor party | Show answer | 4 | |
| #18 | Sam Worthington thriller film "Man ___ Ledge": 2 wds. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #19 | Book that won the 2018 National Book Award for Fiction written by Sigrid Nunez: 2 wds. | Show answer | 9 | |
| #20 | Set off speedily on foot | Show answer | 3 | |
| #21 | "The player with the most number of points ___." | Show answer | 4 | |
| #22 | Shout at the top of one's voice out of fear | Show answer | 6 | |
| #23 | Musical genre of the American band The Slackers | Show answer | 3 | |
| #24 | X-___ (25th December) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #25 | Argentine revolutionary ___ Guevara | Show answer | 3 | |
| #26 | Garden weeding tool | Show answer | 3 | |
| #27 | Tree widely used for landscaping | Show answer | 3 | |
| #28 | ___ Lee first Asian to win the Oscar for Best Director | Show answer | 3 | |
| #29 | Pulpy fruits that are the main sources of wine | Show answer | 6 | |
| #30 | Hog's home | Show answer | 3 | |
| #31 | Leisurely walk in the park | Show answer | 6 | |
| #32 | English article commonly used before nouns | Show answer | 3 | |
| #33 | Musical reality competition TV show "___ Sync Battle" | Show answer | 3 | |
| #34 | Actor Perlman who starred in the 2004 superhero film "Hellboy" | Show answer | 3 | |
| #35 | Piece of rock from which metal could be extracted | Show answer | 3 | |
| #36 | Newspaper from the Empire City: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #37 | Book that won the 2018 National Book Award for Translated Literature written by Yoko Tawada and translated by Margaret Mitsutani: 2 wds. | THEEMISSARY | 11 | |
| #38 | Underwater naval vessel for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #39 | Antonio Banderas starrer adventure comedy film "___ Kids" | Show answer | 3 | |
| #40 | "___! Heavy and a Bottle of Bread" Bob Dylan song from the album "The Basement Tapes" | Show answer | 3 | |
| #41 | Doll that is manipulated by strings | Show answer | 6 | |
| #42 | What helps with navigation | Show answer | 3 | |
| #43 | Curved path of a celestial body | Show answer | 3 | |
| #44 | ___ of cake (extremely simple) | Show answer | 5 | |
| #45 | "Rock-a-___ Baby" (lullaby) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #46 | "This is Us" actor Ventimiglia | Show answer | 4 | |
| #47 | "Good Girls" star Whitman | Show answer | 3 | |
| #48 | Fresh start | Show answer | 4 | |
| #49 | Competitive ___ (advantage) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #50 | ___ Open (ATP World Tour tennis event played in Brazil) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #51 | James Bond film "You ___ Live Twice" | Show answer | 4 | |
| #52 | Pierce Brosnan and Jessica Alba starrer "___ Kind of Beautiful" | Show answer | 4 | |
| #53 | Norwegian city with the Vigeland Museum | Show answer | 4 | |
| #54 | Pet's purr | Show answer | 4 | |
| #55 | "This will ___ off the pressure." (help reduce) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #56 | Book that won the 2018 National Book Award for Poetry written by Justin Phillip Reed | Show answer | 9 | |
| #57 | A billion-year period | Show answer | 3 | |
| #58 | Signal to a performer to start | Show answer | 3 | |
| #59 | Positive response | Show answer | 3 | |
| #60 | Beachfront waterbody | Show answer | 3 | |
| #61 | Most famous building blocks brand perhaps | Show answer | 4 | |
| #62 | What could help a private eye crack a case? | Show answer | 4 | |
| #63 | "La Bamba" rock band ___ Lobos | Show answer | 3 | |
| #64 | "Wedding Crashers" actor ___ Wilson | Show answer | 4 | |
| #65 | Pair that lets you see | Show answer | 4 | |
| #66 | Carry a debt | Show answer | 3 |
How the May 17, 2019 Grid Breaks Down
This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for May 17, 2019, a Friday. It contains 66 clues, which is exactly the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is THEEMISSARY at 11 letters; the shortest is 3.
Watch the clue wording on this one: 2 clues are flagged "Abbr.", meaning the answer is shortened rather than spelled out, and 5 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 17, 2019 with 10 clues. Away from the calendar, the game's 202 themed packs hold another 58,679 clues.
May 17, 2019 — Questions
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3 Tips for the May 17, 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 66 clues with answers from 3 to 11 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 17, 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 66 clue-and-answer pairs here were captured from the May 17, 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.