Daily Themed Crossword May 20, 2019 Answers
Every clue and answer from the May 20, 2019 grid, in puzzle order.
May 20, 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 | Israeli actress and model Gadot | Show answer | 3 | |
| #2 | Tom Hanks starrer comedy-drama film "Forrest ___" | Show answer | 4 | |
| #3 | Trash bin words "___ me" | Show answer | 3 | |
| #4 | "The Great Gatsby" actress Farrow | Show answer | 3 | |
| #5 | Oceanian country ___ New Guinea | Show answer | 5 | |
| #6 | "The Power Broker" author Robert ___ | Show answer | 4 | |
| #7 | Audio units that came after cassettes: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #8 | Sketches a scenery perhaps | Show answer | 5 | |
| #9 | Unique fragrance | Show answer | 5 | |
| #10 | Desmond ___ anti-apartheid and human rights activist | Show answer | 4 | |
| #11 | Lego blocks or barbie doll e.g. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #12 | Put ___ act (pretend): 2 wds. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #13 | State with the Bronx New ___ | Show answer | 4 | |
| #14 | Continent biggest of them all | Show answer | 4 | |
| #15 | Famous monument in Paris the ___ de Triomphe | Show answer | 3 | |
| #16 | Card game whose name means "one" in Spanish | Show answer | 3 | |
| #17 | By ___ and bounds (significantly) | Show answer | 5 | |
| #18 | Sound made when something wet strikes a surface | Show answer | 5 | |
| #19 | ___ Morris British singer whose latest album is called "Someone Out There" | Show answer | 3 | |
| #20 | Road-making substance that's also one of the residues when tobacco is burned | Show answer | 3 | |
| #21 | Mark Ronson's song featuring Bruno Mars that's fourth in the Billboard magazine's Top 10 songs of All-Time (1958-2018): 2 wds. | UPTOWNFUNK | 10 | |
| #22 | British adieu: Hyph. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #23 | Gas for a car | Show answer | 4 | |
| #24 | Jennifer Lopez starrer romcom "___ in Manhattan" | Show answer | 4 | |
| #25 | ___ Yousafzai activist and the youngest Nobel Prize laureate | Show answer | 6 | |
| #26 | Weed that could be found floating in the sea | Show answer | 4 | |
| #27 | "The ___ King" animated film with the character Simba | Show answer | 4 | |
| #28 | ___ Ungar the greatest Texas hold 'em and gin player of all time | Show answer | 3 | |
| #29 | "Final Destination" actress Larter | Show answer | 3 | |
| #30 | From ___ Z (the entire alphabet): 2 wds. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #31 | ___ the hook (no longer in trouble) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #32 | Archaic "hence" | Show answer | 4 | |
| #33 | Widely consumed staple in Asia (rhymes with "vies") | Show answer | 4 | |
| #34 | Large dark antelopes | Show answer | 4 | |
| #35 | Another word for 56a | Show answer | 4 | |
| #36 | The Black Eyed Peas' song that's seventh in the Billboard magazine's Top 10 songs of All-Time (1958-2018): 3 wds. | Show answer | 13 | |
| #37 | Popular table-making wood | Show answer | 4 | |
| #38 | "Made for ___ other" | Show answer | 4 | |
| #39 | Colorless volatile liquid that was earlier used as a general anesthetic | Show answer | 5 | |
| #40 | Rather big dog Great ___ | Show answer | 4 | |
| #41 | Buildup of this in the body causes obesity | Show answer | 3 | |
| #42 | ___-de-sac (dead end) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #43 | Gorilla or orangutan e.g. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #44 | Related to the pope | Show answer | 5 | |
| #45 | One's foe | Show answer | 5 | |
| #46 | "Say ___!" (at a photo session) | Show answer | 6 | |
| #47 | "Speed Racer" actor ___ Hirsch | Show answer | 5 | |
| #48 | ___ and rave (complain angrily) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #49 | Party ___ LMFAO's song featuring Lauren Bennett that's sixth in the Billboard magazine's Top 10 songs of All-Time (1958-2018): 2 wds. | ROCKANTHEM | 10 | |
| #50 | Baking appliance | Show answer | 4 | |
| #51 | Carrie Chapman ___ (American women's suffrage leader) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #52 | Strip with a sticky side used to pack items | Show answer | 4 | |
| #53 | ___ Elizabeth Phillippe Reese Witherspoon's daughter | Show answer | 3 | |
| #54 | "Pellet in a pod" veggie | Show answer | 3 | |
| #55 | "You're not in the ___ frame of mind." (disturbed) | Show answer | 5 | |
| #56 | Receive something | Show answer | 3 | |
| #57 | Bee Gees song "___ a liar" | Show answer | 3 | |
| #58 | Give it a go | Show answer | 3 | |
| #59 | "The ___" Sandra Bullock starrer cyber mystery thriller | Show answer | 3 | |
| #60 | Rock band's sound booster for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #61 | Look at suggestively | Show answer | 4 | |
| #62 | AC/DC's truly explosive number | Show answer | 3 | |
| #63 | Main ingredient in some soaps | Show answer | 3 | |
| #64 | Popular e-commerce website focused on handmade or vintage items | Show answer | 4 |
How the May 20, 2019 Grid Breaks Down
This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for May 20, 2019, a Monday. It contains 64 clues, which is a little below the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is IGOTTAFEELING at 13 letters; the shortest is 3.
Watch the clue wording on this one: 1 clue is 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 20, 2019 with 10 clues. Away from the calendar, the game's 202 themed packs hold another 58,679 clues.
May 20, 2019 — Questions
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3 Tips for the May 20, 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 20, 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 20, 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.