Daily Themed Crossword May 2, 2026 Answers
Every clue and answer from the May 2, 2026 grid, in puzzle order.
May 2, 2026 — All 65 Clues
Listed in the order they appear in the grid. Tap COPY to take an answer with you.
| # | Clue | Answer | Letters | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Letters seen before DEF | Show answer | 3 | |
| #2 | Airport screening organization: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #3 | Road ___ (fun vacation plan) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #4 | Nothing on a soccer scoreboard | Show answer | 3 | |
| #5 | Every dog ___ its day | Show answer | 3 | |
| #6 | Red-haired ogress from Shrek | Show answer | 5 | |
| #7 | Disco ___ of The Simpsons | Show answer | 3 | |
| #8 | Deer's kin found in Yellowstone | Show answer | 3 | |
| #9 | ___ willing and able | Show answer | 5 | |
| #10 | At ___ soldier (military officer's command) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #11 | Classic bump-and-slide board game where players apologize as they send each other's pawns back to the start first introduced in 1934 | SORRY | 5 | |
| #12 | I hope you've learned your ___! (Do not do this again!) | Show answer | 6 | |
| #13 | The Game of ___ board game where players make choices about career and family introduced in 1860 and redesigned in 1960 | Show answer | 4 | |
| #14 | Sir ___ John who sang Tiny Dancer | Show answer | 5 | |
| #15 | ___-inclusive (including everything) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #16 | ___ Motor Car Company firm founded by Ransom E. Olds | Show answer | 3 | |
| #17 | Heineken or Budweiser product | Show answer | 4 | |
| #18 | Actress Arthur of The Golden Girls | Show answer | 3 | |
| #19 | You can't get ___ of me that easily! | Show answer | 3 | |
| #20 | Lifford of Queen Sugar | Show answer | 4 | |
| #21 | President Harry Truman's wife | Show answer | 4 | |
| #22 | ___ Land colorful children's board game that sends players on a trek through a land of lollipops and licorice first published in 1949 | CANDY | 5 | |
| #23 | Went from large to small as clothes after a wash | Show answer | 6 | |
| #24 | French for me | Show answer | 3 | |
| #25 | Raise as a flag | Show answer | 5 | |
| #26 | ___ Four two-player strategy game where players drop discs into a vertical grid to line up four in a row first sold in 1974 | Show answer | 7 | |
| #27 | Clumsy one's exclamation | Show answer | 4 | |
| #28 | De Armas of Knives Out | Show answer | 3 | |
| #29 | Sweetie slangily | Show answer | 3 | |
| #30 | Barely manage with out | Show answer | 3 | |
| #31 | Darken in the sun | Show answer | 3 | |
| #32 | ___ choy (salad green) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #33 | A in Q&A for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #34 | He ___ off more than he could chew | Show answer | 3 | |
| #35 | Murder mystery board game where players use hints to unmask the killer among suspects like Professor Plum and Mrs. White released in 1949 | CLUE | 4 | |
| #36 | ___ Boots Are Made for Walkin' (Nancy Sinatra hit) | Show answer | 5 | |
| #37 | Black Friday events | Show answer | 5 | |
| #38 | Say what? or why? | Show answer | 3 | |
| #39 | Wedding cake layer | Show answer | 4 | |
| #40 | Loud hair-raising cry from a lion during a safari | Show answer | 4 | |
| #41 | ___ 500 annual motorsports event | Show answer | 4 | |
| #42 | Handle the tab say | Show answer | 3 | |
| #43 | ___ desk (hotel reception area) | Show answer | 5 | |
| #44 | Pale or dark brew | Show answer | 3 | |
| #45 | All by oneself | Show answer | 4 | |
| #46 | Black dots in a slice of watermelon | Show answer | 5 | |
| #47 | Experimental location | Show answer | 3 | |
| #48 | Suffix with infant or percent | Show answer | 3 | |
| #49 | Tallahassee's state: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #50 | Get one's hands on | Show answer | 6 | |
| #51 | German denial that sounds like and is an anagram of nine | Show answer | 4 | |
| #52 | Strategic world domination board game where players compete to take over the world with armies on a map first launched in 1957 | RISK | 4 | |
| #53 | ___ around (football trick play) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #54 | Blu-___ Disc (data storage format) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #55 | Monopoly collection | Show answer | 4 | |
| #56 | Low-pitched guitar | Show answer | 4 | |
| #57 | Sir Arthur ___ Doyle who created Sherlock Holmes | Show answer | 5 | |
| #58 | Croc or moccasin e.g. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #59 | Appealing musical refrain | Show answer | 4 | |
| #60 | Like a fruit ready to be eaten | Show answer | 4 | |
| #61 | ___ Lisa (Louvre attraction painted in the early 16th century) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #62 | It may be let out of the bag | Show answer | 3 | |
| #63 | Gradually subside as the tide | Show answer | 3 | |
| #64 | Baby's noise | Show answer | 3 | |
| #65 | Tik-___ of Oz (book by L. Frank Baum) | Show answer | 3 |
How the May 2, 2026 Grid Breaks Down
This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for May 2, 2026, a Saturday. It contains 65 clues, which is a little below the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is CONNECT at 7 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. 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 2026 archive holds every daily puzzle from that year. There is also a mini crossword for May 2, 2026 with 10 clues. Away from the calendar, the game's 202 themed packs hold another 58,679 clues.
May 2, 2026 — Questions
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3 Tips for the May 2, 2026 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 65 clues with answers from 3 to 7 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 2, 2026 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 65 clue-and-answer pairs here were captured from the May 2, 2026 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.
Last checked — Sep 9, 2026Daily Themed Crossword by the numbers
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.