NYT Crossword May 3, 2026 Answers

Across

1A First person, in Austria 3 4A Pressing activity, for short? 3 7A Cleared to proceed 4 11A Perched on 7 18A Place for pigs to wallow 7 20A Shawarma wrap 4 21A "I'm here to learn" 7 22A In sync 7 23A Moisture barrier supplies 13 26A 23-Across, oddly? 10 28A Vert. counterpart 3 29A Geological layers 6 30A They got the votes 3 31A Saint Barthélemy, par exemple 3 32A Sugar suffix 3 34A Father of Deimos 4 35A A hard job 10 40A 35-Across, oddly? 10 43A Catch in a sting 6 44A Cleveland-to-Akron dir. 3 45A Ryder of "Stranger Things" 6 46A Office memo starter 4 48A Leprechaun's land 4 50A Conflict-averse 7 55A Fictional diary writer 12 60A 55-Across, oddly? 8 61A A as in Austria 3 62A Lock lips, in London 4 63A Drive-___ menu 4 65A Like the best bets 6 66A Abandoned 4 68A Off-center 4 70A Time gone by 4 72A Ending with the name Ann or Nan 4 73A "Reason" given in a parental "explanation" 6 76A Spots for grazing 4 78A Pond scum, e.g. 4 80A Craven behind the camera 3 81A "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" author 8 83A 81-Across, oddly? 12 87A Political understanding 7 88A ___ Ed 4 89A Book before Nehemiah 4 90A Boot camp shout 6 92A Stanford and Cal joined it in 2024 3 95A From the heart, in a way 6 99A Conan and others 10 103A 99-Across, oddly? 10 105A "Essays of ___" (19th-century collection) 4 106A Summer hours in N.Y.C. 3 107A You smelt it! 3 108A Inits. fittingly filling the blanks of Obam_ _ _re 3 109A Luxor Temple deity 6 112A Take an ax to 3 114A Client's sales agent, in brief 10 118A 114-Across, oddly? 13 121A Unspoken set of rules between dudes 7 122A N next to the gearshift 7 123A Ozzy Osbourne's "___, I'm Coming Home" 4 124A More dimwitted 7 125A Make more appealing, as something otherwise plain 7 126A "Glad that's over!" 4 127A Spot for charity, say, in brief 3 128A Newsroom staffers, for short 3

Down

1D "Just picture this!" 7 2D Rudely interrupt, as a dance partner 7 3D Man cave fixture 7 4D Snow jobs 4 5D Heartfelt ask 4 6D Website with an alien logo 6 7D Treat badly, in a way 7 8D Potter's furnace 4 9D Uber ride info, informally 3 10D Small amount in the kitchen 4 11D Adds with a spoon, say 7 12D Org. for J. Robert Oppenheimer 3 13D U.S.S.R. news source 4 14D Zwei quadrupled 4 15D What one might take or beat 6 16D World Golf Hall-of-Famer Mark 6 17D Caressed 6 19D Sector of a color wheel 3 24D "Yer darn ___!" 6 25D Pert blurt 4 27D Cry often accompanied by a sigh 4 33D Cut-rate, in brand names 5 36D Parched 4 37D Named names 4 38D Belgian battle site in W.W. I 5 39D "Neato!" 4 40D Sounding like taffeta, say 6 41D More than suspects 5 42D When tripled, "You get the picture" 5 47D Sicilian spewer 4 49D Part of A.A.R.P.: Abbr. 3 51D Loaded (with) 4 52D When teething might end 6 53D Produce aisle device 6 54D Swear 6 55D Mimic 6 56D Chewy chocolate candy brand 6 57D One sporting a onesie 6 58D Loose-cheeked, as a mastiff 5 59D Fantastic beast 4 60D Jarringly sensational 5 64D "u slay me" 4 67D Day care charge 4 69D Blue blood vessels? 6 71D "What ___ can I say?" 4 74D German actress Berger with a career spanning eight decades 5 75D Big name in blenders 5 77D Reluctant to mingle, say 3 79D Classic elevator tunes 5 82D Start of a choosing rhyme 5 84D "The time ___ hand" 4 85D Stage item 4 86D ___-mutuel betting 4 88D Kick starter? 6 91D Didn't go it alone, say 7 93D One of the so-called Five Civilized Tribes 7 94D Magazine fig. 4 96D Fragrant garden hybrid 7 97D Gave consent 7 98D The lords in "The 12 Days of Christmas," e.g. 7 99D Noggin 4 100D Vegan milk source 6 101D Mob scene extra 6 102D French financial institution 6 104D Jazz subgenre for Wynton Marsalis 6 110D Daily grinds 4 111D Puts on 4 113D Chicken (out) 4 114D "I'm in such a fix" 4 115D Metro regions, informally 4 116D ___ bene 4 117D The Horned Frogs of Ft. Worth 3 119D 19th of 24 3 120D "Why, why, why?!" 3