NYT Crossword May 4, 2026 Answers

Across

1A "The ___ is clear!" 5 6A "Mamma Mia" group 4 10A Spaces, as between teeth 4 14A Author Joyce Carol ___ 5 15A Devices for keyless entry 4 16A Amo, amas, ___ 4 17A "Sleepless in Seattle" or "Legally Blonde," informally 10 19A Actress Dunham or Waithe 4 20A Call from an ump 3 21A Group of connected PCs 3 22A Like some columns and bonds 5 23A Methodical way for something to be built 12 27A "This place is fire" 6 30A Sidney who directed "12 Angry Men" and "The Wiz" 5 31A Japanese camera giant 5 32A "The Lion King" villain 4 34A Soph., jr. and sr. 3 37A Slogan encouraging the use of seatbelts 15 41A Swiss peak 3 42A Enormous 4 43A New England state with the slogan "The Way Life Should Be" 5 44A Used, as a chair 5 47A Shaggy hairstyle 6 48A Simple game requiring steady hands 12 52A Improvise, as a speech 5 53A When a plane is due, for short 3 54A Used to be 3 57A College figure 4 58A Suddenly feels repulsed by a romantic partner … or a hint to 17-, 23-, 37- and 48-Across 10 62A Pole on a sailboat 4 63A Tradition for many high school seniors 4 64A Fasten, as a ship's rope 5 65A In addition 4 66A Levelheaded 4 67A "Goodie" on classic radio 5

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1D 2017 Pixar film set in Mexico 4 2D Third-largest Hawaiian island 4 3D Going ___ (fighting) 4 4D Part of a min. 3 5D Chiding sound 3 6D Insurance company whose mascot is a duck 5 7D Sound effect for a bop on the head 5 8D Eng. channel 3 9D Request 3 10D Aplenty 6 11D Bag of hotel room freebies, say 10 12D Feel a suddenly overwhelming fear 5 13D Serving of pancakes 5 18D Move like a fairy 4 22D Tech giant founded in 1911 3 23D Voting group 4 24D Skating locale 4 25D Play loudly, as from a speaker 5 26D Traditional circular dwelling 4 27D Ancient Peruvian 4 28D Cash drawer 4 29D Plays hooky 10 32D Shocks into silence 5 33D Part of a gearwheel 3 35D Nevada city near Lake Tahoe 4 36D Bit of a staircase 4 38D Flapjack franchise 4 39D Reassurance after a loud crash, say 4 40D Puts a limit on 4 45D Resembling 6 46D Spot for three men in a nursery rhyme 3 47D Exam for a future doc 4 48D Culinary personality Lakshmi 5 49D Best imaginable 5 50D Wyoming's Grand ___ National Park 5 51D "Hi, you know who this is" 5 54D Undomesticated 4 55D Smoothie "superfood" 4 56D Scottish terrier breed 4 58D Rte. finder 3 59D Long time in history 3 60D Network for "Succession" and "The Wire" 3 61D Slithery fish 3