New Yorker Crossword May 5 2026 Answers (5/5/26)

Our New Yorker Crossword May 5, 2026 answers guide should help you finish today’s crossword if you’ve found yourself stuck on a crossword clue.

The New Yorker Crossword May 5, 2026 Answers

If you need help solving the New Yorker Crossword on 5/5/26, we’ve listed all of the crossword clues below so you can find the answer(s) you need. You can search for the clue and then select the appropriate clue to get the answer. We have done it this way so that if you’re just looking for a handful of clues, you won’t spoil other ones you’re working on!

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« May 4 2026 Answers

#	Clue
1A	Handle clumsily
6A	Tense moments in tennis
15A	Feudalist bigwig
16A	Bowlful often topped with Gruyère
17A	Chose poorly
18A	Work as a contractor
19A	Alter
20A	Maker of Butterscotch Krimpets
21A	Reprobate
23A	___ student
24A	Ivy Leaguer who might join the Whiffenpoofs
25A	Nearly perfect games for pitchers
30A	Ease the severity of, as a policy
33A	Muscle-to-bone connector
34A	Climb by hugging
36A	Theatre backdrops
39A	Turn things around, maybe?
41A	Amount consumed
43A	Discharges from military service
47A	Many wedding guests
48A	Mary ___ Evans, a.k.a. George Eliot
49A	Permission
52A	Holders of tablets
57A	Producer of Preludes
58A	Company that trademarked the phrase “Help, I’ve fallen and I can’t get up!”
59A	“Inside Out” emotion whose head bursts into flames
60A	Go into further detail
61A	Not as vivid as before
62A	Metal inset that amplifies sound on a Dobro guitar
63A	Clichéd story element
1D	Begged earnestly
2D	Rewards earned by travelling
3D	Lottery winners’ exclamation
4D	Star’s representative
5D	He’s an animal in bed
6D	Not stern enough with
7D	Sends into a fury
8D	Affiliations
9D	Writer of verse
10D	Members ___ jacket
11D	“Babette’s Feast” author Dinesen
12D	Far from famous
13D	Car designer Preston or comedian Chris
14D	Blender settings
22D	Feel-good film’s opposite
26D	“The Horse and ___ Boy” (C. S. Lewis novel)
27D	Provoke
28D	Seabird with a black cap
29D	Doofus
31D	Organizational aid for Santa
32D	Prefix with chamber or diluvian
35D	R.S.V.P. option
37D	Managing despite substandard conditions
38D	On the surface
40D	“2666” author Bolaño
42D	Duellist’s cry
43D	Envelope that might be lined with bubble wrap
44D	Disentangle from a messy heap
45D	Major bungles
46D	Overcoat named for a historical Irish province
50D	Blaxploitation film scored by Isaac Hayes
51D	Technology whose development was prompted by submarine threats during the First World War
53D	Popular style for N.Y.C. architecture of the thirties
54D	Mark of ___ (sign mentioned in Genesis)
55D	Alan who started the podcast “Clear+Vivid” in his eighties
56D	One saved by friends?