Daily Themed Crossword May 3, 2019 Answers
Every clue and answer from the May 3, 2019 grid, in puzzle order.
May 3, 2019 — All 63 Clues
Listed in the order they appear in the grid. Tap COPY to take an answer with you.
| # | Clue | Answer | Letters | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Flow back as a tide | Show answer | 3 | |
| #2 | CBS symbol or ophthalmologist's study | Show answer | 3 | |
| #3 | Senate affirmation | Show answer | 3 | |
| #4 | Easter basket item | Show answer | 3 | |
| #5 | Follow rules with "by" | Show answer | 5 | |
| #6 | "Brokeback Mountain" director Lee | Show answer | 3 | |
| #7 | ____ of the above (multiple choice question option) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #8 | Neither a liquid nor a solid | Show answer | 3 | |
| #9 | Burj Khalifa's city | Show answer | 5 | |
| #10 | Capital of Qatar | Show answer | 4 | |
| #11 | Store sign during business hours | Show answer | 4 | |
| #12 | Talk show figure | Show answer | 4 | |
| #13 | Starting poker pot contribution | Show answer | 4 | |
| #14 | Ask earnestly for pardon say | Show answer | 3 | |
| #15 | Constrictor that suffocates its prey | Show answer | 3 | |
| #16 | "Once ___ a time ..." | Show answer | 4 | |
| #17 | Frodo ___ fictional character from "The Lord of the Rings" played by Elijah Wood in the movies | Show answer | 7 | |
| #18 | Christmas dinner bird | Show answer | 5 | |
| #19 | ___ man (groomsman) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #20 | Lines of praise | Show answer | 3 | |
| #21 | Barbie or Ken say | Show answer | 4 | |
| #22 | Poet who wrote of Beatrice in "Divine Comedy" | Show answer | 5 | |
| #23 | Take a risk | Show answer | 4 | |
| #24 | Actor Willem of "American Psycho" and "Spider-Man" | Show answer | 5 | |
| #25 | Prayer conclusion | Show answer | 4 | |
| #26 | TV's "Family ___" | Show answer | 4 | |
| #27 | "The ___ thickens!" (tale) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #28 | Pasty Hawaiian staple | Show answer | 3 | |
| #29 | Home of Iowa State University | Show answer | 4 | |
| #30 | Gillette ___ Plus | Show answer | 4 | |
| #31 | "Once and for ____ let us end this..." | Show answer | 3 | |
| #32 | Where ships dock | Show answer | 4 | |
| #33 | ____ Beta Kappa | Show answer | 3 | |
| #34 | Pay attention to | Show answer | 4 | |
| #35 | Archaeologist played by Harrison Ford informally | Show answer | 4 | |
| #36 | John Ronald ___ English author of the fantasy work "The Lord of the Rings": 2 wds. | Show answer | 12 | |
| #37 | Track circuits | Show answer | 4 | |
| #38 | Manipulate as bread dough | Show answer | 5 | |
| #39 | Bring down the curtain on | Show answer | 3 | |
| #40 | Poetry or painting say | Show answer | 3 | |
| #41 | "Do you ____ a lift?" (require) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #42 | Lighten one's wallet | Show answer | 5 | |
| #43 | Place for a body wrap | Show answer | 3 | |
| #44 | Last inning in Major League Baseball usually | Show answer | 5 | |
| #45 | Socially inept like most of the characters in "The Big Bang Theory" | Show answer | 5 | |
| #46 | Meat-and-vegetables dish | Show answer | 4 | |
| #47 | Small stores like the bakery and pharmacy in a market | Show answer | 5 | |
| #48 | "Girls Just Want to ____ Fun" | Show answer | 4 | |
| #49 | Lustrous white gem | Show answer | 4 | |
| #50 | Wind indicator with letters N-E-W-S | Show answer | 4 | |
| #51 | By way of | Show answer | 3 | |
| #52 | VCR insert? | Show answer | 4 | |
| #53 | School of whales | Show answer | 3 | |
| #54 | Fictional wizard from "The Lord of the Rings" played by Ian McKellen in the movies | Show answer | 7 | |
| #55 | Make a scene? | Show answer | 3 | |
| #56 | High's opposite | Show answer | 3 | |
| #57 | Rock's "___ Fighters" | Show answer | 3 | |
| #58 | ____ Spiegel co-founder of Snapchat | Show answer | 4 | |
| #59 | ____-Man (shrinking Marvel superhero) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #60 | Dove's sound | Show answer | 3 | |
| #61 | Join metal using a blowtorch | Show answer | 4 | |
| #62 | "I'm not impressed" word | Show answer | 3 | |
| #63 | What it takes to tango | Show answer | 3 |
How the May 3, 2019 Grid Breaks Down
This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for May 3, 2019, a Friday. It contains 63 clues, which is a little below the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is REUELTOLKIEN at 12 letters; the shortest is 3.
Watch the clue wording on this one: 1 clue carries 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 3, 2019 with 10 clues. Away from the calendar, the game's 202 themed packs hold another 58,679 clues.
May 3, 2019 — Questions
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3 Tips for the May 3, 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 63 clues with answers from 3 to 12 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 3, 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 63 clue-and-answer pairs here were captured from the May 3, 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.
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.