Daily Themed Crossword May 9, 2021 Answers
Every clue and answer from the May 9, 2021 grid, in puzzle order.
May 9, 2021 — All 68 Clues
Listed in the order they appear in the grid. Tap COPY to take an answer with you.
| # | Clue | Answer | Letters | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | "Just ___ water" (chef's words) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #2 | "Hamlet" part | Show answer | 3 | |
| #3 | "Homeland" organization: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #4 | Vietnamese New Year | Show answer | 3 | |
| #5 | "___ down" (get stuck) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #6 | Lifelong pal in textspeak | Show answer | 3 | |
| #7 | Pasta lifters | Show answer | 5 | |
| #8 | Disney's "___ & Ulysses" | Show answer | 5 | |
| #9 | ___ in the back (betray) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #10 | ___-fi (book genre) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #11 | Nutrient in rice or bread for short | Show answer | 4 | |
| #12 | Pitch-black | Show answer | 4 | |
| #13 | Meal plan | Show answer | 4 | |
| #14 | Sticky strip | Show answer | 4 | |
| #15 | Grand or Bryce for one | Show answer | 6 | |
| #16 | Like a cucumber? | Show answer | 4 | |
| #17 | Bronzed beach effect | Show answer | 3 | |
| #18 | It may be processed or mined | Show answer | 4 | |
| #19 | Farming prefix | Show answer | 4 | |
| #20 | Noah's construction | Show answer | 3 | |
| #21 | Bit of wordplay | Show answer | 3 | |
| #22 | Best thing about a product: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #23 | ___ Patty fictional dish featured in the animated series "SpongeBob SquarePants" | Show answer | 6 | |
| #24 | "Take down ___" (humble): 2 wds. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #25 | DJ's stacks: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #26 | ___ Blasters fictional dish featured in the sitcom "30 Rock" | Show answer | 6 | |
| #27 | Linden and Holbrook | Show answer | 4 | |
| #28 | Make changes in a document say | Show answer | 4 | |
| #29 | Rubber tree milk | Show answer | 3 | |
| #30 | Stay-at-home-___ | Show answer | 3 | |
| #31 | One ___ meal | Show answer | 3 | |
| #32 | Luggage label | Show answer | 3 | |
| #33 | Plane's takeoff status: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #34 | Number after "dos" in Barcelona | Show answer | 4 | |
| #35 | Place to get a bagel or a sub | Show answer | 4 | |
| #36 | Not likely as a chance | Show answer | 4 | |
| #37 | List at a diner | Show answer | 4 | |
| #38 | "Old Town Road" singer Lil ___ X | Show answer | 3 | |
| #39 | Pastry featured in an iconic scene from "Inglourious Basterds" | Show answer | 7 | |
| #40 | Shot up | Show answer | 4 | |
| #41 | "Aquaman" director James ___ | Show answer | 3 | |
| #42 | Pedometer point | Show answer | 4 | |
| #43 | "Star Trek" actor Chris ___ | Show answer | 4 | |
| #44 | Classic Pontiac muscle car: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #45 | Clumsy type | Show answer | 3 | |
| #46 | "She" in Portuguese | Show answer | 3 | |
| #47 | "National Treasure" actor Cage in tabloids | Show answer | 3 | |
| #48 | Cauldron ___ fictional dish sold on the Hogwarts Express | Show answer | 5 | |
| #49 | Rum cake ingredient | Show answer | 6 | |
| #50 | Davenport's state | Show answer | 4 | |
| #51 | Smoothie leaf | Show answer | 4 | |
| #52 | Big ___ Burger fictional dish featured in the action film "Pulp Fiction" | Show answer | 6 | |
| #53 | X or y on a graph | Show answer | 4 | |
| #54 | Coop members | Show answer | 4 | |
| #55 | Strange saucer in the sky: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #56 | Fireman's chopping tool | Show answer | 3 | |
| #57 | ___ out (barely made) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #58 | One of the Gabors | Show answer | 3 | |
| #59 | Nasty stinger | Show answer | 4 | |
| #60 | Arctic diving bird | Show answer | 3 | |
| #61 | ___ Lanka | Show answer | 3 | |
| #62 | Sweeping shot | Show answer | 3 | |
| #63 | "Hamilton" creator ___-Manuel Miranda | Show answer | 3 | |
| #64 | First lady? | Show answer | 3 | |
| #65 | Special something? | Show answer | 4 | |
| #66 | Suffix for "lion" or "host" | Show answer | 3 | |
| #67 | Utah's La ___ Mountains | Show answer | 3 | |
| #68 | Tree people? | Show answer | 3 |
How the May 9, 2021 Grid Breaks Down
This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for May 9, 2021, a Sunday. It contains 68 clues, which is a little above the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is STRUDEL at 7 letters; the shortest is 3.
Watch the clue wording on this one: 6 clues are flagged "Abbr.", meaning the answer is shortened rather than spelled out, and 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 2021 archive holds every daily puzzle from that year. There is also a mini crossword for May 9, 2021 with 10 clues. Away from the calendar, the game's 202 themed packs hold another 58,679 clues.
May 9, 2021 — Questions
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3 Tips for the May 9, 2021 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 68 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 9, 2021 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 68 clue-and-answer pairs here were captured from the May 9, 2021 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.