Daily Themed Crossword May 21, 2021 Answers
Every clue and answer from the May 21, 2021 grid, in puzzle order.
May 21, 2021 — All 64 Clues
Listed in the order they appear in the grid. Tap COPY to take an answer with you.
| # | Clue | Answer | Letters | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Ryder Cup organization: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #2 | ___ bargain (courtroom request) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #3 | Attorney's degree: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #4 | Croatia's continent for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #5 | Andrei ___ writer who wrote the essay "Will the Soviet Union Survive Until 1984?" | Show answer | 7 | |
| #6 | Shakespeare's shortest tragedy | Show answer | 7 | |
| #7 | St. Patrick's Day month for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #8 | Palindromic city in Oklahoma | Show answer | 3 | |
| #9 | Juliet's love | Show answer | 5 | |
| #10 | ___ in on (storm in) | Show answer | 5 | |
| #11 | What goes on a fisherman's hook | Show answer | 4 | |
| #12 | ___ vera (succulent) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #13 | Matinee ___ (film star) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #14 | Catches some rays say | Show answer | 4 | |
| #15 | Moody and melancholy (rhymes with "plum") | Show answer | 4 | |
| #16 | "Much ___ About Nothing" | Show answer | 3 | |
| #17 | Actor Alan of "The West Wing" | Show answer | 4 | |
| #18 | First word in a magician's chant | Show answer | 4 | |
| #19 | Neighbor of Chad and Nigeria | Show answer | 8 | |
| #20 | Bring to a close | Show answer | 3 | |
| #21 | Lofty tennis shot | Show answer | 3 | |
| #22 | CIA forerunner: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #23 | Friedrich ___ German political scientist who wrote "The Condition of the Working Class in England" | Show answer | 6 | |
| #24 | Enclosure for some birds or lab rats | Show answer | 4 | |
| #25 | Obstacle ___ (race with hurdles) | Show answer | 6 | |
| #26 | Baseball legend ___ Hershiser | Show answer | 4 | |
| #27 | Sport-___ (off-road vehicles) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #28 | Poetic tribute | Show answer | 3 | |
| #29 | Michelangelo Picasso and others | Show answer | 7 | |
| #30 | Command to a dog | Show answer | 3 | |
| #31 | 1997 Peter Fonda beekeeper role | Show answer | 4 | |
| #32 | Baseball referee for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #33 | Pained cry | Show answer | 4 | |
| #34 | Protruded-lip expression | Show answer | 4 | |
| #35 | Computer whiz | Show answer | 4 | |
| #36 | Minute Maid's flavored drink brand: Hyph. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #37 | Noam ___ American cognitive scientist who wrote "Necessary Illusions" | Show answer | 7 | |
| #38 | Winchester washroom | Show answer | 3 | |
| #39 | Golf champ Ernie ___ | Show answer | 3 | |
| #40 | Henry David ___ American transcendentalist who wrote "Civil Disobedience" | Show answer | 7 | |
| #41 | Hockey immortal Bobby | Show answer | 3 | |
| #42 | Moves up like the sun | Show answer | 5 | |
| #43 | John ___ American political philosopher who wrote "A Theory of Justice" | Show answer | 5 | |
| #44 | Nelson Mandela's nation: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #45 | Scammer's nine-digit target: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #46 | "Once upon ___..." (fairytale starter): 2 wds. | Show answer | 5 | |
| #47 | "Murder on the ___ Express" | Show answer | 6 | |
| #48 | Mister Rogers' network: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #49 | Greg ___ American investigative journalist who wrote "The Best Democracy Money Can Buy" | Show answer | 6 | |
| #50 | San Francisco Bay ___ | Show answer | 4 | |
| #51 | Laundry batch | Show answer | 4 | |
| #52 | Title before "Maisel" or "Doubtfire" | Show answer | 3 | |
| #53 | Fudgy chocolaty treats named for their color | Show answer | 8 | |
| #54 | Letter-shaped building wing | Show answer | 3 | |
| #55 | Write on metal | Show answer | 4 | |
| #56 | "___ Fault in Our Stars" (2014 film) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #57 | Female whale | Show answer | 3 | |
| #58 | Tee-___ (laugh syllable) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #59 | Ball-balancing marine mammal | Show answer | 4 | |
| #60 | "I Have a Dream" orator's initials | Show answer | 3 | |
| #61 | Red-soled Louboutin item | Show answer | 4 | |
| #62 | Annoyances on YouTube for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #63 | "Tarzan" actor Ron ___ | Show answer | 3 | |
| #64 | Fleecy female on a farm | Show answer | 3 |
How the May 21, 2021 Grid Breaks Down
This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for May 21, 2021, a Friday. It contains 64 clues, which is a little below the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is CAMEROON at 8 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 21, 2021 with 10 clues. Away from the calendar, the game's 202 themed packs hold another 58,679 clues.
May 21, 2021 — Questions
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3 Tips for the May 21, 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 64 clues with answers from 3 to 8 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 21, 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 64 clue-and-answer pairs here were captured from the May 21, 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.
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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.