Daily Themed Crossword May 2, 2022 Answers
Every clue and answer from the May 2, 2022 grid, in puzzle order.
May 2, 2022 — All 67 Clues
Listed in the order they appear in the grid. Tap COPY to take an answer with you.
| # | Clue | Answer | Letters | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Frankly speaking... on Facebook: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #2 | Cartoon Network's Ed ___ n Eddy | Show answer | 3 | |
| #3 | Glide like an eagle | Show answer | 4 | |
| #4 | ___ carte: 2 wds. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #5 | The Rock's role in Moana | Show answer | 4 | |
| #6 | Friend in battle | Show answer | 4 | |
| #7 | Flowery Polynesian garland | Show answer | 3 | |
| #8 | Tehran's nation | Show answer | 4 | |
| #9 | Area between mountains | Show answer | 4 | |
| #10 | ___ Jericho American-Canadian wrestler who was also the lead singer of the heavy metal band Fozzy | Show answer | 5 | |
| #11 | Mariners Apartment Complex singer ___ Del Rey | Show answer | 4 | |
| #12 | Animation frame unit | Show answer | 3 | |
| #13 | Bad way to look at someone | Show answer | 4 | |
| #14 | Courtroom panel participant | Show answer | 5 | |
| #15 | Emulate a tutor | Show answer | 5 | |
| #16 | Wedding phrase repeated five times in an ABBA song title: 2 wds. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #17 | Word after bachelor or lily | Show answer | 3 | |
| #18 | Baba O'Riley band with The | Show answer | 3 | |
| #19 | 2006 Amy Winehouse hit that won three Grammy Awards in 2008 | Show answer | 5 | |
| #20 | Dwayne ___ former WWE wrestler and actor who sang in Disney's Moana | Show answer | 7 | |
| #21 | Sorta slangily | Show answer | 5 | |
| #22 | It may be closed before leaving a bar | Show answer | 3 | |
| #23 | Food ___ (post-dinner lethargy) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #24 | Popular ballroom dance that initially shocked society | Show answer | 5 | |
| #25 | ___ Lloyd who sang None of My Business | Show answer | 4 | |
| #26 | Terry ___ former WWE wrestler who also released a soft rock album called Great Texan | Show answer | 4 | |
| #27 | Emotion during a brawl | Show answer | 3 | |
| #28 | Strengthen as skills | Show answer | 4 | |
| #29 | Buyer beware in tags: 2 wds. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #30 | ___ but a scratch (Monty Python and the Holy Grail line) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #31 | Let's call ___ night: 2 wds. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #32 | One bench press e.g. for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #33 | Like a well-chosen name? | Show answer | 3 | |
| #34 | Baby powder mineral | Show answer | 4 | |
| #35 | Vampire word in Hotel Transylvania | Show answer | 4 | |
| #36 | Rapunzel's escaping tool | Show answer | 4 | |
| #37 | Eavesdropper's organ | Show answer | 3 | |
| #38 | Kind of citizenship | Show answer | 4 | |
| #39 | Actress Merrill of BUtterfield 8 | Show answer | 4 | |
| #40 | Randy ___ former WWE wrestler who also released a rap album called Be a Man | Show answer | 6 | |
| #41 | Heyo! in Rio | Show answer | 3 | |
| #42 | Once and for ___ | Show answer | 3 | |
| #43 | Seeded bakery loaf | Show answer | 3 | |
| #44 | Stingy sort (anagram of rimes) | Show answer | 5 | |
| #45 | Critical hospital ward: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #46 | Ava Max's ___ Your Barbie Girl | Show answer | 3 | |
| #47 | Chop with an axe | Show answer | 3 | |
| #48 | They are broken by criminals | Show answer | 4 | |
| #49 | Alexa's voice source | Show answer | 4 | |
| #50 | WWE wrestler who also released an album called You Can't See Me: 2 wds. | Show answer | 8 | |
| #51 | Sheldon's Indian friend on The Big Bang Theory | Show answer | 3 | |
| #52 | Slangy sweetie pie | Show answer | 3 | |
| #53 | Pester greatly | Show answer | 3 | |
| #54 | Agnus ___ (Lamb of God) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #55 | Part of i that may be replaced with a heart | Show answer | 3 | |
| #56 | Put on a pedestal in a way | Show answer | 5 | |
| #57 | Sound in a comic book fight | Show answer | 3 | |
| #58 | Atlanta team that shoots hoops | Show answer | 5 | |
| #59 | Organization for the Knicks and Clippers: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #60 | Way over there | Show answer | 4 | |
| #61 | Former WWE wrestler who was also in the punk rock band The Luchagors | Show answer | 4 | |
| #62 | Lose your footing say | Show answer | 4 | |
| #63 | Lemon garnish | Show answer | 4 | |
| #64 | Tai ___ | Show answer | 3 | |
| #65 | Like the tropics or some topics | Show answer | 3 | |
| #66 | ___ your words not your hands | Show answer | 3 | |
| #67 | Playful bite | Show answer | 3 |
How the May 2, 2022 Grid Breaks Down
This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for May 2, 2022, a Monday. It contains 67 clues, which is a little above the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is JOHNCENA at 8 letters; the shortest is 3.
Watch the clue wording on this one: 3 clues are flagged "Abbr.", meaning the answer is shortened rather than spelled out, and 5 clues carry 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 2022 archive holds every daily puzzle from that year. There is also a mini crossword for May 2, 2022 with 10 clues. Away from the calendar, the game's 202 themed packs hold another 58,679 clues.
May 2, 2022 — Questions
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3 Tips for the May 2, 2022 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 67 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 2, 2022 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 67 clue-and-answer pairs here were captured from the May 2, 2022 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.