Daily Themed Crossword May 4, 2022 Answers
Every clue and answer from the May 4, 2022 grid, in puzzle order.
May 4, 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 | Steal from someone's home say | Show answer | 3 | |
| #2 | Ewe's male counterpart | Show answer | 3 | |
| #3 | ___-Man (maze-based arcade game) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #4 | Believe as a lie | Show answer | 3 | |
| #5 | Body part that cries | Show answer | 3 | |
| #6 | ___ Siwa YouTuber who partnered with dancer Jenna Johnson on Dancing with the Stars season 30 and placed second | Show answer | 4 | |
| #7 | Bit of Dancing with the Stars choreography say | Show answer | 4 | |
| #8 | Electric fish | Show answer | 3 | |
| #9 | Fine by me | Show answer | 4 | |
| #10 | Odie's bark for one | Show answer | 3 | |
| #11 | Honey-colored fossil preserver | Show answer | 5 | |
| #12 | ___ Moore RHOA star who partnered with dancer Brandon Armstrong on Dancing with the Stars season 30 | Show answer | 5 | |
| #13 | Weighty burden | Show answer | 4 | |
| #14 | A flight attendant scared of heights e.g. | Show answer | 5 | |
| #15 | Get ___ of (eliminate) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #16 | Corner PC key | Show answer | 3 | |
| #17 | Time and ___ wait for none | Show answer | 4 | |
| #18 | Carbon dating datum | Show answer | 3 | |
| #19 | Zodiac lion | Show answer | 3 | |
| #20 | Chemical ending to acetyl | Show answer | 3 | |
| #21 | Lingerie item that may be closed from the front | Show answer | 3 | |
| #22 | Ostrich's or cheetah's forte | Show answer | 5 | |
| #23 | Bruce Springsteen's ___ to Run | Show answer | 4 | |
| #24 | Like some charms or lottery winners | Show answer | 5 | |
| #25 | New Zealander who sang Solar Power | Show answer | 5 | |
| #26 | Outer margin in a way | Show answer | 3 | |
| #27 | ___ Lee gymnast who partnered with dancer Sasha Farber on Dancing with the Stars season 30 | Show answer | 4 | |
| #28 | Iman ___ NBA player who partnered with dancer Daniella Karagach on Dancing with the Stars season 30 and placed first | Show answer | 8 | |
| #29 | Marine predator | Show answer | 4 | |
| #30 | Target of a bath bomb | Show answer | 3 | |
| #31 | He's hooked to Captain Hook | Show answer | 4 | |
| #32 | Old fashioned with has | Show answer | 4 | |
| #33 | One whose career involves bugs? | Show answer | 3 | |
| #34 | All-sudden connector: 2 wds. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #35 | NFL ball carriers: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #36 | ___ and about (no longer ill) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #37 | Until next time! | Show answer | 3 | |
| #38 | Snorkeler's view | Show answer | 4 | |
| #39 | Yes on a yacht | Show answer | 3 | |
| #40 | ___ C former Spice Girl who partnered with dancer Gleb Savchenko on Dancing with the Stars season 30 | Show answer | 7 | |
| #41 | Facebook jab | Show answer | 4 | |
| #42 | Not completely closed as a door | Show answer | 4 | |
| #43 | Playfully modest | Show answer | 3 | |
| #44 | 2013 movie about the Apple bigwig | Show answer | 4 | |
| #45 | Liam ___ who sang Strip That Down | Show answer | 5 | |
| #46 | ___ Charles who sang Georgia On My Mind | Show answer | 3 | |
| #47 | Sty makeup | Show answer | 3 | |
| #48 | Toy for a windy day | Show answer | 4 | |
| #49 | ___ Andrews former Dancing with the Stars host | Show answer | 4 | |
| #50 | Lymphatic system element | Show answer | 4 | |
| #51 | Musical pipes at a church | Show answer | 5 | |
| #52 | Power company's product for short | Show answer | 4 | |
| #53 | ___ and ye shall find | Show answer | 4 | |
| #54 | ___ Rigsby fitness personality who partnered with dancer Cheryl Burke on Dancing with the Stars season 30 | Show answer | 4 | |
| #55 | Seizes as a cop | Show answer | 7 | |
| #56 | What a gym rat may show off for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #57 | Eminem's The Real ___ Shady | Show answer | 4 | |
| #58 | Formal dress shoes | Show answer | 5 | |
| #59 | ___ Austin Green actor who partnered with dancer Sharna Burgess on Dancing with the Stars season 30 | Show answer | 5 | |
| #60 | Trout's bait | Show answer | 4 | |
| #61 | Just this ___ (only time) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #62 | Actress Rose in The Meg | Show answer | 4 | |
| #63 | Kind of story | Show answer | 3 | |
| #64 | Start of a military count | Show answer | 3 | |
| #65 | Genre of melodrama | Show answer | 3 | |
| #66 | One with all the cards in soccer for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #67 | Yerba mate beverage | Show answer | 3 |
How the May 4, 2022 Grid Breaks Down
This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for May 4, 2022, a Wednesday. It contains 67 clues, which is a little above the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is SHUMPERT at 8 letters; the shortest is 3.
Watch the clue wording on this one: 1 clue is 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 2022 archive holds every daily puzzle from that year. There is also a mini crossword for May 4, 2022 with 10 clues. Away from the calendar, the game's 202 themed packs hold another 58,679 clues.
May 4, 2022 — Questions
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3 Tips for the May 4, 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 4, 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 4, 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.