Daily Themed Crossword May 10, 2026 Answers
Every clue and answer from the May 10, 2026 grid, in puzzle order.
May 10, 2026 — 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 | ___-Mart Stores Inc. (former name for a big retail chain) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #2 | Black ___ (secret missions) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #3 | Listening organ | Show answer | 3 | |
| #4 | Inflated sense of self | Show answer | 3 | |
| #5 | Nope's counterpart | Show answer | 3 | |
| #6 | Lumberjack's tool | Show answer | 3 | |
| #7 | Alpha ___ gamma ... | Show answer | 4 | |
| #8 | It's the end of an ___ ... | Show answer | 3 | |
| #9 | Get ___ of (discard) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #10 | Signal yes with the head | Show answer | 3 | |
| #11 | Reads a barcode say | Show answer | 5 | |
| #12 | Multitask by balancing various tasks like 46a does when she cooks dinner helps with homework and handles work calls all at once | JUGGLE | 6 | |
| #13 | Wee backward | Show answer | 3 | |
| #14 | You don't seem pleased should I take that as ___? (refusal): 2 wds. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #15 | Hoover or Three Gorges e.g. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #16 | Common bridal veil fabric | Show answer | 4 | |
| #17 | Before I forget ... in textspeak: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #18 | Track down like what 46a does when she magically locates your missing sock even though you could swear you already looked | FIND | 4 | |
| #19 | Unit of pressure: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #20 | ___ unrelated note ...: 2 wds. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #21 | Brit's Toodle-oo! that sounds like a singular unit of circular oat cereal | Show answer | 7 | |
| #22 | ___ Barrett of Pink Floyd | Show answer | 3 | |
| #23 | Busy California airport: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #24 | Parent honored in May and the star of this puzzle with a heart as big as her hugs whose presence makes even the impossible seem easy | MOTHER | 6 | |
| #25 | I ___ see that coming! (I was not expecting that!) | Show answer | 5 | |
| #26 | Away from the wind on a boat | Show answer | 4 | |
| #27 | Furry sitcom extraterrestrial | Show answer | 3 | |
| #28 | Hawaiian feast | Show answer | 4 | |
| #29 | Affectionate peck from 46a that is a magical cure for ouchies or boo-boos | Show answer | 4 | |
| #30 | Just an update in a memo: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #31 | ___ Games (Fortnite developer) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #32 | Platform for an iPad or iPod | Show answer | 3 | |
| #33 | Austin's state for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #34 | One of the animals on Michigan's state flag | Show answer | 3 | |
| #35 | Spider's creation | Show answer | 3 | |
| #36 | Birthday candle count | Show answer | 3 | |
| #37 | Parking ___ (place for cars) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #38 | ___ Como Va (1971 Santana hit) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #39 | Small handbag that 46a carries which has just what you need exactly when you need it as if it were a bottomless treasure chest | PURSE | 5 | |
| #40 | Astronaut's domain | Show answer | 5 | |
| #41 | Make as an income | Show answer | 4 | |
| #42 | Earth's line of rotation | Show answer | 4 | |
| #43 | Color associated with Mars | Show answer | 3 | |
| #44 | Gemini Man director ___ Lee | Show answer | 3 | |
| #45 | ___ Navy (clothing brand) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #46 | Like many users of sign language | Show answer | 4 | |
| #47 | Belt hole-making tool | Show answer | 3 | |
| #48 | Poke with a stick | Show answer | 3 | |
| #49 | Do ___ others as you would ... | Show answer | 4 | |
| #50 | Dress worn to a ball | Show answer | 4 | |
| #51 | Podcaster's essential for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #52 | Month between March and May for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #53 | Franchise launched in 2000: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #54 | Vowel trio after a | Show answer | 3 | |
| #55 | Organization for Penguins and Ducks: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #56 | ___ Poets Society (Robin Williams movie) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #57 | What a phoenix rises from | Show answer | 5 | |
| #58 | Bill ___ the Science Guy | Show answer | 3 | |
| #59 | Banishment from one's own country | Show answer | 5 | |
| #60 | Preliminary version as of an essay | Show answer | 5 | |
| #61 | Sushi roll wrapped in seaweed | Show answer | 4 | |
| #62 | Spaghetti aglio e ___ | Show answer | 4 | |
| #63 | Thomas Hardy's ___ of the d'Urbervilles | Show answer | 4 | |
| #64 | Take for a ride? | Show answer | 4 | |
| #65 | Final ___ in the coffin (ending blow) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #66 | Put to bed snugly with in like when 46a gently wraps you in blankets and chases away any monsters under the bed | Show answer | 4 | |
| #67 | Strong alkali | Show answer | 3 | |
| #68 | Repair like what 46a does when she glues your favorite toy back together or patches up your clothes with love | Show answer | 3 |
How the May 10, 2026 Grid Breaks Down
This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for May 10, 2026, a Sunday. It contains 68 clues, which is a little above the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is CHEERIO 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 2 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 2026 archive holds every daily puzzle from that year. There is also a mini crossword for May 10, 2026 with 10 clues. Away from the calendar, the game's 202 themed packs hold another 58,679 clues.
May 10, 2026 — Questions
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3 Tips for the May 10, 2026 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 10, 2026 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 10, 2026 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.