NYT Crossword Answers 05/03/26

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NYT Across Clues

• 1A First person, in Austria ICH
• 4A Pressing activity, for short? CPR
• 7A Cleared to proceed OKED
• 11A Perched on SATATOP
• 18A Place for pigs to wallow MUDHOLE
• 20A Shawarma wrap PITA
• 21A “I’m here to learn” TEACHME
• 22A In sync ATTUNED
• 23A Moisture barrier supplies PLASTICSHEETS
• 26A 23-Across, oddly? GIVESADARN
• 28A Vert. counterpart HOR
• 29A Geological layers STRATA
• 30A They got the votes INS
• 31A Saint Barthélemy, par exemple ILE
• 32A Sugar suffix OSE
• 34A Father of Deimos ARES
• 35A A hard job NOEASYTASK
• 40A 35-Across, oddly? STICKYPADS
• 43A Catch in a sting ENTRAP
• 44A Cleveland-to-Akron dir. SSE
• 45A Ryder of “Stranger Things” WINONA
• 46A Office memo starter INRE
• 48A Leprechaun’s land ERIN
• 50A Conflict-averse NODRAMA
• 55A Fictional diary writer BRIDGETJONES
• 60A 55-Across, oddly? LOWDIGIT
• 61A A as in Austria EIN
• 62A Lock lips, in London SNOG
• 63A Drive-___ menu THRU
• 65A Like the best bets SAFEST
• 66A Abandoned LEFT
• 68A Off-center AWRY
• 70A Time gone by YORE
• 72A Ending with the name Ann or Nan ETTE
• 73A “Reason” given in a parental “explanation” ISAYSO
• 76A Spots for grazing LEAS
• 78A Pond scum, e.g. FILM
• 80A Craven behind the camera WES
• 81A “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” author KENKESEY
• 83A 81-Across, oddly? CHILDSUPPORT
• 87A Political understanding ENTENTE
• 88A ___ Ed PHYS
• 89A Book before Nehemiah EZRA
• 90A Boot camp shout TENHUT
• 92A Stanford and Cal joined it in 2024 ACC
• 95A From the heart, in a way AORTAL
• 99A Conan and others BARBARIANS
• 103A 99-Across, oddly? THINKPIECE
• 105A “Essays of ___” (19th-century collection) ELIA
• 106A Summer hours in N.Y.C. EDT
• 107A You smelt it! ORE
• 108A Inits. fittingly filling the blanks of Obam_ _ _re ACA
• 109A Luxor Temple deity AMONRA
• 112A Take an ax to HEW
• 114A Client’s sales agent, in brief ACCOUNTREP
• 118A 114-Across, oddly? NOTQUITERIGHT
• 121A Unspoken set of rules between dudes BROCODE
• 122A N next to the gearshift NEUTRAL
• 123A Ozzy Osbourne’s “___, I’m Coming Home” MAMA
• 124A More dimwitted OBTUSER
• 125A Make more appealing, as something otherwise plain DRESSUP
• 126A “Glad that’s over!” PHEW
• 127A Spot for charity, say, in brief PSA
• 128A Newsroom staffers, for short EDS

NYT Vertical Clues

• 1D “Just picture this!” IMAGINE
• 2D Rudely interrupt, as a dance partner CUTINON
• 3D Man cave fixture HDTVSET
• 4D Snow jobs CONS
• 5D Heartfelt ask PLEA
• 6D Website with an alien logo REDDIT
• 7D Treat badly, in a way OPPRESS
• 8D Potter’s furnace KILN
• 9D Uber ride info, informally ETA
• 10D Small amount in the kitchen DASH
• 11D Adds with a spoon, say STIRSIN
• 12D Org. for J. Robert Oppenheimer AEC
• 13D U.S.S.R. news source TASS
• 14D Zwei quadrupled ACHT
• 15D What one might take or beat THERAP
• 16D World Golf Hall-of-Famer Mark OMEARA
• 17D Caressed PETTED
• 19D Sector of a color wheel HUE
• 24D “Yer darn ___!” TOOTIN
• 25D Pert blurt SASS
• 27D Cry often accompanied by a sigh ALAS
• 33D Cut-rate, in brand names ECONO
• 36D Parched ARID
• 37D Named names SANG
• 38D Belgian battle site in W.W. I YPRES
• 39D “Neato!” KEEN
• 40D Sounding like taffeta, say SWISHY
• 41D More than suspects KNOWS
• 42D When tripled, “You get the picture” YADDA
• 47D Sicilian spewer ETNA
• 49D Part of A.A.R.P.: Abbr. RET
• 51D Loaded (with) RIFE
• 52D When teething might end AGETWO
• 53D Produce aisle device MISTER
• 54D Swear ATTEST
• 55D Mimic BELIKE
• 56D Chewy chocolate candy brand RIESEN
• 57D One sporting a onesie INFANT
• 58D Loose-cheeked, as a mastiff JOWLY
• 59D Fantastic beast OGRE
• 60D Jarringly sensational LURID
• 64D “u slay me” ROFL
• 67D Day care charge TYKE
• 69D Blue blood vessels? YACHTS
• 71D “What ___ can I say?” ELSE
• 74D German actress Berger with a career spanning eight decades SENTA
• 75D Big name in blenders OSTER
• 77D Reluctant to mingle, say SHY
• 79D Classic elevator tunes MUZAK
• 82D Start of a choosing rhyme EENIE
• 84D “The time ___ hand” ISAT
• 85D Stage item PROP
• 86D ___-mutuel betting PARI
• 88D Kick starter? PUNTER
• 91D Didn’t go it alone, say HADHELP
• 93D One of the so-called Five Civilized Tribes CHOCTAW
• 94D Magazine fig. CIRC
• 96D Fragrant garden hybrid TEAROSE
• 97D Gave consent ACCEDED
• 98D The lords in “The 12 Days of Christmas,” e.g. LEAPERS
• 99D Noggin BEAN
• 100D Vegan milk source ALMOND
• 101D Mob scene extra RIOTER
• 102D French financial institution BANQUE
• 104D Jazz subgenre for Wynton Marsalis NEOBOP
• 110D Daily grinds RUTS
• 111D Puts on AIRS
• 113D Chicken (out) WIMP
• 114D “I’m in such a fix” AHME
• 115D Metro regions, informally URBS
• 116D ___ bene NOTA
• 117D The Horned Frogs of Ft. Worth TCU
• 119D 19th of 24 TAU
• 120D “Why, why, why?!” GAH