"Don't ___ to stop me!" Crossword Clue
Looking for the answer to “"Don't ___ to stop me!"” from the Washington Post Sunday crossword of May 3, 2026? It has 3 letters. Flip the tiles one at a time, try a hint first, or look through the rest of that puzzle.
Crossword answer
WASHINGTON POST SUNDAY, MAY 3, 2026
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TRY is the answer to “"Don't ___ to stop me!"”. It means to attempt.
Hints
Three clues to the answer, gentle first. Open one at a time.
Hint 1 Meaning
To attempt.
Hint 2 Anagram
Its letters, scrambled: YRT.
Hint 3 Another clue
It has also been clued as “"Give it a go!"”.
More clues from the Washington Post Sunday (May 3, 2026)
Across
- 1. Country just north of the Central African Republic4 letters, starts with CCHAD
- 5. Throat woe, for short5 letters, starts with SSTREP
- 10. Cover with asphalt4 letters, starts with PPAVE
- 14. Be a casting director?4 letters, starts with FFISH
- 18. Distinctive atmosphere4 letters, starts with AAURA
- 19. Receiver's maneuver while attempting to keep both feet in bounds6 letters, starts with TTOETAP
- 21. Like someone who's especially picky about small details4 letters, starts with AANAL
- 22. Horse's easy gait4 letters, starts with LLOPE
- 23. Actress Lucille's psychic relative?11 letters, starts with CCRYSTALBALL
- 25. Actor Tyrone's self-restrained relative?9 letters, starts with WWILLPOWER
- 27. 2,000-pound unit3 letters, starts with TTON
- 28. Chain whose assembly manuals have no words4 letters, starts with IIKEA
- 29. "Wish I'd come back sooner?"6 letters, starts with MMISSME
- 31. Goes through passages, say5 letters, starts with RREADS
- 32. Ticked off7 letters, starts with IINASNIT
- 34. Affectedly precious, to Brits4 letters, starts with TTWEE
- 35. "Milk's favorite cookie"4 letters, starts with OOREO
- 37. A, in Vienna3 letters, starts with EEIN
- 38. She takes vows5 letters, starts with BBRIDE
- 39. Fictional agent Cody's thieving relative?8 letters, starts with RROBBANKS
- 44. Singer Al's drab military uniform-wearing relative?10 letters, starts with OOLIVEGREEN
- 48. Have dinner3 letters, starts with SSUP
- 50. "Come on, face the facts"6 letters, starts with BBEREAL
- 51. More pleasant5 letters, starts with NNICER
- 52. "100 percent!"5 letters, starts with OOHYES
- 54. Some degrees from MIT4 letters, starts with PPHDS
- 56. "Why should I ___?"4 letters, starts with CCARE
- 57. Joel or Ethan on a film set4 letters, starts with CCOEN
- 58. Poetry magazine pieces4 letters, starts with OODES
- 59. Cola wars participant5 letters, starts with PPEPSI
- 61. Lauder who sold Youth-Dew perfume5 letters, starts with EESTEE
- 62. When it'll all be over, supposedly8 letters, starts with EENDTIMES
- 64. Roll in a hayloft4 letters, starts with BBALE
- 65. "Disgusting!"3 letters, starts with EEWW
- 67. Small tunnel builder3 letters, starts with AANT
- 68. Pop psychologist Joyce's Catholic relative?17 letters, starts with CCHRISTIANBROTHERS
- 72. Co. VIP3 letters, starts with CCEO
- 74. Judge in 1990s news3 letters, starts with IITO
- 75. "Sinnerman" singer Simone4 letters, starts with NNINA
- 76. Chooses one's specific assignment on a plane before boarding8 letters, starts with PPRESEATS
- 79. Tests the weight of5 letters, starts with HHEFTS
- 81. Barista's creation5 letters, starts with LLATTE
- 83. Figure skating move4 letters, starts with SSPIN
- 84. "X marks the ___"4 letters, starts with SSPOT
- 85. Inside ___ (lowdown)4 letters, starts with IINFO
- 86. Come up short4 letters, starts with LLOSE
- 87. Big ___ (store that sells pastries in "Steven Universe")5 letters, starts with DDONUT
- 89. Catherine's character on "Schitt's Creek"5 letters, starts with MMOIRA
- 90. Isn't honest with6 letters, starts with LLIESTO
- 92. "Don't ___ to stop me!"3 letters, starts with TTRY
- 94. Singer Tina's novelist relative?10 letters, starts with PPAGETURNER
- 96. Singer Dinah's shipwrecked relative?8 letters, starts with LLEESHORE
- 98. Straighten spatially5 letters, starts with AALIGN
- 100. NBA coach Jordan3 letters, starts with OOTT
- 101. Love of one's life in Spain?4 letters, starts with AAMOR
- 102. Racks up W's4 letters, starts with WWINS
- 103. Came down with the flu, say7 letters, starts with GGOTSICK
- 107. Blacksmith's garment5 letters, starts with AAPRON
- 111. Fashion designer Versace6 letters, starts with GGIANNI
- 113. Vitamin K-rich vegetable4 letters, starts with KKALE
- 114. "Why, you don't think I would do something like that, do you???" (*bats eyelashes*)3 letters, starts with MMOI
- 115. Prohibition agent Eliot's blunt relative?9 letters, starts with FFRANKNESS
- 117. Director Mel's fighting relative?11 letters, starts with DDONNYBROOKS
- 120. 8-0 victory in hockey, say4 letters, starts with RROUT
- 121. Sacred chests4 letters, starts with AARKS
- 122. African home of Kalandula Falls6 letters, starts with AANGOLA
- 123. Has regrets about4 letters, starts with RRUES
- 124. Birthplace of Princess Ingrid Alexandra of Norway4 letters, starts with OOSLO
- 125. "Hey! C'mere!"4 letters, starts with PPSST
- 126. Like designated drivers5 letters, starts with SSOBER
- 127. Website with a mission to "keep commerce human"4 letters, starts with EETSY
Down
- 1. Mojave Desert plants5 letters, starts with CCACTI
- 2. The H of the Great Lakes' HOMES mnemonic5 letters, starts with HHURON
- 3. Tennis star Sabalenka5 letters, starts with AARYNA
- 4. "___ Boot" (1981 war film)3 letters, starts with DDAS
- 5. ___ a claim (asserting a right to something)7 letters, starts with SSTAKING
- 6. Apartment vacancy sign5 letters, starts with TTOLET
- 7. Country legend McEntire4 letters, starts with RREBA
- 8. 4 p.m. at LaGuardia, after a 1 p.m. departure from O'Hare, e.g.3 letters, starts with EETA
- 9. Alcoholic beverage made from the sap of tropical trees8 letters, starts with PPALMWINE
- 10. Cats' or dogs' feet4 letters, starts with PPAWS
- 11. K.A. Applegate sci-fi series about a group of teenagers (and an alien) who can change into any beast they touch9 letters, starts with AANIMORPHS
- 12. Energy company based in San Antonio6 letters, starts with VVALERO
- 13. Right-angle shape3 letters, starts with EELL
- 14. Flat, frozen sheet4 letters, starts with FFLOE
- 15. State in the Corn Belt4 letters, starts with IIOWA
- 16. Zoomed along4 letters, starts with SSPED
- 17. "His & ___" (Netflix thriller series featuring Tessa Thompson and Jon Bernthal)4 letters, starts with HHERS
- 20. Worked at, as a trade5 letters, starts with PPLIED
- 24. More microscopic6 letters, starts with TTINIER
- 26. Spacecraft exploring other planets5 letters, starts with PPROBE
- 30. Catches, as a movie4 letters, starts with SSEES
- 33. Like Libra in the sequence of zodiac signs7 letters, starts with SSEVENTH
- 34. Cards just above deuces5 letters, starts with TTREYS
- 36. Subsides, as the tide4 letters, starts with EEBBS
- 38. Bidding6 letters, starts with BBEHEST
- 40. Projectiles' trajectories4 letters, starts with AARCS
- 41. Idiomatically tidy10 letters, starts with NNEATASAPIN
- 42. Lorraine Bracco's role in "GoodFellas"5 letters, starts with KKAREN
- 43. Winter precipitation5 letters, starts with SSLEET
- 44. Formerly4 letters, starts with OONCE
- 45. Cowardly creature in Oz4 letters, starts with LLION
- 46. Cold brew10 letters, starts with IICEDCOFFEE
- 47. Acted alone8 letters, starts with RRODESOLO
- 49. Keep a stiff ___ lip5 letters, starts with UUPPER
- 53. Extended across7 letters, starts with SSPANNED
- 55. No-calorie soft drink with a Pure Zero variety8 letters, starts with DDIETRITE
- 58. Exclude, as details4 letters, starts with OOMIT
- 60. "Able was I ..." island4 letters, starts with EELBA
- 61. Lambs' mothers4 letters, starts with EEWES
- 63. Colorful ring in the eye4 letters, starts with IIRIS
- 64. Angler's attractor4 letters, starts with BBAIT
- 66. "___ hell freezes over!"4 letters, starts with WWHEN
- 69. Prefix with national or continental5 letters, starts with IINTER
- 70. Challenge the truth of6 letters, starts with OOPPUGN
- 71. Vacation areas that may be all-inclusive7 letters, starts with RRESORTS
- 72. Cool down in the fridge5 letters, starts with CCHILL
- 73. "___, meenie, miney, mo ..."5 letters, starts with EEENIE
- 77. Ripped apart4 letters, starts with TTORE
- 78. Constellation twinkler4 letters, starts with SSTAR
- 80. Throw lightly4 letters, starts with TTOSS
- 82. Censoring characters?9 letters, starts with AASTERISKS
- 83. Unexpected problems5 letters, starts with SSNAGS
- 86. Rug maker's device4 letters, starts with LLOOM
- 88. What do you think?8 letters, starts with OOPINIONS
- 89. Vocalize indistinctly6 letters, starts with MMUTTER
- 91. "You'll ___ me later"5 letters, starts with TTHANK
- 93. Indication of boredom4 letters, starts with YYAWN
- 95. Row of icons on a computer screen7 letters, starts with TTOOLBAR
- 97. Fred who sang "Won't You Be My Neighbor?"6 letters, starts with RROGERS
- 99. "Tracks of My Tears" singer Ronstadt5 letters, starts with LLINDA
- 103. "CBS Mornings" co-host King5 letters, starts with GGAYLE
- 104. "Can't go in on this deal with you"5 letters, starts with IIMOUT
- 105. Sodas drunk by polar bears in some ads5 letters, starts with CCOKES
- 106. ___-face (overt display of affection)5 letters, starts with KKISSY
- 107. Hairdo for Hendrix4 letters, starts with AAFRO
- 108. Team players, maybe?4 letters, starts with PPROS
- 109. Cuban leader Castro4 letters, starts with RRAUL
- 110. Suspicious of4 letters, starts with OONTO
- 112. Office helper: Abbr.4 letters, starts with AASST
- 113. Twisted part of a door4 letters, starts with KKNOB
- 116. Short period of sleep3 letters, starts with NNAP
- 118. Oxfam, e.g.3 letters, starts with NNGO
- 119. Mine collection3 letters, starts with OORE
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Questions
What is the answer to “"Don't ___ to stop me!"”?
TRY, 3 letters: to attempt.
When was “"Don't ___ to stop me!"” last seen in a crossword?
In the Washington Post Sunday crossword of May 3, 2026.
How many letters does the answer have?
3 letters, starting with T.