NYT CROSSWORD • SATURDAY, MAY 10, 2025

NYT Crossword Answers May 10, 2025

Complete answer list for the May 10, 2025 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Shaun PhillipsEdited by Will ShortzGrid 15×1560 clues

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The Grid

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Across 31

  1. 1Budget ↗CHEAP
  2. 6Unappetizing food ↗GLOP
  3. 10Hard-to-define quality ↗CHARISMA
  4. 13"For ___?" ↗REAL
  5. 14Integrated, as an approach ↗HOLISTIC
  6. 15Apt name for a NASCAR driver? ↗OTTO
  7. 16Sad remark at a carnival ring toss booth ↗IMISSED
  8. 17Pioneer in musical Impressionism, despite rejecting the term ↗DEBUSSY
  9. 20Baby blue, perhaps ↗PEEPER
  10. 21"I'm off!" ↗SOLONG
  11. 22Ribs, e.g. ↗BONES
  12. 23Didn't make it through the late show, say ↗NODDEDOFF
  13. 26Was outstanding? ↗OWED
  14. 27Wants, and then some ↗HUNGERSFOR
  15. 28Massachusetts' Cape ___ ↗ANN
  16. 29Some dragonflies ↗DARNERS
  17. 30"I was stuck in traffic," perhaps ↗LIE
  18. 31They might have a job for you ↗RECRUITERS
  19. 33Where Ferrari is "RACE," in brief ↗NYSE
  20. 34Sent up the wall ↗DROVENUTS
  21. 35Deep defenses ↗MOATS
  22. 36Comes out with ↗UTTERS
  23. 37Demand ↗MARKET
  24. 38Mediterranean plant named for its brightly colored flowers ↗SUNROSE
  25. 40Committed in front of witnesses ↗SAIDIDO
  26. 41Wine found in "tasting" ↗ASTI
  27. 42Go into overdrive ↗TURNITON
  28. 43Decide not to toss ↗KEEP
  29. 44Museums, galleries, etc. ↗ARTSCENE
  30. 45Trips ↗ERRS
  31. 46Tops ↗BESTS

Down 29

  1. 1Like American bacon, but not Canadian bacon ↗CRISPED
  2. 2Acts like a scaredy-cat? ↗HISSES
  3. 3Perfume compound ↗ESTER
  4. 4In ↗AMID
  5. 5Donor grp. ↗PAC
  6. 6Bases ↗GROUNDS
  7. 7"Mary Poppins" tune that begins "With tuppence for paper and strings / You can have your own set of wings" ↗LETSGOFLYAKITE
  8. 8Rolled ___ ↗OATS
  9. 9Devious scheme ↗PLOY
  10. 10Manufactured wooden sheet ↗CHIPBOARD
  11. 11Person who's entitled? ↗HOMEOWNER
  12. 12First contact ↗ALIENENCOUNTER
  13. 17Team for which Sandy Koufax pitched for all of his 12 M.L.B. seasons ↗DODGERS
  14. 18Some pillars of the community ↗ELDERS
  15. 19One side in an 1899-1902 war ↗BOERS
  16. 21Some works of Wordsworth ↗SONNETS
  17. 23Nature's alternative, in a classic debate ↗NURTURE
  18. 24Shoved down the throat of ↗FOISTEDON
  19. 25Fine-grained rock that can be easily cut in any direction ↗FREESTONE
  20. 27George ___, voted "Coach of the Century" by the International Swimming Hall of Fame ↗HAINES
  21. 29Because of ↗DUETO
  22. 32Some camping excursions ↗RVTRIPS
  23. 33Natives of Scandinavia ↗NORDICS
  24. 35Center of town, on signs ↗MAINST
  25. 37Convenience stores ↗MARTS
  26. 38Benefit ↗SAKE
  27. 39One with a login and password ↗USER
  28. 40"Why not?!" ↗SURE
  29. 42Someone will pay for this ↗TAB