NYT CROSSWORD • MONDAY, MAY 12, 2025

NYT Crossword Answers May 12, 2025

Complete answer list for the May 12, 2025 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

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Across 37

  1. 1Cowboy's rope ↗LASSO
  2. 6Relative of a milkshake ↗MALT
  3. 10NaCl ↗SALT
  4. 14Take place ↗OCCUR
  5. 15Director Kazan who helped popularize Method acting ↗ELIA
  6. 16Falco of "The Sopranos" ↗EDIE
  7. 17Dessert cocktail with crème de cacao ↗BRANDYALEXANDER
  8. 20"Ready, ___, go!" ↗SET
  9. 21Serpentine swimmers ↗EELS
  10. 22Common destination for a field trip ↗MUSEUM
  11. 23Funeral vessel ↗URN
  12. 24Contacted using a beeper ↗PAGED
  13. 25Created, as yarn or a spider web ↗SPUN
  14. 2810-12-year-old ↗TWEEN
  15. 31___ Francisco ↗SAN
  16. 34Classic board game with the Peppermint Forest and Lollipop Lane ↗CANDYLAND
  17. 36Dig (out) ↗GOUGE
  18. 38"Goodie" on classic radio ↗OLDIE
  19. 39Food label inits. ↗RDA
  20. 40"Inside Out" emotion who says "We should lock the door and scream that curse word we know. It's a good one!" ↗ANGER
  21. 41Oboe accessories that are often carved by the oboist ↗REEDS
  22. 42Move from an acrobat or breakdancer ↗HANDSTAND
  23. 44Negative conjunction ↗NOR
  24. 45Montana is the only U.S. state with one in Spanish ↗MOTTO
  25. 46Defense Against the Dark ___ ("Harry Potter" class) ↗ARTS
  26. 47What a baby's bib might protect a onesie from ↗DROOL
  27. 50Standout athlete, for short ↗MVP
  28. 52Free items that come with drinks ↗STRAWS
  29. 54Black-and-white cookie ↗OREO
  30. 56What some people confuse with a monkey ↗APE
  31. 59Scottish archipelago west of Norway ↗SHETLANDISLANDS
  32. 62What spectacles perch on ↗NOSE
  33. 63"Oh, uh-huh, sure" ↗IBET
  34. 64Magicians' cries ↗TADAS
  35. 65Figure (out) ↗SUSS
  36. 66Social worker's assignment ↗CASE
  37. 67Parental authority ↗SAYSO

Down 41

  1. 1Arcing tennis shots ↗LOBS
  2. 2Farmland unit ↗ACRE
  3. 3Jazz singer's improvised syllables ↗SCAT
  4. 4What the circle on the Japanese flag represents ↗SUN
  5. 5"Can I take your ___?" (server's question) ↗ORDER
  6. 6Brunch or lunch ↗MEAL
  7. 7"___ well that ends well!" ↗ALLS
  8. 8Word that would be more grammatical in the title "Lay, Lady, Lay" ↗LIE
  9. 9Beatles song with the lyric "Should five percent appear too small, be thankful I don't take it all" ↗TAXMAN
  10. 10Touch or taste ↗SENSE
  11. 11Source of extra sweetness ↗ADDEDSUGAR
  12. 12Stead ↗LIEU
  13. 13Four years, for a president ↗TERM
  14. 181983 musical starring Barbra Streisand ↗YENTL
  15. 19Sept. preceder ↗AUG
  16. 23Loosened, as a knot ↗UNDID
  17. 24Nitpicker ↗PEDANT
  18. 25Contempt ↗SCORN
  19. 26Kind of diet inspired by hunters and gatherers ↗PALEO
  20. 27Show up to a gala in a T-shirt, say ↗UNDERDRESS
  21. 29Noted painter of soup cans ↗WARHOL
  22. 30Go until ↗ENDAT
  23. 32Who might help an author get a book deal ↗AGENT
  24. 33Stereotypical bookworms ↗NERDS
  25. 35"Affirmative" ↗YES
  26. 36What you might "fill 'er up" with ↗GAS
  27. 37Alternative to bottled ↗ONTAP
  28. 43Mosque toppers ↗DOMES
  29. 45Art with tiles in fancy styles (that might produce smiles) ↗MOSAIC
  30. 48Gives stars to, say ↗RATES
  31. 49"Wise" bird ↗OWL
  32. 51Hybrid Chevys ↗VOLTS
  33. 52Strings with the pattern XXX-XX-XXXX, in brief ↗SSNS
  34. 53"___ shalt not …" ↗THOU
  35. 54Poetic tributes ↗ODES
  36. 55Formal ceremony ↗RITE
  37. 56Boy's name … or how you might describe 17-, 34-, 42- or 59-Across? ↗ANDY
  38. 57Smartphone predecessors, in brief ↗PDAS
  39. 58Competitor of Petro-Canada ↗ESSO
  40. 60Org. with the Knicks and Clippers ↗NBA
  41. 61Battery for some small toys ↗AAA