NYT CROSSWORD • TUESDAY, MAY 13, 2025

NYT Crossword Answers May 13, 2025

Complete answer list for the May 13, 2025 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

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The Grid

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Across 39

  1. 1Gremlins and Pacers of old autodom ↗AMCS
  2. 5Playful prank ↗CAPER
  3. 10Includes on an email, in brief ↗CCS
  4. 13Jamie of TV's "M*A*S*H" ↗FARR
  5. 14Die down ↗ABATE
  6. 15Guitarist Clapton ↗ERIC
  7. 17Ladled party drink ↗FRUITPUNCH
  8. 19Dalai ___ ↗LAMA
  9. 20Use a scope ↗AIM
  10. 21Voting against ↗ANTI
  11. 22"You can stop explaining" ↗IGETIT
  12. 24To-do pile's place ↗INBOX
  13. 26The Midwest states, agriculturally speaking ↗CORNBELT
  14. 28Came back from a deficit ↗RALLIED
  15. 31Princess's torment in a classic fairy tale ↗PEA
  16. 32___ Speedwagon ↗REO
  17. 33One of a salty septet ↗SEA
  18. 34Blanket draping a mountain at dawn ↗MIST
  19. 36Oscar winner Spacek ↗SISSY
  20. 38Cafeteria shout that might provoke the moves at 17-, 26-, 54- and 64-Across? ↗FOODFIGHT
  21. 41Proctor's cue ↗BEGIN
  22. 44Roger Rabbit or Bugs Bunny, e.g. ↗TOON
  23. 45Circle section ↗ARC
  24. 48In the style of ↗ALA
  25. 49Wall St. debut ↗IPO
  26. 51Kind of family ↗NUCLEAR
  27. 54Bone-in cut whose name became an endearment ↗LAMBCHOP
  28. 57Many-headed monster of myth ↗HYDRA
  29. 58Non-mono, say ↗STEREO
  30. 59"Superberry" of South America ↗ACAI
  31. 62Voting against ↗CON
  32. 63Personal shopper, e.g. ↗AIDE
  33. 64Bright yellow creature that moves about 6.5 inches per minute ↗BANANASLUG
  34. 67Castle defense ↗MOAT
  35. 68Like noble gases ↗INERT
  36. 69Carefree feeling ↗EASE
  37. 70Co. behind the "Book Review" podcast ↗NYT
  38. 71Bewilder ↗ADDLE
  39. 72"Two pools of light, a mirror bright," in generative A.I. poetry ↗EYES

Down 37

  1. 1Shindig ↗AFFAIR
  2. 2Sites for lots of yachts ↗MARINAS
  3. 3Fall apart, as a cookie ↗CRUMBLE
  4. 4___ Lanka ↗SRI
  5. 5Skipper, informally ↗CAPN
  6. 6Lie next to ↗ABUT
  7. 7Cold sweat ↗PANIC
  8. 8Series-ending abbr. ↗ETC
  9. 9Bring back from a furlough ↗REHIRE
  10. 10Center of a paparazzi swarm ↗CELEB
  11. 11Lunar landscape features ↗CRATERS
  12. 12"Fresh as a daisy" and "strong as an oak" ↗SIMILES
  13. 16Laser pointer or ball of yarn ↗CATTOY
  14. 18Vehicle that's hailed ↗TAXI
  15. 23Grind, as one's teeth ↗GNASH
  16. 25King in Norway's Fairhair dynasty ↗OLAFI
  17. 27It's a choice ↗OPTION
  18. 29Like Dashboard Confessional's music ↗EMO
  19. 30Possible response to "Nuh-uh!" ↗DIDTOO
  20. 35West Coast air hub ↗SFO
  21. 37European country where the Renaissance started ↗ITALY
  22. 39How crab legs may be served ↗ONICE
  23. 40African animal with horns ↗GNU
  24. 41Aromatic fir ↗BALSAM
  25. 42Rapture ↗ELATION
  26. 43Time for a tailgate party ↗GAMEDAY
  27. 46Court surface at the French Open ↗REDCLAY
  28. 47Go on a pub crawl, say ↗CAROUSE
  29. 50What exposure therapy may treat ↗PHOBIA
  30. 52___ Pet ↗CHIA
  31. 53Stoves ↗RANGES
  32. 55George ___, M.L.B. player with batting titles in three different decades ↗BRETT
  33. 56Like windows ↗PANED
  34. 60Sagan of astronomy ↗CARL
  35. 61Feed the kitty ↗ANTE
  36. 65"Your point being?" ↗AND
  37. 66Get it ↗SEE