NYT CROSSWORD • FRIDAY, MAY 16, 2025

NYT Crossword Answers May 16, 2025

Complete answer list for the May 16, 2025 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By August Lee-KovachEdited by Will ShortzGrid 15×1572 clues

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Across 35

  1. 1One shooting for the stars? ↗SPACESHIP
  2. 10Carnival treat ↗TAFFY
  3. 15One-stop shopping spot ↗MEGASTORE
  4. 16Ancient Greek marketplace ↗AGORA
  5. 17"Words fail me ..." ↗ICANTEVEN
  6. 18___ Walcott, 1992 Literature Nobelist from St. Lucia ↗DEREK
  7. 19The "1" of 3-1-4, say ↗LOSS
  8. 20Stave (off) ↗FEND
  9. 21Place ↗SITE
  10. 22Second sight ↗ESP
  11. 23Who said "Where id is, there shall ego be" ↗FREUD
  12. 25Chase, as some flies ↗SHAG
  13. 27"You bet!" ↗ITIS
  14. 29Cry from a captive ↗LETMEGO
  15. 31Pool owner's problem ↗ALGAE
  16. 34Noted stratovolcano that last erupted in 1707-08 ↗FUJI
  17. 35___ Unseld, 1969 N.B.A. M.V.P. ↗WES
  18. 36Mad scientist's creation ↗DOOMSDAYMACHINE
  19. 40Nonprofit grp. founded during W.W. II ↗USO
  20. 41"Absolutamente!" ↗SISI
  21. 42"Roots" surname ↗KINTE
  22. 43Decorative work with bricks ↗LEGOART
  23. 45Essential ↗MUST
  24. 47Like some stories and ships ↗TALL
  25. 48It might grab a bite to eat ↗TALON
  26. 50Capture … or abandon ↗BAG
  27. 53Course finale ↗TEST
  28. 55Bias ↗TILT
  29. 56Bursting (with) ↗RIFE
  30. 57Superfast puzzle solver, of a sort ↗CUBER
  31. 58"Bravo, me!" ↗INAILEDIT
  32. 60Like a person getting a massage, usually ↗PRONE
  33. 61Sarcastic reply when someone quotes "Star Trek" ↗NERDALERT
  34. 62Given to fidgeting ↗ANTSY
  35. 63Big gain with no pain ↗EASYMONEY

Down 37

  1. 1Something said before a click ↗SMILE
  2. 2River through Santa Fe National Forest ↗PECOS
  3. 3Flabbergasted ↗AGASP
  4. 4W.C.s ↗CANS
  5. 5Ballpark fig. ↗EST
  6. 6Tennis's Graf ↗STEFFI
  7. 7Remains overhead, say ↗HOVERS
  8. 8She outwitted Sherlock in "A Scandal in Bohemia" ↗IRENE
  9. 9Aid for a hypnotist ↗PENDULUM
  10. 10Wee bits ↗TADS
  11. 11Certain hiring bias ↗AGEISM
  12. 12Announcer's call before a potential buzzer beater ↗FORTHEWIN
  13. 13Unsigned athlete ↗FREEAGENT
  14. 14Its milk is a source of chhurpi (Nepalese cheese) ↗YAK
  15. 24___ vu ↗DEJA
  16. 26"Check it out!" ↗GOSEE
  17. 27Soy : Spanish :: ___ : English: ↗IAM
  18. 28Actress Thompson of "Selma" ↗TESSA
  19. 30Indications of passing time ↗TICKS
  20. 31One whose voice is a muted trombone in "Peanuts" ↗ADULT
  21. 32Tough draw ↗LOSEATURN
  22. 33It crawls around the web ↗GOOGLEBOT
  23. 34"Just so u know ..." ↗FYI
  24. 37Earth ↗DIRT
  25. 38Radioactive element whose name is derived from the Greek for "unstable" ↗ASTATINE
  26. 39Success in a game of Battleship ↗HIT
  27. 44Mary-Kate and Ashley ↗OLSENS
  28. 45They may grab a bite to eat ↗MOLARS
  29. 46Chaotic ↗UNTIDY
  30. 49Top of a schedule, usually ↗LINEA
  31. 50Only Catholic U.S. president besides J.F.K. ↗BIDEN
  32. 51Lit ↗AFIRE
  33. 52Cultural attraction in L.A., with "the" ↗GETTY
  34. 54It's a long shot ↗TREY
  35. 56Move, informally ↗RELO
  36. 57Bookkeeper, for short ↗CPA
  37. 59Flee ↗LAM