NYT CROSSWORD • SATURDAY, MAY 17, 2025

NYT Crossword Answers May 17, 2025

Complete answer list for the May 17, 2025 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

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THUMAY
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FRIMAY
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SATMAY
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SUNMAY
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By Garrett Chalfin
MONMAY
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Across 36

  1. 1Much mail to Santa ↗LISTS
  2. 6Rubbish destinations ↗BINS
  3. 10Sultanate that controls the exclave of Madha ↗OMAN
  4. 14Mescal source ↗AGAVE
  5. 15Tip line? ↗ANYADVICE
  6. 17Sitcom set in a corner store run by a Korean Canadian family (2016-21) ↗KIMSCONVENIENCE
  7. 19Halloween vis-à-vis All Saints' Day ↗EVE
  8. 20Hair color, e.g. ↗TRAIT
  9. 21Cards' home ↗ARI
  10. 22The sun, e.g., in about five billion years ↗REDGIANT
  11. 24Humiliated (or honored), as on Nickelodeon ↗SLIMED
  12. 27Like one preferring platonic relationships, informally ↗ARO
  13. 28British singer ___ Parks ↗ARLO
  14. 30Museum with works by Hockney, Turner and Millais ↗TATE
  15. 31Going down, in a way ↗FLYINGSOUTH
  16. 35Threw one's hat in the ring ↗RAN
  17. 36Becomes uncomfortable, as underwear ↗RIDESUP
  18. 37Frightful ↗GHASTLY
  19. 39Type that's compatible with everyone, in brief ↗ONEG
  20. 40First president of the S.C.L.C. ↗MLK
  21. 42Neutral color ↗ASH
  22. 43Work well together ↗GEL
  23. 44"C'mon, dish it!" ↗SPILLTHETEA
  24. 49Chicken nugget shape ↗DINO
  25. 51Stands to practice hitting ↗TEES
  26. 52Causes of some burns ↗RUGS
  27. 53N.F.L. team whose name is a literary reference ↗RAVENS
  28. 55Fills up ↗EATSALOT
  29. 57Scale range ↗ONETOTEN
  30. 59Blather ↗HOTAIR
  31. 60"Bad Moon Rising" band, familiarly ↗CCR
  32. 61Further ↗MORE
  33. 62M.L.B. star Pete who holds the single-season record for homers by a rookie (53) ↗ALONSO
  34. 63Map inset ↗KEY
  35. 64End of a trail, perhaps ↗APEX
  36. 65They're accepted at church ↗TENETS

Down 36

  1. 1Athlete who shares his home venue with the Sparks ↗LAKER
  2. 2"Enough!" ↗IGIVE
  3. 3Prime choice ↗SAMEDAYDELIVERY
  4. 4They're found in dens ↗TVS
  5. 5Sports and Arts, e.g. ↗SECTIONS
  6. 6Something to take in from a boat ↗BANANASPLIT
  7. 7Outside the typical biological setting ↗INVITRO
  8. 8Dostoyevsky's denial ↗NYET
  9. 9Spanish word on a U.S. map ↗SAN
  10. 10Having lost interest ↗OVERIT
  11. 11Where you might refuel after refueling ↗MINIMART
  12. 12Miami is in it, for short ↗ACC
  13. 13French word that sounds like a vote ↗NEE
  14. 16Turn (up) ↗DIAL
  15. 18Rita ___, "R.I.P." singer ↗ORA
  16. 23Composer Edvard ↗GRIEG
  17. 24"Anyway, gonna move on now" ↗SOTHATSTHAT
  18. 25Name-dropping abbreviation ↗ETAL
  19. 26Not own ↗DENY
  20. 29Schlep ↗LUG
  21. 31End part of a violin bow ↗FROG
  22. 32What might lead to a row at a party? ↗LINEDANCE
  23. 33Forrest of film ↗GUMP
  24. 34Miscellany ↗HASH
  25. 38Chain whose name came from a Boston hotel whose sign was too expensive to remove ↗SHERATON
  26. 41Part of a cold pack? ↗KLEENEX
  27. 44Wine valley in the Bay Area ↗SONOMA
  28. 45Green expanse ↗LEA
  29. 46It was founded as the Medical College of Louisiana ↗TULANE
  30. 47One with an "I" problem? ↗EGOIST
  31. 48Team whose logo contains an "H" on top of a star ↗ASTROS
  32. 50It's not gross ↗NET
  33. 53Sway ↗ROCK
  34. 54"Enough!" ↗STOP
  35. 56Base of a pump ↗SOLE
  36. 58"Ended, ___ it begun" (Emily Dickinson poem) ↗ERE