NYT CROSSWORD • FRIDAY, MAY 2, 2025

NYT Crossword Answers May 2, 2025

Complete answer list for the May 2, 2025 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Robyn WeintraubEdited by Will ShortzGrid 15×1572 clues

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Across 35

  1. 1Setting for Arthur Miller's "The Crucible" ↗SALEM
  2. 6"Well, ___ …" (segue) ↗THEN
  3. 10Grouch ↗CRAB
  4. 14Gatsby or Hamlet ↗TRAGICHERO
  5. 16Dolly of "Hello, Dolly!" ↗LEVI
  6. 17Sides of circles? ↗ONIONRINGS
  7. 18Not settled ↗OPEN
  8. 19Seal team? ↗POD
  9. 20Chloride and oxide, for two ↗IONS
  10. 21Fetes ↗HONORS
  11. 23Unchecked ↗AMOK
  12. 24___ seeds (ingredients in pickling) ↗CELERY
  13. 25"Is that an amazing offer or what?" ↗HOWCANIRESIST
  14. 29Titular female Disney character whose name also appears in a Shakespeare play ↗ARIEL
  15. 30Titular male Shakespeare character whose name also appears in a Disney film ↗TIMON
  16. 31X ↗CHI
  17. 34Do something of interest? ↗LEND
  18. 35Like straw baskets ↗WOVEN
  19. 36Sunfish feature ↗SAIL
  20. 37Modern car accessory ↗FOB
  21. 38Literary bird with a one-word vocabulary, apparently ↗RAVEN
  22. 39Merely watches without saying a word ↗LURKS
  23. 40"Yadda, yadda, yadda" ↗YOUGETTHEIDEA
  24. 43More inclined to recline ↗LAZIER
  25. 44Aerosol output ↗MIST
  26. 45Malaysian state or island ↗PENANG
  27. 46Doesn't guzzle ↗SIPS
  28. 47Poke bowl delicacy ↗AHI
  29. 50Sikorsky or Stravinsky ↗IGOR
  30. 51"To nobody's surprise ..." ↗ASEXPECTED
  31. 54It's a piece of work ↗TASK
  32. 55Categorize narrowly ↗PIGEONHOLE
  33. 56They might be red or blonde ↗ALES
  34. 57One of 12 on a euro coin ↗STAR
  35. 58Wires, say ↗SENDS

Down 37

  1. 1"You're doing it all wrong!" ↗STOP
  2. 2River next to the Uffizi Gallery ↗ARNO
  3. 3Put (down) ↗LAID
  4. 4Impediment to collaboration ↗EGO
  5. 5Barely enough ↗MINIMAL
  6. 6"No need to respond right now" ↗THINKITOVER
  7. 7Natural incubators ↗HENS
  8. 8Bit of energy (and of "energy") ↗ERG
  9. 9Makes a snack of ↗NOSHESON
  10. 10Sci-fi remakes? ↗CLONES
  11. 11It may have pluses and minuses ↗REPORTCARD
  12. 12Lincoln Center's former ___ Fisher Hall ↗AVERY
  13. 13Containers at airport security ↗BINS
  14. 15Sing like Perry Como or Mel Tormé ↗CROON
  15. 22Swedish actress Lena ↗OLIN
  16. 23Crushed, as a test ↗ACED
  17. 24Concrete example of rotational forces and fluid dynamics? ↗CEMENTMIXER
  18. 25One of two for one ↗HALF
  19. 26Brand that once offered an "Uh-Oh!" variety ↗OREO
  20. 27Best someone, but just barely ↗WINBYANOSE
  21. 28Transfix ↗RIVET
  22. 32A walk in the park? ↗HIKE
  23. 33The "kid" in "Here's looking at you, kid" ↗ILSA
  24. 35Concerns of the Paycheck Fairness Act ↗WAGEGAPS
  25. 36Bams, cracks or dots, in mahjong ↗SUIT
  26. 38Many a UNESCO site ↗RUIN
  27. 39Subsides ↗LESSENS
  28. 41Much of northern Arkansas ↗OZARKS
  29. 42Land animal closely related to whales ↗HIPPO
  30. 43___ tender ↗LEGAL
  31. 45Shawarma wrap ↗PITA
  32. 46Super Monkey Ball brand ↗SEGA
  33. 47Buckets ↗ATON
  34. 48Didn't give way ↗HELD
  35. 49Every month has one ↗IDES
  36. 52Early instruction in canine obedience school ↗SIT
  37. 53Mandy Patinkin's role in "Evita" ↗CHE