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NYT Crossword Answers May 20, 2025

Complete answer list for the May 20, 2025 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Rena CohenEdited by Will ShortzGrid 15×1576 clues

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Across 35

  1. 1Bit or byte ↗UNIT
  2. 5Laundry collectors ↗BINS
  3. 9Good thing to bring to a competition ↗AGAME
  4. 14Comedian Trevor with the memoir "Born a Crime" ↗NOAH
  5. 15Give off ↗EMIT
  6. 16Ring-tailed primate ↗LEMUR
  7. 17Consistent with party policy ↗ONMESSAGE
  8. 19Court colleague of Kagan and Kavanaugh ↗ALITO
  9. 20"Eye on the ball," "Get under it!," "I got it!," etc. ↗CATCHPHRASES
  10. 22Like some ground balls ↗ONEHOP
  11. 25CPR pro ↗EMT
  12. 26Queen of Olympus ↗HERA
  13. 27Pet rescue grp. ↗ASPCA
  14. 31Minnesota congresswoman Ilhan ↗OMAR
  15. 35Mink, ferret, stoat, etc. ↗WEASELWORDS
  16. 38Indiana or Independence, in D.C. ↗AVE
  17. 39Detroit dud of the 1950s ↗EDSEL
  18. 40Wall St. debut ↗IPO
  19. 41"You're just too complimentary!" ↗AWGEE
  20. 434G ___ (letters on a cellphone screen) ↗LTE
  21. 44"Ta-da," "All done," "There you have it," etc. ↗FINISHLINES
  22. 47Poet Byron, for one ↗LORD
  23. 49Like pound cake ↗DENSE
  24. 50Bird whose name sounds like a hip-hop dance move ↗NENE
  25. 51Employ ↗USE
  26. 53Crafters' knives ↗XACTOS
  27. 55Yield, Stop, Dead End, etc. ↗SIGNLANGUAGE
  28. 61Tennis champ Naomi ↗OSAKA
  29. 62Freighter ↗CARGOSHIP
  30. 66On the up and up ↗LEGIT
  31. 67Too ↗ALSO
  32. 68Vibe ↗AURA
  33. 69College V.I.P.s ↗DEANS
  34. 70Cryptanalyst Turing ↗ALAN
  35. 71What spring may bring ↗THAW

Down 41

  1. 1Card game shout ↗UNO
  2. 2Oui's opposite ↗NON
  3. 3Response to "Who's going?" ↗IAM
  4. 4Action film climax one might "cut to," in a saying ↗THECHASE
  5. 5Closest confidant ↗BESTPAL
  6. 6Apple all-in-one ↗IMAC
  7. 7Walt Whitman's "As the Time Draws ___" ↗NIGH
  8. 8Call repeated in an aerobics class ↗STEP
  9. 9Wake-up call ↗ALARM
  10. 10Dessert served with the query "Cono o coppetta?" in Italy ↗GELATO
  11. 11Somme friends ↗AMIS
  12. 12Silence on Zoom ↗MUTE
  13. 13Cherubic Greek god ↗EROS
  14. 18___ Paulo, Brazil ↗SAO
  15. 21Circle at the top of a stick figure ↗HEAD
  16. 22"Such is life!" ↗OHWELL
  17. 23Must ↗NEEDTO
  18. 24Chalk accompanier ↗ERASER
  19. 28Consumers of hogwash ↗SWINE
  20. 29Stop by ↗POPIN
  21. 30Hybridize ↗CROSS
  22. 32Souvenir for a refrigerator ↗MAGNET
  23. 33Moisturizer brand ↗AVEENO
  24. 34___ Pieces ↗REESES
  25. 36Fey figure of folklore ↗ELF
  26. 37Khan who founded Khan Academy ↗SAL
  27. 42Flinches in response to ↗WINCESAT
  28. 45Brainstorm ↗IDEA
  29. 46Utah, geometrically speaking ↗HEXAGON
  30. 48What "America runs on," in a franchise slogan ↗DUNKIN
  31. 52Bed supports ↗SLATS
  32. 54"Give it ___" ↗AGO
  33. 55Auctioned off, e.g. ↗SOLD
  34. 56"Oh, OK" ↗ISEE
  35. 57Crazy (about) ↗GAGA
  36. 58March Madness org. ↗NCAA
  37. 59Chutzpah ↗GALL
  38. 60___ Major ↗URSA
  39. 63"What'd you say?" ↗HUH
  40. 64Public radio host Glass ↗IRA
  41. 65Where to find a kitten's "toe beans" ↗PAW