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NYT Crossword Answers May 21, 2025

Complete answer list for the May 21, 2025 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Ilana Levene and Scott HoganEdited by Will ShortzGrid 15×1574 clues

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WEDMAY
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By Ilana Levene and Scott Hogan
THUMAY
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FRIMAY
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The Grid

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Across 35

  1. 1Word with chocolate or computer ↗CHIP
  2. 5Thompson or Stone of 2021's "Cruella" ↗EMMA
  3. 9Fragment ↗SHARD
  4. 14Sci-fi novel with giant sandworms ↗DUNE
  5. 15Help for a faltering business ↗LOAN
  6. 16Type of hunter-gatherer diet ↗PALEO
  7. 17"Smile for the photo, dude!" ↗CHEESEDOG
  8. 19Able to bend smoothly ↗LITHE
  9. 20Fragment ↗SLIVER
  10. 21Mythological instruments of vengeance ↗FURIES
  11. 22Contractor's pipe material, for short ↗PVC
  12. 24"Work on your enunciation, bro!" ↗DELIVERYMAN
  13. 26Omen ↗PORTENT
  14. 28Little bit of work ↗ERG
  15. 29"The most beautiful deception of all," per Debussy ↗ART
  16. 30Tedious work ↗SLOG
  17. 31Much social media humor ↗MEMES
  18. 33"That is messed up, girl!" ↗TWISTEDSISTER
  19. 39___ and foremost ↗FIRST
  20. 40Origin crossers ↗AXES
  21. 42Marshland ↗FEN
  22. 45Org. whose officers train at Camp Peary ↗CIA
  23. 46Cause to jump, say ↗STARTLE
  24. 49"Protect the quarterback, buddy!" ↗BLOCKBUSTER
  25. 52Pupil's place ↗EYE
  26. 53Best way to sing ↗INTUNE
  27. 54What "sostenuto" means in music ↗LONGER
  28. 56Cuba ___ (drink) ↗LIBRE
  29. 57"That's unbelievable, love!" ↗WILDHONEY
  30. 60Diarist Nin ↗ANAIS
  31. 61Leave out ↗OMIT
  32. 62Finger ↗NAME
  33. 63Seems to point to ↗BODES
  34. 64"Damned if ___ …" ↗WEDO
  35. 65Put on a schedule ↗SLOT

Down 39

  1. 1Atlanta-based govt. agency ↗CDC
  2. 2"Come again?" ↗HUH
  3. 3How some funds are held ↗INESCROW
  4. 4What old paint might do ↗PEEL
  5. 5Smallest three-syllable number ↗ELEVEN
  6. 6Tin lizzie ↗MODELT
  7. 7Language in which "Kia ora" means "Hello" ↗MAORI
  8. 8Director Lee ↗ANG
  9. 9Goes for the expensive option, say ↗SPLURGES
  10. 10Sticky, as a situation ↗HAIRY
  11. 11Nissan sedan ↗ALTIMA
  12. 12Try again ↗REHEAR
  13. 13"That ___ ring a bell" ↗DOESNT
  14. 18One of two on a record ↗SIDE
  15. 21Physicist Enrico ↗FERMI
  16. 22Afterthought's afterthought: Abbr. ↗PPS
  17. 23Plug-in Chevy ↗VOLT
  18. 25Geese formations ↗VEES
  19. 27Cry near quittin' time ↗TGIF
  20. 31Colorado summer hrs. ↗MDT
  21. 32Classic cookie cutter shape ↗STAR
  22. 34Something feigned by Ferris Bueller to get out of school ↗SICKNESS
  23. 35Shoshone, e.g. ↗TRIBE
  24. 36Biblical birthright barterer ↗ESAU
  25. 37Not from within ↗EXTERNAL
  26. 38Depend (on) ↗RELY
  27. 41"Get it?" ↗SEE
  28. 42Forensics HQ in Quantico, Va. ↗FBILAB
  29. 43Cause of some turbulent weather ↗ELNINO
  30. 44"That's halfway decent!" ↗NOTBAD
  31. 46Like a good poker face ↗STOLID
  32. 47Look after ↗TENDTO
  33. 48Cry of frustration ↗ARGH
  34. 50Marie who is the only person to win a Nobel Prize in two different science fields ↗CURIE
  35. 51Ectoplasmic residue ↗SLIME
  36. 55Many ages ↗EONS
  37. 57"Mind. Blown." ↗WOW
  38. 58Brooding music genre ↗EMO
  39. 59So far ↗YET