NYT CROSSWORD • THURSDAY, MAY 22, 2025

NYT Crossword Answers May 22, 2025

Complete answer list for the May 22, 2025 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By David J. KahnEdited by Will ShortzGrid 15×1576 clues

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The Grid

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Across 37

  1. 1It burns ↗ACID
  2. 5With 11-Down and 58-Across, aphorism about the effect of sudden wealth … or a hint to the answers to the starred clues ↗MONEY
  3. 10Culmination ↗ACME
  4. 14Opposite of 1-Across ↗BASE
  5. 15Came to be ↗AROSE
  6. 16Jackson who won 11 N.B.A. championships as head coach ↗PHIL
  7. 17*Be brave and proud [Iran] ↗STANDTRIAL
  8. 19Framed item ↗PANE
  9. 20A, to a Frankfurter ↗EINE
  10. 21"Star Trek" pilot ↗SULU
  11. 23French handle? ↗NOM
  12. 24*How some medications are taken [Jordan] ↗ORDINARY
  13. 27Einstein, notably ↗EMIGRE
  14. 29"We're out of the woods" ↗ITSSAFE
  15. 30Part of many a smartphone upgrade ↗TRADEIN
  16. 31Bath room ↗LOO
  17. 32Accessory used by Woody in the "Toy Story" movies ↗LASSO
  18. 34"Who ___?" ↗ISNT
  19. 35*Luminous meteor [South Africa] ↗FIREBRAND
  20. 38Brother hood? ↗COWL
  21. 41Cardio exercise program ↗TAEBO
  22. 42"That's the pits!" ↗UGH
  23. 45Formally picks ↗ANOINTS
  24. 48Call again? ↗RETITLE
  25. 50Dumbledore, to Harry Potter ↗MENTOR
  26. 51*Ones on your side [Costa Rica] ↗COLONIES
  27. 52Grp. with a hit remake of Chuck Berry's "Roll Over Beethoven" ↗ELO
  28. 53Damages seeker ↗SUER
  29. 55Most-applied-to college in the U.S. ↗UCLA
  30. 56Travel around ↗ROVE
  31. 58See 5-Across ↗EVERYTHING
  32. 62Where things get heated ↗OVEN
  33. 63Home that sounds like two letters ↗TEPEE
  34. 641990s Israeli president Weizman ↗EZER
  35. 65Square one ↗NERD
  36. 66Seeded #1, say ↗ONTOP
  37. 67Film editor ___ Allen ↗DEDE

Down 39

  1. 1Olympic diver's pride, maybe ↗ABS
  2. 2Target as an audience ↗CATERTO
  3. 3Parent's blunt answer to "Why?" ↗ISAIDSO
  4. 4Hopper of Hollywood ↗DENNIS
  5. 5Support for a tumbler ↗MAT
  6. 6His #4 was retired by the N.H.L.'s Bruins ↗ORR
  7. 7Clamorous ↗NOISY
  8. 8Biblical figure seen in the sauna? ↗ESAU
  9. 9Stentorian sort ↗YELLER
  10. 10Telegram or CapCut ↗APP
  11. 11See 5-Across ↗CHANGES
  12. 12Study secondarily ↗MINORIN
  13. 13Palladium, e.g. ↗ELEMENT
  14. 18National park with a working sled dog kennel ↗DENALI
  15. 22Name that aptly completes the missing letters in Th_ r_ _n ↗UMA
  16. 24Industry in "There Will Be Blood" ↗OIL
  17. 25A long way away ↗AFAR
  18. 26Fresh starts ↗RESETS
  19. 28"Look what ___!" ↗IDID
  20. 30One who deals with a lot of bull? ↗TORERO
  21. 33Fed. loan group ↗SBA
  22. 35Moths do it ↗FLIT
  23. 36Son of Adam and Eve ↗ABEL
  24. 37At home ↗NOTOUT
  25. 38"True Lies" director James ↗CAMERON
  26. 39Bob Marley song in the Grammy Hall of Fame ↗ONELOVE
  27. 40*Ubiquitously [Korea] ↗WONOVER
  28. 42Bring into play ↗UTILIZE
  29. 43Gradually found out ↗GLEANED
  30. 44Studs, stags and steers ↗HES
  31. 46Figs. ↗NOS
  32. 47Not deviating from ↗TRUETO
  33. 49Moved slowly ↗INCHED
  34. 51Moved slowly ↗CREPT
  35. 54Square ↗EVEN
  36. 57___ user ↗END
  37. 59Classic car inits. ↗REO
  38. 60"No doubt about it" ↗YEP
  39. 61Sr.'s test ↗GRE