NYT CROSSWORD • FRIDAY, MAY 23, 2025

NYT Crossword Answers May 23, 2025

Complete answer list for the May 23, 2025 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Kate HawkinsEdited by Will ShortzGrid 15×1572 clues

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THUMAY
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FRIMAY
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SATMAY
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SUNMAY
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Across 33

  1. 1Dining at Chipotle or Panera, e.g. ↗FASTCASUAL
  2. 11Hand-held 2000s Sony console, for short ↗PSP
  3. 14"The Black Unicorn" poet, 1978 ↗AUDRELORDE
  4. 15"Oh, that's a good one" ↗HAHA
  5. 16"Actually, I have good news" ↗ITSYOURLUCKYDAY
  6. 18Crush ↗ROUT
  7. 19Punt e ___ (vermouth brand) ↗MES
  8. 20Tight formation ↗HUDDLE
  9. 21Express disapproval, in a way ↗HISS
  10. 23Boston University athlete ↗TERRIER
  11. 24Expect ↗AWAIT
  12. 27Inst. in Athens ↗UGA
  13. 29Color akin to camel ↗TAN
  14. 30Sucked up ↗KISSEDBUTT
  15. 33Class in middle or high school ↗GYM
  16. 36Yellowstone traffic stoppers ↗ELK
  17. 37Cocktails garnished with mint leaves ↗MOJITOS
  18. 39Digitus minimus pedis, for one ↗TOE
  19. 40"Every ___ and fairy sprite / Hop as light as bird from brier": Shak. ↗ELF
  20. 41"I'm listening ..." ↗TELLMEMORE
  21. 43Baboon ↗OAF
  22. 46First in command? ↗CEE
  23. 47"The Artist's Garden at Giverny" artist ↗MONET
  24. 48Uber-progressives ↗FARLEFT
  25. 51Doppelgänger ↗TWIN
  26. 53Feeling it more ↗ACHIER
  27. 54"Very. Funny." ↗HAR
  28. 55Drudge ↗TOIL
  29. 59Something taken by many artists ↗CREATIVELICENSE
  30. 62Fish bred by Roman nobles ↗EELS
  31. 63What might get you out of a jam? ↗SIDESTREET
  32. 641/48 cup: Abbr. ↗TSP
  33. 65What some loggers log ↗KEYSTROKES

Down 39

  1. 1Upright ↗FAIR
  2. 2Malibu, e.g. ↗AUTO
  3. 3Calif. school that runs the Mount Laguna Observatory ↗SDSU
  4. 4"Have a taste" ↗TRYTHIS
  5. 5Steering committee V.I.P. ↗CEO
  6. 6Quinquennial campus visitors, maybe ↗ALUMS
  7. 7It hurts when it comes up ↗SORESUBJECT
  8. 8Digital addresses ↗URLS
  9. 9Secondary residence on a property, for short ↗ADU
  10. 10Café add-in ↗LECHE
  11. 11Children's character who wears a duffle coat ↗PADDINGTON
  12. 12Cement ingredient ↗SHALE
  13. 13One footing the bill ↗PAYER
  14. 15Monster slain in one of Hercules' 12 labors ↗HYDRA
  15. 17Author Vonnegut ↗KURT
  16. 22Object ↗ITEM
  17. 23Little rats ↗TATTLETALES
  18. 24Fruit that grows on Jamaican beaches ↗AKEE
  19. 25Determination ↗WILL
  20. 26Request a hand ↗ASKFORHELP
  21. 28Cunning ↗GUILE
  22. 31Period ↗DOT
  23. 32South Korean golfer Kim ↗TOM
  24. 34Days long past ↗YORE
  25. 35Convene ↗MEET
  26. 38Place for a cabin ↗SEMI
  27. 42___ Lamar Hill a.k.a. Lil Nas X ↗MONTERO
  28. 44Fugitive's cover ↗ALIAS
  29. 45Units that might be metrical or imperial ↗FEET
  30. 48Aspect ↗FACET
  31. 49A lot can be made of these ↗ACRES
  32. 50Check for pieces, say ↗FRISK
  33. 52Watch this space! ↗WRIST
  34. 54Actress/inventor Lamarr, the so-called "mother of Wi-Fi" ↗HEDY
  35. 56Kid-friendly race length, in brief ↗ONEK
  36. 57"Gotcha" ↗ISEE
  37. 58Some redos ↗LETS
  38. 60Compete (for) ↗VIE
  39. 61Middle: Abbr. ↗CTR