NYT CROSSWORD • SATURDAY, MAY 24, 2025
NYT Crossword Answers May 24, 2025
Complete answer list for the May 24, 2025 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.
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THUMAY
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By David J. Kahn
FRIMAY
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By Kate Hawkins
SATMAY
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By Gene Louise De Vera
SUNMAY
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By Dylan Schiff
MONMAY
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By Ari Halpern
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Across 35
- 1Course on behavior, for short ↗PSYCH
- 6Song and dance ↗RIGAMAROLE
- 16Lyrical piece ↗EPODE
- 17Like many jobs for recent grads ↗ENTRYLEVEL
- 18Feeling described as "hoping for the best, but fearing the worst" ↗CAUTIOUSOPTIMISM
- 20"That stings!" ↗OWW
- 21Becomes inoperable, in a way ↗RUSTS
- 22Sources of wind sounds ↗REEDS
- 23Neck, in Newcastle ↗SNOG
- 25Scuttlebutt, these days ↗TEA
- 26Said, informally ↗WENT
- 27Places for change ↗PURSES
- 29Magic center, familiarly ↗SHAQ
- 30Certain digital denizen ↗SIM
- 33Share the spotlight ↗COLEAD
- 34Creature that returns to the beach where it was born for laying eggs ↗SEATURTLE
- 36Pixel-dense, for short ↗HIDEF
- 37Quickly ↗STAT
- 38Lousy pair to choose from ↗EVILS
- 39Infamous denier of Mary and Joseph ↗INNKEEPER
- 41Guys ↗FELLAS
- 42Esq., often ↗ATT
- 43Rock band founded by three sisters ↗HAIM
- 44"Hey ___!" (Nickelodeon cartoon of 1996-2004) ↗ARNOLD
- 45Data command ↗SORT
- 46Whatever ↗ANY
- 47Digital recording pioneer ↗TIVO
- 49"Yeah, sure" ↗UHHUH
- 51Producers of some waves ↗SINES
- 53Letters for the dearly departed ↗RIP
- 54Positive result of having 18-Across, perhaps ↗PLEASANTSURPRISE
- 57"Don't expect that from me" ↗INEVERWILL
- 58Let up ↗EASED
- 59Charges that vary between states ↗SALESTAXES
- 60Culls, with "out" ↗WEEDS
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- 1River that once marked the boundary of the Wild West ↗PECOS
- 2Location where a video game character starts (or restarts) a level ↗SPAWNPOINT
- 3Incredulous reply to a daring scheme ↗YOUWOULDNT
- 4Summer hrs. in Iowa ↗CDT
- 5Mary I, to Henry VIII ↗HEIR
- 6Finds another purpose for ↗REUSES
- 7Quick start? ↗INSTA
- 8Old muscle cars ↗GTOS
- 9"Human Concretion" sculptor ↗ARP
- 10Nice thing to hear from one's dining partner ↗MYTREAT
- 11Xenomorph who can produce humanoid offspring ↗ALIENQUEEN
- 12Held another session ↗REMET
- 13Younger contemporary of Virgil ↗OVID
- 14Minus ↗LESS
- 15Water-resistant wood ↗ELM
- 19Exposed ↗OUTED
- 24Xi's language ↗GREEK
- 26"You did ___?!" ↗WHAT
- 28Shelters from the heat? ↗SAFEHOUSES
- 29Brand ↗SEAR
- 30Classic poem with the lines "Leaving behind nights of terror and fear ... Into a daybreak that’s wondrously clear" ↗STILLIRISE
- 31Not recommended ↗ILLADVISED
- 32Eton ___ (traditional English dessert) ↗MESS
- 33Smoothie seed ↗CHIA
- 34A flute might have a short one ↗STEM
- 35Place for a camper ↗RVLOT
- 37Implement at a roast ↗SPIT
- 40Aviation legend ↗EARHART
- 41Word with air or deep ↗FRYER
- 44Undoes, in court ↗ANNULS
- 45Manscape, perhaps ↗SHAVE
- 46Proverbial thing to cross, in politics ↗AISLE
- 48One-sided columns ↗OPEDS
- 49Radius neighbor ↗ULNA
- 50Direction for a dog ↗HEEL
- 51Thin rods, in some product names ↗STIX
- 52Send flying ↗SPEW
- 54Magnum and Spade, for short ↗PIS
- 55Music group co-founded by Dr. Dre ↗NWA
- 56Social media star Addison ___ ↗RAE