NYT CROSSWORD • THURSDAY, MAY 29, 2025

NYT Crossword Answers May 29, 2025

Complete answer list for the May 29, 2025 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By John KugelmanEdited by Will ShortzGrid 15×1578 clues

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Across 37

  1. 1Nosy Parkers ↗SNOOPS
  2. 7"Make like a drum and beat it!" ↗AMSCRAY
  3. 14Source of the line "The female of the species is more deadly than the male" ↗KIPLING
  4. 16"Ditto for us" ↗SOAREWE
  5. 17Half of an Arnold Palmer ↗ICEDTEA
  6. 18"Ta-da!" ↗ETVOILA
  7. 19*Mensa, for one ↗CONS
  8. 20"___ Enchanted," 2004 film ↗ELLA
  9. 22What's never free of charge ↗ION
  10. 23___ hat, no cattle (folksy put-down) ↗ALL
  11. 24Swiss Ms. ↗FRAU
  12. 25Fed. observance since 1986 ↗MLKDAY
  13. 28Music biz scandal ↗PAYOLA
  14. 30Chippewa neighbors ↗CREE
  15. 32Homophone of 26-Down ↗EYE
  16. 33Sees red ↗GETSHOT
  17. 35HBO comedy with 17 Emmys ↗VEEP
  18. 36*One with a minority opinion about the shape of the world ↗FLA
  19. 37Word with drum or trumpet ↗EAR
  20. 382013 film that presaged ChatGPT ↗HER
  21. 39Stick with it ↗GLUE
  22. 41Insect named for the Virgin Mary ↗LADYBUG
  23. 43Upton Sinclair novel ↗OIL
  24. 44Mononymous Irish singer ↗BONO
  25. 45Captivate ↗ENAMOR
  26. 49Material for some ropes and curtains ↗VELVET
  27. 51Words from a loud speaker, maybe ↗RANT
  28. 53Preceder of way or word ↗INA
  29. 54*Two sure things ↗DEA
  30. 55Stage props? ↗HAND
  31. 56X, Y and sometimes Z ↗AXES
  32. 57"Yikes"-worthy ↗CRINGEY
  33. 60Give height, as a hairdo ... or a hint for entering the answers to the starred clues ↗TEASEUP
  34. 62Filled out wrong, say ↗INVALID
  35. 63One rushing to a Code Blue, in brief ↗ERNURSE
  36. 64Not equilateral or isosceles ↗SCALENE
  37. 65Clapped back at ↗SASSED

Down 41

  1. 1Something to wear on a run ↗SKICAP
  2. 2Anarchist Sacco ↗NICOLA
  3. 3Without pretense ↗OPENLY
  4. 4Elders, derisively ↗OLDS
  5. 5Preparation for a luau ↗PIT
  6. 6Give a dirty look ↗SNEERAT
  7. 7Not on solid ground, say ↗ASEA
  8. 8Witty remark ↗MOT
  9. 9London's ___ Row ↗SAVILE
  10. 10Shepherd's stick ↗CROOK
  11. 11Certain seasonal workers? ↗REINDEER
  12. 12Strip poker? ↗AWL
  13. 13Formal vote ↗YEA
  14. 15Big do ↗GALA
  15. 21Female in Mexican-style wrestling ↗LUCHADORA
  16. 24One going for a little bite? ↗FLEA
  17. 25Inst. known for an annual 15-Down ↗MET
  18. 26Formal vote ↗AYE
  19. 27Informal 26-Down ↗YEP
  20. 29Give a dirty look ↗OGLE
  21. 31One of the "Gilmore Girls" ↗RORY
  22. 34Younger Lennon son ↗SEAN
  23. 35Second star ever photographed, after the sun ↗VEGA
  24. 36Over-the-top dramatic ↗FULLDIVA
  25. 38Prowl ↗HUNT
  26. 39End of a Senate address ↗GOV
  27. 40Dissemble ↗LIE
  28. 41Listing at Christie's ↗LOT
  29. 42Bacchanals ↗BENDERS
  30. 44Charles Darwin's ship ↗BEAGLE
  31. 46Bakery devices ↗MIXERS
  32. 47Disposable ↗ONEUSE
  33. 48Croaked ↗RASPED
  34. 50Bribable ↗VENAL
  35. 52Chamber opening? ↗ANTE
  36. 55___ Park, F.D.R.'s home ↗HYDE
  37. 56Laptop brand ↗ASUS
  38. 57Gender prefix ↗CIS
  39. 58G.O.P. group ↗RNC
  40. 59One from Hamburg ↗EIN
  41. 61"S.N.L." alum Gasteyer ↗ANA