NYT CROSSWORD • SATURDAY, MAY 31, 2025

NYT Crossword Answers May 31, 2025

Complete answer list for the May 31, 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 John Kugelman
FRIMAY
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By Rafael Musa
SATMAY
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By Adam Aaronson and Ricky Cruz
SUNJUN
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MONJUN
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Across 34

  1. 1Where one might have a mic and a Michelob ↗KARAOKEBAR
  2. 11Edgar Degas's "Miss ___ at the Cirque Fernando" ↗LALA
  3. 15"Been there!" ↗ICANRELATE
  4. 16Member of BTS or Blackpink, e.g. ↗IDOL
  5. 17What may rise over a range ↗BACKSPLASH
  6. 18Let off ↗EMIT
  7. 19Spotted cat ↗OCELOT
  8. 20Response to "Who's going?" ↗IAM
  9. 22Plural suffix ↗ISM
  10. 23Beget ↗SIRE
  11. 24Symbol of rebirth in ancient Egypt ↗DUNGBEETLE
  12. 28Gives birth to ↗HAS
  13. 29Subatomic particle named after an Indian physicist ↗BOSON
  14. 30Overdo a celebration, maybe ↗GLOAT
  15. 31Underline? ↗SEWER
  16. 32Count Vronsky's titular lover in a classic Tolstoy novel ↗ANNA
  17. 33Leaves the rest? ↗AWAKENS
  18. 36Eponym of Pittsburgh's tallest building ↗USSTEEL
  19. 39Country whose predominant language is Bambara ↗MALI
  20. 40___ Grape, Leonardo DiCaprio's role in "What's Eating Gilbert Grape" ↗ARNIE
  21. 41Minor key? ↗ISLET
  22. 43Churro covering ↗SUGAR
  23. 44Ride-or-die sort, in brief ↗BFF
  24. 47Participant in a hybrid sport that requires both brains and brawn ↗CHESSBOXER
  25. 49Ski resort in the White River National Forest ↗VAIL
  26. 50Chip maker in a 1961 merger ↗LAY
  27. 51Discipline ↗ART
  28. 52Most populous California city with a one-word name ↗FRESNO
  29. 54Male influencer archetype ↗EBOY
  30. 56Where camels can occasionally be seen swimming ↗ARABIANSEA
  31. 59Kind of juice that's high in antioxidants ↗ALOE
  32. 60What the "T" in CAPTCHA stands for ↗TURINGTEST
  33. 61Set components ↗REPS
  34. 62Culturally relevant ↗ZEITGEISTY

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  1. 1Nix ↗KIBOSH
  2. 2Traditional wood for a ukulele ↗ACACIA
  3. 3500 people? ↗RACERS
  4. 4___ sock ↗ANKLE
  5. 5Words after a guesstimate ↗ORSO
  6. 6Repressed ↗KEPTDOWN
  7. 7Likely spot for a pipe jam ↗ELL
  8. 8Call repeated in a nursery rhyme ↗BAA
  9. 9Something found next to a handle ↗ATSIGN
  10. 10Bring up to modern standards, say ↗REHAB
  11. 11Fake account ↗LIE
  12. 12Pass words? ↗ADMITONE
  13. 13Subject of the 2023 TV series "My Adventures With Superman" ↗LOISLANE
  14. 14Genre for Soundgarden and Linkin Park ↗ALTMETAL
  15. 21Part of a gig ↗MEG
  16. 25Exercises ↗USES
  17. 26Eur. land with more than 60,000 miles of coast ↗NOR
  18. 27Send ↗ELATE
  19. 29Competition with some defining moments? ↗BEE
  20. 31Hits high in the air ↗SKIES
  21. 33Stern question after laying out expectations ↗AMICLEAR
  22. 34Not likely to leave a mark, say ↗WASHABLE
  23. 35Two-person shot ↗ALLEYOOP
  24. 36Press ↗URGE
  25. 37Downing, with "down" ↗SNARFING
  26. 38Sean Connery or Mick Jagger, e.g. ↗SIR
  27. 40Kind of cable in a car, for short ↗AUX
  28. 42Rod's employer in "Get Out," in brief ↗TSA
  29. 43"I couldn't agree more!" ↗SOTRUE
  30. 44They often end on a low note ↗BASSES
  31. 45Top-shelf, say ↗FINEST
  32. 46Air-filled pool item ↗FLOATY
  33. 48Toy doll brand since 2001 ↗BRATZ
  34. 49Twenty, in Italian ↗VENTI
  35. 53All the ___ ↗RAGE
  36. 55Wry response to a this-or-that question ↗YES
  37. 57R&B singer Lennox ↗ARI
  38. 580 or 1 ↗BIT