NYT CROSSWORD • TUESDAY, MAY 6, 2025
NYT Crossword Answers May 6, 2025
Complete answer list for the May 6, 2025 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.
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SUNMAY
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By Brandon Koppy
MONMAY
5
2025
By Eric Rollfing
TUEMAY
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2025
By Enrique Henestroza Anguiano
WEDMAY
7
2025
By Tom McCoy
THUMAY
8
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By Dan Caprera
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Across 36
- 1First Nations group ↗CREE
- 5It might be treated with a kiss and a Band-Aid ↗BOOBOO
- 11Layered haircut ↗SHAG
- 15Harvest ↗REAP
- 16Bacall of "How to Marry a Millionaire" ↗LAUREN
- 17"A rising ___ lifts all boats" ↗TIDE
- 18Orange-colored fruit pastry ↗APRICOTTART
- 20Central Plains tribe ↗OTOE
- 21Mistake in logical reasoning ↗FALLACY
- 22Denny's competitor ↗IHOP
- 24Actress Cicely of "The Help" ↗TYSON
- 25"Just do it" and others ↗ADSLOGANS
- 30"The Revolution Will Not Be Televised" poet ↗GILSCOTTHERON
- 33Rhymes over a backing beat ↗RAPS
- 36Head-in-the-clouds ↗SPACY
- 37City that's home to the Shitennoji temple ↗OSAKA
- 38Words before "believe" or "declare" ↗IDO
- 39___ generis ↗SUI
- 40More, in Mexico City ↗MAS
- 42Downturn ↗DIP
- 43Easily duped person ↗CHUMP
- 45Michelangelo marble masterpiece ↗DAVID
- 48Samosa tidbits ↗PEAS
- 49Dairy product with curds ↗COTTAGECHEESE
- 52Looks that might send a chill down one's spine ↗ICYSTARES
- 53Fruits often poached with cinnamon ↗PEARS
- 57"None of it's true!" ↗LIES
- 58Disposable coaster at a bar ↗BEERMAT
- 60Ocean, poetically ↗MAIN
- 62Carnival confection ... or, when re-parsed, a hint to what appears three times in this puzzle ↗COTTONCANDY
- 66Dad, in Korean ↗APPA
- 67Though ↗ALBEIT
- 68Soccer score ↗GOAL
- 69Member of the South Asian diaspora ↗DESI
- 70They need a push to get started ↗PEDALS
- 71Raison d'___ ↗ETRE
Down 44
- 1Crossword construction, e.g. ↗CRAFT
- 2Settle, as a debt ↗REPAY
- 3They outrank viscounts ↗EARLS
- 4Literary postscripts ↗EPILOGS
- 5Group that votes together ↗BLOC
- 6Like some ales and health bars ↗OATY
- 7Living life openly, in a way ↗OUT
- 8Garment with cups ↗BRA
- 9Opposite of 'neath ↗OER
- 10Betting recklessly at the poker table ↗ONTILT
- 11Moe, Larry and Curly ↗STOOGES
- 12Listing of top tunes ↗HITPARADE
- 13Much ___ about nothing ↗ADO
- 14"Fancy that!" ↗GEE
- 19"Will you let me, please?" ↗CANI
- 23Snack cakes with swirls ↗HOHOS
- 25Obama health law, for short ↗ACA
- 26"What's up, ___?" ↗DOC
- 27Totally hamper ↗STYMIE
- 28Finnish telecom giant ↗NOKIA
- 29Kudos at a poetry slam ↗SNAPS
- 31Sch. with the cheer "Geaux Tigers!" ↗LSU
- 32Spinner of silk ↗SPIDER
- 33Actress Christina of "Yellowjackets" ↗RICCI
- 34Like some committees ↗ADHOC
- 35Desired effect of a plumping gloss ↗POUTYLIPS
- 39Sudden surge ↗SPATE
- 41Summer drink suffix ↗ADE
- 44O.T. high point? ↗MTSINAI
- 46Flexible card in blackjack ↗ACE
- 47Pre-DVD format ↗VHS
- 48System of hereditary titles and noble ranks ↗PEERAGE
- 50Tank top? ↗GASCAP
- 51Design deet ↗SPEC
- 54"Are too!" response ↗AMNOT
- 55Doppler device ↗RADAR
- 56Fashion sense ↗STYLE
- 58Bring to 212° ↗BOIL
- 59Towering Tolkien creatures ↗ENTS
- 60Worked up, say ↗MAD
- 61Chest-beating mammal ↗APE
- 63Copa Mundial shout ↗OLE
- 64Still undecided, in brief ↗TBD
- 65Product of the Camellia sinensis plant ↗TEA