NYT CROSSWORD • THURSDAY, MAY 8, 2025

NYT Crossword Answers May 8, 2025

Complete answer list for the May 8, 2025 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Dan CapreraEdited by Will ShortzGrid 15×1578 clues

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Across 43

  1. 12022 Jordan Peele horror/sci-fi film ↗NOPE
  2. 5San ___ Bay (estuary near San Francisco) ↗PABLO
  3. 10Noted silver-tongued Olympic gold medalist ↗ALI
  4. 13Coin toss call ↗AILS
  5. 14Supply ↗EQUIP
  6. 15Generals and such ↗BRAS
  7. 16Quickly put (together) ↗SLAP
  8. 17Tres + tres + tres ↗NUEVE
  9. 18Single ___ (tourney type) ↗ELIM
  10. 19Clarifying words ↗ASIN
  11. 20Kierkegaard, for one ↗DANE
  12. 21Cattle steerers ↗PRODS
  13. 22Worn-down part ↗NUB
  14. 24Fail to understand ↗NOTSEE
  15. 26Section of a curriculum ↗NIT
  16. 28Broadway star Hagen ↗UTA
  17. 30Musical pitch interval ↗HALFTON
  18. 34Mayo to mayo, say ↗ANO
  19. 35Writer honored by Oz Park in Chicago ↗BAUM
  20. 37"My Neighbor ___," 1988 Hayao Miyazaki film ↗TOTORO
  21. 38One not getting enough sleep in Apr., perhaps ↗CPA
  22. 39"Mind your own business!" ... or a hint to the four sides of this puzzle ↗BUTTOUT
  23. 41Prefix with meter ↗ODO
  24. 42As a ___ ↗RESULT
  25. 44Prefix with phobia ↗ACRO
  26. 45"I'm Just ___" (2023 Oscar-nominated song) ↗KEN
  27. 46Halting speakers? ↗ENTRIES
  28. 48"Inside Politics" airer ↗CNN
  29. 49Field ↗ARE
  30. 50Like many flowers and prizes ↗ANNUAL
  31. 52Down in the dumps ↗SAD
  32. 54Tasty pastry spread ↗ICING
  33. 57Main ingredient in the Japanese liqueur umeshu ↗PLUM
  34. 59Hats, informally ↗LIDS
  35. 62Nice chunk of dough ↗THOU
  36. 63Garden tool ↗SPADE
  37. 64Kind of arch that resembles the shape of a Hershey's Kiss ↗OGEE
  38. 65Qualifying races ↗EATS
  39. 66This might come in a saucer ↗ALIEN
  40. 67Side to take into consideration ↗FACE
  41. 68Actress Goth of 2022's "X" ↗MIA
  42. 69Supervises ↗TENDS
  43. 70Mustang feature, once ↗TTOP

Down 35

  1. 1Org. with probes ↗NASA
  2. 2Muddies, as water ↗OILS
  3. 3Ascetic breakfast selection ↗PLAINTOAST
  4. 4Channel for watching college games ↗ESPNU
  5. 5Turn topsy-turvy ↗PEND
  6. 6One doing some deep-sea exploration ↗AQUANAUT
  7. 7"Muy ___!" ↗BUENO
  8. 8Resides a long time ago? ↗LIVETH
  9. 9Be down in the dumps ↗OPE
  10. 10Singer Guthrie ↗ARLO
  11. 11Crisscross pattern ↗LAID
  12. 12Credos ↗ISMS
  13. 15Lacking, with "of" ↗BEREFT
  14. 21Bike and Bike+, e.g. ↗PELOTONS
  15. 23Like a witch's cauldron ↗BUBBLING
  16. 25God honored by gladiatorial fights ↗SATURN
  17. 26Mother-of-pearl ↗NACRE
  18. 27How to sign a check ↗INPEN
  19. 29Draw tight ↗TAUTEN
  20. 31Criticized ↗TOOKADIGAT
  21. 32Primate, for humans ↗ORDER
  22. 33Who "can get in the way of what I'm feelin'," in an Alicia Keys hit ↗NOONE
  23. 36Letters on an N.Y.C. fare card ↗MTA
  24. 40Obstructed, as an opening ↗OCCLUDED
  25. 43God who begat the Titans ↗URANUS
  26. 47Lissome ↗SUPPLE
  27. 51Author ___-René Lesage ↗ALAIN
  28. 53Overhead ↗ALOFT
  29. 54Thing on a docket ↗ITEM
  30. 55Something a waiter may pull out ↗CHAI
  31. 56I, to Socrates ↗IOTA
  32. 58Sharp set? ↗MENS
  33. 60Interior design ↗DECO
  34. 61Permeate ↗SEEP
  35. 63Fill fully ↗SAT