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NYT Crossword May 12 2025 Answers

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Every answer from the Monday, May 12 2025 New York Times Crossword, checked and verified against the published NYT solution. Select a clue for the full explanation.

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1Cowboy's rope5 lettersSee answer ›6Relative of a milkshake4 lettersSee answer ›10NaCl4 lettersSee answer ›14Take place5 lettersSee answer ›15Director Kazan who helped popularize Method acting4 lettersSee answer ›16Falco of "The Sopranos"4 lettersSee answer ›17Dessert cocktail with crème de cacao15 lettersSee answer ›20"Ready, ___, go!"3 lettersSee answer ›21Serpentine swimmers4 lettersSee answer ›22Common destination for a field trip6 lettersSee answer ›23Funeral vessel3 lettersSee answer ›24Contacted using a beeper5 lettersSee answer ›25Created, as yarn or a spider web4 lettersSee answer ›2810-12-year-old5 lettersSee answer ›31___ Francisco3 lettersSee answer ›34Classic board game with the Peppermint Forest and Lollipop Lane9 lettersSee answer ›36Dig (out)5 lettersSee answer ›38"Goodie" on classic radio5 lettersSee answer ›39Food label inits.3 lettersSee answer ›40"Inside Out" emotion who says "We should lock the door and scream that curse word we know. It's a good one!"5 lettersSee answer ›41Oboe accessories that are often carved by the oboist5 lettersSee answer ›42Move from an acrobat or breakdancer9 lettersSee answer ›44Negative conjunction3 lettersSee answer ›45Montana is the only U.S. state with one in Spanish5 lettersSee answer ›46Defense Against the Dark ___ ("Harry Potter" class)4 lettersSee answer ›47What a baby's bib might protect a onesie from5 lettersSee answer ›50Standout athlete, for short3 lettersSee answer ›52Free items that come with drinks6 lettersSee answer ›54Black-and-white cookie4 lettersSee answer ›56What some people confuse with a monkey3 lettersSee answer ›59Scottish archipelago west of Norway15 lettersSee answer ›62What spectacles perch on4 lettersSee answer ›63"Oh, uh-huh, sure"4 lettersSee answer ›64Magicians' cries5 lettersSee answer ›65Figure (out)4 lettersSee answer ›66Social worker's assignment4 lettersSee answer ›67Parental authority5 lettersSee answer ›

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1Arcing tennis shots4 lettersSee answer ›2Farmland unit4 lettersSee answer ›3Jazz singer's improvised syllables4 lettersSee answer ›4What the circle on the Japanese flag represents3 lettersSee answer ›5"Can I take your ___?" (server's question)5 lettersSee answer ›6Brunch or lunch4 lettersSee answer ›7"___ well that ends well!"4 lettersSee answer ›8Word that would be more grammatical in the title "Lay, Lady, Lay"3 lettersSee answer ›9Beatles song with the lyric "Should five percent appear too small, be thankful I don't take it all"6 lettersSee answer ›10Touch or taste5 lettersSee answer ›11Source of extra sweetness10 lettersSee answer ›12Stead4 lettersSee answer ›13Four years, for a president4 lettersSee answer ›181983 musical starring Barbra Streisand5 lettersSee answer ›19Sept. preceder3 lettersSee answer ›23Loosened, as a knot5 lettersSee answer ›24Nitpicker6 lettersSee answer ›25Contempt5 lettersSee answer ›26Kind of diet inspired by hunters and gatherers5 lettersSee answer ›27Show up to a gala in a T-shirt, say10 lettersSee answer ›29Noted painter of soup cans6 lettersSee answer ›30Go until5 lettersSee answer ›32Who might help an author get a book deal5 lettersSee answer ›33Stereotypical bookworms5 lettersSee answer ›35"Affirmative"3 lettersSee answer ›36What you might "fill 'er up" with3 lettersSee answer ›37Alternative to bottled5 lettersSee answer ›43Mosque toppers5 lettersSee answer ›45Art with tiles in fancy styles (that might produce smiles)6 lettersSee answer ›48Gives stars to, say5 lettersSee answer ›49"Wise" bird3 lettersSee answer ›51Hybrid Chevys5 lettersSee answer ›52Strings with the pattern XXX-XX-XXXX, in brief4 lettersSee answer ›53"___ shalt not …"4 lettersSee answer ›54Poetic tributes4 lettersSee answer ›55Formal ceremony4 lettersSee answer ›56Boy's name … or how you might describe 17-, 34-, 42- or 59-Across?4 lettersSee answer ›57Smartphone predecessors, in brief4 lettersSee answer ›58Competitor of Petro-Canada4 lettersSee answer ›60Org. with the Knicks and Clippers3 lettersSee answer ›61Battery for some small toys3 lettersSee answer ›