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NYT Crossword May 16 2025 Answers

Deborah Simmons ✓Solving & explaining puzzles since 1998 · Updated May 16 2025

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Every answer from the Friday, May 16 2025 New York Times Crossword, checked and verified against the published NYT solution. Select a clue for the full explanation.

Constructed by August Lee-Kovach · Edited by Will Shortz

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1One shooting for the stars?9 lettersSee answer ›10Carnival treat5 lettersSee answer ›15One-stop shopping spot9 lettersSee answer ›16Ancient Greek marketplace5 lettersSee answer ›17"Words fail me ..."9 lettersSee answer ›18___ Walcott, 1992 Literature Nobelist from St. Lucia5 lettersSee answer ›19The "1" of 3-1-4, say4 lettersSee answer ›20Stave (off)4 lettersSee answer ›21Place4 lettersSee answer ›22Second sight3 lettersSee answer ›23Who said "Where id is, there shall ego be"5 lettersSee answer ›25Chase, as some flies4 lettersSee answer ›27"You bet!"4 lettersSee answer ›29Cry from a captive7 lettersSee answer ›31Pool owner's problem5 lettersSee answer ›34Noted stratovolcano that last erupted in 1707-084 lettersSee answer ›35___ Unseld, 1969 N.B.A. M.V.P.3 lettersSee answer ›36Mad scientist's creation15 lettersSee answer ›40Nonprofit grp. founded during W.W. II3 lettersSee answer ›41"Absolutamente!"4 lettersSee answer ›42"Roots" surname5 lettersSee answer ›43Decorative work with bricks7 lettersSee answer ›45Essential4 lettersSee answer ›47Like some stories and ships4 lettersSee answer ›48It might grab a bite to eat5 lettersSee answer ›50Capture … or abandon3 lettersSee answer ›53Course finale4 lettersSee answer ›55Bias4 lettersSee answer ›56Bursting (with)4 lettersSee answer ›57Superfast puzzle solver, of a sort5 lettersSee answer ›58"Bravo, me!"9 lettersSee answer ›60Like a person getting a massage, usually5 lettersSee answer ›61Sarcastic reply when someone quotes "Star Trek"9 lettersSee answer ›62Given to fidgeting5 lettersSee answer ›63Big gain with no pain9 lettersSee answer ›

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1Something said before a click5 lettersSee answer ›2River through Santa Fe National Forest5 lettersSee answer ›3Flabbergasted5 lettersSee answer ›4W.C.s4 lettersSee answer ›5Ballpark fig.3 lettersSee answer ›6Tennis's Graf6 lettersSee answer ›7Remains overhead, say6 lettersSee answer ›8She outwitted Sherlock in "A Scandal in Bohemia"5 lettersSee answer ›9Aid for a hypnotist8 lettersSee answer ›10Wee bits4 lettersSee answer ›11Certain hiring bias6 lettersSee answer ›12Announcer's call before a potential buzzer beater9 lettersSee answer ›13Unsigned athlete9 lettersSee answer ›14Its milk is a source of chhurpi (Nepalese cheese)3 lettersSee answer ›24___ vu4 lettersSee answer ›26"Check it out!"5 lettersSee answer ›27Soy : Spanish :: ___ : English:3 lettersSee answer ›28Actress Thompson of "Selma"5 lettersSee answer ›30Indications of passing time5 lettersSee answer ›31One whose voice is a muted trombone in "Peanuts"5 lettersSee answer ›32Tough draw9 lettersSee answer ›33It crawls around the web9 lettersSee answer ›34"Just so u know ..."3 lettersSee answer ›37Earth4 lettersSee answer ›38Radioactive element whose name is derived from the Greek for "unstable"8 lettersSee answer ›39Success in a game of Battleship3 lettersSee answer ›44Mary-Kate and Ashley6 lettersSee answer ›45They may grab a bite to eat6 lettersSee answer ›46Chaotic6 lettersSee answer ›49Top of a schedule, usually5 lettersSee answer ›50Only Catholic U.S. president besides J.F.K.5 lettersSee answer ›51Lit5 lettersSee answer ›52Cultural attraction in L.A., with "the"5 lettersSee answer ›54It's a long shot4 lettersSee answer ›56Move, informally4 lettersSee answer ›57Bookkeeper, for short3 lettersSee answer ›59Flee3 lettersSee answer ›