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Every answer from the Tuesday, May 20 2025 New York Times Crossword, checked and verified against the published NYT solution. Select a clue for the full explanation.

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1Bit or byte4 lettersSee answer ›5Laundry collectors4 lettersSee answer ›9Good thing to bring to a competition5 lettersSee answer ›14Comedian Trevor with the memoir "Born a Crime"4 lettersSee answer ›15Give off4 lettersSee answer ›16Ring-tailed primate5 lettersSee answer ›17Consistent with party policy9 lettersSee answer ›19Court colleague of Kagan and Kavanaugh5 lettersSee answer ›20"Eye on the ball," "Get under it!," "I got it!," etc.12 lettersSee answer ›22Like some ground balls6 lettersSee answer ›25CPR pro3 lettersSee answer ›26Queen of Olympus4 lettersSee answer ›27Pet rescue grp.5 lettersSee answer ›31Minnesota congresswoman Ilhan4 lettersSee answer ›35Mink, ferret, stoat, etc.11 lettersSee answer ›38Indiana or Independence, in D.C.3 lettersSee answer ›39Detroit dud of the 1950s5 lettersSee answer ›40Wall St. debut3 lettersSee answer ›41"You're just too complimentary!"5 lettersSee answer ›434G ___ (letters on a cellphone screen)3 lettersSee answer ›44"Ta-da," "All done," "There you have it," etc.11 lettersSee answer ›47Poet Byron, for one4 lettersSee answer ›49Like pound cake5 lettersSee answer ›50Bird whose name sounds like a hip-hop dance move4 lettersSee answer ›51Employ3 lettersSee answer ›53Crafters' knives6 lettersSee answer ›55Yield, Stop, Dead End, etc.12 lettersSee answer ›61Tennis champ Naomi5 lettersSee answer ›62Freighter9 lettersSee answer ›66On the up and up5 lettersSee answer ›67Too4 lettersSee answer ›68Vibe4 lettersSee answer ›69College V.I.P.s5 lettersSee answer ›70Cryptanalyst Turing4 lettersSee answer ›71What spring may bring4 lettersSee answer ›

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1Card game shout3 lettersSee answer ›2Oui's opposite3 lettersSee answer ›3Response to "Who's going?"3 lettersSee answer ›4Action film climax one might "cut to," in a saying8 lettersSee answer ›5Closest confidant7 lettersSee answer ›6Apple all-in-one4 lettersSee answer ›7Walt Whitman's "As the Time Draws ___"4 lettersSee answer ›8Call repeated in an aerobics class4 lettersSee answer ›9Wake-up call5 lettersSee answer ›10Dessert served with the query "Cono o coppetta?" in Italy6 lettersSee answer ›11Somme friends4 lettersSee answer ›12Silence on Zoom4 lettersSee answer ›13Cherubic Greek god4 lettersSee answer ›18___ Paulo, Brazil3 lettersSee answer ›21Circle at the top of a stick figure4 lettersSee answer ›22"Such is life!"6 lettersSee answer ›23Must6 lettersSee answer ›24Chalk accompanier6 lettersSee answer ›28Consumers of hogwash5 lettersSee answer ›29Stop by5 lettersSee answer ›30Hybridize5 lettersSee answer ›32Souvenir for a refrigerator6 lettersSee answer ›33Moisturizer brand6 lettersSee answer ›34___ Pieces6 lettersSee answer ›36Fey figure of folklore3 lettersSee answer ›37Khan who founded Khan Academy3 lettersSee answer ›42Flinches in response to8 lettersSee answer ›45Brainstorm4 lettersSee answer ›46Utah, geometrically speaking7 lettersSee answer ›48What "America runs on," in a franchise slogan6 lettersSee answer ›52Bed supports5 lettersSee answer ›54"Give it ___"3 lettersSee answer ›55Auctioned off, e.g.4 lettersSee answer ›56"Oh, OK"4 lettersSee answer ›57Crazy (about)4 lettersSee answer ›58March Madness org.4 lettersSee answer ›59Chutzpah4 lettersSee answer ›60___ Major4 lettersSee answer ›63"What'd you say?"3 lettersSee answer ›64Public radio host Glass3 lettersSee answer ›65Where to find a kitten's "toe beans"3 lettersSee answer ›