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NYT Crossword May 22 2025 Answers

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Every answer from the Thursday, May 22 2025 New York Times Crossword, checked and verified against the published NYT solution. Select a clue for the full explanation.

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Across

1It burns4 lettersSee answer ›5With 11-Down and 58-Across, aphorism about the effect of sudden wealth … or a hint to the answers to the starred clues5 lettersSee answer ›10Culmination4 lettersSee answer ›14Opposite of 1-Across4 lettersSee answer ›15Came to be5 lettersSee answer ›16Jackson who won 11 N.B.A. championships as head coach4 lettersSee answer ›17*Be brave and proud [Iran]10 lettersSee answer ›19Framed item4 lettersSee answer ›20A, to a Frankfurter4 lettersSee answer ›21"Star Trek" pilot4 lettersSee answer ›23French handle?3 lettersSee answer ›24*How some medications are taken [Jordan]8 lettersSee answer ›27Einstein, notably6 lettersSee answer ›29"We're out of the woods"7 lettersSee answer ›30Part of many a smartphone upgrade7 lettersSee answer ›31Bath room3 lettersSee answer ›32Accessory used by Woody in the "Toy Story" movies5 lettersSee answer ›34"Who ___?"4 lettersSee answer ›35*Luminous meteor [South Africa]9 lettersSee answer ›38Brother hood?4 lettersSee answer ›41Cardio exercise program5 lettersSee answer ›42"That's the pits!"3 lettersSee answer ›45Formally picks7 lettersSee answer ›48Call again?7 lettersSee answer ›50Dumbledore, to Harry Potter6 lettersSee answer ›51*Ones on your side [Costa Rica]8 lettersSee answer ›52Grp. with a hit remake of Chuck Berry's "Roll Over Beethoven"3 lettersSee answer ›53Damages seeker4 lettersSee answer ›55Most-applied-to college in the U.S.4 lettersSee answer ›56Travel around4 lettersSee answer ›58See 5-Across10 lettersSee answer ›62Where things get heated4 lettersSee answer ›63Home that sounds like two letters5 lettersSee answer ›641990s Israeli president Weizman4 lettersSee answer ›65Square one4 lettersSee answer ›66Seeded #1, say5 lettersSee answer ›67Film editor ___ Allen4 lettersSee answer ›

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1Olympic diver's pride, maybe3 lettersSee answer ›2Target as an audience7 lettersSee answer ›3Parent's blunt answer to "Why?"7 lettersSee answer ›4Hopper of Hollywood6 lettersSee answer ›5Support for a tumbler3 lettersSee answer ›6His #4 was retired by the N.H.L.'s Bruins3 lettersSee answer ›7Clamorous5 lettersSee answer ›8Biblical figure seen in the sauna?4 lettersSee answer ›9Stentorian sort6 lettersSee answer ›10Telegram or CapCut3 lettersSee answer ›11See 5-Across7 lettersSee answer ›12Study secondarily7 lettersSee answer ›13Palladium, e.g.7 lettersSee answer ›18National park with a working sled dog kennel6 lettersSee answer ›22Name that aptly completes the missing letters in Th_ r_ _n3 lettersSee answer ›24Industry in "There Will Be Blood"3 lettersSee answer ›25A long way away4 lettersSee answer ›26Fresh starts6 lettersSee answer ›28"Look what ___!"4 lettersSee answer ›30One who deals with a lot of bull?6 lettersSee answer ›33Fed. loan group3 lettersSee answer ›35Moths do it4 lettersSee answer ›36Son of Adam and Eve4 lettersSee answer ›37At home6 lettersSee answer ›38"True Lies" director James7 lettersSee answer ›39Bob Marley song in the Grammy Hall of Fame7 lettersSee answer ›40*Ubiquitously [Korea]7 lettersSee answer ›42Bring into play7 lettersSee answer ›43Gradually found out7 lettersSee answer ›44Studs, stags and steers3 lettersSee answer ›46Figs.3 lettersSee answer ›47Not deviating from6 lettersSee answer ›49Moved slowly6 lettersSee answer ›51Moved slowly5 lettersSee answer ›54Square4 lettersSee answer ›57___ user3 lettersSee answer ›59Classic car inits.3 lettersSee answer ›60"No doubt about it"3 lettersSee answer ›61Sr.'s test3 lettersSee answer ›