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NYT Crossword May 23 2025 Answers

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Every answer from the Friday, May 23 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

1Dining at Chipotle or Panera, e.g.10 lettersSee answer ›11Hand-held 2000s Sony console, for short3 lettersSee answer ›14"The Black Unicorn" poet, 197810 lettersSee answer ›15"Oh, that's a good one"4 lettersSee answer ›16"Actually, I have good news"15 lettersSee answer ›18Crush4 lettersSee answer ›19Punt e ___ (vermouth brand)3 lettersSee answer ›20Tight formation6 lettersSee answer ›21Express disapproval, in a way4 lettersSee answer ›23Boston University athlete7 lettersSee answer ›24Expect5 lettersSee answer ›27Inst. in Athens3 lettersSee answer ›29Color akin to camel3 lettersSee answer ›30Sucked up10 lettersSee answer ›33Class in middle or high school3 lettersSee answer ›36Yellowstone traffic stoppers3 lettersSee answer ›37Cocktails garnished with mint leaves7 lettersSee answer ›39Digitus minimus pedis, for one3 lettersSee answer ›40"Every ___ and fairy sprite / Hop as light as bird from brier": Shak.3 lettersSee answer ›41"I'm listening ..."10 lettersSee answer ›43Baboon3 lettersSee answer ›46First in command?3 lettersSee answer ›47"The Artist's Garden at Giverny" artist5 lettersSee answer ›48Uber-progressives7 lettersSee answer ›51Doppelgänger4 lettersSee answer ›53Feeling it more6 lettersSee answer ›54"Very. Funny."3 lettersSee answer ›55Drudge4 lettersSee answer ›59Something taken by many artists15 lettersSee answer ›62Fish bred by Roman nobles4 lettersSee answer ›63What might get you out of a jam?10 lettersSee answer ›641/48 cup: Abbr.3 lettersSee answer ›65What some loggers log10 lettersSee answer ›

Down

1Upright4 lettersSee answer ›2Malibu, e.g.4 lettersSee answer ›3Calif. school that runs the Mount Laguna Observatory4 lettersSee answer ›4"Have a taste"7 lettersSee answer ›5Steering committee V.I.P.3 lettersSee answer ›6Quinquennial campus visitors, maybe5 lettersSee answer ›7It hurts when it comes up11 lettersSee answer ›8Digital addresses4 lettersSee answer ›9Secondary residence on a property, for short3 lettersSee answer ›10Café add-in5 lettersSee answer ›11Children's character who wears a duffle coat10 lettersSee answer ›12Cement ingredient5 lettersSee answer ›13One footing the bill5 lettersSee answer ›15Monster slain in one of Hercules' 12 labors5 lettersSee answer ›17Author Vonnegut4 lettersSee answer ›22Object4 lettersSee answer ›23Little rats11 lettersSee answer ›24Fruit that grows on Jamaican beaches4 lettersSee answer ›25Determination4 lettersSee answer ›26Request a hand10 lettersSee answer ›28Cunning5 lettersSee answer ›31Period3 lettersSee answer ›32South Korean golfer Kim3 lettersSee answer ›34Days long past4 lettersSee answer ›35Convene4 lettersSee answer ›38Place for a cabin4 lettersSee answer ›42___ Lamar Hill a.k.a. Lil Nas X7 lettersSee answer ›44Fugitive's cover5 lettersSee answer ›45Units that might be metrical or imperial4 lettersSee answer ›48Aspect5 lettersSee answer ›49A lot can be made of these5 lettersSee answer ›50Check for pieces, say5 lettersSee answer ›52Watch this space!5 lettersSee answer ›54Actress/inventor Lamarr, the so-called "mother of Wi-Fi"4 lettersSee answer ›56Kid-friendly race length, in brief4 lettersSee answer ›57"Gotcha"4 lettersSee answer ›58Some redos4 lettersSee answer ›60Compete (for)3 lettersSee answer ›61Middle: Abbr.3 lettersSee answer ›