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NYT Crossword May 24 2025 Answers

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Every answer from the Saturday, May 24 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

1Course on behavior, for short5 lettersSee answer ›6Song and dance10 lettersSee answer ›16Lyrical piece5 lettersSee answer ›17Like many jobs for recent grads10 lettersSee answer ›18Feeling described as "hoping for the best, but fearing the worst"16 lettersSee answer ›20"That stings!"3 lettersSee answer ›21Becomes inoperable, in a way5 lettersSee answer ›22Sources of wind sounds5 lettersSee answer ›23Neck, in Newcastle4 lettersSee answer ›25Scuttlebutt, these days3 lettersSee answer ›26Said, informally4 lettersSee answer ›27Places for change6 lettersSee answer ›29Magic center, familiarly4 lettersSee answer ›30Certain digital denizen3 lettersSee answer ›33Share the spotlight6 lettersSee answer ›34Creature that returns to the beach where it was born for laying eggs9 lettersSee answer ›36Pixel-dense, for short5 lettersSee answer ›37Quickly4 lettersSee answer ›38Lousy pair to choose from5 lettersSee answer ›39Infamous denier of Mary and Joseph9 lettersSee answer ›41Guys6 lettersSee answer ›42Esq., often3 lettersSee answer ›43Rock band founded by three sisters4 lettersSee answer ›44"Hey ___!" (Nickelodeon cartoon of 1996-2004)6 lettersSee answer ›45Data command4 lettersSee answer ›46Whatever3 lettersSee answer ›47Digital recording pioneer4 lettersSee answer ›49"Yeah, sure"5 lettersSee answer ›51Producers of some waves5 lettersSee answer ›53Letters for the dearly departed3 lettersSee answer ›54Positive result of having 18-Across, perhaps16 lettersSee answer ›57"Don't expect that from me"10 lettersSee answer ›58Let up5 lettersSee answer ›59Charges that vary between states10 lettersSee answer ›60Culls, with "out"5 lettersSee answer ›

Down

1River that once marked the boundary of the Wild West5 lettersSee answer ›2Location where a video game character starts (or restarts) a level10 lettersSee answer ›3Incredulous reply to a daring scheme10 lettersSee answer ›4Summer hrs. in Iowa3 lettersSee answer ›5Mary I, to Henry VIII4 lettersSee answer ›6Finds another purpose for6 lettersSee answer ›7Quick start?5 lettersSee answer ›8Old muscle cars4 lettersSee answer ›9"Human Concretion" sculptor3 lettersSee answer ›10Nice thing to hear from one's dining partner7 lettersSee answer ›11Xenomorph who can produce humanoid offspring10 lettersSee answer ›12Held another session5 lettersSee answer ›13Younger contemporary of Virgil4 lettersSee answer ›14Minus4 lettersSee answer ›15Water-resistant wood3 lettersSee answer ›19Exposed5 lettersSee answer ›24Xi's language5 lettersSee answer ›26"You did ___?!"4 lettersSee answer ›28Shelters from the heat?10 lettersSee answer ›29Brand4 lettersSee answer ›30Classic poem with the lines "Leaving behind nights of terror and fear ... Into a daybreak that’s wondrously clear"10 lettersSee answer ›31Not recommended10 lettersSee answer ›32Eton ___ (traditional English dessert)4 lettersSee answer ›33Smoothie seed4 lettersSee answer ›34A flute might have a short one4 lettersSee answer ›35Place for a camper5 lettersSee answer ›37Implement at a roast4 lettersSee answer ›40Aviation legend7 lettersSee answer ›41Word with air or deep5 lettersSee answer ›44Undoes, in court6 lettersSee answer ›45Manscape, perhaps5 lettersSee answer ›46Proverbial thing to cross, in politics5 lettersSee answer ›48One-sided columns5 lettersSee answer ›49Radius neighbor4 lettersSee answer ›50Direction for a dog4 lettersSee answer ›51Thin rods, in some product names4 lettersSee answer ›52Send flying4 lettersSee answer ›54Magnum and Spade, for short3 lettersSee answer ›55Music group co-founded by Dr. Dre3 lettersSee answer ›56Social media star Addison ___3 lettersSee answer ›