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NYT Crossword May 25 2026 Answers

Deborah Simmons ✓Solving & explaining puzzles since 1998 · Updated May 25 2026

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Every answer from the Monday, May 25 2026 New York Times Crossword, checked and verified against the published NYT solution. Select a clue for the full explanation.

Constructed by Anthony Grubb · Edited by Will Shortz

Across

1Jokes (around)4 lettersSee answer ›5Not very spicy4 lettersSee answer ›9Super 8 or Red Roof Inn5 lettersSee answer ›14Paper cut?4 lettersSee answer ›15Big name in laptops4 lettersSee answer ›16Public relations concern5 lettersSee answer ›17Steamy segment in a movie9 lettersSee answer ›19Fruit that makes your lips pucker5 lettersSee answer ›20Tennis skirt feature5 lettersSee answer ›21Lack of light8 lettersSee answer ›23Locale for a plastic flamingo4 lettersSee answer ›26Yoga studio essential3 lettersSee answer ›27De-tension center?3 lettersSee answer ›30Variety of chili that can reach a Scoville score of 1+ million11 lettersSee answer ›36European ski destination4 lettersSee answer ›38Volcanic spew3 lettersSee answer ›39Sample collected by Ancestry.com6 lettersSee answer ›40Daily Planet reporter Lois4 lettersSee answer ›41Show the ropes5 lettersSee answer ›43"___ sesame!"4 lettersSee answer ›44Comfortable6 lettersSee answer ›46Anguish3 lettersSee answer ›47Manage, as a bar4 lettersSee answer ›48California national park known for its dryness11 lettersSee answer ›51Pigs' digs3 lettersSee answer ›52Number starting a countdown3 lettersSee answer ›53Sitting on4 lettersSee answer ›55Bring dishonor upon8 lettersSee answer ›60"I'm sleepy" signals5 lettersSee answer ›64Ancient Mexican empire5 lettersSee answer ›651980s hit with the lyric "Me mind on fire, me soul on fire" ... or how one might describe 17-, 30- and 48-Across?9 lettersSee answer ›68Back of a car or front of an elephant5 lettersSee answer ›69Orchestral woodwind4 lettersSee answer ›70Place of buzziness?4 lettersSee answer ›71Most watches have three of these5 lettersSee answer ›72Japanese electronics giant4 lettersSee answer ›73An estimated 25% of modern phone calls4 lettersSee answer ›

Down

1Seaweed in an underwater forest4 lettersSee answer ›2Revered figure4 lettersSee answer ›3Go off the deep end?4 lettersSee answer ›4Incredible bargain5 lettersSee answer ›5Kraft ___ & Cheese3 lettersSee answer ›6Lead-in to maker or breaker3 lettersSee answer ›7Give, but expect back4 lettersSee answer ›8Experienced during sleep6 lettersSee answer ›9Frothy drink often served with boba7 lettersSee answer ›10A ladybug landing on you is considered a good one4 lettersSee answer ›11Opposite of wild4 lettersSee answer ›12Alter ___ (other selves)4 lettersSee answer ›13Camera shop purchase4 lettersSee answer ›18Adult male deer4 lettersSee answer ›22A hardened criminal might have a long one8 lettersSee answer ›24"Yeah, yeah"8 lettersSee answer ›25Missing part of the Great Sphinx of Giza4 lettersSee answer ›27Leafy lunch order5 lettersSee answer ›28Piece of armadillo armor5 lettersSee answer ›29Common sleep disorder5 lettersSee answer ›31Item worn over the shoulders5 lettersSee answer ›32"The ___ thickens ..."4 lettersSee answer ›33Vocal cords, informally5 lettersSee answer ›34Happening5 lettersSee answer ›35Singer Newman with the hit "You've Got a Friend in Me"5 lettersSee answer ›37Chair or pew4 lettersSee answer ›42Coke or Pepsi4 lettersSee answer ›45Gimmicky routines7 lettersSee answer ›49Dried poblanos used in mole sauce6 lettersSee answer ›50Toy on a string4 lettersSee answer ›54Trails5 lettersSee answer ›55Relaxing soak4 lettersSee answer ›56Book just after Ezekiel, alphabetically4 lettersSee answer ›57Flabbergast4 lettersSee answer ›58Patch up4 lettersSee answer ›59Drifter in search of work4 lettersSee answer ›61What to do with egg whites when making meringue4 lettersSee answer ›62Luminous stellar explosion4 lettersSee answer ›63Women in ___ (educational advocacy group)4 lettersSee answer ›66Colossal quantity3 lettersSee answer ›67"Yoo-hoo!"3 lettersSee answer ›