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NYT Crossword May 18 2025 Answers

All 138 clues from the Sunday New York Times crossword, checked against the published NYT solution. Select any clue to see its verified answer with the full explanation.

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1AVerso's counterpart5 lettersSee answer ›6AAlternative to an onion bagel5 lettersSee answer ›11AJai ___4 lettersSee answer ›15AWhere the Pilgrims first landed in the New World4 lettersSee answer ›19ASkating gold medalist Oksana5 lettersSee answer ›20AHost5 lettersSee answer ›21AQuick look4 lettersSee answer ›22AHas a tab open, say4 lettersSee answer ›23AHip-hop's "Puba" and "Daddy I.U."?11 lettersSee answer ›25AStation near Madison Square Garden, for short4 lettersSee answer ›26AFleet4 lettersSee answer ›27AHung around8 lettersSee answer ›28ARemove from the champagne bucket?10 lettersSee answer ›30A"Just kidding!"3 lettersSee answer ›31AFeeling rash?5 lettersSee answer ›34AHip-hop artist with the 2019 hit "My Type"8 lettersSee answer ›35ACrisis involving cartels7 lettersSee answer ›39AGoes "Vroom!"5 lettersSee answer ›41ARoyal title4 lettersSee answer ›42ACasting a total brat in the school play?14 lettersSee answer ›45ASome govt. securities6 lettersSee answer ›49A___-tempered4 lettersSee answer ›50A"Super cool!"4 lettersSee answer ›51AGet ready to take a shot3 lettersSee answer ›53AShip propeller5 lettersSee answer ›54AFrench for "from"3 lettersSee answer ›55ARelease4 lettersSee answer ›57ADante's guide in the "Inferno"6 lettersSee answer ›60ASinger Del Rey4 lettersSee answer ›61A"The score upon which reality is written," per Henry Miller5 lettersSee answer ›62AApps might be seen on one4 lettersSee answer ›63ASediment, e.g.7 lettersSee answer ›65A"The co-star of 'Duck Soup' has to be sore after that!"?19 lettersSee answer ›69AAnonymous guy7 lettersSee answer ›70APauperism, so to speak4 lettersSee answer ›71AAuthor of the 2020 memoir "Cubed"5 lettersSee answer ›72ALots4 lettersSee answer ›73A"Because I'm the boss!"6 lettersSee answer ›75APinged online4 lettersSee answer ›76ACondition for which Luvox may be prescribed, in brief3 lettersSee answer ›79A"Wonder Woman" star5 lettersSee answer ›81AMountain ___3 lettersSee answer ›82ALate singer Payne of One Direction4 lettersSee answer ›84AModern home of where cuneiform writing originated4 lettersSee answer ›85AWay up or way down6 lettersSee answer ›87A"How long have beavers blocked this river?"?14 lettersSee answer ›92A"As ___ …"4 lettersSee answer ›94AEarthenware pots5 lettersSee answer ›95AWas comparable to7 lettersSee answer ›96AApparel feature that a bandeau lacks8 lettersSee answer ›100AFunction in the role of5 lettersSee answer ›102AMonk's title3 lettersSee answer ›103ABe crazy about Chicago trains with broken A.C.s?10 lettersSee answer ›105AMuch in quantity8 lettersSee answer ›109ABaseball family name4 lettersSee answer ›110AActor Jared4 lettersSee answer ›111AMetric in a competitive family business?11 lettersSee answer ›114APrince, e.g.4 lettersSee answer ›115AIn ___ parentis4 lettersSee answer ›116ABlow5 lettersSee answer ›117ADesigner Hilfiger5 lettersSee answer ›118ALays turf on4 lettersSee answer ›119ALittle twerp4 lettersSee answer ›120ATrunk5 lettersSee answer ›121AHead of Slytherin House in the Harry Potter books5 lettersSee answer ›
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1DSubject of the 2018 biopic "On the Basis of Sex," familiarly3 lettersSee answer ›2DNoble title4 lettersSee answer ›3D"Ci vediamo in giro!"4 lettersSee answer ›4DGetting ready to listen8 lettersSee answer ›5DHistoric district of a city7 lettersSee answer ›6DGnarly problem, so to speak4 lettersSee answer ›7DArchitect of Hong Kong's Bank of China Tower5 lettersSee answer ›8DCertain hallucinatory experience8 lettersSee answer ›9DDirected3 lettersSee answer ›10DLast word of James Joyce's "Ulysses"3 lettersSee answer ›11DDad, in Korean4 lettersSee answer ›12DIngredients in some potato soups5 lettersSee answer ›13DSon of Aphrodite6 lettersSee answer ›14D"You don't have to tell me"7 lettersSee answer ›15DTime for a pick-me-up, humorously12 lettersSee answer ›16DLie ahead5 lettersSee answer ›17DJoe of "Home Alone"5 lettersSee answer ›18DFirst name in perfumes5 lettersSee answer ›24DLabel anew5 lettersSee answer ›28DBanks from Los Angeles4 lettersSee answer ›29DMaidenhair and others5 lettersSee answer ›32DCommon dog command4 lettersSee answer ›33DChance3 lettersSee answer ›35DHit up on Instagram, informally4 lettersSee answer ›36DOvernight party with light shows and "cuddle puddles"4 lettersSee answer ›37DLuau strings4 lettersSee answer ›38DRock group with the 1992 hit "Creep"9 lettersSee answer ›40DHarum-___ (reckless)6 lettersSee answer ›43DUntrue5 lettersSee answer ›44DNotaro of comedy3 lettersSee answer ›46DDrag-and-drop disposal icon5 lettersSee answer ›47DStart of a counting rhyme5 lettersSee answer ›48DHit with a smack4 lettersSee answer ›52DTime in a Shakespeare title9 lettersSee answer ›55DFormer Israeli P.M. Olmert4 lettersSee answer ›56DPlatform for Safari and FaceTime5 lettersSee answer ›57DBorderline5 lettersSee answer ›58D"Need You Tonight" band, 19874 lettersSee answer ›59DLeave alone5 lettersSee answer ›61DArbiters of taste12 lettersSee answer ›62DPolite term of address4 lettersSee answer ›64DStamp on an invoice4 lettersSee answer ›65DImplied5 lettersSee answer ›66DValerie Harper title role5 lettersSee answer ›67DOne of three immortal elders in "A Wrinkle in Time"6 lettersSee answer ›68DDickens's ___ Heep5 lettersSee answer ›69DBouts4 lettersSee answer ›74DTree whose name sounds like a pronoun3 lettersSee answer ›76DWord with history or hygiene4 lettersSee answer ›77DShut up4 lettersSee answer ›78DThrew out of a contest, informally4 lettersSee answer ›80DPhilosopher's pursuit5 lettersSee answer ›82DExam with an argumentative writing section, in brief4 lettersSee answer ›83D"You know, I can't quite remember"8 lettersSee answer ›84D"Oh geez, the answer was staring me in the face!"8 lettersSee answer ›86DGoes through screen after screen7 lettersSee answer ›88D"Sadly …"4 lettersSee answer ›89DSpecial attention, for short3 lettersSee answer ›90DMade nice5 lettersSee answer ›91DWading birds7 lettersSee answer ›93DPublicly bash6 lettersSee answer ›96DDoldrums5 lettersSee answer ›97DLumberjacks' competition5 lettersSee answer ›98DWalk around, maybe5 lettersSee answer ›99DWhere one might pick up litter5 lettersSee answer ›101DOozes5 lettersSee answer ›104DBurgle4 lettersSee answer ›106DAbout4 lettersSee answer ›107DWest Point inst.4 lettersSee answer ›108DFanfare4 lettersSee answer ›111DLike a diamond in a ring3 lettersSee answer ›112DQueer identity, in brief3 lettersSee answer ›113D12/313 lettersSee answer ›
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