NYT Crossword May 18 2025 Answers

All 138 clues from the Sunday New York Times crossword, checked against the published NYT solution. Reveal answers one at a time right in the grid, or open any clue for the full explanation.

Constructed by Garrett ChalfinEdited by Will Shortz“Halving the Last Word”

PUZZLE GRID21×21 · SPOILERS HIDDEN

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Or reveal one answer at a time from the clue list below — it fills into the grid.

ALL CLUES138 CLUES

ACROSS

1AVerso's counterpart5 lettersRECTO

6AAlternative to an onion bagel5 lettersBIALY

11AJai ___4 lettersALAI

15AWhere the Pilgrims first landed in the New World4 lettersCAPE

19ASkating gold medalist Oksana5 lettersBAIUL

20AHost5 lettersEMCEE

21AQuick look4 lettersPEEK

22AHas a tab open, say4 lettersOWES

23AHip-hop's "Puba" and "Daddy I.U."?11 lettersGRANDRAPIDS

25AStation near Madison Square Garden, for short4 lettersPENN

26AFleet4 lettersFAST

27AHung around8 lettersLOITERED

28ARemove from the champagne bucket?10 lettersTAKEOFFICE

30A"Just kidding!"3 lettersNOT

31AFeeling rash?5 lettersITCHY

34AHip-hop artist with the 2019 hit "My Type"8 lettersSAWEETIE

35ACrisis involving cartels7 lettersDRUGWAR

39AGoes "Vroom!"5 lettersROARS

41ARoyal title4 lettersSIRE

42ACasting a total brat in the school play?14 lettersMAKINGANIMPACT

45ASome govt. securities6 lettersTNOTES

49A___-tempered4 lettersEVEN

50A"Super cool!"4 lettersDOPE

51AGet ready to take a shot3 lettersAIM

53AShip propeller5 lettersSCREW

54AFrench for "from"3 lettersDES

55ARelease4 lettersEMIT

57ADante's guide in the "Inferno"6 lettersVIRGIL

60ASinger Del Rey4 lettersLANA

61A"The score upon which reality is written," per Henry Miller5 lettersCHAOS

62AApps might be seen on one4 lettersMENU

63ASediment, e.g.7 lettersDEPOSIT

65A"The co-star of 'Duck Soup' has to be sore after that!"?19 lettersGROUCHOMARXMUSTACHE

69AAnonymous guy7 lettersJOHNDOE

70APauperism, so to speak4 lettersRAGS

71AAuthor of the 2020 memoir "Cubed"5 lettersRUBIK

72ALots4 lettersATON

73A"Because I'm the boss!"6 lettersSAYSME

75APinged online4 lettersIMED

76ACondition for which Luvox may be prescribed, in brief3 lettersOCD

79A"Wonder Woman" star5 lettersGADOT

81AMountain ___3 lettersDEW

82ALate singer Payne of One Direction4 lettersLIAM

84AModern home of where cuneiform writing originated4 lettersIRAQ

85AWay up or way down6 lettersSTAIRS

87A"How long have beavers blocked this river?"?14 lettersWHATSTHEDAMAGE

92A"As ___ …"4 lettersSUCH

94AEarthenware pots5 lettersOLLAS

95AWas comparable to7 lettersRIVALED

96AApparel feature that a bandeau lacks8 lettersBRASTRAP

100AFunction in the role of5 lettersACTAS

102AMonk's title3 lettersDOM

103ABe crazy about Chicago trains with broken A.C.s?10 lettersLOVEHOTELS

105AMuch in quantity8 lettersBEAUCOUP

109ABaseball family name4 lettersALOU

110AActor Jared4 lettersLETO

111AMetric in a competitive family business?11 lettersSALESPERSON

114APrince, e.g.4 lettersHEIR

115AIn ___ parentis4 lettersLOCO

116ABlow5 lettersERUPT

117ADesigner Hilfiger5 lettersTOMMY

118ALays turf on4 lettersSODS

119ALittle twerp4 lettersSNOT

120ATrunk5 lettersTORSO

121AHead of Slytherin House in the Harry Potter books5 lettersSNAPE

DOWN

1DSubject of the 2018 biopic "On the Basis of Sex," familiarly3 lettersRBG

2DNoble title4 lettersEARL

3D"Ci vediamo in giro!"4 lettersCIAO

4DGetting ready to listen8 lettersTUNINGIN

5DHistoric district of a city7 lettersOLDTOWN

6DGnarly problem, so to speak4 lettersBEAR

7DArchitect of Hong Kong's Bank of China Tower5 lettersIMPEI

8DCertain hallucinatory experience8 lettersACIDTRIP

9DDirected3 lettersLED

10DLast word of James Joyce's "Ulysses"3 lettersYES

11DDad, in Korean4 lettersAPPA

12DIngredients in some potato soups5 lettersLEEKS

13DSon of Aphrodite6 lettersAENEAS

14D"You don't have to tell me"7 lettersIKNOWIT

15DTime for a pick-me-up, humorously12 lettersCOFFEEOCLOCK

16DLie ahead5 lettersAWAIT

17DJoe of "Home Alone"5 lettersPESCI

18DFirst name in perfumes5 lettersESTEE

24DLabel anew5 lettersRETAG

28DBanks from Los Angeles4 lettersTYRA

29DMaidenhair and others5 lettersFERNS

32DCommon dog command4 lettersCOME

33DChance3 lettersHAP

35DHit up on Instagram, informally4 lettersDMED

36DOvernight party with light shows and "cuddle puddles"4 lettersRAVE

37DLuau strings4 lettersUKES

38DRock group with the 1992 hit "Creep"9 lettersRADIOHEAD

40DHarum-___ (reckless)6 lettersSCARUM

43DUntrue5 lettersNOTSO

44DNotaro of comedy3 lettersTIG

46DDrag-and-drop disposal icon5 lettersTRASH

47DStart of a counting rhyme5 lettersEENIE

48DHit with a smack4 lettersSWAT

52DTime in a Shakespeare title9 lettersMIDSUMMER

55DFormer Israeli P.M. Olmert4 lettersEHUD

56DPlatform for Safari and FaceTime5 lettersMACOS

57DBorderline5 lettersVERGE

58D"Need You Tonight" band, 19874 lettersINXS

59DLeave alone5 lettersLETBE

61DArbiters of taste12 lettersCONNOISSEURS

62DPolite term of address4 lettersMAAM

64DStamp on an invoice4 lettersPAID

65DImplied5 lettersGOTAT

66DValerie Harper title role5 lettersRHODA

67DOne of three immortal elders in "A Wrinkle in Time"6 lettersMRSWHO

68DDickens's ___ Heep5 lettersURIAH

69DBouts4 lettersJAGS

74DTree whose name sounds like a pronoun3 lettersYEW

76DWord with history or hygiene4 lettersORAL

77DShut up4 lettersCAGE

78DThrew out of a contest, informally4 lettersDQED

80DPhilosopher's pursuit5 lettersTRUTH

82DExam with an argumentative writing section, in brief4 lettersLSAT

83D"You know, I can't quite remember"8 lettersITSABLUR

84D"Oh geez, the answer was staring me in the face!"8 lettersIMAMORON

86DGoes through screen after screen7 lettersSCROLLS

88D"Sadly …"4 lettersALAS

89DSpecial attention, for short3 lettersTLC

90DMade nice5 lettersDIDUP

91DWading birds7 lettersAVOCETS

93DPublicly bash6 lettersHATEON

96DDoldrums5 lettersBLAHS

97DLumberjacks' competition5 lettersROLEO

98DWalk around, maybe5 lettersAVOID

99DWhere one might pick up litter5 lettersPETCO

101DOozes5 lettersSEEPS

104DBurgle4 lettersLOOT

106DAbout4 lettersASTO

107DWest Point inst.4 lettersUSMA

108DFanfare4 lettersPOMP

111DLike a diamond in a ring3 lettersSET

112DQueer identity, in brief3 lettersARO

113D12/313 lettersNYE

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