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NYT Crossword May 2 2025 Answers

All 72 clues from the Friday New York Times crossword, checked against the published NYT solution. Select any clue to see its verified answer with the full explanation.

Constructed by Robyn WeintraubEdited by Will Shortz
ALL CLUES72 CLUES
ACROSS
1ASetting for Arthur Miller's "The Crucible"5 lettersSee answer ›6A"Well, ___ …" (segue)4 lettersSee answer ›10AGrouch4 lettersSee answer ›14AGatsby or Hamlet10 lettersSee answer ›16ADolly of "Hello, Dolly!"4 lettersSee answer ›17ASides of circles?10 lettersSee answer ›18ANot settled4 lettersSee answer ›19ASeal team?3 lettersSee answer ›20AChloride and oxide, for two4 lettersSee answer ›21AFetes6 lettersSee answer ›23AUnchecked4 lettersSee answer ›24A___ seeds (ingredients in pickling)6 lettersSee answer ›25A"Is that an amazing offer or what?"13 lettersSee answer ›29ATitular female Disney character whose name also appears in a Shakespeare play5 lettersSee answer ›30ATitular male Shakespeare character whose name also appears in a Disney film5 lettersSee answer ›31AX3 lettersSee answer ›34ADo something of interest?4 lettersSee answer ›35ALike straw baskets5 lettersSee answer ›36ASunfish feature4 lettersSee answer ›37AModern car accessory3 lettersSee answer ›38ALiterary bird with a one-word vocabulary, apparently5 lettersSee answer ›39AMerely watches without saying a word5 lettersSee answer ›40A"Yadda, yadda, yadda"13 lettersSee answer ›43AMore inclined to recline6 lettersSee answer ›44AAerosol output4 lettersSee answer ›45AMalaysian state or island6 lettersSee answer ›46ADoesn't guzzle4 lettersSee answer ›47APoke bowl delicacy3 lettersSee answer ›50ASikorsky or Stravinsky4 lettersSee answer ›51A"To nobody's surprise ..."10 lettersSee answer ›54AIt's a piece of work4 lettersSee answer ›55ACategorize narrowly10 lettersSee answer ›56AThey might be red or blonde4 lettersSee answer ›57AOne of 12 on a euro coin4 lettersSee answer ›58AWires, say5 lettersSee answer ›
DOWN
1D"You're doing it all wrong!"4 lettersSee answer ›2DRiver next to the Uffizi Gallery4 lettersSee answer ›3DPut (down)4 lettersSee answer ›4DImpediment to collaboration3 lettersSee answer ›5DBarely enough7 lettersSee answer ›6D"No need to respond right now"11 lettersSee answer ›7DNatural incubators4 lettersSee answer ›8DBit of energy (and of "energy")3 lettersSee answer ›9DMakes a snack of8 lettersSee answer ›10DSci-fi remakes?6 lettersSee answer ›11DIt may have pluses and minuses10 lettersSee answer ›12DLincoln Center's former ___ Fisher Hall5 lettersSee answer ›13DContainers at airport security4 lettersSee answer ›15DSing like Perry Como or Mel Tormé5 lettersSee answer ›22DSwedish actress Lena4 lettersSee answer ›23DCrushed, as a test4 lettersSee answer ›24DConcrete example of rotational forces and fluid dynamics?11 lettersSee answer ›25DOne of two for one4 lettersSee answer ›26DBrand that once offered an "Uh-Oh!" variety4 lettersSee answer ›27DBest someone, but just barely10 lettersSee answer ›28DTransfix5 lettersSee answer ›32DA walk in the park?4 lettersSee answer ›33DThe "kid" in "Here's looking at you, kid"4 lettersSee answer ›35DConcerns of the Paycheck Fairness Act8 lettersSee answer ›36DBams, cracks or dots, in mahjong4 lettersSee answer ›38DMany a UNESCO site4 lettersSee answer ›39DSubsides7 lettersSee answer ›41DMuch of northern Arkansas6 lettersSee answer ›42DLand animal closely related to whales5 lettersSee answer ›43D___ tender5 lettersSee answer ›45DShawarma wrap4 lettersSee answer ›46DSuper Monkey Ball brand4 lettersSee answer ›47DBuckets4 lettersSee answer ›48DDidn't give way4 lettersSee answer ›49DEvery month has one4 lettersSee answer ›52DEarly instruction in canine obedience school3 lettersSee answer ›53DMandy Patinkin's role in "Evita"3 lettersSee answer ›
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