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Daily Themed Crossword May 16 2025 Answers

Friday puzzle · 69 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Daily Themed Crossword May 16 2025 answers. The Friday puzzle has 69 clues; every answer has been verified. Click any clue to see every answer it has ever had, across every publisher in our database.

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
IRS's collectionTAX3Across1 Meow-erCAT3Across4 "In ___ likelihood ..."ALL3Across7 Spanish cry at a football stadiumOLE3Across10 Yale or Dartmouth, e.g., for shortUNI3Across11 Tennis serve that gets a do-overLET3Across12 "One's Self I ___" (poem by Walt Whitman)SING4Across13 Sheep's greetingBAA3Across15 "Breaking ___" (series with Bryan Cranston)BAD3Across16 Mystical glowAURA4Across17 ___ runner, "Looney Tunes" bird who inspired the name for a spider speciesROAD4Across20 Calendar units, for shortMOS3Across22 Crow's callCAW3Across23 "Frankly ...," to a texter: Abbr.TBH3Across24 Give stars on UberRATE4Across27 Animated fish from the eponymous Pixar movie which inspired the name for a spider speciesNEMO4Across29 "Metallic" humor with a twistIRONY5Across33 Not evenODD3Across35 ___ Zeppelin (rock band)LED3Across37 King ___, giant gorilla from many eponymous movies who inspired the name for a finch speciesKONG4Across38 On ___ for the course (right on track)PAR3Across39 Hot temperIRE3Across40 Unbiased hiring lettersEOE3Across41 Singer Stewart of "Have I Told You Lately"ROD3Across43 Inspiring talk before a big gamePEP3Across45 Dog's footPAW3Across48 Dinosaur-like monster from a 1954 movie who inspired the name for a few crustacean speciesGODZILLA8Across50 "You ___ what you sow"REAP4Across55 Sandwich fishTUNA4Across58 "___ With Luv," 2019 song by BTS and HalseyBOY3Across59 The Three Musketeers, for oneTRIO4Across60 Bambi's dad, e.g.STAG4Across61 Scarfed down a mealATE3Across62 Group of buffalo or goats, usuallyHERD4Across63

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
How-___ (instructional books)TOS3Down1 "Beef" actress ___ WongALI3Down2 Warrior princess from the eponymous TV series who inspired the name for an isopod speciesXENA4Down3 Baby bearCUB3Down4 Santa ___, CaliforniaANA3Down5 Homecoming Queen's head topperTIARA5Down6 Actress Jessica of "Good Luck Chuck"ALBA4Down7 Show the wayLEAD4Down8 "Inc.," in London, for shortLTD3Down9 Chewing treat that's usually borrowedGUM3Down14 ___ Gilmore (one of the Gilmore girls)RORY4Down18 Actor Butterfield of "Hugo"ASA3Down19 "I can make it on my ___!" (young adult affirmation)OWN3Down21 Fragrant closet woodCEDAR5Down23 "___ ToK" (Kesha hit)TIK3Down24 Response to "Dude!," sayBRO3Down25 Fine-tune, as a skillHONE4Down26 Preferred bunk, to kidsTOP3Down28 Actor WallachELI3Down30 French for "sea"MER3Down31 "___ to a Nightingale" (John Keats poem)ODE3Down32 Doctors Without Borders or World Wildlife Fund, e.g.: Abbr.NGO3Down34 ___-dead gorgeousDROP4Down36 Allergy "Pen" prefixEPI3Down42 ___ Vader, villain from the "Star Wars" franchise who inspired the name for a "sea bug" speciesDARTH5Down44 Actor Idris from the "Luther"ELBA4Down46 Piece of landPLOT4Down47 Shapeshifting prefix with "wolf"WERE4Down49 Some sports cars: Abbr.GTS3Down50 "Get ___" (Jordan Peele movie)OUT3Down51 Genetic code of life: Abbr.DNA3Down52 Zig's other halfZAG3Down53 Sailor's "Affirmative!"AYE3Down54 With the next word, one piece of an Apple earphoneAIR3Down56 With the previous word, one piece of an Apple earphonePOD3Down57

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Daily Themed crossword published on Friday, May 16, 2025. Answers are checked against the completed grid before publishing. If a clue looks familiar, open it — the same wording often runs in other puzzles with a different answer, and the clue page shows every version we have on record.