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Daily Themed Crossword May 16 2025 Answers

Friday puzzle · 69 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 69 clues from the Daily Themed Crossword for May 16 2025. Stuck on one? Click the clue to reveal its verified answer, plus every other answer that clue has had across every publisher in our database.

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IRS's collection31 AcrossReveal answer → Meow-er34 AcrossReveal answer → "In ___ likelihood ..."37 AcrossReveal answer → Spanish cry at a football stadium310 AcrossReveal answer → Yale or Dartmouth, e.g., for short311 AcrossReveal answer → Tennis serve that gets a do-over312 AcrossReveal answer → "One's Self I ___" (poem by Walt Whitman)413 AcrossReveal answer → Sheep's greeting315 AcrossReveal answer → "Breaking ___" (series with Bryan Cranston)316 AcrossReveal answer → Mystical glow417 AcrossReveal answer → ___ runner, "Looney Tunes" bird who inspired the name for a spider species420 AcrossReveal answer → Calendar units, for short322 AcrossReveal answer → Crow's call323 AcrossReveal answer → "Frankly ...," to a texter: Abbr.324 AcrossReveal answer → Give stars on Uber427 AcrossReveal answer → Animated fish from the eponymous Pixar movie which inspired the name for a spider species429 AcrossReveal answer → "Metallic" humor with a twist533 AcrossReveal answer → Not even335 AcrossReveal answer → ___ Zeppelin (rock band)337 AcrossReveal answer → King ___, giant gorilla from many eponymous movies who inspired the name for a finch species438 AcrossReveal answer → On ___ for the course (right on track)339 AcrossReveal answer → Hot temper340 AcrossReveal answer → Unbiased hiring letters341 AcrossReveal answer → Singer Stewart of "Have I Told You Lately"343 AcrossReveal answer → Inspiring talk before a big game345 AcrossReveal answer → Dog's foot348 AcrossReveal answer → Dinosaur-like monster from a 1954 movie who inspired the name for a few crustacean species850 AcrossReveal answer → "You ___ what you sow"455 AcrossReveal answer → Sandwich fish458 AcrossReveal answer → "___ With Luv," 2019 song by BTS and Halsey359 AcrossReveal answer → The Three Musketeers, for one460 AcrossReveal answer → Bambi's dad, e.g.461 AcrossReveal answer → Scarfed down a meal362 AcrossReveal answer → Group of buffalo or goats, usually463 AcrossReveal answer →

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How-___ (instructional books)31 DownReveal answer → "Beef" actress ___ Wong32 DownReveal answer → Warrior princess from the eponymous TV series who inspired the name for an isopod species43 DownReveal answer → Baby bear34 DownReveal answer → Santa ___, California35 DownReveal answer → Homecoming Queen's head topper56 DownReveal answer → Actress Jessica of "Good Luck Chuck"47 DownReveal answer → Show the way48 DownReveal answer → "Inc.," in London, for short39 DownReveal answer → Chewing treat that's usually borrowed314 DownReveal answer → ___ Gilmore (one of the Gilmore girls)418 DownReveal answer → Actor Butterfield of "Hugo"319 DownReveal answer → "I can make it on my ___!" (young adult affirmation)321 DownReveal answer → Fragrant closet wood523 DownReveal answer → "___ ToK" (Kesha hit)324 DownReveal answer → Response to "Dude!," say325 DownReveal answer → Fine-tune, as a skill426 DownReveal answer → Preferred bunk, to kids328 DownReveal answer → Actor Wallach330 DownReveal answer → French for "sea"331 DownReveal answer → "___ to a Nightingale" (John Keats poem)332 DownReveal answer → Doctors Without Borders or World Wildlife Fund, e.g.: Abbr.334 DownReveal answer → ___-dead gorgeous436 DownReveal answer → Allergy "Pen" prefix342 DownReveal answer → ___ Vader, villain from the "Star Wars" franchise who inspired the name for a "sea bug" species544 DownReveal answer → Actor Idris from the "Luther"446 DownReveal answer → Piece of land447 DownReveal answer → Shapeshifting prefix with "wolf"449 DownReveal answer → Some sports cars: Abbr.350 DownReveal answer → "Get ___" (Jordan Peele movie)351 DownReveal answer → Genetic code of life: Abbr.352 DownReveal answer → Zig's other half353 DownReveal answer → Sailor's "Affirmative!"354 DownReveal answer → With the next word, one piece of an Apple earphone356 DownReveal answer → With the previous word, one piece of an Apple earphone357 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Daily Themed crossword published on Friday, May 16, 2025. Answers are checked against the completed grid before publishing and live on each clue's own page, so you only see the solutions you ask for. 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.