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Daily Themed Crossword May 23 2025 Answers

Friday puzzle · 68 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Daily Themed Crossword May 23 2025 answers. The Friday puzzle has 68 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#
Sis's male sibling, for shortBRO3Across1 "I ___ your pardon!"BEG3Across4 Fruity bread spreadJAM3Across7 Snoop Dogg's genreRAP3Across10 Nevada's ___ 51AREA4Across11 Facts and figuresDATA4Across13 Dumbstruck feelingAWE3Across14 "On a ___-to-know basis"NEED4Across15 "My one and ___"ONLY4Across16 Organization with Wizards and Warriors: Abbr.NBA3Across17 Combine the chemical symbols for Sulfur, Uranium, and Nitrogen to make the orb that Icarus flew too close toSUN3Across19 Director Lee of "The Ice Storm"ANG3Across21 iTunes downloadsSONGS5Across23 Postal requirementSTAMP5Across27 Combine the chemical symbols for Boron, Radium, Iodine, and Nitrogen to make what the cranium containsBRAIN5Across29 "... ___ woodchuck could chuck wood?": 2 wds.IFA3Across30 Combine the chemical symbols for Copper and Phosphorus to make a trophy shapeCUP3Across32 Liquid measuring unit, for shortGAL3Across34 Horse's greetingNEIGH5Across35 ___ car (Indy warm-up vehicle)PACE4Across38 Paparazzi target, informallyCELEB5Across41 Combine the chemical symbols for Tungsten, Oxygen, and Potassium for a Chinese frypanWOK3Across42 "Shanghai ___," 2000 martial arts filmNOON4Across43 Be afraid of, as heights or spidersFEAR4Across46 Smoothie bowl berryACAI4Across49 Top of a houseROOF4Across52 Squeezed embraceHUG3Across54 Food book, at a restaurantMENU4Across56 Combine the chemical symbols for Calcium and Neon for a walking stickCANE4Across57 Portuguese "she"ELA3Across58 Oolong and chai, for twoTEAS4Across59 ___-haw (mule's cry)HEE3Across60 ___ March, character played by Emma WatsonMEG3Across61

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
"Supportive" lingerieBRA3Down1 Like fish in sushiRAW3Down2 ___-minded (accepting)OPEN4Down3 Combine the chemical symbols for Barium and two Sodium elements for a yellow fruit with a slippery peelBANANA6Down4 "Prior to," in poetryERE3Down5 "Heavens!"GEE3Down6 Renaissance painter ___ van EyckJAN3Down7 Second largest ocean, for shortATL3Down8 Month that's an anagram of "yam"MAY3Down9 Commercial breaks, for shortADS3Down12 Blood drive participantDONOR5Down13 ___ mitzvahBAT3Down18 Pen drive port: Abbr.USB3Down20 Safari and Terrain maker: Abbr.GMC3Down22 Complain again and againNAG3Down24 Famed supermodel ___ CarangiGIA3Down25 Weekly NBC comedy show: Abbr.SNL3Down26 Travel by boatSAIL4Down27 Baby DalmatianPUP3Down28 "Ltd." cousin: Abbr.INC3Down30 Price of admissionFEE3Down31 Pet's furry footPAW3Down33 Combine the chemical symbols for Germanium, Nickel, Uranium, and Sulfur to make someone who is like EinsteinGENIUS6Down36 "Deadwood" airer: Abbr.HBO3Down37 Caffeinated morning drink like espressoCOFFEE6Down39 ___ out a livingEKE3Down40 Tolkien beastORC3Down44 Biblical ark builderNOAH4Down45 Throat-clearing soundAHEM4Down47 ___ of thumbRULE4Down48 Invoice total, for shortAMT3Down49 Carbon's chemical symbol, phoneticallyCEE3Down50 Santa ___ Zoo, CaliforniaANA3Down51 Combine the chemical symbols for Oxygen and Neon for a winner's numberONE3Down53 Practical jokeGAG3Down55

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Daily Themed crossword published on Friday, May 23, 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.