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New York Times Crossword May 1 2025 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 74 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the New York Times Crossword May 1 2025 answers. The Thursday puzzle has 74 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#
Schoolroom that serves as a studioARTLAB6Across1 Original airer of "Doctor Who"BBC3Across7 CovenantPACT4Across10 Give a lashingBERATE6Across14 Whom Will Smith played in a 2001 sports biopicALI3Across15 Son of Zeus and HeraARES4Across16 Sweetener in some diet sodasSTEVIA6Across17 *Cat breed named after an Indonesian island from which it didn't originateBASELINE8Across18 Places to carry out some takeout orders, for short?ORS3Across20 Light unitLUMEN5Across21 "Not in the ___!"LEAST5Across23 *It's "read" as a stern warningRICOTTA7Across24 *Relative of a snowboardKIMONOS7Across26 ___ Men (group that won a Grammy Award in 2001 for Best Dance Recording)BAHA4Across28 Old toneSEPIA5Across29 Is for the people?ARE3Across31 Daffy Duck speaking featureLISP4Across32 "I wanna!"LEMME5Across34 Brings up a prior topic … or a hint to making sense of the answers to this puzzle's starred cluesCIRCLESBACK11Across37 Country that was home to the Ebla library, thought to be the world's first (2500 B.C.)SYRIA5Across41 Sheet music symbolCLEF4Across42 Past-tense verb that's potentially confusing (but grammatically correct!) when written twice in a rowHAD3Across44 ___ salt (form of magnesium sulfate)EPSOM5Across47 Lead-in to -nauticsAERO4Across50 *Carve out, in a wayAVENGER7Across52 *Comedy club fareDUSTPAN7Across55 Columbus's birthplaceGENOA5Across57 "___ My Heart in San Francisco"ILEFT5Across58 Video game character speaking a gibberish languageSIM3Across60 *Villain's expressionREVILING8Across61 Like doesFEMALE6Across63 ___ Mendoza, former first lady of Puerto RicoINES4Across65 Onetime C.I.A. foeKGB3Across66 Like government secrets, occasionallyLEAKED6Across67 Title friend of Marlin in an animated filmDORY4Across68 Times Square ball drop setting, in briefEST3Across69 Revered sortsELDERS6Across70

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Soak upABSORB6Down1 Outcome of a hung juryRETRIAL7Down2 "How stylish!"TRESCHIC8Down3 W.C.LAV3Down4 Not quite straight upATILT5Down5 Gorgeous ones, informallyBEAUTS6Down6 Film based on the 1983 children's novel "The Sheep-Pig"BABE4Down7 Some comforters for toddlersBLANKIES8Down8 Modern prefix with normativityCIS3Down9 Dairy-less dietPALEO5Down10 Singer GrandeARIANA6Down11 Turn into stars, say?CENSOR6Down12 Tswana for "fly"TSETSE6Down13 West ___ (furniture retailer)ELM3Down19 Trailblazing astronaut JemisonMAE3Down22 Refuge from the heatOASIS5Down25 It's one foot longIAMB4Down27 Calls for sympathyPLEAS5Down30 SnoopPRY3Down33 Big thing in fast food?MAC3Down35 SplendorECLAT5Down36 Language that gave us "Saskatchewan"CREE4Down38 Piercings that might be felt while kissingLIPRINGS8Down39 MementoKEEPSAKE8Down40 More delicate and weakFRAILER7Down43 Who says "You're a wizard, Harry"HAGRID6Down44 Skin-care brandAVEENO6Down45 City that lends its name to a style of omeletDENVER6Down46 Uplifting workODE3Down48 QuietMUFFLE6Down49 Popping pills, sayONMEDS6Down51 Racket-raisingNOISY5Down53 ___ palGAL3Down54 Source of Andrew Carnegie's wealthSTEEL5Down56 Community associated with Out magazineLGBT4Down59 President posthumously inducted in the World Golf Hall of Fame, informallyIKE3Down62 CrackpotMAD3Down64

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This page lists every clue and answer from the New York Times crossword published on Thursday, May 1, 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.