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New York Times Crossword May 11 2025 Answers

Sunday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the New York Times Crossword May 11 2025 answers. The Sunday puzzle has 128 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#
Cartridge from the 1980sATARIGAME9Across1 Source of the words "galore" and "smithereens"IRISH5Across10 "Nice!"SWEET5Across15 Drag-racing venueMOTORPLEX9Across20 Nature personifiedMOTHEREARTH11Across21 "Pinky-swear?"PROMISEME9Across23 Step on a scale?MUSICALNOTE11Across24 The Beatles' "White Album" has four of themSIDES5Across25 Sphere of influenceORBIT5Across26 1957 Isaac Asimov novel, with "The"NAKEDSUN8Across28 Command that might be represented by a curved arrow pointing leftUNDO4Across29 Outer layer of the brainCORTEX6Across30 InveigleENTICE6Across32 Package drop-off sites: Abbr.POS3Across33 "Council," in RussianSOVIET6Across34 "Flower Myth" painter PaulKLEE4Across35 Takes a bit off the topTRIMS5Across36 Showed off on an instrumentSOLOED6Across40 Follow closelyHEED4Across41 Note-to-self medium, perhapsPOSTIT6Across42 Beers from Bremen, informallySTPAULIS8Across43 Zingy flavorTANG4Across46 Way off in the distanceFAR3Across47 Agreeable wordsIDO3Across48 Defeated decisivelyWHIPPED7Across49 Fish that passes the "mirror test" of self-recognitionMANTARAY8Across50 Salon soundSNIP4Across52 Poker declarationIRAISE6Across53 "I've Been Everywhere" singer in the Country Music Hall of FameHANKSNOW8Across54 Mass agreementsAMENS5Across55 "Whoever did this has it coming!"SOMEONEISGETTINGFIRED21Across56 Lynn ___, Super Bowl X M.V.P.SWANN5Across59 At the end of the dayAFTERALL8Across60 RecentlyOFLATE6Across61 "Phooey!"RATS4Across62 Right of way, sayPRIORITY8Across63 Cornmeal dish at a trattoriaPOLENTA7Across64 "I ___ you!"OWE3Across65 EternityEON3Across66 Partner of 74-AcrossDINE4Across67 Acted diplomaticallyMEDIATED8Across68 Organ above the tracheaLARYNX6Across69 Comic AliWONG4Across71 Black outREDACT6Across72 Big name in the cleaning aisleLYSOL5Across73 Partner of 67-AcrossWINE4Across74 Embody something proudlyWEARIT6Across75 ___ Fring, "Breaking Bad" antagonistGUS3Across76 Spots for lavalier micsLAPELS6Across79 Hebrew greetingSHALOM6Across81 Turn to pulpMASH4Across82 1999 Maeve Binchy novelTARAROAD8Across83 Young salmonSMOLT5Across86 Unit of magnetic flux densityGAMMA5Across87 Spirit with a citrus flavorORANGEVODKA11Across88 Head cheeseMISTERBIG9Across90 Minor crimeMISDEMEANOR11Across93 Adding up (to)AMOUNTING9Across94 Joy on TVBEHAR5Across95 Button on many appliancesSTART5Across96 "Network" co-star, 1976NEDBEATTY9Across97

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
InvigoratesAMPSUP6Down1 Home of the Italian soccer club JuventusTORINO6Down2 Fighting (with)ATODDS6Down3 Fictional character who says "Here's to my love! O true apothecary! Thy drugs are quick"ROMEO5Down4 Mechanism that controls a camera's apertureIRIS4Down5 Dashboard device, in briefGPS3Down6 Tavern offeringALE3Down7 High school reunion topicMEMORIES8Down8 SpentEXERTED7Down9 AmalgamateIMMIX5Down10 Uninteresting game, perhapsROUT4Down11 Word with a commonly misapplied apostropheITS3Down12 Climbed, as a ropeSHINNED7Down13 Greek goddess depicted holding torches and snakesHECATE6Down14 Person on a nominating committee, saySELECTOR8Down15 Goes nowhere in particularWANDERS7Down16 Psyche's partnerEROS4Down17 Accusatory wordsETTU4Down18 "Well ___"THEN4Down19 Twice-distilled Turkish beverageRAKI4Down22 Item in a hedgeBET3Down27 LassCOLLEEN7Down30 Semicircular?OVOID5Down31 With styleELEGANTLY9Down32 "Let's eat!"SOUPSON7Down34 School whose sports teams are known as the Golden FlashesKENTSTATE9Down35 Traveling from place to placeITINERANT9Down37 Shopgirl in a Paris boutiqueMIDINETTE9Down38 FreezesSTOPSDEAD9Down39 Homo ___ neanderthalensisSAPIENS7Down40 Strong urgeHANKERING9Down41 Cough upPAY3Down42 Cake with a distinctive swirlSWISSROLL9Down43 Casual and not meant to be taken seriously, as a remarkTHROWAWAY9Down44 Spinal cord membranesPIAMATERS9Down45 Shade akin to pumpkinTANGERINE9Down46 Court favor in a cringey fashionFAWN4Down47 Beasts with enormous tusksMASTODONS9Down50 Shake upROIL4Down51 Show warmth toSMILEAT7Down52 Like recording studio equipmentHIFI4Down54 PlagueAFFLICT7Down55 Take inEARN4Down57 Archer's giftGOODAIM7Down58 Old curse wordPOX3Down63 Actor Pascal of "Gladiator II"PEDRO5Down64 What provides the big picture?ENLARGER8Down66 Noon or 6:00 p.m., for someMEALTIME8Down68 Reality TV star HadidYOLANDA7Down70 Something sown, per an idiomWILDOAT7Down71 Macho stereotypeREALMAN7Down72 Goes in and outWEAVES6Down74 Word before knows or caresWHO3Down75 Chess openingGAMBIT6Down76 Dime store?USMINT6Down77 In need of a haircut, saySHAGGY6Down78 Limerick, e.g.POEM4Down80 Tricked out with the latest technology, saySMART5Down81 One-named Brazilian soccer star who is a six-time FIFA World Player of the YearMARTA5Down82 Body building?TOMB4Down83 ___ Crown Theater (downtown Chicago landmark)ARIE4Down84 Acting without thinkingRASH4Down85 Candy brand with a crown in its logoSKOR4Down86 See 89-DownGENE4Down87 87-Down makeupDNA3Down89 It may be rolled out in the backyardSOD3Down91 Setting for Jacques-Louis David's painting "The Death of Marat"TUB3Down92

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This page lists every clue and answer from the New York Times crossword published on Sunday, May 11, 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.