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New York Times Crossword May 12 2025 Answers

Monday puzzle · 78 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 78 clues from the New York Times Crossword for May 12 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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Cowboy's rope51 AcrossReveal answer → Relative of a milkshake46 AcrossReveal answer → NaCl410 AcrossReveal answer → Take place514 AcrossReveal answer → Director Kazan who helped popularize Method acting415 AcrossReveal answer → Falco of "The Sopranos"416 AcrossReveal answer → Dessert cocktail with crème de cacao1517 AcrossReveal answer → "Ready, ___, go!"320 AcrossReveal answer → Serpentine swimmers421 AcrossReveal answer → Common destination for a field trip622 AcrossReveal answer → Funeral vessel323 AcrossReveal answer → Contacted using a beeper524 AcrossReveal answer → Created, as yarn or a spider web425 AcrossReveal answer → 10-12-year-old528 AcrossReveal answer → ___ Francisco331 AcrossReveal answer → Classic board game with the Peppermint Forest and Lollipop Lane934 AcrossReveal answer → Dig (out)536 AcrossReveal answer → "Goodie" on classic radio538 AcrossReveal answer → Food label inits.339 AcrossReveal answer → "Inside Out" emotion who says "We should lock the door and scream that curse word we know. It's a good one!"540 AcrossReveal answer → Oboe accessories that are often carved by the oboist541 AcrossReveal answer → Move from an acrobat or breakdancer942 AcrossReveal answer → Negative conjunction344 AcrossReveal answer → Montana is the only U.S. state with one in Spanish545 AcrossReveal answer → Defense Against the Dark ___ ("Harry Potter" class)446 AcrossReveal answer → What a baby's bib might protect a onesie from547 AcrossReveal answer → Standout athlete, for short350 AcrossReveal answer → Free items that come with drinks652 AcrossReveal answer → Black-and-white cookie454 AcrossReveal answer → What some people confuse with a monkey356 AcrossReveal answer → Scottish archipelago west of Norway1559 AcrossReveal answer → What spectacles perch on462 AcrossReveal answer → "Oh, uh-huh, sure"463 AcrossReveal answer → Magicians' cries564 AcrossReveal answer → Figure (out)465 AcrossReveal answer → Social worker's assignment466 AcrossReveal answer → Parental authority567 AcrossReveal answer →

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Arcing tennis shots41 DownReveal answer → Farmland unit42 DownReveal answer → Jazz singer's improvised syllables43 DownReveal answer → What the circle on the Japanese flag represents34 DownReveal answer → "Can I take your ___?" (server's question)55 DownReveal answer → Brunch or lunch46 DownReveal answer → "___ well that ends well!"47 DownReveal answer → Word that would be more grammatical in the title "Lay, Lady, Lay"38 DownReveal answer → Beatles song with the lyric "Should five percent appear too small, be thankful I don't take it all"69 DownReveal answer → Touch or taste510 DownReveal answer → Source of extra sweetness1011 DownReveal answer → Stead412 DownReveal answer → Four years, for a president413 DownReveal answer → 1983 musical starring Barbra Streisand518 DownReveal answer → Sept. preceder319 DownReveal answer → Loosened, as a knot523 DownReveal answer → Nitpicker624 DownReveal answer → Contempt525 DownReveal answer → Kind of diet inspired by hunters and gatherers526 DownReveal answer → Show up to a gala in a T-shirt, say1027 DownReveal answer → Noted painter of soup cans629 DownReveal answer → Go until530 DownReveal answer → Who might help an author get a book deal532 DownReveal answer → Stereotypical bookworms533 DownReveal answer → "Affirmative"335 DownReveal answer → What you might "fill 'er up" with336 DownReveal answer → Alternative to bottled537 DownReveal answer → Mosque toppers543 DownReveal answer → Art with tiles in fancy styles (that might produce smiles)645 DownReveal answer → Gives stars to, say548 DownReveal answer → "Wise" bird349 DownReveal answer → Hybrid Chevys551 DownReveal answer → Strings with the pattern XXX-XX-XXXX, in brief452 DownReveal answer → "___ shalt not …"453 DownReveal answer → Poetic tributes454 DownReveal answer → Formal ceremony455 DownReveal answer → Boy's name … or how you might describe 17-, 34-, 42- or 59-Across?456 DownReveal answer → Smartphone predecessors, in brief457 DownReveal answer → Competitor of Petro-Canada458 DownReveal answer → Org. with the Knicks and Clippers360 DownReveal answer → Battery for some small toys361 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the New York Times crossword published on Monday, May 12, 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.