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New York Times Crossword May 14 2025 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 79 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 79 clues from the New York Times Crossword for May 14 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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Across

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Do a spit take?41 AcrossReveal answer → Sea creature whose name doesn't rhyme with 1-Across, weirdly45 AcrossReveal answer → Bloating relief brand49 AcrossReveal answer → "I've made a huge mistake!"413 AcrossReveal answer → Dance during which newlyweds might be lifted in chairs414 AcrossReveal answer → Spin instructor?615 AcrossReveal answer → Color-changing fad jewelry ... or a description of this answer's shaded letters?917 AcrossReveal answer → Colombian cakes that have been around since pre-Columbian times619 AcrossReveal answer → Hit single from the 1983 "Flashdance" soundtrack620 AcrossReveal answer → Man's name that's also a suffix321 AcrossReveal answer → Storm center323 AcrossReveal answer → Heroes' journeys, say ... or a description of this answer's shaded letters?1324 AcrossReveal answer → ___ in comparison429 AcrossReveal answer → Starter starter?332 AcrossReveal answer → Barnard graduate, e.g.633 AcrossReveal answer → Long-running British record label334 AcrossReveal answer → Canine that bites535 AcrossReveal answer → Actress Rapace of "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo"537 AcrossReveal answer → Visual aids on scatter plots ... or a description of this answer's shaded letters?1639 AcrossReveal answer → Not hot or cool543 AcrossReveal answer → Debase oneself544 AcrossReveal answer → Nickname that omits -anna345 AcrossReveal answer → What might be used to connect evidence on a detective's corkboard646 AcrossReveal answer → Go wrong349 AcrossReveal answer → Pot leaves?450 AcrossReveal answer → Some painting in a parking lot ... or a description of this answer's shaded letters?1351 AcrossReveal answer → Suffix with legal354 AcrossReveal answer → Star sign?355 AcrossReveal answer → "Come on, help me out"656 AcrossReveal answer → Exposed660 AcrossReveal answer → Awkwardly lanky ... or a description of this answer's shaded letters?963 AcrossReveal answer → "I Dreamed a Dream" musical, familiarly666 AcrossReveal answer → Genuine467 AcrossReveal answer → Where to get a shelf off the shelf468 AcrossReveal answer → Breather469 AcrossReveal answer → Certain blue note470 AcrossReveal answer → Fit snugly (in)471 AcrossReveal answer →

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2010s documentary trilogy about training for a very difficult wine exam41 DownReveal answer → "Hold your horses!"42 DownReveal answer → Ghost writer?43 DownReveal answer → Close-fitting part of a dress64 DownReveal answer → Some Mexican Americans85 DownReveal answer → Actor/director Howard36 DownReveal answer → Home to Los Glaciares National Park: Abbr.37 DownReveal answer → Word with cable or training58 DownReveal answer → Sound from an annoyed samoyed39 DownReveal answer → Time of one's life310 DownReveal answer → Starbursts?1011 DownReveal answer → Bit of equipment in a dentist's office1012 DownReveal answer → Assembly of experts515 DownReveal answer → Manipulates416 DownReveal answer → When doubled, zealous318 DownReveal answer → One-time connection322 DownReveal answer → Australian hoppers, for short425 DownReveal answer → Nay sayers526 DownReveal answer → Anticipatory events, collectively527 DownReveal answer → Cherubic archer428 DownReveal answer → Country where potatoes originated429 DownReveal answer → "Preach!"1030 DownReveal answer → Playful poetry1031 DownReveal answer → Lukewarm535 DownReveal answer → Stay there!536 DownReveal answer → Egyptian deity with a reduplicative name438 DownReveal answer → Reduplicative nickname in pop music440 DownReveal answer → Sushi seaweed441 DownReveal answer → Midwestern agricultural swath842 DownReveal answer → Fleetwood Mac vocalist Stevie547 DownReveal answer → Creature that stampeded in "The Lion King"348 DownReveal answer → Where to place personal items before walking through a scanner650 DownReveal answer → "You're on!"451 DownReveal answer → Settings on a bike552 DownReveal answer → Prey for an osprey353 DownReveal answer → Give the finger?457 DownReveal answer → Floors458 DownReveal answer → Exam whose score can't be argued, ironically459 DownReveal answer → Quick chats?361 DownReveal answer → "If you can't say something good about someone, ___ right here by me": Alice Roosevelt Longworth362 DownReveal answer → Greta of "Past Lives"364 DownReveal answer → Hardly stringent365 DownReveal answer →

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue from the New York Times crossword published on Wednesday, May 14, 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.