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New York Times Crossword May 15 2025 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 78 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the New York Times Crossword May 15 2025 answers. The Thursday puzzle has 78 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#
Workplace that often has sawdustSHOP4Across1 Offered up gossipDISHED6Across5 Close one, for shortBFF3Across11 Part of a house that might shade part of a patioEAVE4Across14 African creature whose name is one letter away from what its horns might doIMPALA6Across15 Constitutional change long endorsed by NOWERA3Across16 Some colorful apparelTIEDNONOHIRTS13Across17 Bagel-and-schmear go-withLOX3Across19 Longtime deodorant brandARRID5Across20 Crazy aboutINTO4Across21 Number on a clothing tagSIZE4Across22 Unnatural sight, in briefESP3Across23 OutperformsTOPS4Across24 Certain grain sourceRNONOEED8Across26 What might bring down the house?ARSON5Across28 Male film character played by a female terrier named TerryTOTO4Across30 Brother Felipe, Matty or Jesus of baseballALOU4Across31 Accessory for a guitar neckCAPO4Across32 ThingamajigsITEMS5Across35 Statements that can be seen as positive ... or a hint to interpreting 17-, 26-, 49- and 62-AcrossDOUBLENEGATIVES15Across39 "In conclusion …"ANDSO5Across42 Darn it!TEAR4Across43 TiltLEAN4Across44 Chimney partFLUE4Across45 Secret rendezvousTRYST5Across47 Old-fashioned homemade cleanerLNONOOAP8Across49 Call for delivery?PUSH4Across52 Org. concerned with nationwide trafficDEA3Across54 ScentODOR4Across56 SpoilsLOOT4Across57 Hoops great ___ ThomasISIAH5Across59 Cow's chewCUD3Across61 Des Moines's domainHAWKENONOTATE13Across62 Word after tell or catchALL3Across64 DirectsSTEERS6Across65 Sphere ... or 4πr^2, for the surface of a sphereAREA4Across66 Shortest among the top 25 most common U.S. surnamesLEE3Across67 Scottish cryptid, informallyNESSIE6Across68 Any member in the group with the 1965 hit "Turn! Turn! Turn!"BYRD4Across69

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Small, clingy bristles on a gecko's footSETAE5Down1 Establishment where things are cut and dried?HAIRSALON9Down2 Self-satisfied and then someOVERPROUD9Down3 Spa service, for shortPEDI4Down4 Exhibit in a natural history museum, informallyDINO4Down5 Cool cat's "Roger that"IMHIP5Down6 Dizzy feeling, with "the"SPINS5Down7 Eponym of the N.H.L.'s M.V.P. awardHART4Down8 Charger in una corridaELTORO6Down9 Chargers in courts, for shortDAS3Down10 Prove untrueBELIE5Down11 Suddenly went stillFROZE5Down12 Like some documents in the pre-internet ageFAXED5Down13 Acknowledge nonverballyNODTO5Down18 With an air of haughtinessSNOOTILY8Down22 In days pastONCE4Down25 Shout in a game of tagNOTIT5Down27 ReplacesSUBSFOR7Down29 Caesar wrap?TOGA4Down30 ___ Lovelace, mathematician and daughter of Lord ByronADA3Down31 Lead-in to chamberANTE4Down33 Letter before cuePEE3Down34 Mark Twain tale narrated in the first person by a noted first womanEVESDIARY9Down36 CarnivoreMEATEATER9Down37 Fig. written in boxes on a W-9SSN3Down38 Woman's name spelled out in a 1970 hitLOLA4Down40 Liberal ___ARTS4Down41 Burning the midnight oil, sayUPLATE6Down46 Beast with a hornRHINO5Down48 In the neighborhoodLOCAL5Down49 Small bumpNODULE6Down50 Word after wet, pool or chickenNOODLE6Down51 Slow sorts, in slangPOKES5Down52 Baby carriersUTERI5Down53 In the leadAHEAD5Down55 Is behindOWES4Down58 Shot in the darkSTAB4Down60 Sister channel of QVCHSN3Down62 Narrow amount to win byNOSE4Down63

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This page lists every clue and answer from the New York Times crossword published on Thursday, May 15, 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.