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New York Times Crossword May 17 2025 Answers

Saturday puzzle · 72 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the New York Times Crossword May 17 2025 answers. The Saturday puzzle has 72 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#
Much mail to SantaLISTS5Across1 Rubbish destinationsBINS4Across6 Sultanate that controls the exclave of MadhaOMAN4Across10 Mescal sourceAGAVE5Across14 Tip line?ANYADVICE9Across15 Sitcom set in a corner store run by a Korean Canadian family (2016-21)KIMSCONVENIENCE15Across17 Halloween vis-à-vis All Saints' DayEVE3Across19 Hair color, e.g.TRAIT5Across20 Cards' homeARI3Across21 The sun, e.g., in about five billion yearsREDGIANT8Across22 Humiliated (or honored), as on NickelodeonSLIMED6Across24 Like one preferring platonic relationships, informallyARO3Across27 British singer ___ ParksARLO4Across28 Museum with works by Hockney, Turner and MillaisTATE4Across30 Going down, in a wayFLYINGSOUTH11Across31 Threw one's hat in the ringRAN3Across35 Becomes uncomfortable, as underwearRIDESUP7Across36 FrightfulGHASTLY7Across37 Type that's compatible with everyone, in briefONEG4Across39 First president of the S.C.L.C.MLK3Across40 Neutral colorASH3Across42 Work well togetherGEL3Across43 "C'mon, dish it!"SPILLTHETEA11Across44 Chicken nugget shapeDINO4Across49 Stands to practice hittingTEES4Across51 Causes of some burnsRUGS4Across52 N.F.L. team whose name is a literary referenceRAVENS6Across53 Fills upEATSALOT8Across55 Scale rangeONETOTEN8Across57 BlatherHOTAIR6Across59 "Bad Moon Rising" band, familiarlyCCR3Across60 FurtherMORE4Across61 M.L.B. star Pete who holds the single-season record for homers by a rookie (53)ALONSO6Across62 Map insetKEY3Across63 End of a trail, perhapsAPEX4Across64 They're accepted at churchTENETS6Across65

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Athlete who shares his home venue with the SparksLAKER5Down1 "Enough!"IGIVE5Down2 Prime choiceSAMEDAYDELIVERY15Down3 They're found in densTVS3Down4 Sports and Arts, e.g.SECTIONS8Down5 Something to take in from a boatBANANASPLIT11Down6 Outside the typical biological settingINVITRO7Down7 Dostoyevsky's denialNYET4Down8 Spanish word on a U.S. mapSAN3Down9 Having lost interestOVERIT6Down10 Where you might refuel after refuelingMINIMART8Down11 Miami is in it, for shortACC3Down12 French word that sounds like a voteNEE3Down13 Turn (up)DIAL4Down16 Rita ___, "R.I.P." singerORA3Down18 Composer EdvardGRIEG5Down23 "Anyway, gonna move on now"SOTHATSTHAT11Down24 Name-dropping abbreviationETAL4Down25 Not ownDENY4Down26 SchlepLUG3Down29 End part of a violin bowFROG4Down31 What might lead to a row at a party?LINEDANCE9Down32 Forrest of filmGUMP4Down33 MiscellanyHASH4Down34 Chain whose name came from a Boston hotel whose sign was too expensive to removeSHERATON8Down38 Part of a cold pack?KLEENEX7Down41 Wine valley in the Bay AreaSONOMA6Down44 Green expanseLEA3Down45 It was founded as the Medical College of LouisianaTULANE6Down46 One with an "I" problem?EGOIST6Down47 Team whose logo contains an "H" on top of a starASTROS6Down48 It's not grossNET3Down50 SwayROCK4Down53 "Enough!"STOP4Down54 Base of a pumpSOLE4Down56 "Ended, ___ it begun" (Emily Dickinson poem)ERE3Down58

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This page lists every clue and answer from the New York Times crossword published on Saturday, May 17, 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.