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New York Times Crossword May 17 2025 Answers

Saturday puzzle · 72 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 72 clues from the New York Times Crossword for May 17 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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Much mail to Santa51 AcrossReveal answer → Rubbish destinations46 AcrossReveal answer → Sultanate that controls the exclave of Madha410 AcrossReveal answer → Mescal source514 AcrossReveal answer → Tip line?915 AcrossReveal answer → Sitcom set in a corner store run by a Korean Canadian family (2016-21)1517 AcrossReveal answer → Halloween vis-à-vis All Saints' Day319 AcrossReveal answer → Hair color, e.g.520 AcrossReveal answer → Cards' home321 AcrossReveal answer → The sun, e.g., in about five billion years822 AcrossReveal answer → Humiliated (or honored), as on Nickelodeon624 AcrossReveal answer → Like one preferring platonic relationships, informally327 AcrossReveal answer → British singer ___ Parks428 AcrossReveal answer → Museum with works by Hockney, Turner and Millais430 AcrossReveal answer → Going down, in a way1131 AcrossReveal answer → Threw one's hat in the ring335 AcrossReveal answer → Becomes uncomfortable, as underwear736 AcrossReveal answer → Frightful737 AcrossReveal answer → Type that's compatible with everyone, in brief439 AcrossReveal answer → First president of the S.C.L.C.340 AcrossReveal answer → Neutral color342 AcrossReveal answer → Work well together343 AcrossReveal answer → "C'mon, dish it!"1144 AcrossReveal answer → Chicken nugget shape449 AcrossReveal answer → Stands to practice hitting451 AcrossReveal answer → Causes of some burns452 AcrossReveal answer → N.F.L. team whose name is a literary reference653 AcrossReveal answer → Fills up855 AcrossReveal answer → Scale range857 AcrossReveal answer → Blather659 AcrossReveal answer → "Bad Moon Rising" band, familiarly360 AcrossReveal answer → Further461 AcrossReveal answer → M.L.B. star Pete who holds the single-season record for homers by a rookie (53)662 AcrossReveal answer → Map inset363 AcrossReveal answer → End of a trail, perhaps464 AcrossReveal answer → They're accepted at church665 AcrossReveal answer →

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Athlete who shares his home venue with the Sparks51 DownReveal answer → "Enough!"52 DownReveal answer → Prime choice153 DownReveal answer → They're found in dens34 DownReveal answer → Sports and Arts, e.g.85 DownReveal answer → Something to take in from a boat116 DownReveal answer → Outside the typical biological setting77 DownReveal answer → Dostoyevsky's denial48 DownReveal answer → Spanish word on a U.S. map39 DownReveal answer → Having lost interest610 DownReveal answer → Where you might refuel after refueling811 DownReveal answer → Miami is in it, for short312 DownReveal answer → French word that sounds like a vote313 DownReveal answer → Turn (up)416 DownReveal answer → Rita ___, "R.I.P." singer318 DownReveal answer → Composer Edvard523 DownReveal answer → "Anyway, gonna move on now"1124 DownReveal answer → Name-dropping abbreviation425 DownReveal answer → Not own426 DownReveal answer → Schlep329 DownReveal answer → End part of a violin bow431 DownReveal answer → What might lead to a row at a party?932 DownReveal answer → Forrest of film433 DownReveal answer → Miscellany434 DownReveal answer → Chain whose name came from a Boston hotel whose sign was too expensive to remove838 DownReveal answer → Part of a cold pack?741 DownReveal answer → Wine valley in the Bay Area644 DownReveal answer → Green expanse345 DownReveal answer → It was founded as the Medical College of Louisiana646 DownReveal answer → One with an "I" problem?647 DownReveal answer → Team whose logo contains an "H" on top of a star648 DownReveal answer → It's not gross350 DownReveal answer → Sway453 DownReveal answer → "Enough!"454 DownReveal answer → Base of a pump456 DownReveal answer → "Ended, ___ it begun" (Emily Dickinson poem)358 DownReveal answer →

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