New York Times Crossword May 18 2025 Answers

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Below are all the New York Times Crossword May 18 2025 answers. The Sunday puzzle has 138 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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Verso's counterpartRECTO5Across1 Alternative to an onion bagelBIALY5Across6 Jai ___ALAI4Across11 Where the Pilgrims first landed in the New WorldCAPE4Across15 Skating gold medalist OksanaBAIUL5Across19 HostEMCEE5Across20 Quick lookPEEK4Across21 Has a tab open, sayOWES4Across22 Hip-hop's "Puba" and "Daddy I.U."?GRANDRAPIDS11Across23 Station near Madison Square Garden, for shortPENN4Across25 FleetFAST4Across26 Hung aroundLOITERED8Across27 Remove from the champagne bucket?TAKEOFFICE10Across28 "Just kidding!"NOT3Across30 Feeling rash?ITCHY5Across31 Hip-hop artist with the 2019 hit "My Type"SAWEETIE8Across34 Crisis involving cartelsDRUGWAR7Across35 Goes "Vroom!"ROARS5Across39 Royal titleSIRE4Across41 Casting a total brat in the school play?MAKINGANIMPACT14Across42 Some govt. securitiesTNOTES6Across45 ___-temperedEVEN4Across49 "Super cool!"DOPE4Across50 Get ready to take a shotAIM3Across51 Ship propellerSCREW5Across53 French for "from"DES3Across54 ReleaseEMIT4Across55 Dante's guide in the "Inferno"VIRGIL6Across57 Singer Del ReyLANA4Across60 "The score upon which reality is written," per Henry MillerCHAOS5Across61 Apps might be seen on oneMENU4Across62 Sediment, e.g.DEPOSIT7Across63 "The co-star of 'Duck Soup' has to be sore after that!"?GROUCHOMARXMUSTACHE19Across65 Anonymous guyJOHNDOE7Across69 Pauperism, so to speakRAGS4Across70 Author of the 2020 memoir "Cubed"RUBIK5Across71 LotsATON4Across72 "Because I'm the boss!"SAYSME6Across73 Pinged onlineIMED4Across75 Condition for which Luvox may be prescribed, in briefOCD3Across76 "Wonder Woman" starGADOT5Across79 Mountain ___DEW3Across81 Late singer Payne of One DirectionLIAM4Across82 Modern home of where cuneiform writing originatedIRAQ4Across84 Way up or way downSTAIRS6Across85 "How long have beavers blocked this river?"?WHATSTHEDAMAGE14Across87 "As ___ …"SUCH4Across92 Earthenware potsOLLAS5Across94 Was comparable toRIVALED7Across95 Apparel feature that a bandeau lacksBRASTRAP8Across96 Function in the role ofACTAS5Across100 Monk's titleDOM3Across102 Be crazy about Chicago trains with broken A.C.s?LOVEHOTELS10Across103 Much in quantityBEAUCOUP8Across105 Baseball family nameALOU4Across109 Actor JaredLETO4Across110 Metric in a competitive family business?SALESPERSON11Across111 Prince, e.g.HEIR4Across114 In ___ parentisLOCO4Across115 BlowERUPT5Across116 Designer HilfigerTOMMY5Across117 Lays turf onSODS4Across118 Little twerpSNOT4Across119 TrunkTORSO5Across120 Head of Slytherin House in the Harry Potter booksSNAPE5Across121

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Subject of the 2018 biopic "On the Basis of Sex," familiarlyRBG3Down1 Noble titleEARL4Down2 "Ci vediamo in giro!"CIAO4Down3 Getting ready to listenTUNINGIN8Down4 Historic district of a cityOLDTOWN7Down5 Gnarly problem, so to speakBEAR4Down6 Architect of Hong Kong's Bank of China TowerIMPEI5Down7 Certain hallucinatory experienceACIDTRIP8Down8 DirectedLED3Down9 Last word of James Joyce's "Ulysses"YES3Down10 Dad, in KoreanAPPA4Down11 Ingredients in some potato soupsLEEKS5Down12 Son of AphroditeAENEAS6Down13 "You don't have to tell me"IKNOWIT7Down14 Time for a pick-me-up, humorouslyCOFFEEOCLOCK12Down15 Lie aheadAWAIT5Down16 Joe of "Home Alone"PESCI5Down17 First name in perfumesESTEE5Down18 Label anewRETAG5Down24 Banks from Los AngelesTYRA4Down28 Maidenhair and othersFERNS5Down29 Common dog commandCOME4Down32 ChanceHAP3Down33 Hit up on Instagram, informallyDMED4Down35 Overnight party with light shows and "cuddle puddles"RAVE4Down36 Luau stringsUKES4Down37 Rock group with the 1992 hit "Creep"RADIOHEAD9Down38 Harum-___ (reckless)SCARUM6Down40 UntrueNOTSO5Down43 Notaro of comedyTIG3Down44 Drag-and-drop disposal iconTRASH5Down46 Start of a counting rhymeEENIE5Down47 Hit with a smackSWAT4Down48 Time in a Shakespeare titleMIDSUMMER9Down52 Former Israeli P.M. OlmertEHUD4Down55 Platform for Safari and FaceTimeMACOS5Down56 BorderlineVERGE5Down57 "Need You Tonight" band, 1987INXS4Down58 Leave aloneLETBE5Down59 Arbiters of tasteCONNOISSEURS12Down61 Polite term of addressMAAM4Down62 Stamp on an invoicePAID4Down64 ImpliedGOTAT5Down65 Valerie Harper title roleRHODA5Down66 One of three immortal elders in "A Wrinkle in Time"MRSWHO6Down67 Dickens's ___ HeepURIAH5Down68 BoutsJAGS4Down69 Tree whose name sounds like a pronounYEW3Down74 Word with history or hygieneORAL4Down76 Shut upCAGE4Down77 Threw out of a contest, informallyDQED4Down78 Philosopher's pursuitTRUTH5Down80 Exam with an argumentative writing section, in briefLSAT4Down82 "You know, I can't quite remember"ITSABLUR8Down83 "Oh geez, the answer was staring me in the face!"IMAMORON8Down84 Goes through screen after screenSCROLLS7Down86 "Sadly …"ALAS4Down88 Special attention, for shortTLC3Down89 Made niceDIDUP5Down90 Wading birdsAVOCETS7Down91 Publicly bashHATEON6Down93 DoldrumsBLAHS5Down96 Lumberjacks' competitionROLEO5Down97 Walk around, maybeAVOID5Down98 Where one might pick up litterPETCO5Down99 OozesSEEPS5Down101 BurgleLOOT4Down104 AboutASTO4Down106 West Point inst.USMA4Down107 FanfarePOMP4Down108 Like a diamond in a ringSET3Down111 Queer identity, in briefARO3Down112 12/31NYE3Down113

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This page lists every clue and answer from the New York Times crossword published on Sunday, May 18, 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.