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New York Times Crossword May 2 2025 Answers

Friday puzzle · 72 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the New York Times Crossword May 2 2025 answers. The Friday 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#
Setting for Arthur Miller's "The Crucible"SALEM5Across1 "Well, ___ …" (segue)THEN4Across6 GrouchCRAB4Across10 Gatsby or HamletTRAGICHERO10Across14 Dolly of "Hello, Dolly!"LEVI4Across16 Sides of circles?ONIONRINGS10Across17 Not settledOPEN4Across18 Seal team?POD3Across19 Chloride and oxide, for twoIONS4Across20 FetesHONORS6Across21 UncheckedAMOK4Across23 ___ seeds (ingredients in pickling)CELERY6Across24 "Is that an amazing offer or what?"HOWCANIRESIST13Across25 Titular female Disney character whose name also appears in a Shakespeare playARIEL5Across29 Titular male Shakespeare character whose name also appears in a Disney filmTIMON5Across30 XCHI3Across31 Do something of interest?LEND4Across34 Like straw basketsWOVEN5Across35 Sunfish featureSAIL4Across36 Modern car accessoryFOB3Across37 Literary bird with a one-word vocabulary, apparentlyRAVEN5Across38 Merely watches without saying a wordLURKS5Across39 "Yadda, yadda, yadda"YOUGETTHEIDEA13Across40 More inclined to reclineLAZIER6Across43 Aerosol outputMIST4Across44 Malaysian state or islandPENANG6Across45 Doesn't guzzleSIPS4Across46 Poke bowl delicacyAHI3Across47 Sikorsky or StravinskyIGOR4Across50 "To nobody's surprise ..."ASEXPECTED10Across51 It's a piece of workTASK4Across54 Categorize narrowlyPIGEONHOLE10Across55 They might be red or blondeALES4Across56 One of 12 on a euro coinSTAR4Across57 Wires, saySENDS5Across58

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
"You're doing it all wrong!"STOP4Down1 River next to the Uffizi GalleryARNO4Down2 Put (down)LAID4Down3 Impediment to collaborationEGO3Down4 Barely enoughMINIMAL7Down5 "No need to respond right now"THINKITOVER11Down6 Natural incubatorsHENS4Down7 Bit of energy (and of "energy")ERG3Down8 Makes a snack ofNOSHESON8Down9 Sci-fi remakes?CLONES6Down10 It may have pluses and minusesREPORTCARD10Down11 Lincoln Center's former ___ Fisher HallAVERY5Down12 Containers at airport securityBINS4Down13 Sing like Perry Como or Mel TorméCROON5Down15 Swedish actress LenaOLIN4Down22 Crushed, as a testACED4Down23 Concrete example of rotational forces and fluid dynamics?CEMENTMIXER11Down24 One of two for oneHALF4Down25 Brand that once offered an "Uh-Oh!" varietyOREO4Down26 Best someone, but just barelyWINBYANOSE10Down27 TransfixRIVET5Down28 A walk in the park?HIKE4Down32 The "kid" in "Here's looking at you, kid"ILSA4Down33 Concerns of the Paycheck Fairness ActWAGEGAPS8Down35 Bams, cracks or dots, in mahjongSUIT4Down36 Many a UNESCO siteRUIN4Down38 SubsidesLESSENS7Down39 Much of northern ArkansasOZARKS6Down41 Land animal closely related to whalesHIPPO5Down42 ___ tenderLEGAL5Down43 Shawarma wrapPITA4Down45 Super Monkey Ball brandSEGA4Down46 BucketsATON4Down47 Didn't give wayHELD4Down48 Every month has oneIDES4Down49 Early instruction in canine obedience schoolSIT3Down52 Mandy Patinkin's role in "Evita"CHE3Down53

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This page lists every clue and answer from the New York Times crossword published on Friday, May 2, 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.