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New York Times Crossword May 20 2025 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 76 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 76 clues from the New York Times Crossword for May 20 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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Bit or byte41 AcrossReveal answer → Laundry collectors45 AcrossReveal answer → Good thing to bring to a competition59 AcrossReveal answer → Comedian Trevor with the memoir "Born a Crime"414 AcrossReveal answer → Give off415 AcrossReveal answer → Ring-tailed primate516 AcrossReveal answer → Consistent with party policy917 AcrossReveal answer → Court colleague of Kagan and Kavanaugh519 AcrossReveal answer → "Eye on the ball," "Get under it!," "I got it!," etc.1220 AcrossReveal answer → Like some ground balls622 AcrossReveal answer → CPR pro325 AcrossReveal answer → Queen of Olympus426 AcrossReveal answer → Pet rescue grp.527 AcrossReveal answer → Minnesota congresswoman Ilhan431 AcrossReveal answer → Mink, ferret, stoat, etc.1135 AcrossReveal answer → Indiana or Independence, in D.C.338 AcrossReveal answer → Detroit dud of the 1950s539 AcrossReveal answer → Wall St. debut340 AcrossReveal answer → "You're just too complimentary!"541 AcrossReveal answer → 4G ___ (letters on a cellphone screen)343 AcrossReveal answer → "Ta-da," "All done," "There you have it," etc.1144 AcrossReveal answer → Poet Byron, for one447 AcrossReveal answer → Like pound cake549 AcrossReveal answer → Bird whose name sounds like a hip-hop dance move450 AcrossReveal answer → Employ351 AcrossReveal answer → Crafters' knives653 AcrossReveal answer → Yield, Stop, Dead End, etc.1255 AcrossReveal answer → Tennis champ Naomi561 AcrossReveal answer → Freighter962 AcrossReveal answer → On the up and up566 AcrossReveal answer → Too467 AcrossReveal answer → Vibe468 AcrossReveal answer → College V.I.P.s569 AcrossReveal answer → Cryptanalyst Turing470 AcrossReveal answer → What spring may bring471 AcrossReveal answer →

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Card game shout31 DownReveal answer → Oui's opposite32 DownReveal answer → Response to "Who's going?"33 DownReveal answer → Action film climax one might "cut to," in a saying84 DownReveal answer → Closest confidant75 DownReveal answer → Apple all-in-one46 DownReveal answer → Walt Whitman's "As the Time Draws ___"47 DownReveal answer → Call repeated in an aerobics class48 DownReveal answer → Wake-up call59 DownReveal answer → Dessert served with the query "Cono o coppetta?" in Italy610 DownReveal answer → Somme friends411 DownReveal answer → Silence on Zoom412 DownReveal answer → Cherubic Greek god413 DownReveal answer → ___ Paulo, Brazil318 DownReveal answer → Circle at the top of a stick figure421 DownReveal answer → "Such is life!"622 DownReveal answer → Must623 DownReveal answer → Chalk accompanier624 DownReveal answer → Consumers of hogwash528 DownReveal answer → Stop by529 DownReveal answer → Hybridize530 DownReveal answer → Souvenir for a refrigerator632 DownReveal answer → Moisturizer brand633 DownReveal answer → ___ Pieces634 DownReveal answer → Fey figure of folklore336 DownReveal answer → Khan who founded Khan Academy337 DownReveal answer → Flinches in response to842 DownReveal answer → Brainstorm445 DownReveal answer → Utah, geometrically speaking746 DownReveal answer → What "America runs on," in a franchise slogan648 DownReveal answer → Bed supports552 DownReveal answer → "Give it ___"354 DownReveal answer → Auctioned off, e.g.455 DownReveal answer → "Oh, OK"456 DownReveal answer → Crazy (about)457 DownReveal answer → March Madness org.458 DownReveal answer → Chutzpah459 DownReveal answer → ___ Major460 DownReveal answer → "What'd you say?"363 DownReveal answer → Public radio host Glass364 DownReveal answer → Where to find a kitten's "toe beans"365 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the New York Times crossword published on Tuesday, May 20, 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.