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New York Times Crossword May 20 2025 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 76 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the New York Times Crossword May 20 2025 answers. The Tuesday puzzle has 76 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#
Bit or byteUNIT4Across1 Laundry collectorsBINS4Across5 Good thing to bring to a competitionAGAME5Across9 Comedian Trevor with the memoir "Born a Crime"NOAH4Across14 Give offEMIT4Across15 Ring-tailed primateLEMUR5Across16 Consistent with party policyONMESSAGE9Across17 Court colleague of Kagan and KavanaughALITO5Across19 "Eye on the ball," "Get under it!," "I got it!," etc.CATCHPHRASES12Across20 Like some ground ballsONEHOP6Across22 CPR proEMT3Across25 Queen of OlympusHERA4Across26 Pet rescue grp.ASPCA5Across27 Minnesota congresswoman IlhanOMAR4Across31 Mink, ferret, stoat, etc.WEASELWORDS11Across35 Indiana or Independence, in D.C.AVE3Across38 Detroit dud of the 1950sEDSEL5Across39 Wall St. debutIPO3Across40 "You're just too complimentary!"AWGEE5Across41 4G ___ (letters on a cellphone screen)LTE3Across43 "Ta-da," "All done," "There you have it," etc.FINISHLINES11Across44 Poet Byron, for oneLORD4Across47 Like pound cakeDENSE5Across49 Bird whose name sounds like a hip-hop dance moveNENE4Across50 EmployUSE3Across51 Crafters' knivesXACTOS6Across53 Yield, Stop, Dead End, etc.SIGNLANGUAGE12Across55 Tennis champ NaomiOSAKA5Across61 FreighterCARGOSHIP9Across62 On the up and upLEGIT5Across66 TooALSO4Across67 VibeAURA4Across68 College V.I.P.sDEANS5Across69 Cryptanalyst TuringALAN4Across70 What spring may bringTHAW4Across71

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Card game shoutUNO3Down1 Oui's oppositeNON3Down2 Response to "Who's going?"IAM3Down3 Action film climax one might "cut to," in a sayingTHECHASE8Down4 Closest confidantBESTPAL7Down5 Apple all-in-oneIMAC4Down6 Walt Whitman's "As the Time Draws ___"NIGH4Down7 Call repeated in an aerobics classSTEP4Down8 Wake-up callALARM5Down9 Dessert served with the query "Cono o coppetta?" in ItalyGELATO6Down10 Somme friendsAMIS4Down11 Silence on ZoomMUTE4Down12 Cherubic Greek godEROS4Down13 ___ Paulo, BrazilSAO3Down18 Circle at the top of a stick figureHEAD4Down21 "Such is life!"OHWELL6Down22 MustNEEDTO6Down23 Chalk accompanierERASER6Down24 Consumers of hogwashSWINE5Down28 Stop byPOPIN5Down29 HybridizeCROSS5Down30 Souvenir for a refrigeratorMAGNET6Down32 Moisturizer brandAVEENO6Down33 ___ PiecesREESES6Down34 Fey figure of folkloreELF3Down36 Khan who founded Khan AcademySAL3Down37 Flinches in response toWINCESAT8Down42 BrainstormIDEA4Down45 Utah, geometrically speakingHEXAGON7Down46 What "America runs on," in a franchise sloganDUNKIN6Down48 Bed supportsSLATS5Down52 "Give it ___"AGO3Down54 Auctioned off, e.g.SOLD4Down55 "Oh, OK"ISEE4Down56 Crazy (about)GAGA4Down57 March Madness org.NCAA4Down58 ChutzpahGALL4Down59 ___ MajorURSA4Down60 "What'd you say?"HUH3Down63 Public radio host GlassIRA3Down64 Where to find a kitten's "toe beans"PAW3Down65

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