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New York Times Crossword May 21 2025 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 74 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the New York Times Crossword May 21 2025 answers. The Wednesday puzzle has 74 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#
Word with chocolate or computerCHIP4Across1 Thompson or Stone of 2021's "Cruella"EMMA4Across5 FragmentSHARD5Across9 Sci-fi novel with giant sandwormsDUNE4Across14 Help for a faltering businessLOAN4Across15 Type of hunter-gatherer dietPALEO5Across16 "Smile for the photo, dude!"CHEESEDOG9Across17 Able to bend smoothlyLITHE5Across19 FragmentSLIVER6Across20 Mythological instruments of vengeanceFURIES6Across21 Contractor's pipe material, for shortPVC3Across22 "Work on your enunciation, bro!"DELIVERYMAN11Across24 OmenPORTENT7Across26 Little bit of workERG3Across28 "The most beautiful deception of all," per DebussyART3Across29 Tedious workSLOG4Across30 Much social media humorMEMES5Across31 "That is messed up, girl!"TWISTEDSISTER13Across33 ___ and foremostFIRST5Across39 Origin crossersAXES4Across40 MarshlandFEN3Across42 Org. whose officers train at Camp PearyCIA3Across45 Cause to jump, saySTARTLE7Across46 "Protect the quarterback, buddy!"BLOCKBUSTER11Across49 Pupil's placeEYE3Across52 Best way to singINTUNE6Across53 What "sostenuto" means in musicLONGER6Across54 Cuba ___ (drink)LIBRE5Across56 "That's unbelievable, love!"WILDHONEY9Across57 Diarist NinANAIS5Across60 Leave outOMIT4Across61 FingerNAME4Across62 Seems to point toBODES5Across63 "Damned if ___ …"WEDO4Across64 Put on a scheduleSLOT4Across65

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Atlanta-based govt. agencyCDC3Down1 "Come again?"HUH3Down2 How some funds are heldINESCROW8Down3 What old paint might doPEEL4Down4 Smallest three-syllable numberELEVEN6Down5 Tin lizzieMODELT6Down6 Language in which "Kia ora" means "Hello"MAORI5Down7 Director LeeANG3Down8 Goes for the expensive option, saySPLURGES8Down9 Sticky, as a situationHAIRY5Down10 Nissan sedanALTIMA6Down11 Try againREHEAR6Down12 "That ___ ring a bell"DOESNT6Down13 One of two on a recordSIDE4Down18 Physicist EnricoFERMI5Down21 Afterthought's afterthought: Abbr.PPS3Down22 Plug-in ChevyVOLT4Down23 Geese formationsVEES4Down25 Cry near quittin' timeTGIF4Down27 Colorado summer hrs.MDT3Down31 Classic cookie cutter shapeSTAR4Down32 Something feigned by Ferris Bueller to get out of schoolSICKNESS8Down34 Shoshone, e.g.TRIBE5Down35 Biblical birthright bartererESAU4Down36 Not from withinEXTERNAL8Down37 Depend (on)RELY4Down38 "Get it?"SEE3Down41 Forensics HQ in Quantico, Va.FBILAB6Down42 Cause of some turbulent weatherELNINO6Down43 "That's halfway decent!"NOTBAD6Down44 Like a good poker faceSTOLID6Down46 Look afterTENDTO6Down47 Cry of frustrationARGH4Down48 Marie who is the only person to win a Nobel Prize in two different science fieldsCURIE5Down50 Ectoplasmic residueSLIME5Down51 Many agesEONS4Down55 "Mind. Blown."WOW3Down57 Brooding music genreEMO3Down58 So farYET3Down59

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue and answer from the New York Times crossword published on Wednesday, May 21, 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.