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New York Times Crossword May 21 2025 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 74 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 74 clues from the New York Times Crossword for May 21 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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Across

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ClueLetters#Answer
Word with chocolate or computer41 AcrossReveal answer → Thompson or Stone of 2021's "Cruella"45 AcrossReveal answer → Fragment59 AcrossReveal answer → Sci-fi novel with giant sandworms414 AcrossReveal answer → Help for a faltering business415 AcrossReveal answer → Type of hunter-gatherer diet516 AcrossReveal answer → "Smile for the photo, dude!"917 AcrossReveal answer → Able to bend smoothly519 AcrossReveal answer → Fragment620 AcrossReveal answer → Mythological instruments of vengeance621 AcrossReveal answer → Contractor's pipe material, for short322 AcrossReveal answer → "Work on your enunciation, bro!"1124 AcrossReveal answer → Omen726 AcrossReveal answer → Little bit of work328 AcrossReveal answer → "The most beautiful deception of all," per Debussy329 AcrossReveal answer → Tedious work430 AcrossReveal answer → Much social media humor531 AcrossReveal answer → "That is messed up, girl!"1333 AcrossReveal answer → ___ and foremost539 AcrossReveal answer → Origin crossers440 AcrossReveal answer → Marshland342 AcrossReveal answer → Org. whose officers train at Camp Peary345 AcrossReveal answer → Cause to jump, say746 AcrossReveal answer → "Protect the quarterback, buddy!"1149 AcrossReveal answer → Pupil's place352 AcrossReveal answer → Best way to sing653 AcrossReveal answer → What "sostenuto" means in music654 AcrossReveal answer → Cuba ___ (drink)556 AcrossReveal answer → "That's unbelievable, love!"957 AcrossReveal answer → Diarist Nin560 AcrossReveal answer → Leave out461 AcrossReveal answer → Finger462 AcrossReveal answer → Seems to point to563 AcrossReveal answer → "Damned if ___ …"464 AcrossReveal answer → Put on a schedule465 AcrossReveal answer →

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ClueLetters#Answer
Atlanta-based govt. agency31 DownReveal answer → "Come again?"32 DownReveal answer → How some funds are held83 DownReveal answer → What old paint might do44 DownReveal answer → Smallest three-syllable number65 DownReveal answer → Tin lizzie66 DownReveal answer → Language in which "Kia ora" means "Hello"57 DownReveal answer → Director Lee38 DownReveal answer → Goes for the expensive option, say89 DownReveal answer → Sticky, as a situation510 DownReveal answer → Nissan sedan611 DownReveal answer → Try again612 DownReveal answer → "That ___ ring a bell"613 DownReveal answer → One of two on a record418 DownReveal answer → Physicist Enrico521 DownReveal answer → Afterthought's afterthought: Abbr.322 DownReveal answer → Plug-in Chevy423 DownReveal answer → Geese formations425 DownReveal answer → Cry near quittin' time427 DownReveal answer → Colorado summer hrs.331 DownReveal answer → Classic cookie cutter shape432 DownReveal answer → Something feigned by Ferris Bueller to get out of school834 DownReveal answer → Shoshone, e.g.535 DownReveal answer → Biblical birthright barterer436 DownReveal answer → Not from within837 DownReveal answer → Depend (on)438 DownReveal answer → "Get it?"341 DownReveal answer → Forensics HQ in Quantico, Va.642 DownReveal answer → Cause of some turbulent weather643 DownReveal answer → "That's halfway decent!"644 DownReveal answer → Like a good poker face646 DownReveal answer → Look after647 DownReveal answer → Cry of frustration448 DownReveal answer → Marie who is the only person to win a Nobel Prize in two different science fields550 DownReveal answer → Ectoplasmic residue551 DownReveal answer → Many ages455 DownReveal answer → "Mind. Blown."357 DownReveal answer → Brooding music genre358 DownReveal answer → So far359 DownReveal answer →

About this puzzle

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