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New York Times Crossword May 22 2025 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 76 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the New York Times Crossword May 22 2025 answers. The Thursday 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#
It burnsACID4Across1 With 11-Down and 58-Across, aphorism about the effect of sudden wealth … or a hint to the answers to the starred cluesMONEY5Across5 CulminationACME4Across10 Opposite of 1-AcrossBASE4Across14 Came to beAROSE5Across15 Jackson who won 11 N.B.A. championships as head coachPHIL4Across16 *Be brave and proud [Iran]STANDTRIAL10Across17 Framed itemPANE4Across19 A, to a FrankfurterEINE4Across20 "Star Trek" pilotSULU4Across21 French handle?NOM3Across23 *How some medications are taken [Jordan]ORDINARY8Across24 Einstein, notablyEMIGRE6Across27 "We're out of the woods"ITSSAFE7Across29 Part of many a smartphone upgradeTRADEIN7Across30 Bath roomLOO3Across31 Accessory used by Woody in the "Toy Story" moviesLASSO5Across32 "Who ___?"ISNT4Across34 *Luminous meteor [South Africa]FIREBRAND9Across35 Brother hood?COWL4Across38 Cardio exercise programTAEBO5Across41 "That's the pits!"UGH3Across42 Formally picksANOINTS7Across45 Call again?RETITLE7Across48 Dumbledore, to Harry PotterMENTOR6Across50 *Ones on your side [Costa Rica]COLONIES8Across51 Grp. with a hit remake of Chuck Berry's "Roll Over Beethoven"ELO3Across52 Damages seekerSUER4Across53 Most-applied-to college in the U.S.UCLA4Across55 Travel aroundROVE4Across56 See 5-AcrossEVERYTHING10Across58 Where things get heatedOVEN4Across62 Home that sounds like two lettersTEPEE5Across63 1990s Israeli president WeizmanEZER4Across64 Square oneNERD4Across65 Seeded #1, sayONTOP5Across66 Film editor ___ AllenDEDE4Across67

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Olympic diver's pride, maybeABS3Down1 Target as an audienceCATERTO7Down2 Parent's blunt answer to "Why?"ISAIDSO7Down3 Hopper of HollywoodDENNIS6Down4 Support for a tumblerMAT3Down5 His #4 was retired by the N.H.L.'s BruinsORR3Down6 ClamorousNOISY5Down7 Biblical figure seen in the sauna?ESAU4Down8 Stentorian sortYELLER6Down9 Telegram or CapCutAPP3Down10 See 5-AcrossCHANGES7Down11 Study secondarilyMINORIN7Down12 Palladium, e.g.ELEMENT7Down13 National park with a working sled dog kennelDENALI6Down18 Name that aptly completes the missing letters in Th_ r_ _nUMA3Down22 Industry in "There Will Be Blood"OIL3Down24 A long way awayAFAR4Down25 Fresh startsRESETS6Down26 "Look what ___!"IDID4Down28 One who deals with a lot of bull?TORERO6Down30 Fed. loan groupSBA3Down33 Moths do itFLIT4Down35 Son of Adam and EveABEL4Down36 At homeNOTOUT6Down37 "True Lies" director JamesCAMERON7Down38 Bob Marley song in the Grammy Hall of FameONELOVE7Down39 *Ubiquitously [Korea]WONOVER7Down40 Bring into playUTILIZE7Down42 Gradually found outGLEANED7Down43 Studs, stags and steersHES3Down44 Figs.NOS3Down46 Not deviating fromTRUETO6Down47 Moved slowlyINCHED6Down49 Moved slowlyCREPT5Down51 SquareEVEN4Down54 ___ userEND3Down57 Classic car inits.REO3Down59 "No doubt about it"YEP3Down60 Sr.'s testGRE3Down61

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This page lists every clue and answer from the New York Times crossword published on Thursday, May 22, 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.