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New York Times Crossword May 23 2025 Answers

Friday puzzle · 72 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 72 clues from the New York Times Crossword for May 23 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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Dining at Chipotle or Panera, e.g.101 AcrossReveal answer → Hand-held 2000s Sony console, for short311 AcrossReveal answer → "The Black Unicorn" poet, 19781014 AcrossReveal answer → "Oh, that's a good one"415 AcrossReveal answer → "Actually, I have good news"1516 AcrossReveal answer → Crush418 AcrossReveal answer → Punt e ___ (vermouth brand)319 AcrossReveal answer → Tight formation620 AcrossReveal answer → Express disapproval, in a way421 AcrossReveal answer → Boston University athlete723 AcrossReveal answer → Expect524 AcrossReveal answer → Inst. in Athens327 AcrossReveal answer → Color akin to camel329 AcrossReveal answer → Sucked up1030 AcrossReveal answer → Class in middle or high school333 AcrossReveal answer → Yellowstone traffic stoppers336 AcrossReveal answer → Cocktails garnished with mint leaves737 AcrossReveal answer → Digitus minimus pedis, for one339 AcrossReveal answer → "Every ___ and fairy sprite / Hop as light as bird from brier": Shak.340 AcrossReveal answer → "I'm listening ..."1041 AcrossReveal answer → Baboon343 AcrossReveal answer → First in command?346 AcrossReveal answer → "The Artist's Garden at Giverny" artist547 AcrossReveal answer → Uber-progressives748 AcrossReveal answer → Doppelgänger451 AcrossReveal answer → Feeling it more653 AcrossReveal answer → "Very. Funny."354 AcrossReveal answer → Drudge455 AcrossReveal answer → Something taken by many artists1559 AcrossReveal answer → Fish bred by Roman nobles462 AcrossReveal answer → What might get you out of a jam?1063 AcrossReveal answer → 1/48 cup: Abbr.364 AcrossReveal answer → What some loggers log1065 AcrossReveal answer →

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Upright41 DownReveal answer → Malibu, e.g.42 DownReveal answer → Calif. school that runs the Mount Laguna Observatory43 DownReveal answer → "Have a taste"74 DownReveal answer → Steering committee V.I.P.35 DownReveal answer → Quinquennial campus visitors, maybe56 DownReveal answer → It hurts when it comes up117 DownReveal answer → Digital addresses48 DownReveal answer → Secondary residence on a property, for short39 DownReveal answer → Café add-in510 DownReveal answer → Children's character who wears a duffle coat1011 DownReveal answer → Cement ingredient512 DownReveal answer → One footing the bill513 DownReveal answer → Monster slain in one of Hercules' 12 labors515 DownReveal answer → Author Vonnegut417 DownReveal answer → Object422 DownReveal answer → Little rats1123 DownReveal answer → Fruit that grows on Jamaican beaches424 DownReveal answer → Determination425 DownReveal answer → Request a hand1026 DownReveal answer → Cunning528 DownReveal answer → Period331 DownReveal answer → South Korean golfer Kim332 DownReveal answer → Days long past434 DownReveal answer → Convene435 DownReveal answer → Place for a cabin438 DownReveal answer → ___ Lamar Hill a.k.a. Lil Nas X742 DownReveal answer → Fugitive's cover544 DownReveal answer → Units that might be metrical or imperial445 DownReveal answer → Aspect548 DownReveal answer → A lot can be made of these549 DownReveal answer → Check for pieces, say550 DownReveal answer → Watch this space!552 DownReveal answer → Actress/inventor Lamarr, the so-called "mother of Wi-Fi"454 DownReveal answer → Kid-friendly race length, in brief456 DownReveal answer → "Gotcha"457 DownReveal answer → Some redos458 DownReveal answer → Compete (for)360 DownReveal answer → Middle: Abbr.361 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the New York Times crossword published on Friday, May 23, 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.