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New York Times Crossword May 24 2025 Answers

Saturday puzzle · 75 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the New York Times Crossword May 24 2025 answers. The Saturday puzzle has 75 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#
Course on behavior, for shortPSYCH5Across1 Song and danceRIGAMAROLE10Across6 Lyrical pieceEPODE5Across16 Like many jobs for recent gradsENTRYLEVEL10Across17 Feeling described as "hoping for the best, but fearing the worst"CAUTIOUSOPTIMISM16Across18 "That stings!"OWW3Across20 Becomes inoperable, in a wayRUSTS5Across21 Sources of wind soundsREEDS5Across22 Neck, in NewcastleSNOG4Across23 Scuttlebutt, these daysTEA3Across25 Said, informallyWENT4Across26 Places for changePURSES6Across27 Magic center, familiarlySHAQ4Across29 Certain digital denizenSIM3Across30 Share the spotlightCOLEAD6Across33 Creature that returns to the beach where it was born for laying eggsSEATURTLE9Across34 Pixel-dense, for shortHIDEF5Across36 QuicklySTAT4Across37 Lousy pair to choose fromEVILS5Across38 Infamous denier of Mary and JosephINNKEEPER9Across39 GuysFELLAS6Across41 Esq., oftenATT3Across42 Rock band founded by three sistersHAIM4Across43 "Hey ___!" (Nickelodeon cartoon of 1996-2004)ARNOLD6Across44 Data commandSORT4Across45 WhateverANY3Across46 Digital recording pioneerTIVO4Across47 "Yeah, sure"UHHUH5Across49 Producers of some wavesSINES5Across51 Letters for the dearly departedRIP3Across53 Positive result of having 18-Across, perhapsPLEASANTSURPRISE16Across54 "Don't expect that from me"INEVERWILL10Across57 Let upEASED5Across58 Charges that vary between statesSALESTAXES10Across59 Culls, with "out"WEEDS5Across60

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
River that once marked the boundary of the Wild WestPECOS5Down1 Location where a video game character starts (or restarts) a levelSPAWNPOINT10Down2 Incredulous reply to a daring schemeYOUWOULDNT10Down3 Summer hrs. in IowaCDT3Down4 Mary I, to Henry VIIIHEIR4Down5 Finds another purpose forREUSES6Down6 Quick start?INSTA5Down7 Old muscle carsGTOS4Down8 "Human Concretion" sculptorARP3Down9 Nice thing to hear from one's dining partnerMYTREAT7Down10 Xenomorph who can produce humanoid offspringALIENQUEEN10Down11 Held another sessionREMET5Down12 Younger contemporary of VirgilOVID4Down13 MinusLESS4Down14 Water-resistant woodELM3Down15 ExposedOUTED5Down19 Xi's languageGREEK5Down24 "You did ___?!"WHAT4Down26 Shelters from the heat?SAFEHOUSES10Down28 BrandSEAR4Down29 Classic poem with the lines "Leaving behind nights of terror and fear ... Into a daybreak that’s wondrously clear"STILLIRISE10Down30 Not recommendedILLADVISED10Down31 Eton ___ (traditional English dessert)MESS4Down32 Smoothie seedCHIA4Down33 A flute might have a short oneSTEM4Down34 Place for a camperRVLOT5Down35 Implement at a roastSPIT4Down37 Aviation legendEARHART7Down40 Word with air or deepFRYER5Down41 Undoes, in courtANNULS6Down44 Manscape, perhapsSHAVE5Down45 Proverbial thing to cross, in politicsAISLE5Down46 One-sided columnsOPEDS5Down48 Radius neighborULNA4Down49 Direction for a dogHEEL4Down50 Thin rods, in some product namesSTIX4Down51 Send flyingSPEW4Down52 Magnum and Spade, for shortPIS3Down54 Music group co-founded by Dr. DreNWA3Down55 Social media star Addison ___RAE3Down56

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This page lists every clue and answer from the New York Times crossword published on Saturday, May 24, 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.