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New York Times Crossword May 8 2025 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 78 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 78 clues from the New York Times Crossword for May 8 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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2022 Jordan Peele horror/sci-fi film41 AcrossReveal answer → San ___ Bay (estuary near San Francisco)55 AcrossReveal answer → Noted silver-tongued Olympic gold medalist310 AcrossReveal answer → Coin toss call413 AcrossReveal answer → Supply514 AcrossReveal answer → Generals and such415 AcrossReveal answer → Quickly put (together)416 AcrossReveal answer → Tres + tres + tres517 AcrossReveal answer → Single ___ (tourney type)418 AcrossReveal answer → Clarifying words419 AcrossReveal answer → Kierkegaard, for one420 AcrossReveal answer → Cattle steerers521 AcrossReveal answer → Worn-down part322 AcrossReveal answer → Fail to understand624 AcrossReveal answer → Section of a curriculum326 AcrossReveal answer → Broadway star Hagen328 AcrossReveal answer → Musical pitch interval730 AcrossReveal answer → Mayo to mayo, say334 AcrossReveal answer → Writer honored by Oz Park in Chicago435 AcrossReveal answer → "My Neighbor ___," 1988 Hayao Miyazaki film637 AcrossReveal answer → One not getting enough sleep in Apr., perhaps338 AcrossReveal answer → "Mind your own business!" ... or a hint to the four sides of this puzzle739 AcrossReveal answer → Prefix with meter341 AcrossReveal answer → As a ___642 AcrossReveal answer → Prefix with phobia444 AcrossReveal answer → "I'm Just ___" (2023 Oscar-nominated song)345 AcrossReveal answer → Halting speakers?746 AcrossReveal answer → "Inside Politics" airer348 AcrossReveal answer → Field349 AcrossReveal answer → Like many flowers and prizes650 AcrossReveal answer → Down in the dumps352 AcrossReveal answer → Tasty pastry spread554 AcrossReveal answer → Main ingredient in the Japanese liqueur umeshu457 AcrossReveal answer → Hats, informally459 AcrossReveal answer → Nice chunk of dough462 AcrossReveal answer → Garden tool563 AcrossReveal answer → Kind of arch that resembles the shape of a Hershey's Kiss464 AcrossReveal answer → Qualifying races465 AcrossReveal answer → This might come in a saucer566 AcrossReveal answer → Side to take into consideration467 AcrossReveal answer → Actress Goth of 2022's "X"368 AcrossReveal answer → Supervises569 AcrossReveal answer → Mustang feature, once470 AcrossReveal answer →

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Org. with probes41 DownReveal answer → Muddies, as water42 DownReveal answer → Ascetic breakfast selection103 DownReveal answer → Channel for watching college games54 DownReveal answer → Turn topsy-turvy45 DownReveal answer → One doing some deep-sea exploration86 DownReveal answer → "Muy ___!"57 DownReveal answer → Resides a long time ago?68 DownReveal answer → Be down in the dumps39 DownReveal answer → Singer Guthrie410 DownReveal answer → Crisscross pattern411 DownReveal answer → Credos412 DownReveal answer → Lacking, with "of"615 DownReveal answer → Bike and Bike+, e.g.821 DownReveal answer → Like a witch's cauldron823 DownReveal answer → God honored by gladiatorial fights625 DownReveal answer → Mother-of-pearl526 DownReveal answer → How to sign a check527 DownReveal answer → Draw tight629 DownReveal answer → Criticized1031 DownReveal answer → Primate, for humans532 DownReveal answer → Who "can get in the way of what I'm feelin'," in an Alicia Keys hit533 DownReveal answer → Letters on an N.Y.C. fare card336 DownReveal answer → Obstructed, as an opening840 DownReveal answer → God who begat the Titans643 DownReveal answer → Lissome647 DownReveal answer → Author ___-René Lesage551 DownReveal answer → Overhead553 DownReveal answer → Thing on a docket454 DownReveal answer → Something a waiter may pull out455 DownReveal answer → I, to Socrates456 DownReveal answer → Sharp set?458 DownReveal answer → Interior design460 DownReveal answer → Permeate461 DownReveal answer → Fill fully363 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the New York Times crossword published on Thursday, May 8, 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.