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New York Times Crossword May 9 2025 Answers

Friday puzzle · 72 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the New York Times Crossword May 9 2025 answers. The Friday puzzle has 72 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#
Walks softlyPADS4Across1 Impossible to contact by ordinary meansOFFTHEGRID10Across5 "___, sing America"ITOO4Across15 Feature focused on investigation and resolutionCRIMEDRAMA10Across16 TurfLAND4Across17 Downward-facing dog?CANISMAJOR10Across18 ___ text (label for a screen reader)ALT3Across19 ___ Robert Jr., 2020 Gold Glove Award winnerLUIS4Across20 EncrustCAKE4Across21 What might be caught Red-handed?FLYBALL7Across22 Cracker topperBRIE4Across24 RaiseHOIST5Across27 Popular vacation spotSEASHORE8Across28 Talks upTOUTS5Across32 It's not worth what it seemsPLAYMONEY9Across33 Kick outOUST4Across34 Roughly 62% of its claimed territory is in AntarcticaCHILE5Across35 Fine-textured wood used in musical instrumentsPEAR4Across36 Unfettered flow of goodsFREETRADE9Across37 It might turn up a turnipSPADE5Across39 Software clientsUSERBASE8Across40 MinusculeTEENY5Across41 "That's my opinion, too"SAME4Across42 Components of some makeoversHAIRDOS7Across43 BoatloadSLEW4Across45 First-rate, in slangBOSS4Across48 R&B's ___ HillDRU3Across49 "Be kind!"HAVEAHEART10Across50 First name of the first Black woman to win a Nobel Prize in LiteratureTONI4Across54 What holding one's thumb up might indicateINEEDARIDE10Across55 "How could ___?"INOT4Across56 Cooking byproduct sometimes called "liquid gold"PASTAWATER10Across57 Rescues, maybePETS4Across58

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Fragrant rice dishPILAF5Down1 Day and nightATALLHOURS10Down2 "Must I spell it out further?"DONTYOUSEE10Down3 TurfSOD3Down4 Like practices associated with pentaclesOCCULT6Down5 EnfeebledFRAIL5Down6 Some scuba diving gearFINS4Down7 "OMG, I didn't need to know that!"TMI3Down8 "She's everything. ___ just Ken" (2023 movie tagline)HES3Down9 Genre heard at many raves, for shortEDM3Down10 Pioneer in computer science who has a college at Yale named after herGRACEHOPPER11Down11 Asian royalRAJA4Down12 "Don't worry about me"IMOK4Down13 Have the audacityDARE4Down14 ColleenLASS4Down20 Emotionally complex, in a wayBITTERSWEET11Down23 James Baldwin's "If ___ Street Could Talk"BEALE5Down24 One-named singer in the 2023 hit "Prada"RAYE4Down25 What one might subscribe toISM3Down26 "I'll let that ___ …"SLIDE5Down28 Not to be repeatedONEANDDONE10Down29 Seeking comment?READYORNOT10Down30 Title heroine who says "I am no bird; and no net ensnares me; I am a free human being with an independent will; which I now exert to leave you"EYRE4Down31 Stir-fry protein optionTOFU4Down32 This, too, shall passPHASE5Down33 SqueezeCRAM4Down35 Not yet final, in briefTBA3Down38 Number of kings en España named FelipeSEIS4Down39 Position at a food companyTASTER6Down41 ThrongHORDE5Down43 Boardroom groupSUITS5Down44 MailSHIP4Down45 Superboy's crushLANA4Down46 Holiday lead-insEVES4Down47 EnticeBAIT4Down48 Antidiscrimination legis. of 1990ADA3Down51 ___ flakes (fruity Chinese snack)HAW3Down52 Long periodERA3Down53 What a boat shouldn't doTIP3Down54

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue and answer from the New York Times crossword published on Friday, May 9, 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.