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NYT Crossword May 9 2025 Answers

All 72 clues from the Friday New York Times crossword, checked against the published NYT solution. Select any clue to see its verified answer with the full explanation.

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ALL CLUES72 CLUES
ACROSS
1AWalks softly4 lettersSee answer ›5AImpossible to contact by ordinary means10 lettersSee answer ›15A"___, sing America"4 lettersSee answer ›16AFeature focused on investigation and resolution10 lettersSee answer ›17ATurf4 lettersSee answer ›18ADownward-facing dog?10 lettersSee answer ›19A___ text (label for a screen reader)3 lettersSee answer ›20A___ Robert Jr., 2020 Gold Glove Award winner4 lettersSee answer ›21AEncrust4 lettersSee answer ›22AWhat might be caught Red-handed?7 lettersSee answer ›24ACracker topper4 lettersSee answer ›27ARaise5 lettersSee answer ›28APopular vacation spot8 lettersSee answer ›32ATalks up5 lettersSee answer ›33AIt's not worth what it seems9 lettersSee answer ›34AKick out4 lettersSee answer ›35ARoughly 62% of its claimed territory is in Antarctica5 lettersSee answer ›36AFine-textured wood used in musical instruments4 lettersSee answer ›37AUnfettered flow of goods9 lettersSee answer ›39AIt might turn up a turnip5 lettersSee answer ›40ASoftware clients8 lettersSee answer ›41AMinuscule5 lettersSee answer ›42A"That's my opinion, too"4 lettersSee answer ›43AComponents of some makeovers7 lettersSee answer ›45ABoatload4 lettersSee answer ›48AFirst-rate, in slang4 lettersSee answer ›49AR&B's ___ Hill3 lettersSee answer ›50A"Be kind!"10 lettersSee answer ›54AFirst name of the first Black woman to win a Nobel Prize in Literature4 lettersSee answer ›55AWhat holding one's thumb up might indicate10 lettersSee answer ›56A"How could ___?"4 lettersSee answer ›57ACooking byproduct sometimes called "liquid gold"10 lettersSee answer ›58ARescues, maybe4 lettersSee answer ›
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1DFragrant rice dish5 lettersSee answer ›2DDay and night10 lettersSee answer ›3D"Must I spell it out further?"10 lettersSee answer ›4DTurf3 lettersSee answer ›5DLike practices associated with pentacles6 lettersSee answer ›6DEnfeebled5 lettersSee answer ›7DSome scuba diving gear4 lettersSee answer ›8D"OMG, I didn't need to know that!"3 lettersSee answer ›9D"She's everything. ___ just Ken" (2023 movie tagline)3 lettersSee answer ›10DGenre heard at many raves, for short3 lettersSee answer ›11DPioneer in computer science who has a college at Yale named after her11 lettersSee answer ›12DAsian royal4 lettersSee answer ›13D"Don't worry about me"4 lettersSee answer ›14DHave the audacity4 lettersSee answer ›20DColleen4 lettersSee answer ›23DEmotionally complex, in a way11 lettersSee answer ›24DJames Baldwin's "If ___ Street Could Talk"5 lettersSee answer ›25DOne-named singer in the 2023 hit "Prada"4 lettersSee answer ›26DWhat one might subscribe to3 lettersSee answer ›28D"I'll let that ___ …"5 lettersSee answer ›29DNot to be repeated10 lettersSee answer ›30DSeeking comment?10 lettersSee answer ›31DTitle 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"4 lettersSee answer ›32DStir-fry protein option4 lettersSee answer ›33DThis, too, shall pass5 lettersSee answer ›35DSqueeze4 lettersSee answer ›38DNot yet final, in brief3 lettersSee answer ›39DNumber of kings en España named Felipe4 lettersSee answer ›41DPosition at a food company6 lettersSee answer ›43DThrong5 lettersSee answer ›44DBoardroom group5 lettersSee answer ›45DMail4 lettersSee answer ›46DSuperboy's crush4 lettersSee answer ›47DHoliday lead-ins4 lettersSee answer ›48DEntice4 lettersSee answer ›51DAntidiscrimination legis. of 19903 lettersSee answer ›52D___ flakes (fruity Chinese snack)3 lettersSee answer ›53DLong period3 lettersSee answer ›54DWhat a boat shouldn't do3 lettersSee answer ›
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