Daily Themed Crossword May 16 2025 Answers (5/16/25)

Our Daily Themed Crossword May 16, 2025 answers guide should help you finish today’s crossword if you’ve found yourself stuck on a crossword clue. The Daily Themed Crossword is available as a mobile app on both iOS and Android devices. It has become a popular crossword app due to its regular crossword offerings and difficulty level (not too easy, not too difficult, generally). They release a new crossword each day, every day of the year, and each crossword has a theme and allows for hints in case an answer involves a more obscure word.

Daily Themed Crossword May 16, 2025 Answers

If you need help solving the Daily Themed Crossword on 5/16/25, we’ve listed all of the crossword clues below so you can find the answer(s) you need. You can search for the clue and then select the appropriate clue to get the answer. We have done it this way so that if you’re just looking for a handful of clues, you won’t spoil other ones you’re working on!

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#	Clue
1A	IRS's collection
4A	Meow-er
7A	"In ___ likelihood ..."
10A	Spanish cry at a football stadium
11A	Yale or Dartmouth, e.g., for short
12A	"___ there be light!"
13A	Perform like Adele or Sabrina Carpenter
15A	Sheep's greeting
16A	"Breaking ___" (series with Bryan Cranston)
17A	Mystical glow
20A	___ runner, "Looney Tunes" bird who inspired the name for a spider species
22A	Calendar units, for short
23A	Crow's call
24A	"Frankly ...," to a texter: Abbr.
27A	Give stars on Uber
29A	Animated fish from the eponymous Pixar movie which inspired the name for a spider species
33A	"Metallic" humor with a twist
35A	Not even
37A	___ Zeppelin (rock band)
38A	King ___, giant gorilla from many eponymous movies who inspired the name for a finch species
39A	On ___ for the course (right on track)
40A	Hot temper
41A	Unbiased hiring letters
43A	Curtain hanger
45A	Inspiring talk before a big game
48A	Dog's foot
50A	Dinosaur-like monster from a 1954 movie who inspired the name for a few crustacean species
55A	"You ___ what you sow"
58A	Sandwich fish
59A	Aesop's "The ___ Who Cried Wolf"
60A	The Three Musketeers, for one
61A	Bambi's dad, e.g.
62A	Scarfed down a meal
63A	Group of buffalo or goats, usually
1D	How-___ (instructional books)
2D	"Beef" actress ___ Wong
3D	Warrior princess from the eponymous TV series who inspired the name for an isopod species
4D	Baby bear
5D	Santa ___, California
6D	Homecoming Queen's head topper
7D	Actress Jessica of "Good Luck Chuck"
8D	Show the way
9D	"Inc.," in London, for short
14D	Chewing treat that's usually borrowed
18D	___ Gilmore (one of the Gilmore girls)
19D	"___ rule, I don't allow it ...": 2 wds.
21D	"I can make it on my ___!" (young adult affirmation)
23D	Fragrant closet wood
24D	"___ ToK" (Kesha hit)
25D	Response to "Dude!," say
26D	Fine-tune, as a skill
28D	Preferred bunk, to kids
30D	Peyton Manning's very successful younger brother
31D	Prefix with "maid" for a mythical sea creature
32D	"___ to a Nightingale" (John Keats poem)
34D	Doctors Without Borders or World Wildlife Fund, e.g.: Abbr.
36D	___-dead gorgeous
42D	Allergy "Pen" prefix
44D	___ Vader, villain from the "Star Wars" franchise who inspired the name for a "sea bug" species
46D	Actor Idris from the "Luther"
47D	Piece of land
49D	Shapeshifting prefix with "wolf"
50D	Some sports cars: Abbr.
51D	"Get ___" (Jordan Peele movie)
52D	Genetic code of life: Abbr.
53D	Zig's other half
54D	Sailor's "Affirmative!"
56D	With the next word, one piece of an Apple earphone
57D	With the previous word, one piece of an Apple earphone

Daily Themed Crossword is a popular online crossword puzzle game that is updated daily with new puzzles for players to solve. The game is developed by PlaySimple Games and is available on both iOS and Android devices.

The puzzles in Daily Themed Crossword are organized around a different theme each day, with clues and answers related to that theme. For example, the theme for a particular day might be movies, and all the clues and answers would be related to movies in some way.

The game is designed to be accessible to players of all skill levels, with puzzles ranging from easy to difficult. The game also includes helpful features such as hints and the ability to reveal individual letters or words to help players progress through more challenging puzzles.

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