New Yorker Crossword May 8 2025 Answers (5/8/25)

Our New Yorker Crossword May 8, 2025 answers guide should help you finish today’s crossword if you’ve found yourself stuck on a crossword clue.

The New Yorker Crossword May 8, 2025 Answers

If you need help solving the New Yorker Crossword on 5/8/25, 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	Recedes, as the tide
5A	Impulse
9A	Brazenness
10A	“That happened to me, too”
11A	Crafting staple used in drag makeup to mask one’s natural eyebrows
13A	Intensifies
14A	Leaflike symbol in a deck of cards
15A	Counterpart of long., on a map
17A	Former Secretary of the Interior Haaland
20A	Use for ripe avocados
24A	Like some lawsuits brought against mergers
25A	Wood-eating insect
1D	Key ingredient in a custard
2D	Like Michael Jordan or Stanley Tucci
3D	Massachusetts or Hawaii, politically
4D	Activity that seems to pass in the blink of an eye
5D	More formal alternative to tú
6D	Scrubbed after a shower?
7D	Yukons and Sierras, e.g.
8D	Frightened cry
12D	Business that might have a sauna and a cold plunge
15D	Alternative to J.F.K.
16D	Cool ___ (archetypal family member)
18D	Partner of “if” in some code
19D	Wager
21D	Street-address abbr. for a cul-de-sac, perhaps
22D	Spot to make a deposit
23D	Brain-scan option: Abbr.

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