NYT Crossword May 1 2025 Answers (5/1/25)

We have all of the answers to the NYT Crossword puzzle for May 1 2025 to help you finish it up!
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Our NYT Crossword May 1, 2025 answers guide should help you finish today’s crossword if you’ve found yourself stuck on a crossword clue. The NYT Crossword is a daily puzzle that tests solvers’ knowledge and vocabulary. It’s one of the most popular crosswords in the world, known for its challenging clues and clever wordplay. The puzzle is published in the print edition of The New York Times and is also available online.

NYT Crossword May 1, 2025 Answers

If you need help solving the NYT Crossword on 5/1/25, 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 Schoolroom that serves as a studio
7A Original airer of "Doctor Who"
10A Covenant
14A Give a lashing
15A Whom Will Smith played in a 2001 sports biopic
16A Son of Zeus and Hera
17A Sweetener in some diet sodas
18A *Cat breed named after an Indonesian island from which it didn't originate
20A Places to carry out some takeout orders, for short?
21A Light unit
23A "Not in the ___!"
24A *It's "read" as a stern warning
26A *Relative of a snowboard
28A ___ Men (group that won a Grammy Award in 2001 for Best Dance Recording)
29A Old tone
31A Is for the people?
32A Daffy Duck speaking feature
34A "I wanna!"
37A Brings up a prior topic … or a hint to making sense of the answers to this puzzle's starred clues
41A Country that was home to the Ebla library, thought to be the world's first (2500 B.C.)
42A Sheet music symbol
44A Past-tense verb that's potentially confusing (but grammatically correct!) when written twice in a row
47A ___ salt (form of magnesium sulfate)
50A Lead-in to -nautics
52A *Carve out, in a way
55A *Comedy club fare
57A Columbus's birthplace
58A "___ My Heart in San Francisco"
60A Video game character speaking a gibberish language
61A *Villain's expression
63A Like does
65A ___ Mendoza, former first lady of Puerto Rico
66A Onetime C.I.A. foe
67A Like government secrets, occasionally
68A Title friend of Marlin in an animated film
69A Times Square ball drop setting, in brief
70A Revered sorts
1D Soak up
2D Outcome of a hung jury
3D "How stylish!"
4D W.C.
5D Not quite straight up
6D Gorgeous ones, informally
7D Film based on the 1983 children's novel "The Sheep-Pig"
8D Some comforters for toddlers
9D Modern prefix with normativity
10D Dairy-less diet
11D Singer Grande
12D Turn into stars, say?
13D Tswana for "fly"
19D West ___ (furniture retailer)
22D Trailblazing astronaut Jemison
25D Refuge from the heat
27D It's one foot long
30D Calls for sympathy
33D Snoop
35D Big thing in fast food?
36D Splendor
38D Language that gave us "Saskatchewan"
39D Piercings that might be felt while kissing
40D Memento
43D More delicate and weak
44D Who says "You're a wizard, Harry"
45D Skin-care brand
46D City that lends its name to a style of omelet
48D Uplifting work
49D Quiet
51D Popping pills, say
53D Racket-raising
54D ___ pal
56D Source of Andrew Carnegie's wealth
59D Community associated with Out magazine
62D President posthumously inducted in the World Golf Hall of Fame, informally
64D Crackpot

We also recommend trying your hand at the NYT Mini Crossword, which is definitely easier (on all days!) as it is a 5×5, compared to the full-sized crossword (which is 15×15, and the Sunday edition is 21×21!). New crosswords are released at 10PM ET on weekdays and 6PM ET on weekends.

The New York Times crossword was first published in The New York Times in 1942 and has been a daily feature ever since. It is known for its high level of difficulty and for its clever, often playful, clues and themes. The puzzles range in size from 15x15 grids on weekdays to larger 21x21 grids on Sundays, with varying levels of difficulty.

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The New York Times crossword is created by a team of skilled puzzle constructors and editors, who work to ensure that each puzzle is both entertaining and challenging for solvers. The puzzles are often themed, with clues and answers related to a particular subject or concept, and they frequently feature wordplay and puns.

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Solving the New York Times crossword has become a beloved pastime for many, and there are even competitions and clubs devoted to crossword puzzle solving. The New York Times crossword is available in print in the newspaper and online, and it has a dedicated following of loyal solvers who eagerly await each day's puzzle.

If you’re still struggling to solve your NYT crosswords, consider practicing with the Eugene Sheffer and Thomas Joseph dailies first. If you’re looking for similarly challenging crosswords, we recommend the WSJ Crossword and LA Times Crossword.

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