NYT Crossword May 18 2025 Answers (5/18/25)

We have all of the answers to the NYT Crossword puzzle for May 18 2025 to help you finish it up!
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Our NYT Crossword May 18, 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 18, 2025 Answers

If you need help solving the NYT Crossword on 5/18/25, 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 Verso's counterpart
6A Alternative to an onion bagel
11A Jai ___
15A Where the Pilgrims first landed in the New World
19A Skating gold medalist Oksana
20A Host
21A Quick look
22A Has a tab open, say
23A Hip-hop's "Puba" and "Daddy I.U."?
25A Station near Madison Square Garden, for short
26A Fleet
27A Hung around
28A Remove from the champagne bucket?
30A "Just kidding!"
31A Feeling rash?
34A Hip-hop artist with the 2019 hit "My Type"
35A Crisis involving cartels
39A Goes "Vroom!"
41A Royal title
42A Casting a total brat in the school play?
45A Some govt. securities
49A ___-tempered
50A "Super cool!"
51A Get ready to take a shot
53A Ship propeller
54A French for "from"
55A Release
57A Dante's guide in the "Inferno"
60A Singer Del Rey
61A "The score upon which reality is written," per Henry Miller
62A Apps might be seen on one
63A Sediment, e.g.
65A "The co-star of 'Duck Soup' has to be sore after that!"?
69A Anonymous guy
70A Pauperism, so to speak
71A Author of the 2020 memoir "Cubed"
72A Lots
73A "Because I'm the boss!"
75A Pinged online
76A Condition for which Luvox may be prescribed, in brief
79A "Wonder Woman" star
81A Mountain ___
82A Late singer Payne of One Direction
84A Modern home of where cuneiform writing originated
85A Way up or way down
87A "How long have beavers blocked this river?"?
92A "As ___ …"
94A Earthenware pots
95A Was comparable to
96A Apparel feature that a bandeau lacks
100A Function in the role of
102A Monk's title
103A Be crazy about Chicago trains with broken A.C.s?
105A Much in quantity
109A Baseball family name
110A Actor Jared
111A Metric in a competitive family business?
114A Prince, e.g.
115A In ___ parentis
116A Blow
117A Designer Hilfiger
118A Lays turf on
119A Little twerp
120A Trunk
121A Head of Slytherin House in the Harry Potter books
1D Subject of the 2018 biopic "On the Basis of Sex," familiarly
2D Noble title
3D "Ci vediamo in giro!"
4D Getting ready to listen
5D Historic district of a city
6D Gnarly problem, so to speak
7D Architect of Hong Kong's Bank of China Tower
8D Certain hallucinatory experience
9D Directed
10D Last word of James Joyce's "Ulysses"
11D Dad, in Korean
12D Ingredients in some potato soups
13D Son of Aphrodite
14D "You don't have to tell me"
15D Time for a pick-me-up, humorously
16D Lie ahead
17D Joe of "Home Alone"
18D First name in perfumes
24D Label anew
28D Banks from Los Angeles
29D Maidenhair and others
32D Common dog command
33D Chance
35D Hit up on Instagram, informally
36D Overnight party with light shows and "cuddle puddles"
37D Luau strings
38D Rock group with the 1992 hit "Creep"
40D Harum-___ (reckless)
43D Untrue
44D Notaro of comedy
46D Drag-and-drop disposal icon
47D Start of a counting rhyme
48D Hit with a smack
52D Time in a Shakespeare title
55D Former Israeli P.M. Olmert
56D Platform for Safari and FaceTime
57D Borderline
58D "Need You Tonight" band, 1987
59D Leave alone
61D Arbiters of taste
62D Polite term of address
64D Stamp on an invoice
65D Implied
66D Valerie Harper title role
67D One of three immortal elders in "A Wrinkle in Time"
68D Dickens's ___ Heep
69D Bouts
74D Tree whose name sounds like a pronoun
76D Word with history or hygiene
77D Shut up
78D Threw out of a contest, informally
80D Philosopher's pursuit
82D Exam with an argumentative writing section, in brief
83D "You know, I can't quite remember"
84D "Oh geez, the answer was staring me in the face!"
86D Goes through screen after screen
88D "Sadly …"
89D Special attention, for short
90D Made nice
91D Wading birds
93D Publicly bash
96D Doldrums
97D Lumberjacks' competition
98D Walk around, maybe
99D Where one might pick up litter
101D Oozes
104D Burgle
106D About
107D West Point inst.
108D Fanfare
111D Like a diamond in a ring
112D Queer identity, in brief
113D 12/31

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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Christine Mielke

Christine Mielke has been an avid fan of word games and puzzles for over two decades. She loves to unscramble words, challenge herself to crossword puzzles and try out the latest word games. As a published author and database architect, it was natural for her to take her love for all things word games to the next level!

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