NYT Crossword hints and answer for May 22, 2025
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Clues76
Across37
Down39
ConstructorDavid J. Kahn
Today’s NYT Crossword clues, hints & answers
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Across
1A
It burns (4)
Starts with A, ends with DACID→
5A
10A
Culmination (4)
Starts with A, ends with EACME→
14A
Opposite of 1-Across (4)
Starts with B, ends with EBASE→
15A
Came to be (5)
Starts with A, ends with EAROSE→
16A
Jackson who won 11 N.B.A. championships as head coach (4)
Starts with P, ends with LPHIL→
17A
*Be brave and proud [Iran] (10)
Starts with S, ends with LSTANDTRIAL→
19A
Framed item (4)
Starts with P, ends with EPANE→
20A
A, to a Frankfurter (4)
Starts with E, ends with EEINE→
21A
"Star Trek" pilot (4)
Starts with S, ends with USULU→
23A
French handle? (3)
Starts with N, ends with MNOM→
24A
*How some medications are taken [Jordan] (8)
Starts with O, ends with YORDINARY→
27A
Einstein, notably (6)
Starts with E, ends with EEMIGRE→
29A
"We're out of the woods" (7)
Starts with I, ends with EITSSAFE→
30A
Part of many a smartphone upgrade (7)
Starts with T, ends with NTRADEIN→
31A
Bath room (3)
Starts with L, ends with OLOO→
32A
Accessory used by Woody in the "Toy Story" movies (5)
Starts with L, ends with OLASSO→
34A
"Who ___?" (4)
Starts with I, ends with TISNT→
35A
*Luminous meteor [South Africa] (9)
Starts with F, ends with DFIREBRAND→
38A
Brother hood? (4)
Starts with C, ends with LCOWL→
41A
Cardio exercise program (5)
Starts with T, ends with OTAEBO→
42A
"That's the pits!" (3)
Starts with U, ends with HUGH→
45A
Formally picks (7)
Starts with A, ends with SANOINTS→
48A
Call again? (7)
Starts with R, ends with ERETITLE→
50A
Dumbledore, to Harry Potter (6)
Starts with M, ends with RMENTOR→
51A
*Ones on your side [Costa Rica] (8)
Starts with C, ends with SCOLONIES→
52A
Grp. with a hit remake of Chuck Berry's "Roll Over Beethoven" (3)
Starts with E, ends with OELO→
53A
Damages seeker (4)
Starts with S, ends with RSUER→
55A
Most-applied-to college in the U.S. (4)
Starts with U, ends with AUCLA→
56A
Travel around (4)
Starts with R, ends with EROVE→
58A
See 5-Across (10)
Starts with E, ends with GEVERYTHING→
62A
Where things get heated (4)
Starts with O, ends with NOVEN→
63A
Home that sounds like two letters (5)
Starts with T, ends with ETEPEE→
64A
1990s Israeli president Weizman (4)
Starts with E, ends with REZER→
65A
Square one (4)
Starts with N, ends with DNERD→
66A
Seeded #1, say (5)
Starts with O, ends with PONTOP→
67A
Film editor ___ Allen (4)
Starts with D, ends with EDEDE→
Down
1D
Olympic diver's pride, maybe (3)
Starts with A, ends with SABS→
2D
Target as an audience (7)
Starts with C, ends with OCATERTO→
3D
Parent's blunt answer to "Why?" (7)
Starts with I, ends with OISAIDSO→
4D
Hopper of Hollywood (6)
Starts with D, ends with SDENNIS→
5D
Support for a tumbler (3)
Starts with M, ends with TMAT→
6D
His #4 was retired by the N.H.L.'s Bruins (3)
Starts with O, ends with RORR→
7D
Clamorous (5)
Starts with N, ends with YNOISY→
8D
Biblical figure seen in the sauna? (4)
Starts with E, ends with UESAU→
9D
Stentorian sort (6)
Starts with Y, ends with RYELLER→
10D
Telegram or CapCut (3)
Starts with A, ends with PAPP→
11D
See 5-Across (7)
Starts with C, ends with SCHANGES→
12D
Study secondarily (7)
Starts with M, ends with NMINORIN→
13D
Palladium, e.g. (7)
Starts with E, ends with TELEMENT→
18D
National park with a working sled dog kennel (6)
Starts with D, ends with IDENALI→
22D
Name that aptly completes the missing letters in Th_ r_ _n (3)
Starts with U, ends with AUMA→
24D
Industry in "There Will Be Blood" (3)
Starts with O, ends with LOIL→
25D
A long way away (4)
Starts with A, ends with RAFAR→
26D
Fresh starts (6)
Starts with R, ends with SRESETS→
28D
"Look what ___!" (4)
Starts with I, ends with DIDID→
30D
One who deals with a lot of bull? (6)
Starts with T, ends with OTORERO→
33D
Fed. loan group (3)
Starts with S, ends with ASBA→
35D
Moths do it (4)
Starts with F, ends with TFLIT→
36D
Son of Adam and Eve (4)
Starts with A, ends with LABEL→
37D
At home (6)
Starts with N, ends with TNOTOUT→
38D
"True Lies" director James (7)
Starts with C, ends with NCAMERON→
39D
Bob Marley song in the Grammy Hall of Fame (7)
Starts with O, ends with EONELOVE→
40D
*Ubiquitously [Korea] (7)
Starts with W, ends with RWONOVER→
42D
Bring into play (7)
Starts with U, ends with EUTILIZE→
43D
Gradually found out (7)
Starts with G, ends with DGLEANED→
44D
Studs, stags and steers (3)
Starts with H, ends with SHES→
47D
Not deviating from (6)
Starts with T, ends with OTRUETO→
49D
Moved slowly (6)
Starts with I, ends with DINCHED→
51D
Moved slowly (5)
Starts with C, ends with TCREPT→
54D
Square (4)
Starts with E, ends with NEVEN→
57D
___ user (3)
Starts with E, ends with DEND→
59D
Classic car inits. (3)
Starts with R, ends with OREO→
60D
"No doubt about it" (3)
Starts with Y, ends with PYEP→
61D
Sr.'s test (3)
Starts with G, ends with EGRE→
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for May 22, 2025?+
76 clues: 37 Across and 39 Down. The puzzle was constructed by David J. Kahn and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: It burns (ACID); With 11-Down and 58-Across, aphorism about the effect of sudden wealth … or a hint to the answers to the starred clues (MONEY); Culmination (ACME).
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