NYT Crossword hints and answer for May 4, 2025
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Clues140
Across67
Down73
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Today’s NYT Crossword clues, hints & answers
Every clue from this puzzle with a hint and the answer behind separate buttons, so you only see what you need. Click a clue for its own page.
Across
1A
Things hidden after purchasing a premium account, maybe (3)
Starts with A, ends with SADS→
4A
Follower of a bit? (4)
Starts with M, ends with HMUCH→
8A
Bank robber's accessory (4)
Starts with M, ends with KMASK→
12A
"The Wild Duck" playwright (5)
Starts with I, ends with NIBSEN→
17A
Egg ___ yung (3)
Starts with F, ends with OFOO→
18A
Big name in deodorant (5)
Starts with A, ends with DARRID→
20A
Contents of a blog (5)
Starts with P, ends with SPOSTS→
21A
Handle (5)
Starts with S, ends with OSEETO→
22A
24A
Try to open, as a gift (5)
Starts with R, ends with TRIPAT→
25A
Toon fighter of Skeletor (5)
Starts with H, ends with NHEMAN→
26A
French name that's an anagram of a mostly German river (5)
Starts with H, ends with IHENRI→
27A
Features of jalapeños and piña coladas (6)
Starts with T, ends with STILDES→
29A
Coach Lasso on TV (3)
Starts with T, ends with DTED→
31A
Confirmation, e.g. (4)
Starts with R, ends with ERITE→
32A
Brand with a line of "Calm + Restore" products (6)
Starts with A, ends with OAVEENO→
34A
Bunless cookout entrees (12)
Starts with L, ends with SLETTUCEWRAPS→
38A
Natl. economic stat (3)
Starts with G, ends with PGDP→
40A
Spirit for a spritz (6)
Starts with A, ends with LAPEROL→
41A
Moves one's butt (over) (6)
Starts with S, ends with SSCOOTS→
44A
Book reviews of sorts? (9)
Starts with I, ends with SIRSAUDITS→
47A
Reason to take iron supplements (6)
Starts with A, ends with AANEMIA→
49A
Concave umbilicus (5)
Starts with I, ends with EINNIE→
50A
Gives one's all (8)
Starts with G, ends with DGOESHARD→
52A
Given reluctantly (10)
Starts with B, ends with GBEGRUDGING→
54A
The Aztecs of the N.C.A.A. (4)
Starts with S, ends with USDSU→
57A
Damning info (4)
Starts with D, ends with TDIRT→
58A
Some hosp. workers (3)
Starts with R, ends with SRNS→
59A
Texter's "Bye!" (3)
Starts with C, ends with ACYA→
60A
It squirts on a squid (6)
Starts with I, ends with CINKSAC→
63A
Royal house of Mary, Queen of Scots (6)
Starts with S, ends with TSTUART→
67A
Many air travelers' texts, for short (4)
Starts with E, ends with SETAS→
70A
Sci-fi-inspired greeting that's a hint to eight squares in this puzzle (21)
Starts with M, ends with UMAYTHEFOURTHBEWITHYOU→
76A
Gives a hand (4)
Starts with A, ends with SAIDS→
77A
"Au ___ les Enfants" (1987 film) (6)
Starts with R, ends with RREVOIR→
78A
Apparel for wizards and thieves (6)
Starts with C, ends with SCLOAKS→
79A
Bad spot for a tear, in brief (3)
Starts with A, ends with LACL→
82A
Saison avant l'automne (3)
Starts with E, ends with EETE→
84A
Possible cause of insomnia (4)
Starts with D, ends with PDRIP→
86A
2017 Pixar film inspired by el Día de los Muertos (4)
Starts with C, ends with OCOCO→
87A
Companion who might take your breath away? (10)
Starts with B, ends with LBLOWUPDOLL→
91A
Camp inspection after lights out (8)
Starts with B, ends with KBEDCHECK→
94A
Ballet handrail (5)
Starts with B, ends with EBARRE→
95A
"Grand" things (6)
Starts with P, ends with SPIANOS→
97A
Over and over (9)
Starts with A, ends with MADNAUSEAM→
101A
All mixed up (6)
Starts with A, ends with DADDLED→
103A
They contain brains (6)
Starts with C, ends with ACRANIA→
105A
Sorority member, endearingly (3)
Starts with S, ends with SSIS→
106A
Org. with a tip line (3)
Starts with F, ends with IFBI→
107A
Famous Leonardo da Vinci drawing with four arms and four legs (12)
Starts with V, ends with NVITRUVIANMAN→
109A
Turns down (6)
Starts with D, ends with SDENIES→
111A
Little feud (4)
Starts with S, ends with TSPAT→
113A
Contracted (3)
Starts with G, ends with TGOT→
114A
Like organic food products, for short (6)
Starts with N, ends with ONONGMO→
117A
Droops (5)
Starts with W, ends with SWILTS→
118A
Invasive Japanese vine (5)
Starts with K, ends with UKUDZU→
120A
Alphanumeric component (5)
Starts with D, ends with TDIGIT→
122A
Steaminess (10)
Starts with S, ends with YSENSUALITY→
124A
Drinks that get slushy over time (5)
Starts with I, ends with SICEES→
125A
Places for some braces (5)
Starts with K, ends with SKNEES→
126A
Senator Baldwin or Duckworth (5)
Starts with T, ends with YTAMMY→
127A
Prefix with -lithic (3)
Starts with N, ends with ONEO→
128A
Alternative name for our planet (5)
Starts with T, ends with ATERRA→
129A
Goes from 0 to 60? (4)
Starts with A, ends with SAGES→
130A
Some summer babies (4)
Starts with L, ends with SLEOS→
131A
"Despicable Me" character voiced by Steve Carell (3)
Starts with G, ends with UGRU→
Down
1D
Currency unit of Kabul (7)
Starts with A, ends with IAFGHANI→
2D
Enthusiastic reply to "Want to?" (7)
Starts with D, ends with RDOIEVER→
3D
Poems also fancily known as quatorzains (7)
Starts with S, ends with SSONNETS→
4D
Barely managing (8)
Starts with M, ends with OMAKINGDO→
5D
Coffee holder (3)
Starts with U, ends with NURN→
6D
Lit ___ (rhyming class nickname) (4)
Starts with C, ends with TCRIT→
7D
Antique purchase for an audiophile (4)
Starts with H, ends with IHIFI→
8D
Dew, for example (8)
Starts with M, ends with EMOISTURE→
9D
A nemesissssss to Indiana Jones? (3)
Starts with A, ends with PASP→
10D
More dignified (9)
Starts with S, ends with RSTATELIER→
11D
Lead actress in the "Twilight" movies, in tabloids (5)
Starts with K, ends with WKSTEW→
12D
"More or less" (3)
Starts with I, ends with HISH→
13D
Game you likely get worse at the longer you play (8)
Starts with B, ends with GBEERPONG→
14D
Band with the 1998 hit "Closing Time" (9)
Starts with S, ends with CSEMISONIC→
15D
Coup d'___ (4)
Starts with E, ends with TETAT→
19D
Gospel/jazz singer Reese (5)
Starts with D, ends with ADELLA→
20D
Make believe (7)
Starts with P, ends with DPRETEND→
23D
"Well, OK" (4)
Starts with S, ends with ESURE→
28D
Exodus (9)
Starts with D, ends with EDEPARTURE→
30D
Practice group?: Abbr. (3)
Starts with D, ends with SDRS→
33D
Drooling pooch of the comics (4)
Starts with O, ends with EODIE→
35D
Tool for grooming (4)
Starts with C, ends with BCOMB→
36D
What vinegar or lemon juice adds to a dressing (4)
Starts with A, ends with DACID→
39D
Focus of some psychotherapy, for short (4)
Starts with P, ends with DPTSD→
42D
Lilliputian (4)
Starts with T, ends with YTINY→
43D
Company behind the Saturn and Dreamcast consoles (4)
Starts with S, ends with ASEGA→
45D
The Masters host city (7)
Starts with A, ends with AAUGUSTA→
46D
Minty herb used in Japanese cuisine (5)
Starts with S, ends with OSHISO→
48D
Veep from 1969 to 1973 (5)
Starts with A, ends with WAGNEW→
51D
Boxer Beterbiev (5)
Starts with A, ends with RARTUR→
53D
Countrylike (6)
Starts with R, ends with CRUSTIC→
54D
___ card (3)
Starts with S, ends with MSIM→
55D
Kendrick Lamar title that completes the lyric "I got power, poison, pain and joy inside my ..." (3)
Starts with D, ends with ADNA→
56D
Where to see contrails (3)
Starts with S, ends with YSKY→
61D
Tuna type (3)
Starts with A, ends with IAHI→
62D
Handed over (5)
Starts with C, ends with DCEDED→
64D
Dune buggy, e.g., in brief (3)
Starts with A, ends with VATV→
65D
___ Ridgeback, dog breed originally from Zimbabwe (9)
Starts with R, ends with NRHODESIAN→
66D
Classic sports car, familiarly (5)
Starts with T, ends with DTBIRD→
68D
Hub code for Delta (3)
Starts with A, ends with LATL→
69D
Necessity for off-roading (6)
Starts with S, ends with SSHOCKS→
71D
Photog's setting (5)
Starts with F, ends with PFSTOP→
72D
___ Kane, longtime role on "All My Children" (5)
Starts with E, ends with AERICA→
73D
Chairman ___ (old N.B.A. nickname) (3)
Starts with Y, ends with OYAO→
74D
The N.B.A.'s Thunder, on scoreboards (3)
Starts with O, ends with COKC→
75D
Grp. with so-called "camp shows" (3)
Starts with U, ends with OUSO→
79D
"Money, Money, Money" group (4)
Starts with A, ends with AABBA→
80D
Attired (4)
Starts with C, ends with DCLAD→
81D
Term of address aboard the Death Star (9)
Starts with L, ends with RLORDVADER→
83D
Bringing forth (9)
Starts with E, ends with GELICITING→
85D
Third degrees? (4)
Starts with P, ends with SPHDS→
88D
Big name in organs (9)
Starts with W, ends with RWURLITZER→
89D
Amanda of film (4)
Starts with P, ends with TPEET→
90D
"___ Croft: Tomb Raider" (4)
Starts with L, ends with ALARA→
91D
Witticisms (7)
Starts with B, ends with SBONMOTS→
92D
Wednesday Addams's werewolf roommate on TV's "Wednesday" (4)
Starts with E, ends with DENID→
93D
Routes across low waters (9)
Starts with C, ends with SCAUSEWAYS→
96D
Baby monitors (7)
Starts with N, ends with SNANNIES→
98D
TurboTax activity (7)
Starts with E, ends with GEFILING→
99D
Getaway driver, for instance (7)
Starts with A, ends with RABETTER→
100D
Sentiment in a letter from home (7)
Starts with M, ends with UMISSYOU→
102D
Just what the doctor ordered? (4)
Starts with D, ends with GDRUG→
104D
Perturbation (5)
Starts with A, ends with TANGST→
108D
Screwdriver component (5)
Starts with V, ends with AVODKA→
111D
Piece of improv (4)
Starts with S, ends with TSKIT→
112D
Hue of a dry bloodstain, maybe (4)
Starts with P, ends with EPUCE→
115D
Cafeteria offering (4)
Starts with M, ends with LMEAL→
116D
"I've got this one" (4)
Starts with O, ends with EONME→
119D
Women's soccer powerhouse (3)
Starts with U, ends with AUSA→
121D
"Who knew?!" (3)
Starts with G, ends with EGEE→
123D
Sport that takes place in a dohyo (4)
Starts with S, ends with OSUMO→
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for May 4, 2025?+
140 clues: 67 Across and 73 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Brandon Koppy and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: Things hidden after purchasing a premium account, maybe (ADS); Follower of a bit? (MUCH); Bank robber's accessory (MASK).
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