NYT Crossword hints and answer for May 8, 2025
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Clues78
Across43
Down35
ConstructorDan Caprera
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
2022 Jordan Peele horror/sci-fi film (4)
Starts with N, ends with ENOPE→
5A
San ___ Bay (estuary near San Francisco) (5)
Starts with P, ends with OPABLO→
10A
Noted silver-tongued Olympic gold medalist (3)
Starts with A, ends with IALI→
13A
Coin toss call (4)
Starts with A, ends with SAILS→
14A
Supply (5)
Starts with E, ends with PEQUIP→
15A
Generals and such (4)
Starts with B, ends with SBRAS→
16A
Quickly put (together) (4)
Starts with S, ends with PSLAP→
17A
Tres + tres + tres (5)
Starts with N, ends with ENUEVE→
18A
Single ___ (tourney type) (4)
Starts with E, ends with MELIM→
19A
Clarifying words (4)
Starts with A, ends with NASIN→
20A
Kierkegaard, for one (4)
Starts with D, ends with EDANE→
21A
Cattle steerers (5)
Starts with P, ends with SPRODS→
22A
Worn-down part (3)
Starts with N, ends with BNUB→
24A
Fail to understand (6)
Starts with N, ends with ENOTSEE→
26A
Section of a curriculum (3)
Starts with N, ends with TNIT→
28A
Broadway star Hagen (3)
Starts with U, ends with AUTA→
30A
Musical pitch interval (7)
Starts with H, ends with NHALFTON→
34A
Mayo to mayo, say (3)
Starts with A, ends with OANO→
35A
Writer honored by Oz Park in Chicago (4)
Starts with B, ends with MBAUM→
37A
"My Neighbor ___," 1988 Hayao Miyazaki film (6)
Starts with T, ends with OTOTORO→
38A
One not getting enough sleep in Apr., perhaps (3)
Starts with C, ends with ACPA→
39A
"Mind your own business!" ... or a hint to the four sides of this puzzle (7)
Starts with B, ends with TBUTTOUT→
41A
Prefix with meter (3)
Starts with O, ends with OODO→
42A
As a ___ (6)
Starts with R, ends with TRESULT→
44A
Prefix with phobia (4)
Starts with A, ends with OACRO→
45A
"I'm Just ___" (2023 Oscar-nominated song) (3)
Starts with K, ends with NKEN→
46A
Halting speakers? (7)
Starts with E, ends with SENTRIES→
48A
"Inside Politics" airer (3)
Starts with C, ends with NCNN→
50A
Like many flowers and prizes (6)
Starts with A, ends with LANNUAL→
52A
Down in the dumps (3)
Starts with S, ends with DSAD→
54A
Tasty pastry spread (5)
Starts with I, ends with GICING→
57A
Main ingredient in the Japanese liqueur umeshu (4)
Starts with P, ends with MPLUM→
59A
Hats, informally (4)
Starts with L, ends with SLIDS→
62A
Nice chunk of dough (4)
Starts with T, ends with UTHOU→
63A
Garden tool (5)
Starts with S, ends with ESPADE→
64A
Kind of arch that resembles the shape of a Hershey's Kiss (4)
Starts with O, ends with EOGEE→
65A
Qualifying races (4)
Starts with E, ends with SEATS→
66A
This might come in a saucer (5)
Starts with A, ends with NALIEN→
67A
Side to take into consideration (4)
Starts with F, ends with EFACE→
68A
Actress Goth of 2022's "X" (3)
Starts with M, ends with AMIA→
69A
Supervises (5)
Starts with T, ends with STENDS→
70A
Mustang feature, once (4)
Starts with T, ends with PTTOP→
Down
1D
Org. with probes (4)
Starts with N, ends with ANASA→
2D
Muddies, as water (4)
Starts with O, ends with SOILS→
3D
Ascetic breakfast selection (10)
Starts with P, ends with TPLAINTOAST→
4D
Channel for watching college games (5)
Starts with E, ends with UESPNU→
5D
Turn topsy-turvy (4)
Starts with P, ends with DPEND→
6D
One doing some deep-sea exploration (8)
Starts with A, ends with TAQUANAUT→
7D
"Muy ___!" (5)
Starts with B, ends with OBUENO→
8D
Resides a long time ago? (6)
Starts with L, ends with HLIVETH→
9D
Be down in the dumps (3)
Starts with O, ends with EOPE→
10D
Singer Guthrie (4)
Starts with A, ends with OARLO→
11D
Crisscross pattern (4)
Starts with L, ends with DLAID→
12D
Credos (4)
Starts with I, ends with SISMS→
15D
Lacking, with "of" (6)
Starts with B, ends with TBEREFT→
21D
Bike and Bike+, e.g. (8)
Starts with P, ends with SPELOTONS→
23D
Like a witch's cauldron (8)
Starts with B, ends with GBUBBLING→
25D
God honored by gladiatorial fights (6)
Starts with S, ends with NSATURN→
26D
Mother-of-pearl (5)
Starts with N, ends with ENACRE→
27D
How to sign a check (5)
Starts with I, ends with NINPEN→
29D
Draw tight (6)
Starts with T, ends with NTAUTEN→
31D
Criticized (10)
Starts with T, ends with TTOOKADIGAT→
32D
Primate, for humans (5)
Starts with O, ends with RORDER→
33D
Who "can get in the way of what I'm feelin'," in an Alicia Keys hit (5)
Starts with N, ends with ENOONE→
36D
Letters on an N.Y.C. fare card (3)
Starts with M, ends with AMTA→
40D
Obstructed, as an opening (8)
Starts with O, ends with DOCCLUDED→
43D
God who begat the Titans (6)
Starts with U, ends with SURANUS→
47D
Lissome (6)
Starts with S, ends with ESUPPLE→
51D
Author ___-René Lesage (5)
Starts with A, ends with NALAIN→
53D
Overhead (5)
Starts with A, ends with TALOFT→
54D
Thing on a docket (4)
Starts with I, ends with MITEM→
55D
Something a waiter may pull out (4)
Starts with C, ends with ICHAI→
56D
I, to Socrates (4)
Starts with I, ends with AIOTA→
58D
Sharp set? (4)
Starts with M, ends with SMENS→
60D
Interior design (4)
Starts with D, ends with ODECO→
61D
Permeate (4)
Starts with S, ends with PSEEP→
63D
Fill fully (3)
Starts with S, ends with TSAT→
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for May 8, 2025?+
78 clues: 43 Across and 35 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Dan Caprera and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: 2022 Jordan Peele horror/sci-fi film (NOPE); San ___ Bay (estuary near San Francisco) (PABLO); Noted silver-tongued Olympic gold medalist (ALI).
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