New York Times Crossword May 9 2025 Answers
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Below is the solved grid and the full clue list for the New York Times Crossword on May 9 2025, constructed by Willa Angel Chen Miller and Erik Agard. Click any clue to reveal its answer.
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- 1AWalks softly›
- 5AImpossible to contact by ordinary means›
- 15A"___, sing America"›
- 16AFeature focused on investigation and resolution›
- 17ATurf›
- 18ADownward-facing dog?›
- 19A___ text (label for a screen reader)›
- 20A___ Robert Jr., 2020 Gold Glove Award winner›
- 21AEncrust›
- 22AWhat might be caught Red-handed?›
- 24ACracker topper›
- 27ARaise›
- 28APopular vacation spot›
- 32ATalks up›
- 33AIt's not worth what it seems›
- 34AKick out›
- 35ARoughly 62% of its claimed territory is in Antarctica›
- 36AFine-textured wood used in musical instruments›
- 37AUnfettered flow of goods›
- 39AIt might turn up a turnip›
- 40ASoftware clients›
- 41AMinuscule›
- 42A"That's my opinion, too"›
- 43AComponents of some makeovers›
- 45ABoatload›
- 48AFirst-rate, in slang›
- 49AR&B's ___ Hill›
- 50A"Be kind!"›
- 54AFirst name of the first Black woman to win a Nobel Prize in Literature›
- 55AWhat holding one's thumb up might indicate›
- 56A"How could ___?"›
- 57ACooking byproduct sometimes called "liquid gold"›
- 58ARescues, maybe›
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- 1DFragrant rice dish›
- 2DDay and night›
- 3D"Must I spell it out further?"›
- 4DTurf›
- 5DLike practices associated with pentacles›
- 6DEnfeebled›
- 7DSome scuba diving gear›
- 8D"OMG, I didn't need to know that!"›
- 9D"She's everything. ___ just Ken" (2023 movie tagline)›
- 10DGenre heard at many raves, for short›
- 11DPioneer in computer science who has a college at Yale named after her›
- 12DAsian royal›
- 13D"Don't worry about me"›
- 14DHave the audacity›
- 20DColleen›
- 23DEmotionally complex, in a way›
- 24DJames Baldwin's "If ___ Street Could Talk"›
- 25DOne-named singer in the 2023 hit "Prada"›
- 26DWhat one might subscribe to›
- 28D"I'll let that ___ …"›
- 29DNot to be repeated›
- 30DSeeking comment?›
- 31DTitle heroine who says "I am no bird; and no net ensnares me; I am a free human being with an independent will; which I now exert to leave you"›
- 32DStir-fry protein option›
- 33DThis, too, shall pass›
- 35DSqueeze›
- 38DNot yet final, in brief›
- 39DNumber of kings en España named Felipe›
- 41DPosition at a food company›
- 43DThrong›
- 44DBoardroom group›
- 45DMail›
- 46DSuperboy's crush›
- 47DHoliday lead-ins›
- 48DEntice›
- 51DAntidiscrimination legis. of 1990›
- 52D___ flakes (fruity Chinese snack)›
- 53DLong period›
- 54DWhat a boat shouldn't do›
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