NYT Crossword May 10, 2025 Answers

Across

1A Budget 5 6A Unappetizing food 4 10A Hard-to-define quality 8 13A "For ___?" 4 14A Integrated, as an approach 8 15A Apt name for a NASCAR driver? 4 16A Sad remark at a carnival ring toss booth 7 17A Pioneer in musical Impressionism, despite rejecting the term 7 20A Baby blue, perhaps 6 21A "I'm off!" 6 22A Ribs, e.g. 5 23A Didn't make it through the late show, say 9 26A Was outstanding? 4 27A Wants, and then some 10 28A Massachusetts' Cape ___ 3 29A Some dragonflies 7 30A "I was stuck in traffic," perhaps 3 31A They might have a job for you 10 33A Where Ferrari is "RACE," in brief 4 34A Sent up the wall 9 35A Deep defenses 5 36A Comes out with 6 37A Demand 6 38A Mediterranean plant named for its brightly colored flowers 7 40A Committed in front of witnesses 7 41A Wine found in "tasting" 4 42A Go into overdrive 8 43A Decide not to toss 4 44A Museums, galleries, etc. 8 45A Trips 4 46A Tops 5

Down

1D Like American bacon, but not Canadian bacon 7 2D Acts like a scaredy-cat? 6 3D Perfume compound 5 4D In 4 5D Donor grp. 3 6D Bases 7 7D "Mary Poppins" tune that begins "With tuppence for paper and strings / You can have your own set of wings" 14 8D Rolled ___ 4 9D Devious scheme 4 10D Manufactured wooden sheet 9 11D Person who's entitled? 9 12D First contact 14 17D Team for which Sandy Koufax pitched for all of his 12 M.L.B. seasons 7 18D Some pillars of the community 6 19D One side in an 1899-1902 war 5 21D Some works of Wordsworth 7 23D Nature's alternative, in a classic debate 7 24D Shoved down the throat of 9 25D Fine-grained rock that can be easily cut in any direction 9 27D George ___, voted "Coach of the Century" by the International Swimming Hall of Fame 6 29D Because of 5 32D Some camping excursions 7 33D Natives of Scandinavia 7 35D Center of town, on signs 6 37D Convenience stores 5 38D Benefit 4 39D One with a login and password 4 40D "Why not?!" 4 42D Someone will pay for this 3