NYT Crossword May 11, 2025 Answers

Across

1A Cartridge from the 1980s 9 10A Source of the words "galore" and "smithereens" 5 15A "Nice!" 5 20A Drag-racing venue 9 21A Nature personified 11 23A "Pinky-swear?" 9 24A Step on a scale? 11 25A The Beatles' "White Album" has four of them 5 26A Sphere of influence 5 28A 1957 Isaac Asimov novel, with "The" 8 29A Command that might be represented by a curved arrow pointing left 4 30A Outer layer of the brain 6 32A Inveigle 6 33A Package drop-off sites: Abbr. 3 34A "Council," in Russian 6 35A "Flower Myth" painter Paul 4 36A Takes a bit off the top 5 40A Showed off on an instrument 6 41A Follow closely 4 42A Note-to-self medium, perhaps 6 43A Beers from Bremen, informally 8 46A Zingy flavor 4 47A Way off in the distance 3 48A Agreeable words 3 49A Defeated decisively 7 50A Fish that passes the "mirror test" of self-recognition 8 52A Salon sound 4 53A Poker declaration 6 54A "I've Been Everywhere" singer in the Country Music Hall of Fame 8 55A Mass agreements 5 56A "Whoever did this has it coming!" 21 59A Lynn ___, Super Bowl X M.V.P. 5 60A At the end of the day 8 61A Recently 6 62A "Phooey!" 4 63A Right of way, say 8 64A Cornmeal dish at a trattoria 7 65A "I ___ you!" 3 66A Eternity 3 67A Partner of 74-Across 4 68A Acted diplomatically 8 69A Organ above the trachea 6 71A Comic Ali 4 72A Black out 6 73A Big name in the cleaning aisle 5 74A Partner of 67-Across 4 75A Embody something proudly 6 76A ___ Fring, "Breaking Bad" antagonist 3 79A Spots for lavalier mics 6 81A Hebrew greeting 6 82A Turn to pulp 4 83A 1999 Maeve Binchy novel 8 86A Young salmon 5 87A Unit of magnetic flux density 5 88A Spirit with a citrus flavor 11 90A Head cheese 9 93A Minor crime 11 94A Adding up (to) 9 95A Joy on TV 5 96A Button on many appliances 5 97A "Network" co-star, 1976 9

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1D Invigorates 6 2D Home of the Italian soccer club Juventus 6 3D Fighting (with) 6 4D Fictional character who says "Here's to my love! O true apothecary! Thy drugs are quick" 5 5D Mechanism that controls a camera's aperture 4 6D Dashboard device, in brief 3 7D Tavern offering 3 8D High school reunion topic 8 9D Spent 7 10D Amalgamate 5 11D Uninteresting game, perhaps 4 12D Word with a commonly misapplied apostrophe 3 13D Climbed, as a rope 7 14D Greek goddess depicted holding torches and snakes 6 15D Person on a nominating committee, say 8 16D Goes nowhere in particular 7 17D Psyche's partner 4 18D Accusatory words 4 19D "Well ___" 4 22D Twice-distilled Turkish beverage 4 27D Item in a hedge 3 30D Lass 7 31D Semicircular? 5 32D With style 9 34D "Let's eat!" 7 35D School whose sports teams are known as the Golden Flashes 9 37D Traveling from place to place 9 38D Shopgirl in a Paris boutique 9 39D Freezes 9 40D Homo ___ neanderthalensis 7 41D Strong urge 9 42D Cough up 3 43D Cake with a distinctive swirl 9 44D Casual and not meant to be taken seriously, as a remark 9 45D Spinal cord membranes 9 46D Shade akin to pumpkin 9 47D Court favor in a cringey fashion 4 50D Beasts with enormous tusks 9 51D Shake up 4 52D Show warmth to 7 54D Like recording studio equipment 4 55D Plague 7 57D Take in 4 58D Archer's gift 7 63D Old curse word 3 64D Actor Pascal of "Gladiator II" 5 66D What provides the big picture? 8 68D Noon or 6:00 p.m., for some 8 70D Reality TV star Hadid 7 71D Something sown, per an idiom 7 72D Macho stereotype 7 74D Goes in and out 6 75D Word before knows or cares 3 76D Chess opening 6 77D Dime store? 6 78D In need of a haircut, say 6 80D Limerick, e.g. 4 81D Tricked out with the latest technology, say 5 82D One-named Brazilian soccer star who is a six-time FIFA World Player of the Year 5 83D Body building? 4 84D ___ Crown Theater (downtown Chicago landmark) 4 85D Acting without thinking 4 86D Candy brand with a crown in its logo 4 87D See 89-Down 4 89D 87-Down makeup 3 91D It may be rolled out in the backyard 3 92D Setting for Jacques-Louis David's painting "The Death of Marat" 3