NYT Crossword May 12, 2025 Answers

Across

1A Cowboy's rope 5 6A Relative of a milkshake 4 10A NaCl 4 14A Take place 5 15A Director Kazan who helped popularize Method acting 4 16A Falco of "The Sopranos" 4 17A Dessert cocktail with crème de cacao 15 20A "Ready, ___, go!" 3 21A Serpentine swimmers 4 22A Common destination for a field trip 6 23A Funeral vessel 3 24A Contacted using a beeper 5 25A Created, as yarn or a spider web 4 28A 10-12-year-old 5 31A ___ Francisco 3 34A Classic board game with the Peppermint Forest and Lollipop Lane 9 36A Dig (out) 5 38A "Goodie" on classic radio 5 39A Food label inits. 3 40A "Inside Out" emotion who says "We should lock the door and scream that curse word we know. It's a good one!" 5 41A Oboe accessories that are often carved by the oboist 5 42A Move from an acrobat or breakdancer 9 44A Negative conjunction 3 45A Montana is the only U.S. state with one in Spanish 5 46A Defense Against the Dark ___ ("Harry Potter" class) 4 47A What a baby's bib might protect a onesie from 5 50A Standout athlete, for short 3 52A Free items that come with drinks 6 54A Black-and-white cookie 4 56A What some people confuse with a monkey 3 59A Scottish archipelago west of Norway 15 62A What spectacles perch on 4 63A "Oh, uh-huh, sure" 4 64A Magicians' cries 5 65A Figure (out) 4 66A Social worker's assignment 4 67A Parental authority 5

Down

1D Arcing tennis shots 4 2D Farmland unit 4 3D Jazz singer's improvised syllables 4 4D What the circle on the Japanese flag represents 3 5D "Can I take your ___?" (server's question) 5 6D Brunch or lunch 4 7D "___ well that ends well!" 4 8D Word that would be more grammatical in the title "Lay, Lady, Lay" 3 9D Beatles song with the lyric "Should five percent appear too small, be thankful I don't take it all" 6 10D Touch or taste 5 11D Source of extra sweetness 10 12D Stead 4 13D Four years, for a president 4 18D 1983 musical starring Barbra Streisand 5 19D Sept. preceder 3 23D Loosened, as a knot 5 24D Nitpicker 6 25D Contempt 5 26D Kind of diet inspired by hunters and gatherers 5 27D Show up to a gala in a T-shirt, say 10 29D Noted painter of soup cans 6 30D Go until 5 32D Who might help an author get a book deal 5 33D Stereotypical bookworms 5 35D "Affirmative" 3 36D What you might "fill 'er up" with 3 37D Alternative to bottled 5 43D Mosque toppers 5 45D Art with tiles in fancy styles (that might produce smiles) 6 48D Gives stars to, say 5 49D "Wise" bird 3 51D Hybrid Chevys 5 52D Strings with the pattern XXX-XX-XXXX, in brief 4 53D "___ shalt not …" 4 54D Poetic tributes 4 55D Formal ceremony 4 56D Boy's name … or how you might describe 17-, 34-, 42- or 59-Across? 4 57D Smartphone predecessors, in brief 4 58D Competitor of Petro-Canada 4 60D Org. with the Knicks and Clippers 3 61D Battery for some small toys 3