NYT Crossword May 14, 2025 Answers

Across

1A Do a spit take? 4 5A Sea creature whose name doesn't rhyme with 1-Across, weirdly 4 9A Bloating relief brand 4 13A "I've made a huge mistake!" 4 14A Dance during which newlyweds might be lifted in chairs 4 15A Spin instructor? 6 17A Color-changing fad jewelry ... or a description of this answer's shaded letters? 9 19A Colombian cakes that have been around since pre-Columbian times 6 20A Hit single from the 1983 "Flashdance" soundtrack 6 21A Man's name that's also a suffix 3 23A Storm center 3 24A Heroes' journeys, say ... or a description of this answer's shaded letters? 13 29A ___ in comparison 4 32A Starter starter? 3 33A Barnard graduate, e.g. 6 34A Long-running British record label 3 35A Canine that bites 5 37A Actress Rapace of "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" 5 39A Visual aids on scatter plots ... or a description of this answer's shaded letters? 16 43A Not hot or cool 5 44A Debase oneself 5 45A Nickname that omits -anna 3 46A What might be used to connect evidence on a detective's corkboard 6 49A Go wrong 3 50A Pot leaves? 4 51A Some painting in a parking lot ... or a description of this answer's shaded letters? 13 54A Suffix with legal 3 55A Star sign? 3 56A "Come on, help me out" 6 60A Exposed 6 63A Awkwardly lanky ... or a description of this answer's shaded letters? 9 66A "I Dreamed a Dream" musical, familiarly 6 67A Genuine 4 68A Where to get a shelf off the shelf 4 69A Breather 4 70A Certain blue note 4 71A Fit snugly (in) 4

Down

1D 2010s documentary trilogy about training for a very difficult wine exam 4 2D "Hold your horses!" 4 3D Ghost writer? 4 4D Close-fitting part of a dress 6 5D Some Mexican Americans 8 6D Actor/director Howard 3 7D Home to Los Glaciares National Park: Abbr. 3 8D Word with cable or training 5 9D Sound from an annoyed samoyed 3 10D Time of one's life 3 11D Starbursts? 10 12D Bit of equipment in a dentist's office 10 15D Assembly of experts 5 16D Manipulates 4 18D When doubled, zealous 3 22D One-time connection 3 25D Australian hoppers, for short 4 26D Nay sayers 5 27D Anticipatory events, collectively 5 28D Cherubic archer 4 29D Country where potatoes originated 4 30D "Preach!" 10 31D Playful poetry 10 35D Lukewarm 5 36D Stay there! 5 38D Egyptian deity with a reduplicative name 4 40D Reduplicative nickname in pop music 4 41D Sushi seaweed 4 42D Midwestern agricultural swath 8 47D Fleetwood Mac vocalist Stevie 5 48D Creature that stampeded in "The Lion King" 3 50D Where to place personal items before walking through a scanner 6 51D "You're on!" 4 52D Settings on a bike 5 53D Prey for an osprey 3 57D Give the finger? 4 58D Floors 4 59D Exam whose score can't be argued, ironically 4 61D Quick chats? 3 62D "If you can't say something good about someone, ___ right here by me": Alice Roosevelt Longworth 3 64D Greta of "Past Lives" 3 65D Hardly stringent 3