NYT Crossword May 2, 2025 Answers
By Robyn Weintraub · Edited by Will Shortz
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Every answer for the New York Times Crossword from May 2, 2025, organized by Across and Down. Tap any clue to reveal its answer, letter count, and every past puzzle where it appeared.
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1A Setting for Arthur Miller's "The Crucible" 5 6A "Well, ___ …" (segue) 4 10A Grouch 4 14A Gatsby or Hamlet 10 16A Dolly of "Hello, Dolly!" 4 17A Sides of circles? 10 18A Not settled 4 19A Seal team? 3 20A Chloride and oxide, for two 4 21A Fetes 6 23A Unchecked 4 24A ___ seeds (ingredients in pickling) 6 25A "Is that an amazing offer or what?" 13 29A Titular female Disney character whose name also appears in a Shakespeare play 5 30A Titular male Shakespeare character whose name also appears in a Disney film 5 31A X 3 34A Do something of interest? 4 35A Like straw baskets 5 36A Sunfish feature 4 37A Modern car accessory 3 38A Literary bird with a one-word vocabulary, apparently 5 39A Merely watches without saying a word 5 40A "Yadda, yadda, yadda" 13 43A More inclined to recline 6 44A Aerosol output 4 45A Malaysian state or island 6 46A Doesn't guzzle 4 47A Poke bowl delicacy 3 50A Sikorsky or Stravinsky 4 51A "To nobody's surprise ..." 10 54A It's a piece of work 4 55A Categorize narrowly 10 56A They might be red or blonde 4 57A One of 12 on a euro coin 4 58A Wires, say 5Down
1D "You're doing it all wrong!" 4 2D River next to the Uffizi Gallery 4 3D Put (down) 4 4D Impediment to collaboration 3 5D Barely enough 7 6D "No need to respond right now" 11 7D Natural incubators 4 8D Bit of energy (and of "energy") 3 9D Makes a snack of 8 10D Sci-fi remakes? 6 11D It may have pluses and minuses 10 12D Lincoln Center's former ___ Fisher Hall 5 13D Containers at airport security 4 15D Sing like Perry Como or Mel Tormé 5 22D Swedish actress Lena 4 23D Crushed, as a test 4 24D Concrete example of rotational forces and fluid dynamics? 11 25D One of two for one 4 26D Brand that once offered an "Uh-Oh!" variety 4 27D Best someone, but just barely 10 28D Transfix 5 32D A walk in the park? 4 33D The "kid" in "Here's looking at you, kid" 4 35D Concerns of the Paycheck Fairness Act 8 36D Bams, cracks or dots, in mahjong 4 38D Many a UNESCO site 4 39D Subsides 7 41D Much of northern Arkansas 6 42D Land animal closely related to whales 5 43D ___ tender 5 45D Shawarma wrap 4 46D Super Monkey Ball brand 4 47D Buckets 4 48D Didn't give way 4 49D Every month has one 4 52D Early instruction in canine obedience school 3 53D Mandy Patinkin's role in "Evita" 3Frequently Asked Questions
How many clues are in the May 2, 2025 NYT Crossword?
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