NYT Crossword May 20, 2025 Answers

Across

1A Bit or byte 4 5A Laundry collectors 4 9A Good thing to bring to a competition 5 14A Comedian Trevor with the memoir "Born a Crime" 4 15A Give off 4 16A Ring-tailed primate 5 17A Consistent with party policy 9 19A Court colleague of Kagan and Kavanaugh 5 20A "Eye on the ball," "Get under it!," "I got it!," etc. 12 22A Like some ground balls 6 25A CPR pro 3 26A Queen of Olympus 4 27A Pet rescue grp. 5 31A Minnesota congresswoman Ilhan 4 35A Mink, ferret, stoat, etc. 11 38A Indiana or Independence, in D.C. 3 39A Detroit dud of the 1950s 5 40A Wall St. debut 3 41A "You're just too complimentary!" 5 43A 4G ___ (letters on a cellphone screen) 3 44A "Ta-da," "All done," "There you have it," etc. 11 47A Poet Byron, for one 4 49A Like pound cake 5 50A Bird whose name sounds like a hip-hop dance move 4 51A Employ 3 53A Crafters' knives 6 55A Yield, Stop, Dead End, etc. 12 61A Tennis champ Naomi 5 62A Freighter 9 66A On the up and up 5 67A Too 4 68A Vibe 4 69A College V.I.P.s 5 70A Cryptanalyst Turing 4 71A What spring may bring 4

Down

1D Card game shout 3 2D Oui's opposite 3 3D Response to "Who's going?" 3 4D Action film climax one might "cut to," in a saying 8 5D Closest confidant 7 6D Apple all-in-one 4 7D Walt Whitman's "As the Time Draws ___" 4 8D Call repeated in an aerobics class 4 9D Wake-up call 5 10D Dessert served with the query "Cono o coppetta?" in Italy 6 11D Somme friends 4 12D Silence on Zoom 4 13D Cherubic Greek god 4 18D ___ Paulo, Brazil 3 21D Circle at the top of a stick figure 4 22D "Such is life!" 6 23D Must 6 24D Chalk accompanier 6 28D Consumers of hogwash 5 29D Stop by 5 30D Hybridize 5 32D Souvenir for a refrigerator 6 33D Moisturizer brand 6 34D ___ Pieces 6 36D Fey figure of folklore 3 37D Khan who founded Khan Academy 3 42D Flinches in response to 8 45D Brainstorm 4 46D Utah, geometrically speaking 7 48D What "America runs on," in a franchise slogan 6 52D Bed supports 5 54D "Give it ___" 3 55D Auctioned off, e.g. 4 56D "Oh, OK" 4 57D Crazy (about) 4 58D March Madness org. 4 59D Chutzpah 4 60D ___ Major 4 63D "What'd you say?" 3 64D Public radio host Glass 3 65D Where to find a kitten's "toe beans" 3