NYT Crossword May 21, 2025 Answers

Across

1A Word with chocolate or computer 4 5A Thompson or Stone of 2021's "Cruella" 4 9A Fragment 5 14A Sci-fi novel with giant sandworms 4 15A Help for a faltering business 4 16A Type of hunter-gatherer diet 5 17A "Smile for the photo, dude!" 9 19A Able to bend smoothly 5 20A Fragment 6 21A Mythological instruments of vengeance 6 22A Contractor's pipe material, for short 3 24A "Work on your enunciation, bro!" 11 26A Omen 7 28A Little bit of work 3 29A "The most beautiful deception of all," per Debussy 3 30A Tedious work 4 31A Much social media humor 5 33A "That is messed up, girl!" 13 39A ___ and foremost 5 40A Origin crossers 4 42A Marshland 3 45A Org. whose officers train at Camp Peary 3 46A Cause to jump, say 7 49A "Protect the quarterback, buddy!" 11 52A Pupil's place 3 53A Best way to sing 6 54A What "sostenuto" means in music 6 56A Cuba ___ (drink) 5 57A "That's unbelievable, love!" 9 60A Diarist Nin 5 61A Leave out 4 62A Finger 4 63A Seems to point to 5 64A "Damned if ___ …" 4 65A Put on a schedule 4

Down

1D Atlanta-based govt. agency 3 2D "Come again?" 3 3D How some funds are held 8 4D What old paint might do 4 5D Smallest three-syllable number 6 6D Tin lizzie 6 7D Language in which "Kia ora" means "Hello" 5 8D Director Lee 3 9D Goes for the expensive option, say 8 10D Sticky, as a situation 5 11D Nissan sedan 6 12D Try again 6 13D "That ___ ring a bell" 6 18D One of two on a record 4 21D Physicist Enrico 5 22D Afterthought's afterthought: Abbr. 3 23D Plug-in Chevy 4 25D Geese formations 4 27D Cry near quittin' time 4 31D Colorado summer hrs. 3 32D Classic cookie cutter shape 4 34D Something feigned by Ferris Bueller to get out of school 8 35D Shoshone, e.g. 5 36D Biblical birthright barterer 4 37D Not from within 8 38D Depend (on) 4 41D "Get it?" 3 42D Forensics HQ in Quantico, Va. 6 43D Cause of some turbulent weather 6 44D "That's halfway decent!" 6 46D Like a good poker face 6 47D Look after 6 48D Cry of frustration 4 50D Marie who is the only person to win a Nobel Prize in two different science fields 5 51D Ectoplasmic residue 5 55D Many ages 4 57D "Mind. Blown." 3 58D Brooding music genre 3 59D So far 3