NYT Crossword May 24, 2025 Answers

Across

1A Course on behavior, for short 5 6A Song and dance 10 16A Lyrical piece 5 17A Like many jobs for recent grads 10 18A Feeling described as "hoping for the best, but fearing the worst" 16 20A "That stings!" 3 21A Becomes inoperable, in a way 5 22A Sources of wind sounds 5 23A Neck, in Newcastle 4 25A Scuttlebutt, these days 3 26A Said, informally 4 27A Places for change 6 29A Magic center, familiarly 4 30A Certain digital denizen 3 33A Share the spotlight 6 34A Creature that returns to the beach where it was born for laying eggs 9 36A Pixel-dense, for short 5 37A Quickly 4 38A Lousy pair to choose from 5 39A Infamous denier of Mary and Joseph 9 41A Guys 6 42A Esq., often 3 43A Rock band founded by three sisters 4 44A "Hey ___!" (Nickelodeon cartoon of 1996-2004) 6 45A Data command 4 46A Whatever 3 47A Digital recording pioneer 4 49A "Yeah, sure" 5 51A Producers of some waves 5 53A Letters for the dearly departed 3 54A Positive result of having 18-Across, perhaps 16 57A "Don't expect that from me" 10 58A Let up 5 59A Charges that vary between states 10 60A Culls, with "out" 5

Down

1D River that once marked the boundary of the Wild West 5 2D Location where a video game character starts (or restarts) a level 10 3D Incredulous reply to a daring scheme 10 4D Summer hrs. in Iowa 3 5D Mary I, to Henry VIII 4 6D Finds another purpose for 6 7D Quick start? 5 8D Old muscle cars 4 9D "Human Concretion" sculptor 3 10D Nice thing to hear from one's dining partner 7 11D Xenomorph who can produce humanoid offspring 10 12D Held another session 5 13D Younger contemporary of Virgil 4 14D Minus 4 15D Water-resistant wood 3 19D Exposed 5 24D Xi's language 5 26D "You did ___?!" 4 28D Shelters from the heat? 10 29D Brand 4 30D Classic poem with the lines "Leaving behind nights of terror and fear ... Into a daybreak that’s wondrously clear" 10 31D Not recommended 10 32D Eton ___ (traditional English dessert) 4 33D Smoothie seed 4 34D A flute might have a short one 4 35D Place for a camper 5 37D Implement at a roast 4 40D Aviation legend 7 41D Word with air or deep 5 44D Undoes, in court 6 45D Manscape, perhaps 5 46D Proverbial thing to cross, in politics 5 48D One-sided columns 5 49D Radius neighbor 4 50D Direction for a dog 4 51D Thin rods, in some product names 4 52D Send flying 4 54D Magnum and Spade, for short 3 55D Music group co-founded by Dr. Dre 3 56D Social media star Addison ___ 3