NYT Crossword May 3, 2025 Answers

Across

1A Source of the line "Whatever goes upon four legs, or has wings, is a friend" 10 11A National Merit Scholarship qualifying exam 4 15A Nailed 10 16A "Nope" 4 17A "Can we be real for a second?!" 10 18A Zippo 4 19A Bass output 4 20A Spicy alternative to a Frito 4 21A Small drama 4 22A Country that is more than 50% desert: Abbr. 3 23A Frenetic bursts of energy in pets, colloquially 7 26A Cry for help 3 27A Löwenbräu product 4 28A "Yessiree!" 6 30A Ubiquitous figure during the holiday season 9 35A Subatomic particle that binds quarks together 5 36A Like some tournaments 5 37A Subj. of some interpretive work 3 38A Malarkey 5 39A How some people self-identify 5 40A "Whatever" 9 42A Gets out of the way, as hair 6 44A [Get out of my way!] 4 45A Onetime union member: Abbr. 3 46A Draw out 7 49A Eponymous Belgian tourist spot 3 52A Intervals 4 54A Son of Isaac and Rebekah 4 55A Common tater 4 56A Tending to get fixated, say 4 57A Was way too keyed up, in modern slang 10 60A Remoulade base, informally 4 61A Manchego curado or Asiago d'allevo 10 62A Computer programming keyword 4 63A Director and co-star of 2013's "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" 10

Down

1D "___ and Estes — The Bestest" (1956 campaign slogan) 5 2D Winter airs 5 3D Prefix with change 5 4D Futz around (with) 4 5D Fed. agency that investigates arson 3 6D Hawaiian for "long" 3 7D !, in mathematics 9 8D Top unit 5 9D Japanese energy-healing technique 5 10D Calling 6 11D "The lowest form of human behavior," per John Oliver 4 12D North African egg-and-tomato dish 9 13D Museum offering with a headset 9 14D "I'm responsible for what happened" 9 23D Request from someone getting dressed 7 24D Poetic preposition 3 25D Showing exasperation, in a way 7 27D Rays 5 29D Pistol brand 5 30D Tries to talk smoothly, in slang 9 31D Made using traditional methods 9 32D Stakes of some bar bets 9 33D Franchise based in Vegas and N.Y., among others 3 34D Norwegian hunting dogs 9 41D Long spell 3 43D Physical therapy before an operation, familiarly 6 47D Tribe in "Killers of the Flower Moon" 5 48D Weighed down 5 49D Pitcher's output 5 50D Beat 5 51D Renata ___, longtime journalist for The New Yorker 5 53D Blackthorn berry 4 55D Poet Silverstein 4 58D Mo. when Supreme Court terms begin 3 59D Home of the White Sox, for short 3