The full solution for the NY Times May 22 2025 Crossword puzzle is displayed below. This puzzle was authored by David J. Kahn and edited by Will Shortz.
Across Clues
- 1 It burns ACID
- 5 With 11-Down and 58-Across, aphorism about the effect of sudden wealth ? or a hint to the answers to the starred clues MONEY
- 10 Culmination ACME
- 14 Opposite of 1-Across BASE
- 15 Came to be AROSE
- 16 Jackson who won 11 N.B.A. championships as head coach PHIL
- 17 *Be brave and proud [Iran] STANDTRIAL
- 19 Framed item PANE
- 20 A, to a Frankfurter EINE
- 21 “Star Trek” pilot SULU
- 23 French handle? NOM
- 24 *How some medications are taken [Jordan] ORDINARY
- 27 Einstein, notably EMIGRE
- 29 “We’re out of the woods” ITSSAFE
- 30 Part of many a smartphone upgrade TRADEIN
- 31 Bath room LOO
- 32 Accessory used by Woody in the “Toy Story” movies LASSO
- 34 “Who ___?” ISNT
- 35 *Luminous meteor [South Africa] FIREBRAND
- 38 Brother hood? COWL
- 41 Cardio exercise program TAEBO
- 42 “That’s the pits!” UGH
- 45 Formally picks ANOINTS
- 48 Call again? RETITLE
- 50 Dumbledore, to Harry Potter MENTOR
- 51 *Ones on your side [Costa Rica] COLONIES
- 52 Grp. with a hit remake of Chuck Berry’s “Roll Over Beethoven” ELO
- 53 Damages seeker SUER
- 55 Most-applied-to college in the U.S. UCLA
- 56 Travel around ROVE
- 58 See 5-Across EVERYTHING
- 62 Where things get heated OVEN
- 63 Home that sounds like two letters TEPEE
- 64 1990s Israeli president Weizman EZER
- 65 Square one NERD
- 66 Seeded #1, say ONTOP
- 67 Film editor ___ Allen DEDE
Vertical Clues
- 1 Olympic diver’s pride, maybe ABS
- 2 Target as an audience CATERTO
- 3 Parent’s blunt answer to “Why?” ISAIDSO
- 4 Hopper of Hollywood DENNIS
- 5 Support for a tumbler MAT
- 6 His #4 was retired by the N.H.L.’s Bruins ORR
- 7 Clamorous NOISY
- 8 Biblical figure seen in the sauna? ESAU
- 9 Stentorian sort YELLER
- 10 Telegram or CapCut APP
- 11 See 5-Across CHANGES
- 12 Study secondarily MINORIN
- 13 Palladium, e.g. ELEMENT
- 18 National park with a working sled dog kennel DENALI
- 22 Name that aptly completes the missing letters in Th_ r_ _n UMA
- 24 Industry in “There Will Be Blood” OIL
- 25 A long way away AFAR
- 26 Fresh starts RESETS
- 28 “Look what ___!” IDID
- 30 One who deals with a lot of bull? TORERO
- 33 Fed. loan group SBA
- 35 Moths do it FLIT
- 36 Son of Adam and Eve ABEL
- 37 At home NOTOUT
- 38 “True Lies” director James CAMERON
- 39 Bob Marley song in the Grammy Hall of Fame ONELOVE
- 40 *Ubiquitously [Korea] WONOVER
- 42 Bring into play UTILIZE
- 43 Gradually found out GLEANED
- 44 Studs, stags and steers HES
- 46 Figs. NOS
- 47 Not deviating from TRUETO
- 49 Moved slowly INCHED
- 51 Moved slowly CREPT
- 54 Square EVEN
- 57 ___ user END
- 59 Classic car inits. REO
- 60 “No doubt about it” YEP
- 61 Sr.’s test GRE
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