NYT Crossword Answers 05/03/25

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Across Clues

• 1 Source of the line “Whatever goes upon four legs, or has wings, is a friend” ANIMALFARM
• 11 National Merit Scholarship qualifying exam PSAT
• 15 Nailed DONETOATEE
• 16 “Nope” UHUH
• 17 “Can we be real for a second?!” LETSFACEIT
• 18 Zippo NADA
• 19 Bass output ALES
• 20 Spicy alternative to a Frito TAKI
• 21 Small drama SKIT
• 22 Country that is more than 50% desert: Abbr. ISR
• 23 Frenetic bursts of energy in pets, colloquially ZOOMIES
• 26 Cry for help SOS
• 27 Löwenbräu product BIER
• 28 “Yessiree!” RIGHTO
• 30 Ubiquitous figure during the holiday season SALEPRICE
• 35 Subatomic particle that binds quarks together GLUON
• 36 Like some tournaments PROAM
• 37 Subj. of some interpretive work ASL
• 38 Malarkey HOKUM
• 39 How some people self-identify ITSME
• 40 “Whatever” LIKEICARE
• 42 Gets out of the way, as hair TIESUP
• 44 [Get out of my way!] HONK
• 45 Onetime union member: Abbr. SSR
• 46 Draw out PROLONG
• 49 Eponymous Belgian tourist spot SPA
• 52 Intervals GAPS
• 54 Son of Isaac and Rebekah ESAU
• 55 Common tater SPUD
• 56 Tending to get fixated, say ANAL
• 57 Was way too keyed up, in modern slang HADNOCHILL
• 60 Remoulade base, informally MAYO
• 61 Manchego curado or Asiago d’allevo AGEDCHEESE
• 62 Computer programming keyword ELSE
• 63 Director and co-star of 2013’s “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” BENSTILLER

Vertical Clues

• 1 “___ and Estes ? The Bestest” (1956 campaign slogan) ADLAI
• 2 Winter airs NOELS
• 3 Prefix with change INTER
• 4 Futz around (with) MESS
• 5 Fed. agency that investigates arson ATF
• 6 Hawaiian for “long” LOA
• 7 !, in mathematics FACTORIAL
• 8 Top unit ATEAM
• 9 Japanese energy-healing technique REIKI
• 10 Calling METIER
• 11 “The lowest form of human behavior,” per John Oliver PUNS
• 12 North African egg-and-tomato dish SHAKSHUKA
• 13 Museum offering with a headset AUDIOTOUR
• 14 “I’m responsible for what happened” THATSONME
• 23 Request from someone getting dressed ZIPMEUP
• 24 Poetic preposition OER
• 25 Showing exasperation, in a way SIGHING
• 27 Rays BEAMS
• 29 Pistol brand GLOCK
• 30 Tries to talk smoothly, in slang SPITSGAME
• 31 Made using traditional methods ARTISANAL
• 32 Stakes of some bar bets LOSERPAYS
• 33 Franchise based in Vegas and N.Y., among others CSI
• 34 Norwegian hunting dogs ELKHOUNDS
• 41 Long spell EON
• 43 Physical therapy before an operation, familiarly PREHAB
• 47 Tribe in “Killers of the Flower Moon” OSAGE
• 48 Weighed down LADEN
• 49 Pitcher’s output SPIEL
• 50 Beat PULSE
• 51 Renata ___, longtime journalist for The New Yorker ADLER
• 53 Blackthorn berry SLOE
• 55 Poet Silverstein SHEL
• 58 Mo. when Supreme Court terms begin OCT
• 59 Home of the White Sox, for short CHI