NYT Crossword Answers 05/12/25

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Across Clues

• 1 Cowboy’s rope LASSO
• 6 Relative of a milkshake MALT
• 10 NaCl SALT
• 14 Take place OCCUR
• 15 Director Kazan who helped popularize Method acting ELIA
• 16 Falco of “The Sopranos” EDIE
• 17 Dessert cocktail with crème de cacao BRANDYALEXANDER
• 20 “Ready, ___, go!” SET
• 21 Serpentine swimmers EELS
• 22 Common destination for a field trip MUSEUM
• 23 Funeral vessel URN
• 24 Contacted using a beeper PAGED
• 25 Created, as yarn or a spider web SPUN
• 28 10-12-year-old TWEEN
• 31 ___ Francisco SAN
• 34 Classic board game with the Peppermint Forest and Lollipop Lane CANDYLAND
• 36 Dig (out) GOUGE
• 38 “Goodie” on classic radio OLDIE
• 39 Food label inits. RDA
• 40 “Inside Out” emotion who says “We should lock the door and scream that curse word we know. It’s a good one!” ANGER
• 41 Oboe accessories that are often carved by the oboist REEDS
• 42 Move from an acrobat or breakdancer HANDSTAND
• 44 Negative conjunction NOR
• 45 Montana is the only U.S. state with one in Spanish MOTTO
• 46 Defense Against the Dark ___ (“Harry Potter” class) ARTS
• 47 What a baby’s bib might protect a onesie from DROOL
• 50 Standout athlete, for short MVP
• 52 Free items that come with drinks STRAWS
• 54 Black-and-white cookie OREO
• 56 What some people confuse with a monkey APE
• 59 Scottish archipelago west of Norway SHETLANDISLANDS
• 62 What spectacles perch on NOSE
• 63 “Oh, uh-huh, sure” IBET
• 64 Magicians’ cries TADAS
• 65 Figure (out) SUSS
• 66 Social worker’s assignment CASE
• 67 Parental authority SAYSO

Vertical Clues

• 1 Arcing tennis shots LOBS
• 2 Farmland unit ACRE
• 3 Jazz singer’s improvised syllables SCAT
• 4 What the circle on the Japanese flag represents SUN
• 5 “Can I take your ___?” (server’s question) ORDER
• 6 Brunch or lunch MEAL
• 7 “___ well that ends well!” ALLS
• 8 Word that would be more grammatical in the title “Lay, Lady, Lay” LIE
• 9 Beatles song with the lyric “Should five percent appear too small, be thankful I don’t take it all” TAXMAN
• 10 Touch or taste SENSE
• 11 Source of extra sweetness ADDEDSUGAR
• 12 Stead LIEU
• 13 Four years, for a president TERM
• 18 1983 musical starring Barbra Streisand YENTL
• 19 Sept. preceder AUG
• 23 Loosened, as a knot UNDID
• 24 Nitpicker PEDANT
• 25 Contempt SCORN
• 26 Kind of diet inspired by hunters and gatherers PALEO
• 27 Show up to a gala in a T-shirt, say UNDERDRESS
• 29 Noted painter of soup cans WARHOL
• 30 Go until ENDAT
• 32 Who might help an author get a book deal AGENT
• 33 Stereotypical bookworms NERDS
• 35 “Affirmative” YES
• 36 What you might “fill ‘er up” with GAS
• 37 Alternative to bottled ONTAP
• 43 Mosque toppers DOMES
• 45 Art with tiles in fancy styles (that might produce smiles) MOSAIC
• 48 Gives stars to, say RATES
• 49 “Wise” bird OWL
• 51 Hybrid Chevys VOLTS
• 52 Strings with the pattern XXX-XX-XXXX, in brief SSNS
• 53 “___ shalt not ?” THOU
• 54 Poetic tributes ODES
• 55 Formal ceremony RITE
• 56 Boy’s name ? or how you might describe 17-, 34-, 42- or 59-Across? ANDY
• 57 Smartphone predecessors, in brief PDAS
• 58 Competitor of Petro-Canada ESSO
• 60 Org. with the Knicks and Clippers NBA
• 61 Battery for some small toys AAA