The full solution for the NY Times May 14 2025 Crossword puzzle is displayed below. This puzzle was authored by Rebecca Goldstein and Adam Wagner and edited by Will Shortz.
Quick searchAcross Clues
- 1 Do a spit take? SWAB
- 5 Sea creature whose name doesn’t rhyme with 1-Across, weirdly CRAB
- 9 Bloating relief brand GASX
- 13 “I’ve made a huge mistake!” OHNO
- 14 Dance during which newlyweds might be lifted in chairs HORA
- 15 Spin instructor? PRGURU
- 17 Color-changing fad jewelry … or a description of this answer’s shaded letters? MOODRINGS
- 19 Colombian cakes that have been around since pre-Columbian times AREPAS
- 20 Hit single from the 1983 “Flashdance” soundtrack MANIAC
- 21 Man’s name that’s also a suffix IAN
- 23 Storm center EYE
- 24 Heroes’ journeys, say … or a description of this answer’s shaded letters? CHARACTERARCS
- 29 ___ in comparison PALE
- 32 Starter starter? NON
- 33 Barnard graduate, e.g. ALUMNA
- 34 Long-running British record label EMI
- 35 Canine that bites TOOTH
- 37 Actress Rapace of “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo” NOOMI
- 39 Visual aids on scatter plots … or a description of this answer’s shaded letters? REGRESSIONCURVES
- 43 Not hot or cool UNHIP
- 44 Debase oneself STOOP
- 45 Nickname that omits -anna ARI
- 46 What might be used to connect evidence on a detective’s corkboard STRING
- 49 Go wrong ERR
- 50 Pot leaves? TEAS
- 51 Some painting in a parking lot … or a description of this answer’s shaded letters? DIVIDINGLINES
- 54 Suffix with legal ESE
- 55 Star sign? CUE
- 56 “Come on, help me out” BEAPAL
- 60 Exposed ATRISK
- 63 Awkwardly lanky … or a description of this answer’s shaded letters? ALLELBOWS
- 66 “I Dreamed a Dream” musical, familiarly LESMIS
- 67 Genuine REAL
- 68 Where to get a shelf off the shelf IKEA
- 69 Breather REST
- 70 Certain blue note SEXT
- 71 Fit snugly (in) NEST
Vertical Clues
- 1 2010s documentary trilogy about training for a very difficult wine exam SOMM
- 2 “Hold your horses!” WHOA
- 3 Ghost writer? ANON
- 4 Close-fitting part of a dress BODICE
- 5 Some Mexican Americans CHICANOS
- 6 Actor/director Howard RON
- 7 Home to Los Glaciares National Park: Abbr. ARG
- 8 Word with cable or training BASIC
- 9 Sound from an annoyed samoyed GRR
- 10 Time of one’s life AGE
- 11 Starbursts? SUPERNOVAE
- 12 Bit of equipment in a dentist’s office XRAYCAMERA
- 15 Assembly of experts PANEL
- 16 Manipulates USES
- 18 When doubled, zealous RAH
- 22 One-time connection ATA
- 25 Australian hoppers, for short ROOS
- 26 Nay sayers ANTIS
- 27 Anticipatory events, collectively RUNUP
- 28 Cherubic archer AMOR
- 29 Country where potatoes originated PERU
- 30 “Preach!” AMENSISTER
- 31 Playful poetry LIGHTVERSE
- 35 Lukewarm TEPID
- 36 Stay there! HOTEL
- 38 Egyptian deity with a reduplicative name ISIS
- 40 Reduplicative nickname in pop music RIRI
- 41 Sushi seaweed NORI
- 42 Midwestern agricultural swath CORNBELT
- 47 Fleetwood Mac vocalist Stevie NICKS
- 48 Creature that stampeded in “The Lion King” GNU
- 50 Where to place personal items before walking through a scanner TSABIN
- 51 “You’re on!” DEAL
- 52 Settings on a bike GEARS
- 53 Prey for an osprey EEL
- 57 Give the finger? POKE
- 58 Floors AWES
- 59 Exam whose score can’t be argued, ironically LSAT
- 61 Quick chats? IMS
- 62 “If you can’t say something good about someone, ___ right here by me”: Alice Roosevelt Longworth SIT
- 64 Greta of “Past Lives” LEE
- 65 Hardly stringent LAX
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