NYT Crossword Answers 05/16/25

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Across Clues

• 1 One shooting for the stars? SPACESHIP
• 10 Carnival treat TAFFY
• 15 One-stop shopping spot MEGASTORE
• 16 Ancient Greek marketplace AGORA
• 17 “Words fail me …” ICANTEVEN
• 18 ___ Walcott, 1992 Literature Nobelist from St. Lucia DEREK
• 19 The “1” of 3-1-4, say LOSS
• 20 Stave (off) FEND
• 21 Place SITE
• 22 Second sight ESP
• 23 Who said “Where id is, there shall ego be” FREUD
• 25 Chase, as some flies SHAG
• 27 “You bet!” ITIS
• 29 Cry from a captive LETMEGO
• 31 Pool owner’s problem ALGAE
• 34 Noted stratovolcano that last erupted in 1707-08 FUJI
• 35 ___ Unseld, 1969 N.B.A. M.V.P. WES
• 36 Mad scientist’s creation DOOMSDAYMACHINE
• 40 Nonprofit grp. founded during W.W. II USO
• 41 “Absolutamente!” SISI
• 42 “Roots” surname KINTE
• 43 Decorative work with bricks LEGOART
• 45 Essential MUST
• 47 Like some stories and ships TALL
• 48 It might grab a bite to eat TALON
• 50 Capture ? or abandon BAG
• 53 Course finale TEST
• 55 Bias TILT
• 56 Bursting (with) RIFE
• 57 Superfast puzzle solver, of a sort CUBER
• 58 “Bravo, me!” INAILEDIT
• 60 Like a person getting a massage, usually PRONE
• 61 Sarcastic reply when someone quotes “Star Trek” NERDALERT
• 62 Given to fidgeting ANTSY
• 63 Big gain with no pain EASYMONEY

Vertical Clues

• 1 Something said before a click SMILE
• 2 River through Santa Fe National Forest PECOS
• 3 Flabbergasted AGASP
• 4 W.C.s CANS
• 5 Ballpark fig. EST
• 6 Tennis’s Graf STEFFI
• 7 Remains overhead, say HOVERS
• 8 She outwitted Sherlock in “A Scandal in Bohemia” IRENE
• 9 Aid for a hypnotist PENDULUM
• 10 Wee bits TADS
• 11 Certain hiring bias AGEISM
• 12 Announcer’s call before a potential buzzer beater FORTHEWIN
• 13 Unsigned athlete FREEAGENT
• 14 Its milk is a source of chhurpi (Nepalese cheese) YAK
• 24 ___ vu DEJA
• 26 “Check it out!” GOSEE
• 27 Soy : Spanish :: ___ : English: IAM
• 28 Actress Thompson of “Selma” TESSA
• 30 Indications of passing time TICKS
• 31 One whose voice is a muted trombone in “Peanuts” ADULT
• 32 Tough draw LOSEATURN
• 33 It crawls around the web GOOGLEBOT
• 34 “Just so u know …” FYI
• 37 Earth DIRT
• 38 Radioactive element whose name is derived from the Greek for “unstable” ASTATINE
• 39 Success in a game of Battleship HIT
• 44 Mary-Kate and Ashley OLSENS
• 45 They may grab a bite to eat MOLARS
• 46 Chaotic UNTIDY
• 49 Top of a schedule, usually LINEA
• 50 Only Catholic U.S. president besides J.F.K. BIDEN
• 51 Lit AFIRE
• 52 Cultural attraction in L.A., with “the” GETTY
• 54 It’s a long shot TREY
• 56 Move, informally RELO
• 57 Bookkeeper, for short CPA
• 59 Flee LAM