The full solution for the NY Times May 21 2025 Crossword puzzle is displayed below. This puzzle was authored by Ilana Levene and Scott Hogan and edited by Will Shortz.
Quick searchAcross Clues
- 1 Word with chocolate or computer CHIP
- 5 Thompson or Stone of 2021’s “Cruella” EMMA
- 9 Fragment SHARD
- 14 Sci-fi novel with giant sandworms DUNE
- 15 Help for a faltering business LOAN
- 16 Type of hunter-gatherer diet PALEO
- 17 “Smile for the photo, dude!” CHEESEDOG
- 19 Able to bend smoothly LITHE
- 20 Fragment SLIVER
- 21 Mythological instruments of vengeance FURIES
- 22 Contractor’s pipe material, for short PVC
- 24 “Work on your enunciation, bro!” DELIVERYMAN
- 26 Omen PORTENT
- 28 Little bit of work ERG
- 29 “The most beautiful deception of all,” per Debussy ART
- 30 Tedious work SLOG
- 31 Much social media humor MEMES
- 33 “That is messed up, girl!” TWISTEDSISTER
- 39 ___ and foremost FIRST
- 40 Origin crossers AXES
- 42 Marshland FEN
- 45 Org. whose officers train at Camp Peary CIA
- 46 Cause to jump, say STARTLE
- 49 “Protect the quarterback, buddy!” BLOCKBUSTER
- 52 Pupil’s place EYE
- 53 Best way to sing INTUNE
- 54 What “sostenuto” means in music LONGER
- 56 Cuba ___ (drink) LIBRE
- 57 “That’s unbelievable, love!” WILDHONEY
- 60 Diarist Nin ANAIS
- 61 Leave out OMIT
- 62 Finger NAME
- 63 Seems to point to BODES
- 64 “Damned if ___ ?” WEDO
- 65 Put on a schedule SLOT
Vertical Clues
- 1 Atlanta-based govt. agency CDC
- 2 “Come again?” HUH
- 3 How some funds are held INESCROW
- 4 What old paint might do PEEL
- 5 Smallest three-syllable number ELEVEN
- 6 Tin lizzie MODELT
- 7 Language in which “Kia ora” means “Hello” MAORI
- 8 Director Lee ANG
- 9 Goes for the expensive option, say SPLURGES
- 10 Sticky, as a situation HAIRY
- 11 Nissan sedan ALTIMA
- 12 Try again REHEAR
- 13 “That ___ ring a bell” DOESNT
- 18 One of two on a record SIDE
- 21 Physicist Enrico FERMI
- 22 Afterthought’s afterthought: Abbr. PPS
- 23 Plug-in Chevy VOLT
- 25 Geese formations VEES
- 27 Cry near quittin’ time TGIF
- 31 Colorado summer hrs. MDT
- 32 Classic cookie cutter shape STAR
- 34 Something feigned by Ferris Bueller to get out of school SICKNESS
- 35 Shoshone, e.g. TRIBE
- 36 Biblical birthright barterer ESAU
- 37 Not from within EXTERNAL
- 38 Depend (on) RELY
- 41 “Get it?” SEE
- 42 Forensics HQ in Quantico, Va. FBILAB
- 43 Cause of some turbulent weather ELNINO
- 44 “That’s halfway decent!” NOTBAD
- 46 Like a good poker face STOLID
- 47 Look after TENDTO
- 48 Cry of frustration ARGH
- 50 Marie who is the only person to win a Nobel Prize in two different science fields CURIE
- 51 Ectoplasmic residue SLIME
- 55 Many ages EONS
- 57 “Mind. Blown.” WOW
- 58 Brooding music genre EMO
- 59 So far YET
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