NYT Crossword Answers 05/24/25

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Across Clues

• 1 Course on behavior, for short PSYCH
• 6 Song and dance RIGAMAROLE
• 16 Lyrical piece EPODE
• 17 Like many jobs for recent grads ENTRYLEVEL
• 18 Feeling described as “hoping for the best, but fearing the worst” CAUTIOUSOPTIMISM
• 20 “That stings!” OWW
• 21 Becomes inoperable, in a way RUSTS
• 22 Sources of wind sounds REEDS
• 23 Neck, in Newcastle SNOG
• 25 Scuttlebutt, these days TEA
• 26 Said, informally WENT
• 27 Places for change PURSES
• 29 Magic center, familiarly SHAQ
• 30 Certain digital denizen SIM
• 33 Share the spotlight COLEAD
• 34 Creature that returns to the beach where it was born for laying eggs SEATURTLE
• 36 Pixel-dense, for short HIDEF
• 37 Quickly STAT
• 38 Lousy pair to choose from EVILS
• 39 Infamous denier of Mary and Joseph INNKEEPER
• 41 Guys FELLAS
• 42 Esq., often ATT
• 43 Rock band founded by three sisters HAIM
• 44 “Hey ___!” (Nickelodeon cartoon of 1996-2004) ARNOLD
• 45 Data command SORT
• 46 Whatever ANY
• 47 Digital recording pioneer TIVO
• 49 “Yeah, sure” UHHUH
• 51 Producers of some waves SINES
• 53 Letters for the dearly departed RIP
• 54 Positive result of having 18-Across, perhaps PLEASANTSURPRISE
• 57 “Don’t expect that from me” INEVERWILL
• 58 Let up EASED
• 59 Charges that vary between states SALESTAXES
• 60 Culls, with “out” WEEDS

Vertical Clues

• 1 River that once marked the boundary of the Wild West PECOS
• 2 Location where a video game character starts (or restarts) a level SPAWNPOINT
• 3 Incredulous reply to a daring scheme YOUWOULDNT
• 4 Summer hrs. in Iowa CDT
• 5 Mary I, to Henry VIII HEIR
• 6 Finds another purpose for REUSES
• 7 Quick start? INSTA
• 8 Old muscle cars GTOS
• 9 “Human Concretion” sculptor ARP
• 10 Nice thing to hear from one’s dining partner MYTREAT
• 11 Xenomorph who can produce humanoid offspring ALIENQUEEN
• 12 Held another session REMET
• 13 Younger contemporary of Virgil OVID
• 14 Minus LESS
• 15 Water-resistant wood ELM
• 19 Exposed OUTED
• 24 Xi’s language GREEK
• 26 “You did ___?!” WHAT
• 28 Shelters from the heat? SAFEHOUSES
• 29 Brand SEAR
• 30 Classic poem with the lines “Leaving behind nights of terror and fear … Into a daybreak that?s wondrously clear” STILLIRISE
• 31 Not recommended ILLADVISED
• 32 Eton ___ (traditional English dessert) MESS
• 33 Smoothie seed CHIA
• 34 A flute might have a short one STEM
• 35 Place for a camper RVLOT
• 37 Implement at a roast SPIT
• 40 Aviation legend EARHART
• 41 Word with air or deep FRYER
• 44 Undoes, in court ANNULS
• 45 Manscape, perhaps SHAVE
• 46 Proverbial thing to cross, in politics AISLE
• 48 One-sided columns OPEDS
• 49 Radius neighbor ULNA
• 50 Direction for a dog HEEL
• 51 Thin rods, in some product names STIX
• 52 Send flying SPEW
• 54 Magnum and Spade, for short PIS
• 55 Music group co-founded by Dr. Dre NWA
• 56 Social media star Addison ___ RAE