NYT Crossword Answers 05/31/25

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Across Clues

• 1 Where one might have a mic and a Michelob KARAOKEBAR
• 11 Edgar Degas’s “Miss ___ at the Cirque Fernando” LALA
• 15 “Been there!” ICANRELATE
• 16 Member of BTS or Blackpink, e.g. IDOL
• 17 What may rise over a range BACKSPLASH
• 18 Let off EMIT
• 19 Spotted cat OCELOT
• 20 Response to “Who’s going?” IAM
• 22 Plural suffix ISM
• 23 Beget SIRE
• 24 Symbol of rebirth in ancient Egypt DUNGBEETLE
• 28 Gives birth to HAS
• 29 Subatomic particle named after an Indian physicist BOSON
• 30 Overdo a celebration, maybe GLOAT
• 31 Underline? SEWER
• 32 Count Vronsky’s titular lover in a classic Tolstoy novel ANNA
• 33 Leaves the rest? AWAKENS
• 36 Eponym of Pittsburgh’s tallest building USSTEEL
• 39 Country whose predominant language is Bambara MALI
• 40 ___ Grape, Leonardo DiCaprio’s role in “What’s Eating Gilbert Grape” ARNIE
• 41 Minor key? ISLET
• 43 Churro covering SUGAR
• 44 Ride-or-die sort, in brief BFF
• 47 Participant in a hybrid sport that requires both brains and brawn CHESSBOXER
• 49 Ski resort in the White River National Forest VAIL
• 50 Chip maker in a 1961 merger LAY
• 51 Discipline ART
• 52 Most populous California city with a one-word name FRESNO
• 54 Male influencer archetype EBOY
• 56 Where camels can occasionally be seen swimming ARABIANSEA
• 59 Kind of juice that’s high in antioxidants ALOE
• 60 What the “T” in CAPTCHA stands for TURINGTEST
• 61 Set components REPS
• 62 Culturally relevant ZEITGEISTY

Vertical Clues

• 1 Nix KIBOSH
• 2 Traditional wood for a ukulele ACACIA
• 3 500 people? RACERS
• 4 ___ sock ANKLE
• 5 Words after a guesstimate ORSO
• 6 Repressed KEPTDOWN
• 7 Likely spot for a pipe jam ELL
• 8 Call repeated in a nursery rhyme BAA
• 9 Something found next to a handle ATSIGN
• 10 Bring up to modern standards, say REHAB
• 11 Fake account LIE
• 12 Pass words? ADMITONE
• 13 Subject of the 2023 TV series “My Adventures With Superman” LOISLANE
• 14 Genre for Soundgarden and Linkin Park ALTMETAL
• 21 Part of a gig MEG
• 25 Exercises USES
• 26 Eur. land with more than 60,000 miles of coast NOR
• 27 Send ELATE
• 29 Competition with some defining moments? BEE
• 31 Hits high in the air SKIES
• 33 Stern question after laying out expectations AMICLEAR
• 34 Not likely to leave a mark, say WASHABLE
• 35 Two-person shot ALLEYOOP
• 36 Press URGE
• 37 Downing, with “down” SNARFING
• 38 Sean Connery or Mick Jagger, e.g. SIR
• 40 Kind of cable in a car, for short AUX
• 42 Rod’s employer in “Get Out,” in brief TSA
• 43 “I couldn’t agree more!” SOTRUE
• 44 They often end on a low note BASSES
• 45 Top-shelf, say FINEST
• 46 Air-filled pool item FLOATY
• 48 Toy doll brand since 2001 BRATZ
• 49 Twenty, in Italian VENTI
• 53 All the ___ RAGE
• 55 Wry response to a this-or-that question YES
• 57 R&B singer Lennox ARI
• 58 0 or 1 BIT