NYT Crossword hints and answer for May 11, 2025
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Clues128
Across61
Down67
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Today’s NYT Crossword clues, hints & answers
Every clue from this puzzle with a hint and the answer behind separate buttons, so you only see what you need. Click a clue for its own page.
Across
1A
Cartridge from the 1980s (9)
Starts with A, ends with EATARIGAME→
10A
Source of the words "galore" and "smithereens" (5)
Starts with I, ends with HIRISH→
15A
"Nice!" (5)
Starts with S, ends with TSWEET→
20A
Drag-racing venue (9)
Starts with M, ends with XMOTORPLEX→
21A
Nature personified (11)
Starts with M, ends with HMOTHEREARTH→
23A
"Pinky-swear?" (9)
Starts with P, ends with EPROMISEME→
24A
Step on a scale? (11)
Starts with M, ends with EMUSICALNOTE→
25A
The Beatles' "White Album" has four of them (5)
Starts with S, ends with SSIDES→
26A
Sphere of influence (5)
Starts with O, ends with TORBIT→
28A
1957 Isaac Asimov novel, with "The" (8)
Starts with N, ends with NNAKEDSUN→
29A
Command that might be represented by a curved arrow pointing left (4)
Starts with U, ends with OUNDO→
30A
Outer layer of the brain (6)
Starts with C, ends with XCORTEX→
32A
Inveigle (6)
Starts with E, ends with EENTICE→
33A
Package drop-off sites: Abbr. (3)
Starts with P, ends with SPOS→
34A
"Council," in Russian (6)
Starts with S, ends with TSOVIET→
35A
"Flower Myth" painter Paul (4)
Starts with K, ends with EKLEE→
36A
Takes a bit off the top (5)
Starts with T, ends with STRIMS→
40A
Showed off on an instrument (6)
Starts with S, ends with DSOLOED→
41A
Follow closely (4)
Starts with H, ends with DHEED→
42A
Note-to-self medium, perhaps (6)
Starts with P, ends with TPOSTIT→
43A
Beers from Bremen, informally (8)
Starts with S, ends with SSTPAULIS→
46A
Zingy flavor (4)
Starts with T, ends with GTANG→
47A
Way off in the distance (3)
Starts with F, ends with RFAR→
48A
Agreeable words (3)
Starts with I, ends with OIDO→
49A
Defeated decisively (7)
Starts with W, ends with DWHIPPED→
50A
Fish that passes the "mirror test" of self-recognition (8)
Starts with M, ends with YMANTARAY→
52A
Salon sound (4)
Starts with S, ends with PSNIP→
53A
Poker declaration (6)
Starts with I, ends with EIRAISE→
54A
"I've Been Everywhere" singer in the Country Music Hall of Fame (8)
Starts with H, ends with WHANKSNOW→
55A
Mass agreements (5)
Starts with A, ends with SAMENS→
56A
"Whoever did this has it coming!" (21)
Starts with S, ends with DSOMEONEISGETTINGFIRED→
59A
Lynn ___, Super Bowl X M.V.P. (5)
Starts with S, ends with NSWANN→
60A
At the end of the day (8)
Starts with A, ends with LAFTERALL→
61A
Recently (6)
Starts with O, ends with EOFLATE→
62A
"Phooey!" (4)
Starts with R, ends with SRATS→
63A
Right of way, say (8)
Starts with P, ends with YPRIORITY→
64A
Cornmeal dish at a trattoria (7)
Starts with P, ends with APOLENTA→
65A
"I ___ you!" (3)
Starts with O, ends with EOWE→
66A
Eternity (3)
Starts with E, ends with NEON→
67A
Partner of 74-Across (4)
Starts with D, ends with EDINE→
68A
Acted diplomatically (8)
Starts with M, ends with DMEDIATED→
69A
Organ above the trachea (6)
Starts with L, ends with XLARYNX→
71A
Comic Ali (4)
Starts with W, ends with GWONG→
72A
Black out (6)
Starts with R, ends with TREDACT→
73A
Big name in the cleaning aisle (5)
Starts with L, ends with LLYSOL→
74A
Partner of 67-Across (4)
Starts with W, ends with EWINE→
75A
Embody something proudly (6)
Starts with W, ends with TWEARIT→
76A
___ Fring, "Breaking Bad" antagonist (3)
Starts with G, ends with SGUS→
79A
Spots for lavalier mics (6)
Starts with L, ends with SLAPELS→
81A
Hebrew greeting (6)
Starts with S, ends with MSHALOM→
82A
Turn to pulp (4)
Starts with M, ends with HMASH→
83A
1999 Maeve Binchy novel (8)
Starts with T, ends with DTARAROAD→
86A
Young salmon (5)
Starts with S, ends with TSMOLT→
87A
Unit of magnetic flux density (5)
Starts with G, ends with AGAMMA→
88A
Spirit with a citrus flavor (11)
Starts with O, ends with AORANGEVODKA→
90A
Head cheese (9)
Starts with M, ends with GMISTERBIG→
93A
Minor crime (11)
Starts with M, ends with RMISDEMEANOR→
94A
Adding up (to) (9)
Starts with A, ends with GAMOUNTING→
95A
Joy on TV (5)
Starts with B, ends with RBEHAR→
96A
Button on many appliances (5)
Starts with S, ends with TSTART→
97A
"Network" co-star, 1976 (9)
Starts with N, ends with YNEDBEATTY→
Down
1D
Invigorates (6)
Starts with A, ends with PAMPSUP→
2D
Home of the Italian soccer club Juventus (6)
Starts with T, ends with OTORINO→
3D
Fighting (with) (6)
Starts with A, ends with SATODDS→
4D
Fictional character who says "Here's to my love! O true apothecary! Thy drugs are quick" (5)
Starts with R, ends with OROMEO→
5D
Mechanism that controls a camera's aperture (4)
Starts with I, ends with SIRIS→
6D
Dashboard device, in brief (3)
Starts with G, ends with SGPS→
7D
Tavern offering (3)
Starts with A, ends with EALE→
8D
High school reunion topic (8)
Starts with M, ends with SMEMORIES→
10D
Amalgamate (5)
Starts with I, ends with XIMMIX→
11D
Uninteresting game, perhaps (4)
Starts with R, ends with TROUT→
12D
Word with a commonly misapplied apostrophe (3)
Starts with I, ends with SITS→
13D
Climbed, as a rope (7)
Starts with S, ends with DSHINNED→
14D
Greek goddess depicted holding torches and snakes (6)
Starts with H, ends with EHECATE→
15D
Person on a nominating committee, say (8)
Starts with S, ends with RSELECTOR→
16D
Goes nowhere in particular (7)
Starts with W, ends with SWANDERS→
17D
Psyche's partner (4)
Starts with E, ends with SEROS→
18D
Accusatory words (4)
Starts with E, ends with UETTU→
19D
"Well ___" (4)
Starts with T, ends with NTHEN→
22D
Twice-distilled Turkish beverage (4)
Starts with R, ends with IRAKI→
27D
Item in a hedge (3)
Starts with B, ends with TBET→
31D
Semicircular? (5)
Starts with O, ends with DOVOID→
32D
With style (9)
Starts with E, ends with YELEGANTLY→
34D
"Let's eat!" (7)
Starts with S, ends with NSOUPSON→
35D
School whose sports teams are known as the Golden Flashes (9)
Starts with K, ends with EKENTSTATE→
37D
Traveling from place to place (9)
Starts with I, ends with TITINERANT→
38D
Shopgirl in a Paris boutique (9)
Starts with M, ends with EMIDINETTE→
39D
Freezes (9)
Starts with S, ends with DSTOPSDEAD→
40D
Homo ___ neanderthalensis (7)
Starts with S, ends with SSAPIENS→
41D
Strong urge (9)
Starts with H, ends with GHANKERING→
42D
Cough up (3)
Starts with P, ends with YPAY→
43D
Cake with a distinctive swirl (9)
Starts with S, ends with LSWISSROLL→
44D
Casual and not meant to be taken seriously, as a remark (9)
Starts with T, ends with YTHROWAWAY→
45D
Spinal cord membranes (9)
Starts with P, ends with SPIAMATERS→
46D
Shade akin to pumpkin (9)
Starts with T, ends with ETANGERINE→
47D
Court favor in a cringey fashion (4)
Starts with F, ends with NFAWN→
50D
Beasts with enormous tusks (9)
Starts with M, ends with SMASTODONS→
51D
Shake up (4)
Starts with R, ends with LROIL→
52D
Show warmth to (7)
Starts with S, ends with TSMILEAT→
54D
Like recording studio equipment (4)
Starts with H, ends with IHIFI→
55D
Plague (7)
Starts with A, ends with TAFFLICT→
57D
Take in (4)
Starts with E, ends with NEARN→
58D
Archer's gift (7)
Starts with G, ends with MGOODAIM→
63D
Old curse word (3)
Starts with P, ends with XPOX→
64D
Actor Pascal of "Gladiator II" (5)
Starts with P, ends with OPEDRO→
66D
What provides the big picture? (8)
Starts with E, ends with RENLARGER→
68D
Noon or 6:00 p.m., for some (8)
Starts with M, ends with EMEALTIME→
70D
Reality TV star Hadid (7)
Starts with Y, ends with AYOLANDA→
71D
Something sown, per an idiom (7)
Starts with W, ends with TWILDOAT→
72D
Macho stereotype (7)
Starts with R, ends with NREALMAN→
74D
Goes in and out (6)
Starts with W, ends with SWEAVES→
75D
Word before knows or cares (3)
Starts with W, ends with OWHO→
76D
Chess opening (6)
Starts with G, ends with TGAMBIT→
77D
Dime store? (6)
Starts with U, ends with TUSMINT→
78D
In need of a haircut, say (6)
Starts with S, ends with YSHAGGY→
80D
Limerick, e.g. (4)
Starts with P, ends with MPOEM→
81D
Tricked out with the latest technology, say (5)
Starts with S, ends with TSMART→
82D
One-named Brazilian soccer star who is a six-time FIFA World Player of the Year (5)
Starts with M, ends with AMARTA→
83D
Body building? (4)
Starts with T, ends with BTOMB→
84D
___ Crown Theater (downtown Chicago landmark) (4)
Starts with A, ends with EARIE→
85D
Acting without thinking (4)
Starts with R, ends with HRASH→
86D
Candy brand with a crown in its logo (4)
Starts with S, ends with RSKOR→
87D
See 89-Down (4)
Starts with G, ends with EGENE→
89D
87-Down makeup (3)
Starts with D, ends with ADNA→
91D
It may be rolled out in the backyard (3)
Starts with S, ends with DSOD→
92D
Setting for Jacques-Louis David's painting "The Death of Marat" (3)
Starts with T, ends with BTUB→
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for May 11, 2025?+
128 clues: 61 Across and 67 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Brendan Emmett Quigley and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: Cartridge from the 1980s (ATARIGAME); Source of the words "galore" and "smithereens" (IRISH); "Nice!" (SWEET).
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