NYT Crossword hints and answer for May 13, 2025
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Clues76
Across39
Down37
ConstructorJoe Rodini
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
Gremlins and Pacers of old autodom (4)
Starts with A, ends with SAMCS→
5A
Playful prank (5)
Starts with C, ends with RCAPER→
10A
Includes on an email, in brief (3)
Starts with C, ends with SCCS→
13A
Jamie of TV's "M*A*S*H" (4)
Starts with F, ends with RFARR→
14A
Die down (5)
Starts with A, ends with EABATE→
15A
Guitarist Clapton (4)
Starts with E, ends with CERIC→
17A
Ladled party drink (10)
Starts with F, ends with HFRUITPUNCH→
19A
Dalai ___ (4)
Starts with L, ends with ALAMA→
20A
Use a scope (3)
Starts with A, ends with MAIM→
21A
Voting against (4)
Starts with A, ends with IANTI→
22A
"You can stop explaining" (6)
Starts with I, ends with TIGETIT→
24A
To-do pile's place (5)
Starts with I, ends with XINBOX→
26A
The Midwest states, agriculturally speaking (8)
Starts with C, ends with TCORNBELT→
28A
Came back from a deficit (7)
Starts with R, ends with DRALLIED→
31A
Princess's torment in a classic fairy tale (3)
Starts with P, ends with APEA→
32A
___ Speedwagon (3)
Starts with R, ends with OREO→
33A
One of a salty septet (3)
Starts with S, ends with ASEA→
34A
Blanket draping a mountain at dawn (4)
Starts with M, ends with TMIST→
36A
Oscar winner Spacek (5)
Starts with S, ends with YSISSY→
38A
Cafeteria shout that might provoke the moves at 17-, 26-, 54- and 64-Across? (9)
Starts with F, ends with TFOODFIGHT→
41A
Proctor's cue (5)
Starts with B, ends with NBEGIN→
44A
Roger Rabbit or Bugs Bunny, e.g. (4)
Starts with T, ends with NTOON→
45A
Circle section (3)
Starts with A, ends with CARC→
48A
In the style of (3)
Starts with A, ends with AALA→
49A
Wall St. debut (3)
Starts with I, ends with OIPO→
51A
Kind of family (7)
Starts with N, ends with RNUCLEAR→
54A
Bone-in cut whose name became an endearment (8)
Starts with L, ends with PLAMBCHOP→
57A
Many-headed monster of myth (5)
Starts with H, ends with AHYDRA→
58A
Non-mono, say (6)
Starts with S, ends with OSTEREO→
59A
"Superberry" of South America (4)
Starts with A, ends with IACAI→
62A
Voting against (3)
Starts with C, ends with NCON→
63A
Personal shopper, e.g. (4)
Starts with A, ends with EAIDE→
64A
Bright yellow creature that moves about 6.5 inches per minute (10)
Starts with B, ends with GBANANASLUG→
67A
Castle defense (4)
Starts with M, ends with TMOAT→
68A
Like noble gases (5)
Starts with I, ends with TINERT→
69A
Carefree feeling (4)
Starts with E, ends with EEASE→
70A
Co. behind the "Book Review" podcast (3)
Starts with N, ends with TNYT→
71A
Bewilder (5)
Starts with A, ends with EADDLE→
72A
"Two pools of light, a mirror bright," in generative A.I. poetry (4)
Starts with E, ends with SEYES→
Down
1D
Shindig (6)
Starts with A, ends with RAFFAIR→
2D
Sites for lots of yachts (7)
Starts with M, ends with SMARINAS→
3D
Fall apart, as a cookie (7)
Starts with C, ends with ECRUMBLE→
4D
___ Lanka (3)
Starts with S, ends with ISRI→
5D
Skipper, informally (4)
Starts with C, ends with NCAPN→
6D
Lie next to (4)
Starts with A, ends with TABUT→
7D
Cold sweat (5)
Starts with P, ends with CPANIC→
8D
Series-ending abbr. (3)
Starts with E, ends with CETC→
9D
Bring back from a furlough (6)
Starts with R, ends with EREHIRE→
10D
Center of a paparazzi swarm (5)
Starts with C, ends with BCELEB→
11D
Lunar landscape features (7)
Starts with C, ends with SCRATERS→
12D
"Fresh as a daisy" and "strong as an oak" (7)
Starts with S, ends with SSIMILES→
16D
Laser pointer or ball of yarn (6)
Starts with C, ends with YCATTOY→
18D
Vehicle that's hailed (4)
Starts with T, ends with ITAXI→
23D
Grind, as one's teeth (5)
Starts with G, ends with HGNASH→
25D
King in Norway's Fairhair dynasty (5)
Starts with O, ends with IOLAFI→
27D
It's a choice (6)
Starts with O, ends with NOPTION→
29D
Like Dashboard Confessional's music (3)
Starts with E, ends with OEMO→
30D
Possible response to "Nuh-uh!" (6)
Starts with D, ends with ODIDTOO→
35D
West Coast air hub (3)
Starts with S, ends with OSFO→
37D
European country where the Renaissance started (5)
Starts with I, ends with YITALY→
39D
How crab legs may be served (5)
Starts with O, ends with EONICE→
40D
African animal with horns (3)
Starts with G, ends with UGNU→
41D
Aromatic fir (6)
Starts with B, ends with MBALSAM→
42D
Rapture (7)
Starts with E, ends with NELATION→
43D
Time for a tailgate party (7)
Starts with G, ends with YGAMEDAY→
46D
Court surface at the French Open (7)
Starts with R, ends with YREDCLAY→
47D
Go on a pub crawl, say (7)
Starts with C, ends with ECAROUSE→
50D
What exposure therapy may treat (6)
Starts with P, ends with APHOBIA→
52D
___ Pet (4)
Starts with C, ends with ACHIA→
53D
Stoves (6)
Starts with R, ends with SRANGES→
55D
George ___, M.L.B. player with batting titles in three different decades (5)
Starts with B, ends with TBRETT→
56D
Like windows (5)
Starts with P, ends with DPANED→
60D
Sagan of astronomy (4)
Starts with C, ends with LCARL→
61D
Feed the kitty (4)
Starts with A, ends with EANTE→
65D
"Your point being?" (3)
Starts with A, ends with DAND→
66D
Get it (3)
Starts with S, ends with ESEE→
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for May 13, 2025?+
76 clues: 39 Across and 37 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Joe Rodini and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: Gremlins and Pacers of old autodom (AMCS); Playful prank (CAPER); Includes on an email, in brief (CCS).
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