NYT Crossword hints and answer for May 2, 2025
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Clues72
Across35
Down37
ConstructorRobyn Weintraub
Today’s NYT Crossword clues, hints & answers
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Across
1A
Setting for Arthur Miller's "The Crucible" (5)
Starts with S, ends with MSALEM→
6A
"Well, ___ …" (segue) (4)
Starts with T, ends with NTHEN→
10A
Grouch (4)
Starts with C, ends with BCRAB→
14A
Gatsby or Hamlet (10)
Starts with T, ends with OTRAGICHERO→
16A
Dolly of "Hello, Dolly!" (4)
Starts with L, ends with ILEVI→
17A
Sides of circles? (10)
Starts with O, ends with SONIONRINGS→
18A
Not settled (4)
Starts with O, ends with NOPEN→
19A
Seal team? (3)
Starts with P, ends with DPOD→
20A
Chloride and oxide, for two (4)
Starts with I, ends with SIONS→
23A
Unchecked (4)
Starts with A, ends with KAMOK→
24A
___ seeds (ingredients in pickling) (6)
Starts with C, ends with YCELERY→
25A
"Is that an amazing offer or what?" (13)
Starts with H, ends with THOWCANIRESIST→
29A
Titular female Disney character whose name also appears in a Shakespeare play (5)
Starts with A, ends with LARIEL→
30A
Titular male Shakespeare character whose name also appears in a Disney film (5)
Starts with T, ends with NTIMON→
34A
Do something of interest? (4)
Starts with L, ends with DLEND→
35A
Like straw baskets (5)
Starts with W, ends with NWOVEN→
36A
Sunfish feature (4)
Starts with S, ends with LSAIL→
37A
Modern car accessory (3)
Starts with F, ends with BFOB→
38A
Literary bird with a one-word vocabulary, apparently (5)
Starts with R, ends with NRAVEN→
39A
Merely watches without saying a word (5)
Starts with L, ends with SLURKS→
40A
"Yadda, yadda, yadda" (13)
Starts with Y, ends with AYOUGETTHEIDEA→
43A
More inclined to recline (6)
Starts with L, ends with RLAZIER→
44A
Aerosol output (4)
Starts with M, ends with TMIST→
45A
Malaysian state or island (6)
Starts with P, ends with GPENANG→
46A
Doesn't guzzle (4)
Starts with S, ends with SSIPS→
47A
Poke bowl delicacy (3)
Starts with A, ends with IAHI→
50A
Sikorsky or Stravinsky (4)
Starts with I, ends with RIGOR→
51A
"To nobody's surprise ..." (10)
Starts with A, ends with DASEXPECTED→
54A
It's a piece of work (4)
Starts with T, ends with KTASK→
55A
Categorize narrowly (10)
Starts with P, ends with EPIGEONHOLE→
56A
They might be red or blonde (4)
Starts with A, ends with SALES→
57A
One of 12 on a euro coin (4)
Starts with S, ends with RSTAR→
58A
Wires, say (5)
Starts with S, ends with SSENDS→
Down
1D
"You're doing it all wrong!" (4)
Starts with S, ends with PSTOP→
2D
River next to the Uffizi Gallery (4)
Starts with A, ends with OARNO→
3D
Put (down) (4)
Starts with L, ends with DLAID→
4D
Impediment to collaboration (3)
Starts with E, ends with OEGO→
5D
Barely enough (7)
Starts with M, ends with LMINIMAL→
6D
"No need to respond right now" (11)
Starts with T, ends with RTHINKITOVER→
7D
Natural incubators (4)
Starts with H, ends with SHENS→
8D
Bit of energy (and of "energy") (3)
Starts with E, ends with GERG→
9D
Makes a snack of (8)
Starts with N, ends with NNOSHESON→
10D
Sci-fi remakes? (6)
Starts with C, ends with SCLONES→
11D
It may have pluses and minuses (10)
Starts with R, ends with DREPORTCARD→
12D
Lincoln Center's former ___ Fisher Hall (5)
Starts with A, ends with YAVERY→
13D
Containers at airport security (4)
Starts with B, ends with SBINS→
15D
Sing like Perry Como or Mel Tormé (5)
Starts with C, ends with NCROON→
22D
Swedish actress Lena (4)
Starts with O, ends with NOLIN→
23D
Crushed, as a test (4)
Starts with A, ends with DACED→
24D
Concrete example of rotational forces and fluid dynamics? (11)
Starts with C, ends with RCEMENTMIXER→
25D
One of two for one (4)
Starts with H, ends with FHALF→
26D
Brand that once offered an "Uh-Oh!" variety (4)
Starts with O, ends with OOREO→
27D
Best someone, but just barely (10)
Starts with W, ends with EWINBYANOSE→
28D
Transfix (5)
Starts with R, ends with TRIVET→
32D
A walk in the park? (4)
Starts with H, ends with EHIKE→
33D
The "kid" in "Here's looking at you, kid" (4)
Starts with I, ends with AILSA→
35D
Concerns of the Paycheck Fairness Act (8)
Starts with W, ends with SWAGEGAPS→
36D
Bams, cracks or dots, in mahjong (4)
Starts with S, ends with TSUIT→
38D
Many a UNESCO site (4)
Starts with R, ends with NRUIN→
39D
Subsides (7)
Starts with L, ends with SLESSENS→
41D
Much of northern Arkansas (6)
Starts with O, ends with SOZARKS→
42D
Land animal closely related to whales (5)
Starts with H, ends with OHIPPO→
43D
___ tender (5)
Starts with L, ends with LLEGAL→
45D
Shawarma wrap (4)
Starts with P, ends with APITA→
46D
Super Monkey Ball brand (4)
Starts with S, ends with ASEGA→
47D
Buckets (4)
Starts with A, ends with NATON→
48D
Didn't give way (4)
Starts with H, ends with DHELD→
49D
Every month has one (4)
Starts with I, ends with SIDES→
52D
Early instruction in canine obedience school (3)
Starts with S, ends with TSIT→
53D
Mandy Patinkin's role in "Evita" (3)
Starts with C, ends with ECHE→
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for May 2, 2025?+
72 clues: 35 Across and 37 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Robyn Weintraub and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: Setting for Arthur Miller's "The Crucible" (SALEM); "Well, ___ …" (segue) (THEN); Grouch (CRAB).
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