NYT Crossword hints and answer for May 3, 2025
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Clues70
Across35
Down35
ConstructorMichael Lieberman
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
Source of the line "Whatever goes upon four legs, or has wings, is a friend" (10)
Starts with A, ends with MANIMALFARM→
11A
National Merit Scholarship qualifying exam (4)
Starts with P, ends with TPSAT→
15A
Nailed (10)
Starts with D, ends with EDONETOATEE→
16A
"Nope" (4)
Starts with U, ends with HUHUH→
17A
"Can we be real for a second?!" (10)
Starts with L, ends with TLETSFACEIT→
19A
Bass output (4)
Starts with A, ends with SALES→
20A
Spicy alternative to a Frito (4)
Starts with T, ends with ITAKI→
21A
Small drama (4)
Starts with S, ends with TSKIT→
22A
Country that is more than 50% desert: Abbr. (3)
Starts with I, ends with RISR→
23A
Frenetic bursts of energy in pets, colloquially (7)
Starts with Z, ends with SZOOMIES→
26A
Cry for help (3)
Starts with S, ends with SSOS→
27A
Löwenbräu product (4)
Starts with B, ends with RBIER→
28A
"Yessiree!" (6)
Starts with R, ends with ORIGHTO→
30A
Ubiquitous figure during the holiday season (9)
Starts with S, ends with ESALEPRICE→
35A
Subatomic particle that binds quarks together (5)
Starts with G, ends with NGLUON→
36A
Like some tournaments (5)
Starts with P, ends with MPROAM→
37A
Subj. of some interpretive work (3)
Starts with A, ends with LASL→
38A
Malarkey (5)
Starts with H, ends with MHOKUM→
39A
How some people self-identify (5)
Starts with I, ends with EITSME→
40A
"Whatever" (9)
Starts with L, ends with ELIKEICARE→
42A
Gets out of the way, as hair (6)
Starts with T, ends with PTIESUP→
44A
[Get out of my way!] (4)
Starts with H, ends with KHONK→
45A
Onetime union member: Abbr. (3)
Starts with S, ends with RSSR→
46A
Draw out (7)
Starts with P, ends with GPROLONG→
49A
Eponymous Belgian tourist spot (3)
Starts with S, ends with ASPA→
52A
Intervals (4)
Starts with G, ends with SGAPS→
54A
Son of Isaac and Rebekah (4)
Starts with E, ends with UESAU→
55A
Common tater (4)
Starts with S, ends with DSPUD→
56A
Tending to get fixated, say (4)
Starts with A, ends with LANAL→
57A
Was way too keyed up, in modern slang (10)
Starts with H, ends with LHADNOCHILL→
60A
Remoulade base, informally (4)
Starts with M, ends with OMAYO→
61A
Manchego curado or Asiago d'allevo (10)
Starts with A, ends with EAGEDCHEESE→
62A
Computer programming keyword (4)
Starts with E, ends with EELSE→
63A
Director and co-star of 2013's "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" (10)
Starts with B, ends with RBENSTILLER→
Down
1D
"___ and Estes — The Bestest" (1956 campaign slogan) (5)
Starts with A, ends with IADLAI→
2D
Winter airs (5)
Starts with N, ends with SNOELS→
3D
Prefix with change (5)
Starts with I, ends with RINTER→
4D
Futz around (with) (4)
Starts with M, ends with SMESS→
5D
Fed. agency that investigates arson (3)
Starts with A, ends with FATF→
6D
Hawaiian for "long" (3)
Starts with L, ends with ALOA→
7D
!, in mathematics (9)
Starts with F, ends with LFACTORIAL→
8D
Top unit (5)
Starts with A, ends with MATEAM→
9D
Japanese energy-healing technique (5)
Starts with R, ends with IREIKI→
10D
Calling (6)
Starts with M, ends with RMETIER→
11D
"The lowest form of human behavior," per John Oliver (4)
Starts with P, ends with SPUNS→
12D
North African egg-and-tomato dish (9)
Starts with S, ends with ASHAKSHUKA→
13D
Museum offering with a headset (9)
Starts with A, ends with RAUDIOTOUR→
14D
"I'm responsible for what happened" (9)
Starts with T, ends with ETHATSONME→
23D
Request from someone getting dressed (7)
Starts with Z, ends with PZIPMEUP→
24D
Poetic preposition (3)
Starts with O, ends with ROER→
25D
Showing exasperation, in a way (7)
Starts with S, ends with GSIGHING→
29D
Pistol brand (5)
Starts with G, ends with KGLOCK→
30D
Tries to talk smoothly, in slang (9)
Starts with S, ends with ESPITSGAME→
31D
Made using traditional methods (9)
Starts with A, ends with LARTISANAL→
32D
Stakes of some bar bets (9)
Starts with L, ends with SLOSERPAYS→
33D
Franchise based in Vegas and N.Y., among others (3)
Starts with C, ends with ICSI→
34D
Norwegian hunting dogs (9)
Starts with E, ends with SELKHOUNDS→
41D
Long spell (3)
Starts with E, ends with NEON→
43D
Physical therapy before an operation, familiarly (6)
Starts with P, ends with BPREHAB→
47D
Tribe in "Killers of the Flower Moon" (5)
Starts with O, ends with EOSAGE→
48D
Weighed down (5)
Starts with L, ends with NLADEN→
49D
Pitcher's output (5)
Starts with S, ends with LSPIEL→
51D
Renata ___, longtime journalist for The New Yorker (5)
Starts with A, ends with RADLER→
53D
Blackthorn berry (4)
Starts with S, ends with ESLOE→
55D
Poet Silverstein (4)
Starts with S, ends with LSHEL→
58D
Mo. when Supreme Court terms begin (3)
Starts with O, ends with TOCT→
59D
Home of the White Sox, for short (3)
Starts with C, ends with ICHI→
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for May 3, 2025?+
70 clues: 35 Across and 35 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Michael Lieberman and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: Source of the line "Whatever goes upon four legs, or has wings, is a friend" (ANIMALFARM); National Merit Scholarship qualifying exam (PSAT); Nailed (DONETOATEE).
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