NYT Crossword May 25 2026 Answers

The complete list of answers to the NYT Crossword published on May 25 2026.

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Total Across
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Clues Across (37 total)

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Jokes (around)
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Not very spicy
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Super 8 or Red Roof Inn
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Paper cut?
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Big name in laptops
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Public relations concern
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Steamy segment in a movie
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Fruit that makes your lips pucker
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Tennis skirt feature
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Lack of light
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Locale for a plastic flamingo
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Yoga studio essential
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De-tension center?
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Variety of chili that can reach a Scoville score of 1+ million
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European ski destination
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Volcanic spew
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Sample collected by Ancestry.com
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Daily Planet reporter Lois
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Show the ropes
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"___ sesame!"
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Comfortable
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Anguish
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Manage, as a bar
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California national park known for its dryness
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Pigs' digs
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Number starting a countdown
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Sitting on
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Bring dishonor upon
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"I'm sleepy" signals
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Ancient Mexican empire
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1980s hit with the lyric "Me mind on fire, me soul on fire" ... or how one might describe 17-, 30- and 48-Across?
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Back of a car or front of an elephant
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Orchestral woodwind
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Place of buzziness?
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Most watches have three of these
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Japanese electronics giant
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An estimated 25% of modern phone calls
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Clues Down (41 total)

(1)
Seaweed in an underwater forest
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Revered figure
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Go off the deep end?
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Incredible bargain
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Kraft ___ & Cheese
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Lead-in to maker or breaker
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Give, but expect back
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Experienced during sleep
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Frothy drink often served with boba
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A ladybug landing on you is considered a good one
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Opposite of wild
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Alter ___ (other selves)
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Camera shop purchase
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Adult male deer
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A hardened criminal might have a long one
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"Yeah, yeah"
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Missing part of the Great Sphinx of Giza
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Leafy lunch order
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Piece of armadillo armor
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Common sleep disorder
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Item worn over the shoulders
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"The ___ thickens ..."
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Vocal cords, informally
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Happening
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Singer Newman with the hit "You've Got a Friend in Me"
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Chair or pew
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Coke or Pepsi
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Gimmicky routines
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Dried poblanos used in mole sauce
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Toy on a string
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Trails
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Relaxing soak
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Book just after Ezekiel, alphabetically
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Flabbergast
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Patch up
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Drifter in search of work
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What to do with egg whites when making meringue
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Luminous stellar explosion
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Women in ___ (educational advocacy group)
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Colossal quantity
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"Yoo-hoo!"
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