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THURSDAY · 13 x 13 GRID · 66 CLUES · 33 ACROSS · 33 DOWN

Daily Themed Crossword May 1 2025 Answers

Below is the full clue list for the May 1, 2025 puzzle with the solution beside every clue, followed by the completed grid. Tap a clue to see its letter count and every other puzzle it has appeared in.

66 of 66 clues Solved grid ↓
Across
1A Spinning toy TOP 3 4A Burned wood residue ASH 3 7A Catch quickly, as a criminal NAB 3 10A Slide downward? SKI 3 11A Sound a sheep makes BAA 3 12A ___-Nicole Sanger from "Grown Ups" ADA 3 13A Hand part that is "read" PALM 4 15A ___ the wrong way (irritate) RUB 3 16A Freight weight unit TON 3 17A Synonym and anagram of "aye" YEA 3 18A Al ___, actor who was offered the role of Han Solo in "Star Wars" before Harrison Ford PACINO 6 20A Accessory that's knotted at one's collar TIE 3 22A Touchdown estimate: Abbr. ETA 3 23A Gwyneth ___, actress who was offered the role of Rose in "Titanic" before Kate Winslet PALTROW 7 27A Frog's abode POND 4 31A ___ of Good Feelings (US historical period) ERA 3 32A Steak-cutting utensil KNIFE 5 35A One step ___ time: 2 wds. ATA 3 36A Deep cut GASH 4 38A ___ Olyphant, actor who was offered the role of Dominic Toretto in the "Fast & Furious" series instead of Vin Diesel TIMOTHY 7 40A Canada's ___ Island National Park ELK 3 43A Juicy BBQ serving, perhaps RIB 3 44A Emma ___, actress who was offered the role of Mia in "La La Land" instead of Emma Stone WATSON 6 47A Put overhead, as luggage STOW 4 49A Genetic material: Abbr. RNA 3 50A Lightning bolt unit VOLT 4 52A Irish for "Ireland" EIRE 4 55A Response to a question, for short ANS 3 56A Author of "Foucault's Pendulum" Umberto ___ ECO 3 57A Nautical record LOG 3 58A Carolina's ___ Dee River PEE 3 59A "Citizen Kane" studio: Abbr. RKO 3 60A You might be told to break it, for luck LEG 3
Down
1D Tiny baking measurement, for short TSP 3 2D "Everything's going to be ___" (alright) OKAY 4 3D Big heap of clothes, say PILE 4 4D Start of a magician's spell ABRA 4 5D Ketchup or Worcestershire, e.g. SAUCE 5 6D Bad ___ (smoking or nail-biting, maybe) HABIT 5 7D Defense organization headquartered in Brussels: Abbr. NATO 4 8D "And now, without further ___ ..." ADO 3 9D ___ Ki-moon, former Secretary-General of the UN BAN 3 14D ___ Damon, actor who was offered the role of Jake Sully in "Avatar" instead of Sam Worthington MATT 4 18D Office assistant (anagram of "nope") PEON 4 19D Quick afternoon snooze NAP 3 21D Annoy greatly IRK 3 23D Hard throw in baseball PEG 3 24D "Altar" in the sky ARA 3 25D "Viva ___ Vegas!" LAS 3 26D Quick-thinking humor WIT 3 28D Cheerios grain OAT 3 29D To the ___ degree (utmost) NTH 3 30D Period from dawn to dusk DAY 3 33D Gold medalist's place FIRST 5 34D Radiate, as light EMIT 4 37D "___ All That" (2021 Netflix film) HES 3 39D Clarinet cousin OBOE 4 41D What "-phile" means LOVER 5 42D Word repeated before "Who's there?" in a classic joke KNOCK 5 44D Bubble ___ (packaging material) WRAP 4 45D ___ Hathaway, actress who was offered the role of Tiffany in "Silver Linings Playbook" instead of Jennifer Lawrence ANNE 4 46D Shock with a stun gun TASE 4 48D ___ Smith, actor who turned down the role of Neo in "The Matrix" before Keanu Reeves WILL 4 51D Bathroom, in Bath LOO 3 53D Spherical sushi topping ROE 3 54D Word before "plant" for a purple veggie EGG 3
Solved grid13 x 13 · 121 letters
1T
2O
3P
4A
5S
6H
7N
8A
9B
10S
K
I
11B
A
A
12A
D
A
13P
A
L
14M
15R
U
B
16T
O
N
17Y
E
A
18P
A
C
I
19N
O
20T
21I
E
22E
T
A
23P
24A
25L
T
R
O
26W
27P
28O
29N
30D
31E
R
A
32K
N
I
33F
34E
35A
T
A
36G
A
S
37H
38T
I
M
39O
T
H
Y
40E
41L
42K
43R
I
B
44W
45A
46T
S
O
N
47S
T
O
48W
49R
N
A
50V
O
51L
T
52E
I
53R
54E
55A
N
S
56E
C
O
57L
O
G
58P
E
E
59R
K
O
60L
E
G

The completed 13 x 13 grid for May 1, 2025. Numbers mark where each across and down answer begins.

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About the May 1, 2025 puzzle

The May 1, 2025 Daily Themed Crossword is a 13 x 13 grid with 66 clues — 33 across and 33 down. Puzzles tend to get harder as the week progresses, so a Thursday grid sits where you would expect it in that run.

There is also a small 5x5 Mini published the same day — its answers are on the May 1 2025 Mini page. If a clue reappears in a later puzzle its own answer page is updated, so bookmarking the clue is more reliable than bookmarking the date. Older puzzles live in the archive. We are in no way affiliated with or endorsed by the publishers that created the game.