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FRIDAY · 13 x 13 GRID · 68 CLUES · 33 ACROSS · 35 DOWN

Daily Themed Crossword May 23 2025 Answers

Below is the full clue list for the May 23, 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.

68 of 68 clues Solved grid ↓
Across
1A Sis's male sibling, for short BRO 3 4A "I ___ your pardon!" BEG 3 7A Fruity bread spread JAM 3 10A Snoop Dogg's genre RAP 3 11A Nevada's ___ 51 AREA 4 13A Facts and figures DATA 4 14A Dumbstruck feeling AWE 3 15A "On a ___-to-know basis" NEED 4 16A "My one and ___" ONLY 4 17A Organization with Wizards and Warriors: Abbr. NBA 3 19A Combine the chemical symbols for Sulfur, Uranium, and Nitrogen to make the orb that Icarus flew too close to SUN 3 21A Director Lee of "The Ice Storm" ANG 3 23A iTunes downloads SONGS 5 27A Postal requirement STAMP 5 29A Combine the chemical symbols for Boron, Radium, Iodine, and Nitrogen to make what the cranium contains BRAIN 5 30A "... ___ woodchuck could chuck wood?": 2 wds. IFA 3 32A Combine the chemical symbols for Copper and Phosphorus to make a trophy shape CUP 3 34A Liquid measuring unit, for short GAL 3 35A Horse's greeting NEIGH 5 38A ___ car (Indy warm-up vehicle) PACE 4 41A Paparazzi target, informally CELEB 5 42A Combine the chemical symbols for Tungsten, Oxygen, and Potassium for a Chinese frypan WOK 3 43A "Shanghai ___," 2000 martial arts film NOON 4 46A Be afraid of, as heights or spiders FEAR 4 49A Smoothie bowl berry ACAI 4 52A Top of a house ROOF 4 54A Squeezed embrace HUG 3 56A Food book, at a restaurant MENU 4 57A Combine the chemical symbols for Calcium and Neon for a walking stick CANE 4 58A Portuguese "she" ELA 3 59A Oolong and chai, for two TEAS 4 60A ___-haw (mule's cry) HEE 3 61A ___ March, character played by Emma Watson MEG 3
Down
1D "Supportive" lingerie BRA 3 2D Like fish in sushi RAW 3 3D ___-minded (accepting) OPEN 4 4D Combine the chemical symbols for Barium and two Sodium elements for a yellow fruit with a slippery peel BANANA 6 5D "Prior to," in poetry ERE 3 6D "Heavens!" GEE 3 7D Renaissance painter ___ van Eyck JAN 3 8D Second largest ocean, for short ATL 3 9D Month that's an anagram of "yam" MAY 3 12D Commercial breaks, for short ADS 3 13D Blood drive participant DONOR 5 18D ___ mitzvah BAT 3 20D Pen drive port: Abbr. USB 3 22D Safari and Terrain maker: Abbr. GMC 3 24D Complain again and again NAG 3 25D Famed supermodel ___ Carangi GIA 3 26D Weekly NBC comedy show: Abbr. SNL 3 27D Travel by boat SAIL 4 28D Baby Dalmatian PUP 3 30D "Ltd." cousin: Abbr. INC 3 31D Price of admission FEE 3 33D Pet's furry foot PAW 3 36D Combine the chemical symbols for Germanium, Nickel, Uranium, and Sulfur to make someone who is like Einstein GENIUS 6 37D "Deadwood" airer: Abbr. HBO 3 39D Caffeinated morning drink like espresso COFFEE 6 40D ___ out a living EKE 3 44D Tolkien beast ORC 3 45D Biblical ark builder NOAH 4 47D Throat-clearing sound AHEM 4 48D ___ of thumb RULE 4 49D Invoice total, for short AMT 3 50D Carbon's chemical symbol, phonetically CEE 3 51D Santa ___ Zoo, California ANA 3 53D Combine the chemical symbols for Oxygen and Neon for a winner's number ONE 3 55D Practical joke GAG 3
Solved grid13 x 13 · 121 letters
1B
2R
3O
4B
5E
6G
7J
8A
9M
10R
A
P
11A
R
E
12A
13D
A
T
A
14A
W
E
15N
E
E
D
16O
N
L
Y
17N
18B
A
19S
20U
N
21A
N
22G
23S
O
24N
25G
26S
27S
T
A
M
28P
29B
R
A
I
N
30I
31F
A
32C
U
33P
34G
A
L
35N
E
I
36G
37H
38P
A
39C
40E
41C
E
L
E
B
42W
O
K
43N
O
44O
45N
46F
E
47A
48R
49A
50C
51A
I
52R
O
53O
F
54H
U
55G
56M
E
N
U
57C
A
N
E
58E
L
A
59T
E
A
S
60H
E
E
61M
E
G

The completed 13 x 13 grid for May 23, 2025. Numbers mark where each across and down answer begins.

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About the May 23, 2025 puzzle

The May 23, 2025 Daily Themed Crossword is a 13 x 13 grid with 68 clues — 33 across and 35 down. Puzzles tend to get harder as the week progresses, so a Friday grid sits where you would expect it in that run.

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