SATURDAY · 13 x 13 GRID · 69 CLUES · 35 ACROSS · 34 DOWN
Daily Themed Crossword May 3 2025 Answers
Below is the full clue list for the May 3, 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.
1A
Pirate's vessel that may sink
SHIP
4
5A
Summer cooling appliances: Abbr.
ACS
3
8A
Arrow's partner
BOW
3
11A
Within arm's reach, say
NEAR
4
12A
Scottish headwear (anagram of "mat")
TAM
3
13A
"Honest" President on the penny, lovingly
ABE
3
14A
Prefix with "present" or "potent"
OMNI
4
15A
Aloe ___ (soothing lotion ingredient)
VERA
4
16A
Lobster eater's mealtime wear
BIB
3
17A
Place to see lions and pandas
ZOO
3
19A
(1/7) Bright lights, buzzing machines, and the smell of buttery popcorn ... your perfect arcade day starts now! Ready to ___ some games?
PLAY
4
21A
Ambulance crew member: Abbr.
EMT
3
22A
Golfing legend Ernie ___
ELS
3
23A
Letter in a dollar sign, phonetically
ESS
3
26A
Suffix with "mountain" or "auction"
EER
3
28A
Pop
SODA
4
32A
(2/7) First stop: the ___ coin machine. You feed it some cash and watch as a pile of coins tumbles out. Let the games begin!
TOKEN
5
34A
Celestial sphere, like a planet
ORB
3
37A
Video's counterpart, for short
AUD
3
38A
Shape on a Chinese checkers board
STAR
4
39A
"Who Wants to ___ Millionaire?": 2 wds.
BEA
3
40A
___ Martin, former NFL player
ROD
3
41A
Soap-maker's ingredient
LYE
3
44A
Organization for the Yankees and Dodgers: Abbr.
MLB
3
46A
(3/7) Where to next? You spot the racing game and slide into the driver's ___. Hands on the wheel, foot on the pedal ... the race is on!
SEAT
4
47A
Be inclined?
LEAN
4
50A
Boom box letters?
TNT
3
52A
Make frothy, as cream
WHIP
4
55A
In the thick of
AMID
4
57A
Santana's "___ Como Va"
OYE
3
58A
Wine valley in California
NAPA
4
59A
(4/7) Time for some Whac-A-___ action! You raise the mallet, take aim, and start bopping those sneaky critters before they disappear!
MOLE
4
60A
Slangy "sure"
YEP
3
61A
Approving head bob
NOD
3
62A
MC ___ of NWA
REN
3
1D
___-cone (cold treat)
SNO
3
2D
Skirt's sewn border
HEM
3
3D
"Lost" actor Somerhalder
IAN
3
4D
(5/7) You decide to test your luck at the claw machine! You insert a coin, eyes on the ___. The claw drops, grips ... and grabs!
PRIZE
5
5D
Had a smoothie bowl, say
ATE
3
6D
___ diem (seize the day)
CARPE
5
7D
"S" on a T-shirt
SMALL
5
8D
One in a diaper
BABY
4
9D
Kimono sash
OBI
3
10D
___ cam (almost obsolete PC accessory)
WEB
3
15D
Participate in elections, say
VOTE
4
18D
Scary sign of things to come
OMEN
4
20D
The "A" of LMAO
ASS
3
23D
Flying saucer passengers: Abbr.
ETS
3
24D
Regular pub crawler, perhaps
SOT
3
25D
Reggae's kin (anagram of "ask")
SKA
3
27D
Take the wrong way?
ROB
3
29D
Dinghy propeller
OAR
3
30D
Jack and Jill, e.g.
DUO
3
31D
Use a plus sign
ADD
3
33D
"Perry Mason" series writer ___ Gardner
ERLE
4
35D
"Everybody Hurts" band
REM
3
36D
(6/7) One last challenge: the pinball machine! You launch the ___ and it zooms through ramps and bumpers. Can you beat the high score?
BALL
4
42D
"Contagious" sign of sleep or boredom
YAWN
4
43D
Actor ___ Hawke of "Before Sunrise"
ETHAN
5
45D
Laser light
BEAM
4
46D
Choreographer's unit
STEP
4
48D
"Omnia Vincit ___" ("Love conquers all")
AMOR
4
49D
Cleopatra's river
NILE
4
50D
(7/7) The final game is over and all the coins are spent. With sore fingers and a stuffed ___ in hand, you exit the arcade!
TOY
3
51D
"Science Guy" Bill who's a contemporary of Neil DeGrasse Tyson
NYE
3
53D
Wall Street launch: Abbr.
IPO
3
54D
A mouse may move across one
PAD
3
56D
Hibernation site for a bear, perhaps
DEN
3
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The completed 13 x 13 grid for May 3, 2025. Numbers mark where each across and down answer begins.
About the May 3, 2025 puzzle
The May 3, 2025 Daily Themed Crossword is a 13 x 13 grid with 69 clues — 35 across and 34 down. Puzzles tend to get harder as the week progresses, so a Saturday 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 3 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.