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NYT Crossword — May 2, 2025

Friday’s 15 × 15 puzzle, 72 clues. The full solution is below — answers stay masked until you reveal them, one clue or all at once.

0 of 72 revealed

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Across

35 clues

1Setting for Arthur Miller's "The Crucible"

6"Well, ___ …" (segue)

14Gatsby or Hamlet

16Dolly of "Hello, Dolly!"

17Sides of circles?

20Chloride and oxide, for two

24___ seeds (ingredients in pickling)

25"Is that an amazing offer or what?"

29Titular female Disney character whose name also appears in a Shakespeare play

30Titular male Shakespeare character whose name also appears in a Disney film

31X

34Do something of interest?

35Like straw baskets

36Sunfish feature

37Modern car accessory

38Literary bird with a one-word vocabulary, apparently

39Merely watches without saying a word

40"Yadda, yadda, yadda"

43More inclined to recline

44Aerosol output

45Malaysian state or island

46Doesn't guzzle

47Poke bowl delicacy

50Sikorsky or Stravinsky

51"To nobody's surprise ..."

54It's a piece of work

55Categorize narrowly

56They might be red or blonde

57One of 12 on a euro coin

Down

37 clues

1"You're doing it all wrong!"

2River next to the Uffizi Gallery

4Impediment to collaboration

6"No need to respond right now"

7Natural incubators

8Bit of energy (and of "energy")

9Makes a snack of

10Sci-fi remakes?

11It may have pluses and minuses

12Lincoln Center's former ___ Fisher Hall

13Containers at airport security

15Sing like Perry Como or Mel Tormé

22Swedish actress Lena

23Crushed, as a test

24Concrete example of rotational forces and fluid dynamics?

25One of two for one

26Brand that once offered an "Uh-Oh!" variety

27Best someone, but just barely

32A walk in the park?

33The "kid" in "Here's looking at you, kid"

35Concerns of the Paycheck Fairness Act

36Bams, cracks or dots, in mahjong

38Many a UNESCO site

41Much of northern Arkansas

42Land animal closely related to whales

45Shawarma wrap

46Super Monkey Ball brand

48Didn't give way

49Every month has one

52Early instruction in canine obedience school

53Mandy Patinkin's role in "Evita"

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Stats & info

Friday, May 2, 2025

15×15

Grid size

72

Total entries

32/193

Black / letter cells

5.4

Avg entry length

13 ltrs

Longest entry

Hard

Friday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedMay 2, 2025

DayFriday

ThemeThemeless

ConstructorRobyn Weintraub

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split35 across · 37 down

Longest entries

25A"Is that an amazing offer or what?"13 ltrs 40A"Yadda, yadda, yadda"13 ltrs 6D"No need to respond right now"11 ltrs 24DConcrete example of rotational forces and fluid dynamics?11 ltrs 14AGatsby or Hamlet10 ltrs

Friday puzzles run themeless, so the fill leans on long open entries and wordplay clues rather than a central gimmick. This grid has 32 black squares and averages 5.4 letters per entry.