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NYT Crossword — May 29, 2025

Thursday’s 15 × 15 puzzle, 78 clues. The full solution is below — answers stay masked until you reveal them, one clue or all at once.

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Across

37 clues

7"Make like a drum and beat it!"

14Source of the line "The female of the species is more deadly than the male"

16"Ditto for us"

17Half of an Arnold Palmer

19*Mensa, for one

20"___ Enchanted," 2004 film

22What's never free of charge

23___ hat, no cattle (folksy put-down)

25Fed. observance since 1986

28Music biz scandal

30Chippewa neighbors

32Homophone of 26-Down

35HBO comedy with 17 Emmys

36*One with a minority opinion about the shape of the world

37Word with drum or trumpet

382013 film that presaged ChatGPT

39Stick with it

41Insect named for the Virgin Mary

43Upton Sinclair novel

44Mononymous Irish singer

49Material for some ropes and curtains

51Words from a loud speaker, maybe

53Preceder of way or word

54*Two sure things

56X, Y and sometimes Z

57"Yikes"-worthy

60Give height, as a hairdo ... or a hint for entering the answers to the starred clues

62Filled out wrong, say

63One rushing to a Code Blue, in brief

64Not equilateral or isosceles

65Clapped back at

Down

41 clues

1Something to wear on a run

2Anarchist Sacco

3Without pretense

4Elders, derisively

5Preparation for a luau

6Give a dirty look

7Not on solid ground, say

9London's ___ Row

10Shepherd's stick

11Certain seasonal workers?

21Female in Mexican-style wrestling

24One going for a little bite?

25Inst. known for an annual 15-Down

27Informal 26-Down

29Give a dirty look

31One of the "Gilmore Girls"

34Younger Lennon son

35Second star ever photographed, after the sun

36Over-the-top dramatic

39End of a Senate address

41Listing at Christie's

44Charles Darwin's ship

46Bakery devices

52Chamber opening?

55___ Park, F.D.R.'s home

57Gender prefix

59One from Hamburg

61"S.N.L." alum Gasteyer

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Stats & info

Thursday, May 29, 2025

15×15

Grid size

78

Total entries

38/187

Black / letter cells

4.8

Avg entry length

9 ltrs

Longest entry

Tricky

Thursday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedMay 29, 2025

DayThursday

ThemeUntitled

ConstructorJohn Kugelman

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split37 across · 41 down

Longest entries

21DFemale in Mexican-style wrestling9 ltrs 11DCertain seasonal workers?8 ltrs 36DOver-the-top dramatic8 ltrs 7A"Make like a drum and beat it!"7 ltrs 14ASource of the line "The female of the species is more deadly than the male"7 ltrs

Thursday is the gimmick day: rebus squares, reversed entries and other tricks are fair game. This grid has 38 black squares and averages 4.8 letters per entry.