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NYT Crossword — May 7, 2025

Wednesday’s 15 × 15 puzzle, 76 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

6Extravagant type of fund-raiser

10Among other things: Abbr.

13___ Pendragon, father of King Arthur

15Drawer or door part

16Nonviolent protest / A farewell to artist Chagall? / Nonviolent protest

18Theater boxes

19Activity that turns an urban area into an obstacle course

22"Is," to Livy

23Go with one's ___

27Scientist played by David Bowie in 2006's "The Prestige"

30Endure / Display some humorous posters? / Endure

35Symbol in the Bluetooth logo, for one

36___ mode (fuel efficiency option in some cars)

37Notre Dame team / Asset in a staring contest? / Notre Dame team

43Sci-fi publisher whose logo is a rocky peak

44Figure it out / "Let's see that dance move where you lie flat by a door!" / Figure it out

51Arrogant walk

52For reference, it's over 21,000 pages, in brief

54Antagonist in "Calvin and Hobbes"

55Go over again

58Kids' items that can come in packs of 8 and 168

62City that had the final letter of its name removed in 1891, only to be restored in 1911

64Disclaimer on a secondhand product

65Mexican money

67C.P.A.'s column header, perhaps

69Missile chambers

Down

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3Many graphics in business presentations

4Mild expletive

5Wheel on a school bus-themed cake, perhaps

6Get equipped (for)

7The cruelest mo., per T.S. Eliot

8Get ready to seal, as an envelope

10Feelings of animosity

12"Face the Nation" airer

15Comic strip sound of impact

17Hot chocolate holder

21One of 16 over the course of the Ming dynasty

24Seeks help from

28"Ahab's ___" (chapter in "Moby-Dick")

29One who might receive a letter at school

32Watt or newton

34A little bit of everything?

37Amenity attached to an airplane seat

39Hoppy bar choice, for short

41Media for old music players

45Feels the pain

48Unconcerned with right and wrong

49Wish that one could

50Fits well (with)

53E.N.T.s, e.g.

56Galaxy downloads

57Media ___ (one's daily news consumption, so to speak)

60Gagarin in space

63Org. that might have you put your belt on a belt

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Stats & info

Wednesday, May 7, 2025

15×15

Grid size

76

Total entries

38/187

Black / letter cells

4.9

Avg entry length

13 ltrs

Longest entry

Medium

Wednesday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedMay 7, 2025

DayWednesday

ThemeUntitled

ConstructorTom McCoy

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split37 across · 39 down

Longest entries

37ANotre Dame team / Asset in a staring contest? / Notre Dame team13 ltrs 16ANonviolent protest / A farewell to artist Chagall? / Nonviolent protest10 ltrs 62ACity that had the final letter of its name removed in 1891, only to be restored in 191110 ltrs 30AEndure / Display some humorous posters? / Endure9 ltrs 44AFigure it out / "Let's see that dance move where you lie flat by a door!" / Figure it out9 ltrs

Wednesday is the midweek pivot, where themes get denser and clues start bending the surface reading. This grid has 38 black squares and averages 4.9 letters per entry.