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NYT Crossword — May 8, 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

43 clues

12022 Jordan Peele horror/sci-fi film

5San ___ Bay (estuary near San Francisco)

10Noted silver-tongued Olympic gold medalist

13Coin toss call

15Generals and such

16Quickly put (together)

17Tres + tres + tres

18Single ___ (tourney type)

19Clarifying words

20Kierkegaard, for one

21Cattle steerers

22Worn-down part

24Fail to understand

26Section of a curriculum

28Broadway star Hagen

30Musical pitch interval

34Mayo to mayo, say

35Writer honored by Oz Park in Chicago

37"My Neighbor ___," 1988 Hayao Miyazaki film

38One not getting enough sleep in Apr., perhaps

39"Mind your own business!" ... or a hint to the four sides of this puzzle

41Prefix with meter

44Prefix with phobia

45"I'm Just ___" (2023 Oscar-nominated song)

46Halting speakers?

48"Inside Politics" airer

50Like many flowers and prizes

52Down in the dumps

54Tasty pastry spread

57Main ingredient in the Japanese liqueur umeshu

59Hats, informally

62Nice chunk of dough

64Kind of arch that resembles the shape of a Hershey's Kiss

65Qualifying races

66This might come in a saucer

67Side to take into consideration

68Actress Goth of 2022's "X"

70Mustang feature, once

Down

35 clues

1Org. with probes

2Muddies, as water

3Ascetic breakfast selection

4Channel for watching college games

5Turn topsy-turvy

6One doing some deep-sea exploration

8Resides a long time ago?

9Be down in the dumps

10Singer Guthrie

11Crisscross pattern

15Lacking, with "of"

21Bike and Bike+, e.g.

23Like a witch's cauldron

25God honored by gladiatorial fights

26Mother-of-pearl

27How to sign a check

32Primate, for humans

33Who "can get in the way of what I'm feelin'," in an Alicia Keys hit

36Letters on an N.Y.C. fare card

40Obstructed, as an opening

43God who begat the Titans

51Author ___-René Lesage

54Thing on a docket

55Something a waiter may pull out

56I, to Socrates

60Interior design

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Stats & info

Thursday, May 8, 2025

15×15

Grid size

78

Total entries

40/185

Black / letter cells

4.7

Avg entry length

10 ltrs

Longest entry

Tricky

Thursday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedMay 8, 2025

DayThursday

ThemeUntitled

ConstructorDan Caprera

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split43 across · 35 down

Longest entries

3DAscetic breakfast selection10 ltrs 31DCriticized10 ltrs 6DOne doing some deep-sea exploration8 ltrs 21DBike and Bike+, e.g.8 ltrs 23DLike a witch's cauldron8 ltrs

Thursday is the gimmick day: rebus squares, reversed entries and other tricks are fair game. This grid has 40 black squares and averages 4.7 letters per entry.