The Crossword Puzzle Answers for 05/12/2025. The May 12 2025 Puzzle Answers are listed below in such order that they are easy to find.
The puzzles get harder and harder to solve and more complex as the week passes You can search by clue name, number or direction for example for 2 Across clue just type '2A' or '2D' for 2nd down clue.
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- Across
- 1a Cowboy’s ropeLASSO
- 6a Relative of a milkshakeMALT
- 10a NaClSALT
- 14a Take placeOCCUR
- 15a Director Kazan who helped popularize Method actingELIA
- 16a Falco of “The Sopranos”EDIE
- 17a Dessert cocktail with crème de cacaoBRANDYALEXANDER
- 20a “Ready, ___, go!”SET
- 21a Serpentine swimmersEELS
- 22a Common destination for a field tripMUSEUM
- 23a Funeral vesselURN
- 24a Contacted using a beeperPAGED
- 25a Created, as yarn or a spider webSPUN
- 28a 10-12-year-oldTWEEN
- 31a ___ FranciscoSAN
- 34a Classic board game with the Peppermint Forest and Lollipop LaneCANDYLAND
- 36a Dig (out)GOUGE
- 38a “Goodie” on classic radioOLDIE
- 39a Food label inits.RDA
- 40a “Inside Out” emotion who says “We should lock the door and scream that curse word we know. It’s a good one!”ANGER
- 41a Oboe accessories that are often carved by the oboistREEDS
- 42a Move from an acrobat or breakdancerHANDSTAND
- 44a Negative conjunctionNOR
- 45a Montana is the only U.S. state with one in SpanishMOTTO
- 46a Defense Against the Dark ___ (“Harry Potter” class)ARTS
- 47a What a baby’s bib might protect a onesie fromDROOL
- 50a Standout athlete, for shortMVP
- 52a Free items that come with drinksSTRAWS
- 54a Black-and-white cookieOREO
- 56a What some people confuse with a monkeyAPE
- 59a Scottish archipelago west of NorwaySHETLANDISLANDS
- 62a What spectacles perch onNOSE
- 63a “Oh, uh-huh, sure”IBET
- 64a Magicians’ criesTADAS
- 65a Figure (out)SUSS
- 66a Social worker’s assignmentCASE
- 67a Parental authoritySAYSO
- Down
- 1d Arcing tennis shotsLOBS
- 2d Farmland unitACRE
- 3d Jazz singer’s improvised syllablesSCAT
- 4d What the circle on the Japanese flag representsSUN
- 5d “Can I take your ___?” (server’s question)ORDER
- 6d Brunch or lunchMEAL
- 7d “___ well that ends well!”ALLS
- 8d Word that would be more grammatical in the title “Lay, Lady, Lay”LIE
- 9d Beatles song with the lyric “Should five percent appear too small, be thankful I don’t take it all”TAXMAN
- 10d Touch or tasteSENSE
- 11d Source of extra sweetnessADDEDSUGAR
- 12d SteadLIEU
- 13d Four years, for a presidentTERM
- 18d 1983 musical starring Barbra StreisandYENTL
- 19d Sept. precederAUG
- 23d Loosened, as a knotUNDID
- 24d NitpickerPEDANT
- 25d ContemptSCORN
- 26d Kind of diet inspired by hunters and gatherersPALEO
- 27d Show up to a gala in a T-shirt, sayUNDERDRESS
- 29d Noted painter of soup cansWARHOL
- 30d Go untilENDAT
- 32d Who might help an author get a book dealAGENT
- 33d Stereotypical bookwormsNERDS
- 35d “Affirmative”YES
- 36d What you might “fill ‘er up” withGAS
- 37d Alternative to bottledONTAP
- 43d Mosque toppersDOMES
- 45d Art with tiles in fancy styles (that might produce smiles)MOSAIC
- 48d Gives stars to, sayRATES
- 49d “Wise” birdOWL
- 51d Hybrid ChevysVOLTS
- 52d Strings with the pattern XXX-XX-XXXX, in briefSSNS
- 53d “___ shalt not ?”THOU
- 54d Poetic tributesODES
- 55d Formal ceremonyRITE
- 56d Boy’s name ? or how you might describe 17-, 34-, 42- or 59-Across?ANDY
- 57d Smartphone predecessors, in briefPDAS
- 58d Competitor of Petro-CanadaESSO
- 60d Org. with the Knicks and ClippersNBA
- 61d Battery for some small toysAAA