New York Times AnswersFriday, 9th May 2025 There are 33 across clues and 40 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Friday, 9th May 2025. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times Answers All PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Walks softlyPADSAAcross 5: Impossible to contact by ordinary meansOFFTHEGRIDAAcross 15: "___, sing America"ITOOAAcross 16: Feature focused on investigation and resolutionCRIMEDRAMAAAcross 17: TurfLANDAAcross 18: Downward-facing dog?CANIS MAJORAAcross 19: ___ text (label for a screen reader)ALTAAcross 20: ___ Robert Jr., 2020 Gold Glove Award winnerLUISAAcross 21: EncrustCAKEAAcross 22: What might be caught Red-handed?FLY BALLAAcross 24: Cracker topperBRIEAAcross 27: RaiseHOISTAAcross 28: Popular vacation spotSEASHOREAAcross 32: Talks upTOUTSAAcross 33: It's not worth what it seemsPLAYMONEYAAcross 34: Kick outOUSTAAcross 35: Roughly 62% of its claimed territory is in AntarcticaCHILEAAcross 36: Fine-textured wood used in musical instrumentsPEARAAcross 37: Unfettered flow of goodsFREE TRADEAAcross 39: It might turn up a turnipSPADEAAcross 40: Software clientsUSERBASEAAcross 41: MinusculeTEENYAAcross 42: "That's my opinion, too"SAMEAAcross 43: Components of some makeoversHAIRDOSAAcross 45: BoatloadSLEWAAcross 48: First-rate, in slangBOSSAAcross 49: R&B's ___ Hill DRUAAcross 50: "Be kind!"HAVEAHEARTAAcross 54: First name of the first Black woman to win a Nobel Prize in LiteratureTONIAAcross 55: What holding one's thumb up might indicateINEEDARIDEAAcross 56: "How could ___?"INOTAAcross 57: Cooking byproduct sometimes called "liquid gold"PASTAWATERAAcross 58: Rescues, maybePETSDDown 1: Fragrant rice dishPILAFDDown 2: Day and nightATALLHOURSDDown 3: "Must I spell it out further?"DONTYOUSEEDDown 4: TurfSODDDown 5: Like practices associated with pentaclesOCCULTDDown 6: EnfeebledFRAILDDown 7: Some scuba diving gearFINSDDown 8: "OMG, I didn't need to know that!"TMIDDown 9: "She's everything. ___ just Ken" (2023 movie tagline)HESDDown 10: Genre heard at many raves, for shortEDMDDown 11: Pioneer in computer science who has a college at Yale named after herGRACEHOPPERDDown 12: Asian royalRAJADDown 13: "Don't worry about me"IMOKDDown 14: Have the audacityDAREDDown 20: ColleenLASSDDown 23: Emotionally complex, in a wayBITTERSWEETDDown 24: James Baldwin's "If ___ Street Could Talk"BEALEDDown 25: One-named singer in the 2023 hit "Prada" RAYEDDown 26: What one might subscribe toISMDDown 28: "I'll let that ___ …"SLIDEDDown 29: Not to be repeatedONEANDDONEDDown 30: Seeking comment?READYORNOTDDown 31: Title heroine who says "I am no bird; and no net ensnares me; I am a free human being with an independent will; which I now exert to leave you"EYREDDown 32: Stir-fry protein optionTOFUDDown 33: This, too, shall passPHASEDDown 35: SqueezeCRAMDDown 38: Not yet final, in briefTBADDown 39: Number of kings en España named FelipeSEISDDown 41: Position at a food companyTASTERDDown 43: ThrongHORDEDDown 44: Boardroom groupSUITSDDown 45: MailSHIPDDown 46: Superboy's crushLANADDown 47: Holiday lead-insEVESDDown 48: EnticeBAITDDown 51: Antidiscrimination legis. of 1990ADADDown 52: ___ flakes (fruity Chinese snack)HAWDDown 52: ___ flakes (fruity Chinese snack)HAW.DDown 53: Long periodERADDown 54: What a boat shouldn't doTIP