New York Times AnswersWednesday, 21st May 2025 There are 35 across clues and 39 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Wednesday, 21st May 2025. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times Answers All PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Word with chocolate or computerCHIPAAcross 5: Thompson or Stone of 2021's "Cruella"EMMAAAcross 9: FragmentSHARDAAcross 14: Sci-fi novel with giant sandworms DUNEAAcross 15: Help for a faltering businessLOANAAcross 16: Type of hunter-gatherer dietPALEOAAcross 17: "Smile for the photo, dude!"CHEESEDOGAAcross 19: Able to bend smoothlyLITHEAAcross 20: FragmentSLIVERAAcross 21: Mythological instruments of vengeanceFURIESAAcross 22: Contractor's pipe material, for shortPVCAAcross 24: "Work on your enunciation, bro!"DELIVERYMANAAcross 26: OmenPORTENTAAcross 28: Little bit of workERGAAcross 29: "The most beautiful deception of all," per DebussyARTAAcross 30: Tedious workSLOGAAcross 31: Much social media humorMEMESAAcross 33: "That is messed up, girl!"TWISTEDSISTERAAcross 39: ___ and foremostFIRSTAAcross 40: Origin crossersAXESAAcross 42: MarshlandFENAAcross 45: Org. whose officers train at Camp PearyCIAAAcross 46: Cause to jump, saySTARTLEAAcross 49: "Protect the quarterback, buddy!"BLOCKBUSTERAAcross 52: Pupil's placeEYEAAcross 53: Best way to singINTUNEAAcross 54: What "sostenuto" means in musicLONGERAAcross 56: Cuba ___ (drink)LIBREAAcross 57: "That's unbelievable, love!"WILDHONEYAAcross 60: Diarist NinANAISAAcross 61: Leave outOMITAAcross 62: FingerNAMEAAcross 63: Seems to point toBODESAAcross 64: "Damned if ___ …"WEDOAAcross 65: Put on a scheduleSLOTDDown 1: Atlanta-based govt. agencyCDCDDown 2: "Come again?"HUHDDown 3: How some funds are heldINESCROWDDown 4: What old paint might doPEELDDown 5: Smallest three-syllable numberELEVENDDown 6: Tin lizzieMODEL TDDown 7: Language in which "Kia ora" means "Hello"MAORIDDown 8: Director LeeANGDDown 9: Goes for the expensive option, saySPLURGESDDown 10: Sticky, as a situationHAIRYDDown 11: Nissan sedanALTIMADDown 12: Try againREHEARDDown 13: "That ___ ring a bell"DOESNTDDown 18: One of two on a recordSIDEDDown 21: Physicist EnricoFERMIDDown 22: Afterthought's afterthought: Abbr.PPSDDown 23: Plug-in ChevyVOLTDDown 25: Geese formationsVEESDDown 27: Cry near quittin' timeTGIFDDown 31: Colorado summer hrs.MDTDDown 32: Classic cookie cutter shapeSTARDDown 34: Something feigned by Ferris Bueller to get out of schoolSICKNESSDDown 35: Shoshone, e.g.TRIBEDDown 36: Biblical birthright bartererESAUDDown 37: Not from withinEXTERNALDDown 38: Depend (on)RELYDDown 41: "Get it?"SEEDDown 42: Forensics HQ in Quantico, Va.FBILABDDown 43: Cause of some turbulent weatherEL NINODDown 44: "That's halfway decent!"NOT BADDDown 46: Like a good poker faceSTOLIDDDown 47: Look afterTENDTODDown 48: Cry of frustrationARGHDDown 50: Marie who is the only person to win a Nobel Prize in two different science fieldsCURIEDDown 51: Ectoplasmic residueSLIMEDDown 55: Many agesEONSDDown 57: "Mind. Blown."WOWDDown 58: Brooding music genreEMODDown 59: So farYET