Daily Themed Crossword May 23, 2025 Answers
Every clue and answer from the May 23, 2025 grid, in puzzle order.
May 23, 2025 — All 68 Clues
Listed in the order they appear in the grid. Tap COPY to take an answer with you.
| # | Clue | Answer | Letters | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Sis's male sibling for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #2 | I ___ your pardon! | Show answer | 3 | |
| #3 | Fruity bread spread | Show answer | 3 | |
| #4 | Snoop Dogg's genre | Show answer | 3 | |
| #5 | Nevada's ___ 51 | Show answer | 4 | |
| #6 | Facts and figures | Show answer | 4 | |
| #7 | Dumbstruck feeling | Show answer | 3 | |
| #8 | On a ___-to-know basis | Show answer | 4 | |
| #9 | My one and ___ | Show answer | 4 | |
| #10 | League with Slam Dunk contest: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #11 | Combine the chemical symbols for Sulfur Uranium and Nitrogen to make the orb that Icarus flew too close to | Show answer | 3 | |
| #12 | Taiwanese filmmaker ___ Lee | Show answer | 3 | |
| #13 | iTunes downloads | Show answer | 5 | |
| #14 | Postal requirement | Show answer | 5 | |
| #15 | Combine the chemical symbols for Boron Radium Iodine and Nitrogen to make what the cranium contains | Show answer | 5 | |
| #16 | ... ___ woodchuck could chuck wood?: 2 wds. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #17 | Combine the chemical symbols for Copper and Phosphorus to make a trophy shape | Show answer | 3 | |
| #18 | Liquid measuring unit for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #19 | Horse's greeting | Show answer | 5 | |
| #20 | Pick up the ___ (speed up) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #21 | Paparazzi target informally | Show answer | 5 | |
| #22 | Combine the chemical symbols for Tungsten Oxygen and Potassium for a Chinese frypan | Show answer | 3 | |
| #23 | Shanghai ___ 2000 martial arts film | Show answer | 4 | |
| #24 | Be afraid of as heights or spiders | Show answer | 4 | |
| #25 | Smoothie bowl berry | Show answer | 4 | |
| #26 | Top of a house | Show answer | 4 | |
| #27 | Squeezed embrace | Show answer | 3 | |
| #28 | Food book at a restaurant | Show answer | 4 | |
| #29 | Combine the chemical symbols for Calcium and Neon for a walking stick | Show answer | 4 | |
| #30 | Portuguese she | Show answer | 3 | |
| #31 | Oolong and chai for two | Show answer | 4 | |
| #32 | ___-haw (mule's cry) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #33 | ___ March character played by Emma Watson | Show answer | 3 | |
| #34 | Supportive lingerie | Show answer | 3 | |
| #35 | Like fish in sushi | Show answer | 3 | |
| #36 | ___-minded (accepting) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #37 | Combine the chemical symbols for Barium and two Sodium elements for a yellow fruit with a slippery peel | Show answer | 6 | |
| #38 | Prior to in poetry | Show answer | 3 | |
| #39 | Golly ___ whiz! | Show answer | 3 | |
| #40 | Year starter to most for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #41 | Second largest ocean for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #42 | Month that's an anagram of yam | Show answer | 3 | |
| #43 | Commercial breaks for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #44 | Blood drive participant | Show answer | 5 | |
| #45 | Baseball hitter | Show answer | 3 | |
| #46 | Pen drive port: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #47 | Safari and Terrain maker: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #48 | Complain again and again | Show answer | 3 | |
| #49 | Famed supermodel ___ Carangi | Show answer | 3 | |
| #50 | Weekly NBC comedy show: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #51 | Travel by boat | Show answer | 4 | |
| #52 | Baby Dalmatian | Show answer | 3 | |
| #53 | Ltd. cousin: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #54 | Price of admission | Show answer | 3 | |
| #55 | Pet's furry foot | Show answer | 3 | |
| #56 | Combine the chemical symbols for Germanium Nickel Uranium and Sulfur to make someone who is like Einstein | Show answer | 6 | |
| #57 | Deadwood airer: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #58 | Caffeinated morning drink like espresso | Show answer | 6 | |
| #59 | ___ out a living | Show answer | 3 | |
| #60 | Tolkien beast | Show answer | 3 | |
| #61 | Biblical ark builder | Show answer | 4 | |
| #62 | Throat-clearing sound | Show answer | 4 | |
| #63 | ___ of thumb | Show answer | 4 | |
| #64 | Invoice total for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #65 | Carbon's chemical symbol phonetically | Show answer | 3 | |
| #66 | Santa ___ Zoo California | Show answer | 3 | |
| #67 | Combine the chemical symbols for Oxygen and Neon for a winner's number | Show answer | 3 | |
| #68 | Practical joke | Show answer | 3 |
How the May 23, 2025 Grid Breaks Down
This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for May 23, 2025, a Friday. It contains 68 clues, which is a little above the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is BANANA at 6 letters; the shortest is 3.
Watch the clue wording on this one: 6 clues are flagged "Abbr.", meaning the answer is shortened rather than spelled out, and 1 clue carries a "wds." flag, so the answer runs several words together with no spaces. Those markers are reliable in this game and are the quickest way to fix a letter count before you commit to an entry.
Neighbouring dates are linked above, and the 2025 archive holds every daily puzzle from that year. There is also a mini crossword for May 23, 2025 with 10 clues. Away from the calendar, the game's 202 themed packs hold another 58,679 clues.
May 23, 2025 — Questions
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3 Tips for the May 23, 2025 Crossword
The theme is a clue in itself
Daily Themed Crossword builds each board around one idea, and the themed entries are usually the longest answers on the grid. This board carries 68 clues with answers from 3 to 6 letters — work out what the long ones have in common and the rest of the grid opens up around them.
Short fills are where the crossings come from
Three- and four-letter answers are the cheapest squares on the board and they feed letters into every long entry they touch. When a themed answer will not come, fill the short ones around it first rather than staring at the clue.
There is a mini board for this date too
Daily Themed Crossword runs two boards a day. The mini crossword for May 23, 2025 is on its own page, and the two share a theme more often than not — solving one gives you a head start on the other.
Verified Answers, Not Guesses
How we verify this board
The 68 clue-and-answer pairs here were captured from the May 23, 2025 crossword on the day it ran, with the clue wording stored exactly as the game showed it and every answer length-checked against its slot. Dated boards are never rewritten after publication.
Reviewed by Nadia Okonkwo, Crossword and Clue Editor at Puzzle Solved. The full checking routine is in the methodology, and the standards every page is held to are in the editorial policy.
Last checked — Sep 9, 2026Daily Themed Crossword by the numbers
How to Solve a Daily Themed Crossword
How the daily and mini grids are built, and the order that solves them.
Read the theme before the clues
Daily Themed Crossword builds every puzzle around one idea, and the long entries almost always belong to it. Knowing the theme turns those from cold clues into a guessing game with a very short list.
Fill the short crossings first
Three and four letter answers use the most predictable vocabulary in the whole grid. Each one you place hands letters to the long clues for free, which is a better use of the first minute than staring at the hardest entry.
Abbreviations are signposted
A clue ending in "Abbr." or containing its own abbreviation is telling you the answer is short and clipped. The same goes for "Hyph." and "2 wds." — the clue format is half the answer.