Daily Themed Crossword May 2, 2025 Answers
Every clue and answer from the May 2, 2025 grid, in puzzle order.
May 2, 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 | Actress ___ Longoria from Desperate Housewives | Show answer | 3 | |
| #2 | The Big ___ Wolf fairy tale villain | Show answer | 3 | |
| #3 | ___ the season to be jolly ... | Show answer | 3 | |
| #4 | Liquid used for deep-frying | Show answer | 3 | |
| #5 | Feeling of wonderment | Show answer | 3 | |
| #6 | Sandy hill in a desert (anagram of unde) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #7 | Have some apple pie say | Show answer | 3 | |
| #8 | Apollo missions' organization: Abbr. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #9 | Black-and-white ocean predator | Show answer | 4 | |
| #10 | ___ Epps from Love & Basketball | Show answer | 4 | |
| #11 | Golden veggie on a cob that looks natural but was modified by humans through selective breeding | Show answer | 4 | |
| #12 | The Hoosier State for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #13 | Undecided on a TV schedule: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #14 | Big concert venue | Show answer | 5 | |
| #15 | Average ___ (just your regular guy) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #16 | Happy hour site | Show answer | 3 | |
| #17 | Green leafy veggie that looks natural but was engineered by humans from wild cabbage | Show answer | 4 | |
| #18 | Uncontrollable anger (rhymes with jury) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #19 | Wine glass edge | Show answer | 3 | |
| #20 | Singer Winehouse of Back to Black | Show answer | 3 | |
| #21 | Group of atoms for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #22 | Solar System's Red Planet | Show answer | 4 | |
| #23 | Nevada's Fly ___ artificial hot spring that looks natural but was created by humans after a well-drilling accident | Show answer | 6 | |
| #24 | Crop-growing place | Show answer | 4 | |
| #25 | Light beam-splitting object | Show answer | 5 | |
| #26 | ___ paddy fields flooded farmlands that look natural but were designed by humans for better yields | Show answer | 4 | |
| #27 | Group of three | Show answer | 4 | |
| #28 | X in Rome | Show answer | 3 | |
| #29 | Actress Kendrick or Chlumsky | Show answer | 4 | |
| #30 | Storyteller ___ Christian Andersen | Show answer | 4 | |
| #31 | Woo-hoo! | Show answer | 3 | |
| #32 | Pay no ___ to him (Ignore him) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #33 | Sport-___ (off-road vehicle for short) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #34 | Academic URL ending | Show answer | 3 | |
| #35 | Letters in a help wanted ad perhaps | Show answer | 3 | |
| #36 | Word in an itinerary meaning through | Show answer | 3 | |
| #37 | Voice above tenor | Show answer | 4 | |
| #38 | Yellow tropical fruit that looks natural but was modified by humans to make it seedless and sweeter | Show answer | 6 | |
| #39 | Oscar or Tony e.g. | Show answer | 5 | |
| #40 | ___ Moines (capital of Iowa) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #41 | Go right or left say | Show answer | 4 | |
| #42 | Monsters ___. (2001 Pixar film) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #43 | Mermaid's home | Show answer | 3 | |
| #44 | Cartoon explorer with a talking backpack | Show answer | 4 | |
| #45 | One who might win a 5d for their performance | Show answer | 5 | |
| #46 | Gold digger's spot | Show answer | 4 | |
| #47 | Go by the rules | Show answer | 4 | |
| #48 | Letters before an alias | Show answer | 3 | |
| #49 | Aries animal | Show answer | 3 | |
| #50 | Tarzan star Ron ___ | Show answer | 3 | |
| #51 | Month named after Julius Caesar | Show answer | 4 | |
| #52 | Bathing suit top | Show answer | 3 | |
| #53 | Football filler | Show answer | 3 | |
| #54 | ___ Titanic (British ocean liner): Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #55 | One not on your side | Show answer | 3 | |
| #56 | The Wizard of Oz studio: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #57 | Diagnostic scan letters | Show answer | 3 | |
| #58 | It may tingle when one is frightened | Show answer | 5 | |
| #59 | Greek love deity (anagram of sore) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #60 | Penalty for an overdue book perhaps | Show answer | 4 | |
| #61 | Teenager's skin woe | Show answer | 4 | |
| #62 | Enjoy a short story say | Show answer | 4 | |
| #63 | Painful eyelid bump | Show answer | 4 | |
| #64 | Lake ___ largest artificial lake in the U.S. that looks natural but was formed by the construction of the Hoover Dam | Show answer | 4 | |
| #65 | Stadium cheer | Show answer | 3 | |
| #66 | Day before Friday for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #67 | Rodent lured by the Pied Piper | Show answer | 3 | |
| #68 | Lady Gaga's alma mater: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 |
How the May 2, 2025 Grid Breaks Down
This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for May 2, 2025, a Friday. It contains 68 clues, which is a little above the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is GEYSER at 6 letters; the shortest is 3.
Watch the clue wording on this one: 5 clues are flagged "Abbr.", meaning the answer is shortened rather than spelled out. 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. Away from the calendar, the game's 202 themed packs hold another 58,679 clues.
May 2, 2025 — Questions
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3 Tips for the May 2, 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.
Keep the streak going
The 2025 archive holds every board from this year, and nothing is removed once published. Older boards are the cheapest practice there is, because the clue style repeats even when the answers do not.
Verified Answers, Not Guesses
How we verify this board
The 68 clue-and-answer pairs here were captured from the May 2, 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.
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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.