Daily Themed Crossword May 5, 2025 Answers
Every clue and answer from the May 5, 2025 grid, in puzzle order.
May 5, 2025 — All 67 Clues
Listed in the order they appear in the grid. Tap COPY to take an answer with you.
| # | Clue | Answer | Letters | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Set of socks say | Show answer | 4 | |
| #2 | ___ constrictor (big snake) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #3 | Pea container | Show answer | 3 | |
| #4 | ___ list (list of errands): Hyph. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #5 | ___ Baba and the Forty Thieves | Show answer | 3 | |
| #6 | Prefix with dermis for the outer layer of the skin | Show answer | 3 | |
| #7 | Actor ___ Baldwin from The Departed | Show answer | 4 | |
| #8 | Young Scottish fellow | Show answer | 3 | |
| #9 | You ___ what you sow | Show answer | 4 | |
| #10 | Diary of a Wimpy ___ (book series) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #11 | Jingle ___ iconic Christmas carol that was the first song played on musical instruments in space by Gemini 6 astronauts in 1965 | BELLS | 5 | |
| #12 | Inside Out emotion who may get very furious | Show answer | 5 | |
| #13 | Actress ___ Thurman of Chambers | Show answer | 3 | |
| #14 | Body's main blood vessel | Show answer | 5 | |
| #15 | Richie ___ (comic book character) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #16 | Young Darth Vader's nickname | Show answer | 3 | |
| #17 | Tuna holder | Show answer | 3 | |
| #18 | Head of the party? | Show answer | 4 | |
| #19 | Space ___ David Bowie song that was performed in space by astronaut Chris Hadfield aboard the ISS | Show answer | 6 | |
| #20 | Make up an alibi | Show answer | 3 | |
| #21 | Steve Carell starrer ___ Almighty | Show answer | 4 | |
| #22 | Group of grazing animals | Show answer | 4 | |
| #23 | Too inquisitive as a neighbor | Show answer | 4 | |
| #24 | Rock music's ___ Speedwagon | Show answer | 3 | |
| #25 | Umbrella singer Rihanna to her fans | Show answer | 4 | |
| #26 | Across the ___ song by the Beatles that was beamed by NASA into deep space | Show answer | 8 | |
| #27 | Universal donor's blood type for short | Show answer | 4 | |
| #28 | Shoe bottom | Show answer | 4 | |
| #29 | Georgia's capital for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #30 | Fly Me to the ___ Frank Sinatra melody that was closely associated with NASA's Apollo space program | Show answer | 4 | |
| #31 | Before in poetic verse | Show answer | 3 | |
| #32 | Mohawk stiffener | Show answer | 3 | |
| #33 | Group that meets in schools: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #34 | You've got mail company | Show answer | 3 | |
| #35 | Chemical suffix with chlor or fluor | Show answer | 3 | |
| #36 | ___ Man Elton John number that is a popular wake-up song aboard the International Space Station | Show answer | 6 | |
| #37 | Like The Rock or Vin Diesel hair-wise | Show answer | 4 | |
| #38 | Suffix with Cray or Motor | Show answer | 3 | |
| #39 | First ___ (emergency treatment) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #40 | Slippery part of a banana | Show answer | 4 | |
| #41 | Milky-white gem | Show answer | 4 | |
| #42 | Guacamole and salsa for two | Show answer | 4 | |
| #43 | ___ for the Stars track by will.i.am that was the first song to be broadcast to Earth from another planet | Show answer | 5 | |
| #44 | Tax-deferred savings plan: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #45 | Weight-to-height calculation: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #46 | Small battery size | Show answer | 3 | |
| #47 | That's a strict ___ (taboo): Hyph. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #48 | Off the ___ (disconnected from the outside world) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #49 | Ornamental vessel | Show answer | 3 | |
| #50 | Bagel's center | Show answer | 4 | |
| #51 | Windy City rail system (anagram of cat): Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #52 | Author Rand who wrote Anthem | Show answer | 3 | |
| #53 | Knight's title of respect | Show answer | 3 | |
| #54 | Actor ___ Danson of Cheers | Show answer | 3 | |
| #55 | Interior ___ (decorator's expertise) | Show answer | 6 | |
| #56 | Poison ___ (plant) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #57 | Weeder's tool | Show answer | 3 | |
| #58 | El ___ (weather phenomenon) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #59 | Cookie in a milkshake often | Show answer | 4 | |
| #60 | Provoke with up (rhymes with mile) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #61 | Biblical apple picker | Show answer | 3 | |
| #62 | CD-___ (computer storage format): Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #63 | Wear and tear say | Show answer | 3 | |
| #64 | Neither's partner | Show answer | 3 | |
| #65 | Window-cleaning cloth perhaps | Show answer | 3 | |
| #66 | Sault ___. Marie | Show answer | 3 | |
| #67 | Perpendicular building wing in architecture | Show answer | 3 |
How the May 5, 2025 Grid Breaks Down
This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for May 5, 2025, a Monday. It contains 67 clues, which is a little above the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is UNIVERSE at 8 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 5, 2025 — Questions
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3 Tips for the May 5, 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 67 clues with answers from 3 to 8 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 67 clue-and-answer pairs here were captured from the May 5, 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.