Daily Themed Crossword May 7, 2025 Answers
Every clue and answer from the May 7, 2025 grid, in puzzle order.
May 7, 2025 — All 69 Clues
Listed in the order they appear in the grid. Tap COPY to take an answer with you.
| # | Clue | Answer | Letters | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Venomous snake in Egypt | Show answer | 3 | |
| #2 | The Cat in the ___ (Dr. Seuss book) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #3 | Covering on a jar | Show answer | 3 | |
| #4 | Cow's hello | Show answer | 3 | |
| #5 | Center of an apple | Show answer | 4 | |
| #6 | Baking ___ (cake-making ingredient) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #7 | Brazil's ___ Paulo | Show answer | 3 | |
| #8 | ___ bitten twice shy | Show answer | 4 | |
| #9 | Pond flower on a pad | Show answer | 4 | |
| #10 | The Good ___ sitcom starring Kristen Bell with a good title but a terrible afterlife system | Show answer | 5 | |
| #11 | As ___ as an owl | Show answer | 4 | |
| #12 | San Francisco ___ Area | Show answer | 3 | |
| #13 | ChapStick's target | Show answer | 3 | |
| #14 | Sharp side of a blade | Show answer | 4 | |
| #15 | Clumsy fellow | Show answer | 3 | |
| #16 | McDonald's Big ___ (burger) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #17 | Good ___ crime comedy series starring Mae Whitman with a good title but many criminals | Show answer | 5 | |
| #18 | Add years to one's life? | Show answer | 3 | |
| #19 | Vow before a wedding kiss: 2 wds. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #20 | Prefix with metry for a branch of mathematics | Show answer | 3 | |
| #21 | Like Tabasco sauce | Show answer | 3 | |
| #22 | Inhale in astonishment | Show answer | 4 | |
| #23 | Answer to an addition problem | Show answer | 3 | |
| #24 | Cash dispenser: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #25 | Take a ___ (taste) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #26 | The Good ___ medical drama starring Freddie Highmore with a good title but plenty of tough diagnoses | Show answer | 6 | |
| #27 | ___ Mix (party snack) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #28 | Gas used in bright signs | Show answer | 4 | |
| #29 | Color or shade | Show answer | 3 | |
| #30 | Small sailing vessel | Show answer | 4 | |
| #31 | Alexa's iPhone counterpart | Show answer | 4 | |
| #32 | Suffix for lion or host | Show answer | 3 | |
| #33 | Quick on one's feet | Show answer | 4 | |
| #34 | Part of a minute for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #35 | Baseball Hall of Famer Mel ___ | Show answer | 3 | |
| #36 | Morning hours: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #37 | Kind of bar in a bathtub | Show answer | 4 | |
| #38 | Spot for floats and inflatables | Show answer | 4 | |
| #39 | Sweet product from a hive | Show answer | 5 | |
| #40 | Rainbow shape | Show answer | 3 | |
| #41 | Informal top often worn with jeans | Show answer | 3 | |
| #42 | ___ Lane Superman's love | Show answer | 4 | |
| #43 | An ___ mind is the devil's workshop | Show answer | 4 | |
| #44 | One of seven in a week | Show answer | 3 | |
| #45 | Lead-in to Cola for a popular fizzy drink | Show answer | 4 | |
| #46 | ___ 'N Slide (children's toy) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #47 | Cain's Biblical brother | Show answer | 4 | |
| #48 | The Good ___ legal political drama starring Julianna Margulies with a good title but a disgraceful public scandal | Show answer | 4 | |
| #49 | Delay on a Zoom call | Show answer | 3 | |
| #50 | Some say it came before the chicken | Show answer | 3 | |
| #51 | ___ Hard (Bruce Willis movie) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #52 | Miracle-___ (gardening product) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #53 | Cereal that's usually rolled | Show answer | 3 | |
| #54 | Amanda Seyfried starrer Mamma ___! | Show answer | 3 | |
| #55 | Breaks on television for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #56 | The Good ___ murder-mystery comedy series starring Tony Danza with a good title but a knack for rule-breaking | Show answer | 3 | |
| #57 | Fully closed as a door | Show answer | 4 | |
| #58 | Good ___ fantasy comedy show starring Michael Sheen with a good title but an impending Armageddon | Show answer | 5 | |
| #59 | Safari or Sierra carmaker: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #60 | Diamond jubilee number | Show answer | 5 | |
| #61 | ___ You (2019 Harry Styles hit) | Show answer | 5 | |
| #62 | Gin's partner | Show answer | 5 | |
| #63 | Yogi or Smokey e.g. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #64 | Actor ___ James of The White Lotus | Show answer | 4 | |
| #65 | Remove forcibly as a king | Show answer | 4 | |
| #66 | Take a breather say | Show answer | 4 | |
| #67 | Network for 18d: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #68 | Bunny's bounce | Show answer | 3 | |
| #69 | Frozen cube to a German | Show answer | 3 |
How the May 7, 2025 Grid Breaks Down
This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for May 7, 2025, a Wednesday. It contains 69 clues, which is a little above the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is DOCTOR at 6 letters; the shortest is 3.
Watch the clue wording on this one: 4 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. Away from the calendar, the game's 202 themed packs hold another 58,679 clues.
May 7, 2025 — Questions
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3 Tips for the May 7, 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 69 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 69 clue-and-answer pairs here were captured from the May 7, 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.