Daily Themed Crossword May 8, 2025 Answers
Every clue and answer from the May 8, 2025 grid, in puzzle order.
May 8, 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 | Sister's sibling for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #2 | The Starry Night painter Vincent ___ Gogh | Show answer | 3 | |
| #3 | Bonfire residue | Show answer | 3 | |
| #4 | Yule ___ (Christmas dessert) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #5 | What a clock measures | Show answer | 4 | |
| #6 | Cosmopolitan and Vogue rival | Show answer | 4 | |
| #7 | Black road goo | Show answer | 3 | |
| #8 | ___!...I Did It Again (song by Britney Spears) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #9 | ___ vera (medicinal succulent) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #10 | ___ Streep The Iron Lady actress who made her debut on Broadway before achieving Hollywood fame | Show answer | 5 | |
| #11 | Burst into tears | Show answer | 3 | |
| #12 | White House's nation: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #13 | Pen ___ (distant friend) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #14 | Watermelon eater's discard | Show answer | 4 | |
| #15 | Sink as a mattress | Show answer | 3 | |
| #16 | Manhattan's ___ Drive (parkway named after a President): Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #17 | Jesse ___ Ferguson Modern Family star who made his debut on Broadway before achieving Hollywood fame | Show answer | 5 | |
| #18 | December 31st: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #19 | ___ the day (regret) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #20 | Commonly expected answer to Shall I order pizza? | Show answer | 3 | |
| #21 | Squeaky wheel's need | Show answer | 3 | |
| #22 | ___ Travolta Grease actor who made his debut on Broadway before achieving Hollywood fame | Show answer | 4 | |
| #23 | ___ down (note down) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #24 | Place offering complimentary robes | Show answer | 3 | |
| #25 | Button-like? | Show answer | 4 | |
| #26 | Sarah Jessica ___ Sex and the City star who made her debut on Broadway before achieving Hollywood fame | Show answer | 6 | |
| #27 | Breakfast lunch or dinner for one | Show answer | 4 | |
| #28 | M in GMT | Show answer | 4 | |
| #29 | ___ Maria (hymn) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #30 | Strauss on a jeans label | Show answer | 4 | |
| #31 | Class where one learns about plants and planets for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #32 | Drink that may be white black or green | Show answer | 3 | |
| #33 | Patella's place | Show answer | 4 | |
| #34 | Bodybuilder's chest muscle for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #35 | What . often indicates | Show answer | 3 | |
| #36 | Classic sandwich made with three fillings: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #37 | Travel aimlessly | Show answer | 4 | |
| #38 | Shrek or Fiona for one | Show answer | 4 | |
| #39 | ___ Davis The Help actress who made her debut on Broadway before achieving Hollywood fame | Show answer | 5 | |
| #40 | Electric guitar enhancer for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #41 | Nintendo's Super ___: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #42 | Friend during a battle | Show answer | 4 | |
| #43 | ___-mo (video option) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #44 | ___-haw (donkey's cry) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #45 | Hot Wheels and G.I. Joe for two | Show answer | 4 | |
| #46 | James ___ Jones The Lion King actor who made his debut on Broadway before achieving Hollywood fame | Show answer | 4 | |
| #47 | Like one with no manners | Show answer | 4 | |
| #48 | Actor Nicolas ___ of The Family Man | Show answer | 4 | |
| #49 | Settle the bill say | Show answer | 3 | |
| #50 | Hog's enclosure | Show answer | 3 | |
| #51 | A Cyclops has a single one | Show answer | 3 | |
| #52 | Overhead trains in Chicago for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #53 | NBC's popular skit show: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #54 | To and ___ (back and forth) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #55 | Well that's obvious! | Show answer | 3 | |
| #56 | Kylo ___ (Star Wars character) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #57 | Radish or turnip e.g. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #58 | Entry on a shopping list | Show answer | 4 | |
| #59 | Peanut butter holder | Show answer | 3 | |
| #60 | ___ Andrews The Sound of Music star who made her debut on Broadway before achieving Hollywood fame | Show answer | 5 | |
| #61 | Home to the sun and the moon | Show answer | 5 | |
| #62 | ___ room (secret and invulnerable room) | Show answer | 5 | |
| #63 | Stone Age dwelling | Show answer | 4 | |
| #64 | Actress Winslet or Hudson | Show answer | 4 | |
| #65 | Like this clue's number | Show answer | 4 | |
| #66 | Peruse a book | Show answer | 4 | |
| #67 | American civil rights icon: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #68 | Dusk to a poet | Show answer | 3 | |
| #69 | Psychic's ability: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 |
How the May 8, 2025 Grid Breaks Down
This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for May 8, 2025, a Thursday. It contains 69 clues, which is a little above the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is PARKER at 6 letters; the shortest is 3.
Watch the clue wording on this one: 8 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 8, 2025 — Questions
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3 Tips for the May 8, 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 8, 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.