Daily Themed Crossword May 13, 2025 Answers
Every clue and answer from the May 13, 2025 grid, in puzzle order.
May 13, 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 | River-blocking structure | Show answer | 3 | |
| #2 | Chip's go-with | Show answer | 3 | |
| #3 | ___ Doubtfire (Robin Williams movie) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #4 | Have loans | Show answer | 3 | |
| #5 | Hairy jungle primate | Show answer | 3 | |
| #6 | ___ was saying ...: 2 wds. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #7 | Palindromic wooly mama | Show answer | 3 | |
| #8 | Uncooked like salad veggies | Show answer | 3 | |
| #9 | Water fixture | Show answer | 3 | |
| #10 | Mai ___ (tropical cocktail) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #11 | Voldemort to Harry Potter | Show answer | 3 | |
| #12 | Squirrel's snack | Show answer | 3 | |
| #13 | To ___ is human to forgive is divine | Show answer | 3 | |
| #14 | Champagne cocktail that might be bottomless | Show answer | 6 | |
| #15 | New Orleans ___ NFL team where a rookie defensive lineman buys the pregame lunch for the rest of the position group | Show answer | 6 | |
| #16 | Birds ___ Feather (Billie Eilish song): 2 wds. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #17 | Colonel Sanders' restaurant chain: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #18 | Palindromic Aha! kin | Show answer | 3 | |
| #19 | ___ Dickson NFL player who drinks a cup of coffee with chocolate milk for every pregame meal | Show answer | 7 | |
| #20 | Chinese or Indian e.g. | Show answer | 5 | |
| #21 | Actress Faris of the Scary Movie films | Show answer | 4 | |
| #22 | ___ Thompson NFL player who eats a specific waffle and eggs breakfast as his pregame meal | Show answer | 5 | |
| #23 | Ctrl-___-Del | Show answer | 3 | |
| #24 | Ain't Your Mama singer to fans | Show answer | 3 | |
| #25 | ___ Bryant NFL player who has a chocolate milkshake as his pregame drink | Show answer | 4 | |
| #26 | Sidewalk kissing e.g.: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #27 | Have a chat | Show answer | 4 | |
| #28 | Employee's vacation hours: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #29 | Noah's big boat | Show answer | 3 | |
| #30 | Me in French | Show answer | 3 | |
| #31 | Sandwich meat | Show answer | 3 | |
| #32 | Grade above dee | Show answer | 3 | |
| #33 | Delicioso! | Show answer | 3 | |
| #34 | ___ a deer a female deer ... (The Sound of Music song lyrics) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #35 | Soooooo cute! | Show answer | 3 | |
| #36 | ___ and greet (celebrity press event) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #37 | ___ Leonard NFL player who eats the same 2 meals throughout the week during a game season | Show answer | 6 | |
| #38 | Craft beer letters | Show answer | 3 | |
| #39 | Mass seating? | Show answer | 3 | |
| #40 | G'day ___! (Australian greeting) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #41 | Cape Town country: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #42 | Taste a drink | Show answer | 3 | |
| #43 | I'll take that as ___: 2 wds. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #44 | Toulouse's country for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #45 | Either you tell him ___ will!: 2 wds. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #46 | 2008 Liam Neeson movie with the iconic phone call scene | Show answer | 5 | |
| #47 | First key on the keyboard | Show answer | 3 | |
| #48 | Meg Ryan to Jack Quaid | Show answer | 3 | |
| #49 | ___ Were a Boy (Beyonce hit): 2 wds. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #50 | ___ n' cheese (pasta dish) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #51 | Pinot ___ (wine variety) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #52 | Pad ___ (fried noodle dish) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #53 | Folk rock's Mumford & ___ | Show answer | 4 | |
| #54 | Tampa Bay state for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #55 | Guard's Stop right there! | Show answer | 4 | |
| #56 | A Bug's Life bug | Show answer | 3 | |
| #57 | ___ tear (common knee injury): Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #58 | Short drink? | Show answer | 4 | |
| #59 | Smallest part of any element | Show answer | 4 | |
| #60 | ___ Elliot NFL player who eats a slice of pizza and cheesecake for his pregame meal | Show answer | 4 | |
| #61 | Speed limit letters | Show answer | 3 | |
| #62 | Selling ___ loss: 2 wds. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #63 | ___-Man (arcade game with a yellow character) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #64 | Rap doctor? | Show answer | 3 | |
| #65 | Actress Ryan of Bridge of Spies | Show answer | 3 | |
| #66 | Baseball's ___ Gehrig | Show answer | 3 | |
| #67 | North West origin? | Show answer | 3 |
How the May 13, 2025 Grid Breaks Down
This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for May 13, 2025, a Tuesday. It contains 67 clues, which is a little above the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is MICHAEL at 7 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, and 6 clues carry 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 13, 2025 with 10 clues. Away from the calendar, the game's 202 themed packs hold another 58,679 clues.
May 13, 2025 — Questions
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3 Tips for the May 13, 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 7 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 13, 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 67 clue-and-answer pairs here were captured from the May 13, 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.