Daily Themed Crossword May 17, 2025 Answers
Every clue and answer from the May 17, 2025 grid, in puzzle order.
May 17, 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 | Popular breakfast grain | Show answer | 3 | |
| #2 | Every dog ___ its day | Show answer | 3 | |
| #3 | ___-Wan Kenobi (Star Wars character) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #4 | Tree part that falls in autumn | Show answer | 4 | |
| #5 | Australian flightless bird | Show answer | 3 | |
| #6 | Neither this ___ that | Show answer | 3 | |
| #7 | ___ say something wrong?: 2 wds. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #8 | Sloped wheelchair access | Show answer | 4 | |
| #9 | Prefix meaning three | Show answer | 3 | |
| #10 | 2 4 or 6 e.g. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #11 | These Are the Days of Our ___ 1991 song by Queen that reminisces the days gone by | Show answer | 5 | |
| #12 | Indonesian vacation island (anagram of bail) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #13 | Country Down Under for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #14 | ___ Arabia (Riyadh's country in the Middle East) | Show answer | 5 | |
| #15 | ___ of '69 1985 song by Bryan Adams that reminisces the days gone by | Show answer | 6 | |
| #16 | Type of TV screen: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #17 | Plant's home | Show answer | 3 | |
| #18 | Tit for ___ | Show answer | 3 | |
| #19 | ___-dokie! (colloquial agreement) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #20 | Unknown writer for short | Show answer | 4 | |
| #21 | Wail like a baby | Show answer | 3 | |
| #22 | Put two and two together | Show answer | 3 | |
| #23 | Mom formally | Show answer | 6 | |
| #24 | ___ Days 1984 song by Bruce Springsteen that reminisces the days gone by | Show answer | 5 | |
| #25 | Open-mouthed wonder | Show answer | 3 | |
| #26 | RC car batteries | Show answer | 3 | |
| #27 | Make changes to a blog say | Show answer | 4 | |
| #28 | ___ now ... (starting this moment): 2 wds. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #29 | ___ vous plait (Parisian's please) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #30 | Who ___? (trivia question ender): 2 wds. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #31 | Lion's bellow | Show answer | 4 | |
| #32 | Not an amateur for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #33 | What's up ___? (Bugs Bunny opener) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #34 | Poke your nose into | Show answer | 3 | |
| #35 | Good ___ Days 2017 song by Macklemore ft. Kesha that reminisces the days gone by | Show answer | 3 | |
| #36 | Vowel-starting trio | Show answer | 3 | |
| #37 | Just a smidge | Show answer | 3 | |
| #38 | Roll call reply | Show answer | 4 | |
| #39 | He's ___ with a plan: 2 wds. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #40 | Dim ___ (Chinese small dish) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #41 | Currently playing as a sitcom: 2 wds. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #42 | Induce a yawn say | Show answer | 4 | |
| #43 | Hit song by the Goo Goo Dolls | Show answer | 4 | |
| #44 | Football venue | Show answer | 5 | |
| #45 | Christmas pudding fruit | Show answer | 4 | |
| #46 | Roman seven | Show answer | 3 | |
| #47 | Suffix with journal or tour | Show answer | 3 | |
| #48 | I Go ___ 2004 song by Kenny Chesney that reminisces the days gone by | Show answer | 4 | |
| #49 | Car brand with 4 rings | Show answer | 4 | |
| #50 | 2014 song by Miranda Lambert that reminisces the days gone by | Show answer | 9 | |
| #51 | ___-mo (detailed replay) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #52 | Jaden Smith to Will Smith | Show answer | 3 | |
| #53 | ___ A Sketch classic children's toy | Show answer | 4 | |
| #54 | Medium ___ (steak preference) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #55 | Mouse spot? | Show answer | 3 | |
| #56 | Speedo competitor | Show answer | 3 | |
| #57 | Play by ___ (handle on the spot) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #58 | What ASAP usually means | Show answer | 3 | |
| #59 | Balayage or ombre need | Show answer | 3 | |
| #60 | Eye drop? | Show answer | 4 | |
| #61 | Inhale deeply in shock | Show answer | 4 | |
| #62 | Villain's den | Show answer | 4 | |
| #63 | Capital of Norway | Show answer | 4 | |
| #64 | World's Best ___ (words on a Father's Day gift) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #65 | Texter's This what I think ...: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #66 | Soak up like a rag | Show answer | 3 | |
| #67 | What a boat is rowed with | Show answer | 3 | |
| #68 | Pan cook say | Show answer | 3 |
How the May 17, 2025 Grid Breaks Down
This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for May 17, 2025, a Saturday. It contains 68 clues, which is a little above the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is AUTOMATIC at 9 letters; the shortest is 3.
Watch the clue wording on this one: 2 clues are flagged "Abbr.", meaning the answer is shortened rather than spelled out, and 5 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 17, 2025 with 10 clues. Away from the calendar, the game's 202 themed packs hold another 58,679 clues.
May 17, 2025 — Questions
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3 Tips for the May 17, 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 9 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 17, 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 68 clue-and-answer pairs here were captured from the May 17, 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.