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Thomas Joseph Crossword May 17, 2025 Answers

Complete clue list for the May 17, 2025 edition — click any clue to reveal its answer

Date

May 17, 2025

Across

Down

Total Clues

Across (25)

1 Breakfast choice View answer
7 Declare View answer
11 Slow movement View answer
12 Start for vision or port View answer
13 Have a runoff View answer
14 Goblet part View answer
15 Gladden View answer
16 “Superman” star View answer
17 Depend View answer
18 Brought up View answer
19 Leave out View answer
21 Some amount of View answer
22 Military groups View answer
25 Letter after sigma View answer
26 Very bright View answer
27 Key of Chopin’s “Winter Wind” View answer
29 Chef’s collection View answer
33 Egyptian city View answer
34 West Point student View answer
35 Amorous archer View answer
36 Ness nemesis View answer
37 Basketball’s Archibald View answer
38 Disinclined View answer
39 Draws View answer
40 Acquainted by study View answer

Down (23)

1 Bold one View answer
2 “Hello” singer View answer
3 Fleet-based View answer
4 “Understood!” View answer
5 Spot View answer
6 Garden tool View answer
7 Bewildered View answer
8 November honoree View answer
9 Craps naturals View answer
10 Cure View answer
16 Stylishly quaint View answer
18 Bill add-on View answer
20 Stately home View answer
22 Feudal warrior View answer
23 Cervantes hero View answer
24 In theory View answer
25 Natural gift View answer
28 Rocket parts View answer
30 Scents View answer
31 Keyed up View answer
32 Spirited horse View answer
34 Spelunking site View answer
36 Cleveland cager, for short View answer

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About the May 17, 2025 Thomas Joseph Crossword

This page lists every Across and Down clue from the Thomas Joseph Crossword puzzle published on May 17, 2025. The puzzle contains 48 total clues, made up of 25 Across entries and 23 Down entries.

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Scan the clue list to find the entry you're stuck on, then click through to its clue page for the solution. Each clue page also lists every other date that exact clue text has appeared in the Thomas Joseph Crossword, which is useful both for solvers checking today's grid and for anyone researching how a clue has been answered historically. If you'd rather solve the puzzle yourself first, our interactive daily answers page renders the latest grid with a click-to-reveal feature so you can hint your way through one square at a time.

About the Thomas Joseph Crossword

The Thomas Joseph Crossword is a daily American crossword distributed by King Features Syndicate. It runs in over a hundred newspapers and on a number of online puzzle platforms. Compared with bigger 15×15 weekday puzzles, the Thomas Joseph is more compact — usually an 11×13 grid — with friendlier clues, shorter answers and a consistent voice from day to day. Most regular solvers finish a Thomas Joseph in well under fifteen minutes.