Our Missing Letter Crossword May 16, 2025 answers guide should help you finish today’s crossword if you’ve found yourself stuck on a crossword clue.
The Missing Letter Crossword May 16, 2025 Answers
If you need help solving the Missing Letter Crossword on 5/16/25, we’ve listed all of the crossword clues below so you can find the answer(s) you need. You can search for the clue and then select the appropriate clue to get the answer. We have done it this way so that if you’re just looking for a handful of clues, you won’t spoil other ones you’re working on!
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| # | Clue |
| 1A | NOUN: "the form of Persian spoken by the [people of a Central Asian nation]" |
| 6A | Fruit used for jam |
| 9A | Massey in 1943's "Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man" |
| 10A | Italian number |
| 11A | ADJECTIVE: "of, relating to, or being a baseball game...in which a pitcher allows the opposition [zero singles, doubles, triples, and home runs]" |
| 12A | NOUN: "one who betrays or deserts friends or associates" |
| 13A | NOUN: "the basic monetary unit of Japan" |
| 14A | NOUN: "a state of alert and continuous attention" |
| 16A | NOUN: "a family of languages spoken by Indian peoples of Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador, Chile, and Argentina" |
| 18A | NOUN: "[a program] designed for a mobile device (such as a smartphone)" |
| 19A | ADJECTIVE: "aware or appreciative of something" |
| 20A | NOUN: "a crowded or confused mass or collection" |
| 22A | NOUN: "expenditure of physical or mental effort especially when difficult or compulsory" |
| 23A | NOUN: "a large and disorderly crowd of people...bent on riotous or destructive action" |
| 26A | Communication with the hands, briefly |
| 27A | NOUN: "a hard heavy blackish wood" |
| 29A | NOUN: "one of a pair of narrow strips of wood, metal, or plastic curving upward in front that are used especially for gliding over snow" |
| 30A | California's "Horsetown, USA" |
| 31A | ___ fly (baseball play) |
| 32A | NOUN: "an...insignificant...or inept person" |
| 1D | Elton John's "___ Dancer" |
| 2D | It's used in lotions |
| 3D | NOUN: "a member of the...community" |
| 4D | Suffix for pastas or magicians' names |
| 5D | "Queen of ___" (2016 Disney movie) |
| 6D | ADVERB: "in addition to what precedes" |
| 7D | How ice cream may be served |
| 8D | GEOGRAPHICAL NAME: "city in central Germany west of Erfurt population 53,372" |
| 15D | Feel sore |
| 17D | PREPOSITION: "used as a function word to indicate a limit or boundary" |
| 18D | Nome's state |
| 20D | School session |
| 21D | The way things are going |
| 24D | ADVERB: "[a single] time and no more" |
| 25D | Party invite initialism |
| 28D | VERB: "to incline the head or body in salutation or assent or to acknowledge applause" |
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