Like pound cake

Latest answer — May 20, 2025

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Across

  1. 1Bit or byte
  2. 5Laundry collectors
  3. 9Good thing to bring to a competition
  4. 14Comedian Trevor with the memoir "Born a Crime"
  5. 15Give off
  6. 16Ring-tailed primate
  7. 17Consistent with party policy
  8. 19Court colleague of Kagan and Kavanaugh
  9. 20"Eye on the ball," "Get under it!," "I got it!," etc.
  10. 22Like some ground balls
  11. 25CPR pro
  12. 26Queen of Olympus
  13. 27Pet rescue grp.
  14. 31Minnesota congresswoman Ilhan
  15. 35Mink, ferret, stoat, etc.
  16. 38Indiana or Independence, in D.C.
  17. 39Detroit dud of the 1950s
  18. 40Wall St. debut
  19. 41"You're just too complimentary!"
  20. 434G ___ (letters on a cellphone screen)
  21. 44"Ta-da," "All done," "There you have it," etc.
  22. 47Poet Byron, for one
  23. 49Like pound cake
  24. 50Bird whose name sounds like a hip-hop dance move
  25. 51Employ
  26. 53Crafters' knives
  27. 55Yield, Stop, Dead End, etc.
  28. 61Tennis champ Naomi
  29. 62Freighter
  30. 66On the up and up
  31. 67Too
  32. 68Vibe
  33. 69College V.I.P.s
  34. 70Cryptanalyst Turing
  35. 71What spring may bring

Down

  1. 1Card game shout
  2. 2Oui's opposite
  3. 3Response to "Who's going?"
  4. 4Action film climax one might "cut to," in a saying
  5. 5Closest confidant
  6. 6Apple all-in-one
  7. 7Walt Whitman's "As the Time Draws ___"
  8. 8Call repeated in an aerobics class
  9. 9Wake-up call
  10. 10Dessert served with the query "Cono o coppetta?" in Italy
  11. 11Somme friends
  12. 12Silence on Zoom
  13. 13Cherubic Greek god
  14. 18___ Paulo, Brazil
  15. 21Circle at the top of a stick figure
  16. 22"Such is life!"
  17. 23Must
  18. 24Chalk accompanier
  19. 28Consumers of hogwash
  20. 29Stop by
  21. 30Hybridize
  22. 32Souvenir for a refrigerator
  23. 33Moisturizer brand
  24. 34___ Pieces
  25. 36Fey figure of folklore
  26. 37Khan who founded Khan Academy
  27. 42Flinches in response to
  28. 45Brainstorm
  29. 46Utah, geometrically speaking
  30. 48What "America runs on," in a franchise slogan
  31. 52Bed supports
  32. 54"Give it ___"
  33. 55Auctioned off, e.g.
  34. 56"Oh, OK"
  35. 57Crazy (about)
  36. 58March Madness org.
  37. 59Chutzpah
  38. 60___ Major
  39. 63"What'd you say?"
  40. 64Public radio host Glass
  41. 65Where to find a kitten's "toe beans"

The answer to “Like pound cake” in the New York Times crossword is DENSE — a 5-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times crossword on May 20, 2025, a Tuesday puzzle, at 49-Across. Below you'll find why that fill fits, every other answer we've recorded for this clue, and links into the puzzle it came from.

“Like pound cake” answer

DENSE (5 letters)

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Why the answer is DENSE

DENSE is the 5-letter solution that fits "Like pound cake" in the NYT Crossword crossword on May 20, 2025 (49-Across). Use the letter tiles above if you'd rather reveal it one letter at a time.

What does DENSE mean?

Reading the plain dictionary sense of DENSE is often the fastest way to see why it answers this clue.

(adjective)

  • closely compacted in substance
  • (of a person) stupid
  • (of a text) hard to understand because of its complexity of ideas

When else has “Like pound cake” appeared?

New York Times reuses clues across dates, sometimes with a different answer depending on the grid. Here's where this exact clue has shown up, and what the answer was each time — handy when you're checking whether today's fill is the only one.

May 20, 2025 (most recent) → DENSE. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

Frequently asked questions

What is the answer to “Like pound cake”?

The answer is DENSE, a 5-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times crossword on May 20, 2025.

How many letters is the answer to “Like pound cake”?

5 letters: DENSE.

When did this clue appear?

Most recently in the New York Times crossword on May 20, 2025 (a Tuesday puzzle), at 49-Across.

Can “Like pound cake” have a different answer?

Yes — New York Times sometimes reuses a clue with a different solution to fit the grid. The answers we've recorded for each date it appeared are listed above when available.

Where can I find the rest of this day's NYT Crossword answers?

The full grid for May 20, 2025 is on the NYT Crossword answers page, with every clue and answer from that puzzle.

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