*Relative of a snowboard
Crossword Answer — May 01, 2025
NYT Crossword
Thursday, May 01, 2025
By Aidan Deshong and Adam Levav
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Across
- 1. Schoolroom that serves as a studio — Answer: ARTLAB
- 7. Original airer of "Doctor Who" — Answer: BBC
- 10. Covenant — Answer: PACT
- 14. Give a lashing — Answer: BERATE
- 15. Whom Will Smith played in a 2001 sports biopic — Answer: ALI
- 16. Son of Zeus and Hera — Answer: ARES
- 17. Sweetener in some diet sodas — Answer: STEVIA
- 18. *Cat breed named after an Indonesian island from which it didn't originate — Answer: BASELINE
- 20. Places to carry out some takeout orders, for short? — Answer: ORS
- 21. Light unit — Answer: LUMEN
- 23. "Not in the ___!" — Answer: LEAST
- 24. *It's "read" as a stern warning — Answer: RICOTTA
- 26. *Relative of a snowboard — Answer: KIMONOS
- 28. ___ Men (group that won a Grammy Award in 2001 for Best Dance Recording) — Answer: BAHA
- 29. Old tone — Answer: SEPIA
- 31. Is for the people? — Answer: ARE
- 32. Daffy Duck speaking feature — Answer: LISP
- 34. "I wanna!" — Answer: LEMME
- 37. Brings up a prior topic ... or a hint to making sense of the answers to this puzzle's starred clues — Answer: CIRCLESBACK
- 41. Country that was home to the Ebla library, thought to be the world's first (2500 B.C.) — Answer: SYRIA
- 42. Sheet music symbol — Answer: CLEF
- 44. Past-tense verb that's potentially confusing (but grammatically correct!) when written twice in a row — Answer: HAD
- 47. ___ salt (form of magnesium sulfate) — Answer: EPSOM
- 50. Lead-in to -nautics — Answer: AERO
- 52. *Carve out, in a way — Answer: AVENGER
- 55. *Comedy club fare — Answer: DUSTPAN
- 57. Columbus's birthplace — Answer: GENOA
- 58. "___ My Heart in San Francisco" — Answer: ILEFT
- 60. Video game character speaking a gibberish language — Answer: SIM
- 61. *Villain's expression — Answer: REVILING
- 63. Like does — Answer: FEMALE
- 65. ___ Mendoza, former first lady of Puerto Rico — Answer: INES
- 66. Onetime C.I.A. foe — Answer: KGB
- 67. Like government secrets, occasionally — Answer: LEAKED
- 68. Title friend of Marlin in an animated film — Answer: DORY
- 69. Times Square ball drop setting, in brief — Answer: EST
- 70. Revered sorts — Answer: ELDERS
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- 1. Soak up — Answer: ABSORB
- 2. Outcome of a hung jury — Answer: RETRIAL
- 3. "How stylish!" — Answer: TRESCHIC
- 4. W.C. — Answer: LAV
- 5. Not quite straight up — Answer: ATILT
- 6. Gorgeous ones, informally — Answer: BEAUTS
- 7. Film based on the 1983 children's novel "The Sheep-Pig" — Answer: BABE
- 8. Some comforters for toddlers — Answer: BLANKIES
- 9. Modern prefix with normativity — Answer: CIS
- 10. Dairy-less diet — Answer: PALEO
- 11. Singer Grande — Answer: ARIANA
- 12. Turn into stars, say? — Answer: CENSOR
- 13. Tswana for "fly" — Answer: TSETSE
- 19. West ___ (furniture retailer) — Answer: ELM
- 22. Trailblazing astronaut Jemison — Answer: MAE
- 25. Refuge from the heat — Answer: OASIS
- 27. It's one foot long — Answer: IAMB
- 30. Calls for sympathy — Answer: PLEAS
- 33. Snoop — Answer: PRY
- 35. Big thing in fast food? — Answer: MAC
- 36. Splendor — Answer: ECLAT
- 38. Language that gave us "Saskatchewan" — Answer: CREE
- 39. Piercings that might be felt while kissing — Answer: LIPRINGS
- 40. Memento — Answer: KEEPSAKE
- 43. More delicate and weak — Answer: FRAILER
- 44. Who says "You're a wizard, Harry" — Answer: HAGRID
- 45. Skin-care brand — Answer: AVEENO
- 46. City that lends its name to a style of omelet — Answer: DENVER
- 48. Uplifting work — Answer: ODE
- 49. Quiet — Answer: MUFFLE
- 51. Popping pills, say — Answer: ONMEDS
- 53. Racket-raising — Answer: NOISY
- 54. ___ pal — Answer: GAL. Hint: Think of a word often used to refer to a female friend! 👩❤️👩
- 56. Source of Andrew Carnegie's wealth — Answer: STEEL
- 59. Community associated with Out magazine — Answer: LGBT
- 62. President posthumously inducted in the World Golf Hall of Fame, informally — Answer: IKE
- 64. Crackpot — Answer: MAD
The answer to “*Relative of a snowboard” in the New York Times crossword is KIMONOS — a 7-letter word. This clue ran in the New York Times crossword on May 1, 2025, a Thursday puzzle, at 26-Across. If it's the entry standing between you and a clean grid, that's the word you need — and below you'll find why it fits, plus links to the day's other clues if more than one square is giving you trouble.
“*Relative of a snowboard” answer
KIMONOS (7 letters)
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Why the answer is KIMONOS
KIMONOS is the 7-letter solution that fits "*Relative of a snowboard" in the NYT Crossword crossword on May 1, 2025 (26-Across). Use the letter tiles above if you'd rather reveal it one letter at a time.
When else has “*Relative of a snowboard” 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 before, and what the answer was each time — handy if you landed here from a puzzle on another date.
May 1, 2025 (this puzzle) → KIMONOS. We haven't indexed an earlier appearance of this exact clue yet.
More clues from the NYT Crossword crossword on May 1, 2025
Stuck elsewhere in the grid? Here are some of the crossing and nearby clues from the same puzzle — tap any for its answer and explanation.
- Some comforters for toddlers → BLANKIES
- Dairy-less diet → PALEO
- Singer Grande → ARIANA
- Turn into stars, say? → CENSOR
- Tswana for "fly" → TSETSE
- West ___ (furniture retailer) → ELM
- It's one foot long → IAMB
- Refuge from the heat → OASIS
Want every clue in one place? The full New York Times answer list for May 1, 2025 is on that day's grid page, and today's live NYT Crossword answers are always one tap from the today page.
About the NYT Crossword
The New York Times crossword, edited by Will Shortz, is the most famous daily puzzle in the United States. It runs a 15×15 grid Monday through Saturday and a larger 21×21 grid on Sunday, and its difficulty deliberately ramps through the week: Monday is the most approachable, Saturday the toughest, with Thursday often reserved for a trick or twist like rebus squares. This page covers a Thursday puzzle. A straight-definition entry is the kind of solid mid-grid answer that anchors the trickier crossings around it. Because the NYT reuses short, crossing-friendly words regularly, seeing them once makes them easier to spot next time.
Frequently asked questions
What is the answer to “*Relative of a snowboard”?
The answer is KIMONOS, a 7-letter word. It appeared in the New York Times crossword on May 1, 2025.
How many letters is the answer to “*Relative of a snowboard”?
7 letters: KIMONOS.
Where did this clue appear?
In the New York Times crossword on May 1, 2025 (a Thursday puzzle), at 26-Across.
Can “*Relative of a snowboard” 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 1, 2025 is on the NYT Crossword answers page, with every clue and answer from that puzzle.