Notre Dame team / Asset in a staring contest? / Notre Dame team
Crossword Answer — May 07, 2025
NYT Crossword
Wednesday, May 07, 2025
By Tom McCoy
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Crossword clues, hints, and answers
Across
- 1. Manly — Answer: MACHO
- 6. Extravagant type of fund-raiser — Answer: GALA
- 10. Among other things: Abbr. — Answer: ETC
- 13. ___ Pendragon, father of King Arthur — Answer: UTHER
- 14. "Awesome!!!" — Answer: EPIC
- 15. Drawer or door part — Answer: KNOB
- 16. Nonviolent protest / A farewell to artist Chagall? / Nonviolent protest — Answer: PEACEMARCH
- 18. Theater boxes — Answer: AMPS
- 19. Activity that turns an urban area into an obstacle course — Answer: PARKOUR
- 20. Contain — Answer: KEEPIN
- 22. "Is," to Livy — Answer: EST
- 23. Go with one's ___ — Answer: GUT
- 25. Go by car — Answer: MOTOR
- 27. Scientist played by David Bowie in 2006's "The Prestige" — Answer: TESLA
- 30. Endure / Display some humorous posters? / Endure — Answer: PUTUPWITH
- 33. GPS datum — Answer: ETA
- 35. Symbol in the Bluetooth logo, for one — Answer: RUNE
- 36. ___ mode (fuel efficiency option in some cars) — Answer: ECO
- 37. Notre Dame team / Asset in a staring contest? / Notre Dame team — Answer: FIGHTINGIRISH
- 41. Downside — Answer: CON
- 42. Chops (off) — Answer: LOPS
- 43. Sci-fi publisher whose logo is a rocky peak — Answer: TOR
- 44. Figure it out / "Let's see that dance move where you lie flat by a door!" / Figure it out — Answer: DOTHEMATH
- 47. Domain — Answer: REALM
- 51. Arrogant walk — Answer: STRUT
- 52. For reference, it's over 21,000 pages, in brief — Answer: OED
- 54. Antagonist in "Calvin and Hobbes" — Answer: MOE
- 55. Go over again — Answer: REREAD
- 58. Kids' items that can come in packs of 8 and 168 — Answer: CRAYONS
- 61. Shed tears — Answer: WEPT. Hint: Sometimes, emotions overflow and we can't help but express them this way. 😢
- 62. City that had the final letter of its name removed in 1891, only to be restored in 1911 — Answer: PITTSBURGH
- 64. Disclaimer on a secondhand product — Answer: ASIS
- 65. Mexican money — Answer: PESO
- 66. Slatted case — Answer: CRATE
- 67. C.P.A.'s column header, perhaps — Answer: YTD
- 68. High light? — Answer: STAR
- 69. Missile chambers — Answer: SILOS
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- 1. Bert or Ernie — Answer: MUPPET
- 2. Relaxed — Answer: ATEASE
- 3. Many graphics in business presentations — Answer: CHARTS
- 4. Mild expletive — Answer: HECK
- 5. Wheel on a school bus-themed cake, perhaps — Answer: OREO
- 6. Get equipped (for) — Answer: GEARUP
- 7. The cruelest mo., per T.S. Eliot — Answer: APR
- 8. Get ready to seal, as an envelope — Answer: LICK
- 9. Feel the pain — Answer: ACHE
- 10. Feelings of animosity — Answer: ENMITIES
- 11. First-rate — Answer: TOPNOTCH
- 12. "Face the Nation" airer — Answer: CBS
- 15. Comic strip sound of impact — Answer: KAPOW
- 17. Hot chocolate holder — Answer: MUG
- 21. One of 16 over the course of the Ming dynasty — Answer: EMPEROR
- 24. Seeks help from — Answer: TURNSTO
- 26. Pi follower — Answer: RHO
- 28. "Ahab's ___" (chapter in "Moby-Dick") — Answer: LEG
- 29. One who might receive a letter at school — Answer: ATHLETE
- 31. Pull (on) — Answer: TUG
- 32. Watt or newton — Answer: UNIT
- 34. A little bit of everything? — Answer: ATOM
- 37. Amenity attached to an airplane seat — Answer: FOOTREST
- 38. Courageous — Answer: INTREPID
- 39. Hoppy bar choice, for short — Answer: IPA
- 40. Wrath — Answer: IRE. Hint: Feeling a bit fiery? 🔥
- 41. Media for old music players — Answer: CDS
- 45. Feels the pain — Answer: HURTS
- 46. Browbeat — Answer: HECTOR
- 48. Unconcerned with right and wrong — Answer: AMORAL
- 49. Wish that one could — Answer: LONGTO
- 50. Fits well (with) — Answer: MESHES
- 53. E.N.T.s, e.g. — Answer: DRS
- 56. Galaxy downloads — Answer: APPS
- 57. Media ___ (one's daily news consumption, so to speak) — Answer: DIET
- 59. Basics — Answer: ABCS
- 60. Gagarin in space — Answer: YURI
- 61. Path — Answer: WAY
- 63. Org. that might have you put your belt on a belt — Answer: TSA
The answer to “Notre Dame team / Asset in a staring contest? / Notre Dame team” in the New York Times crossword is FIGHTINGIRISH — a 13-letter word. This clue ran in the New York Times crossword on May 7, 2025, a Wednesday puzzle, at 37-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.
“Notre Dame team / Asset in a staring contest? / Notre Dame team” answer
FIGHTINGIRISH (13 letters)
Reveal the solution one letter at a time with the tiles above if you'd rather nudge yourself toward it than see the whole word at once. Just want it outright? The answer is FIGHTINGIRISH.
Why the answer is FIGHTINGIRISH
FIGHTINGIRISH is the 13-letter solution that fits "Notre Dame team / Asset in a staring contest? / Notre Dame team" in the NYT Crossword crossword on May 7, 2025 (37-Across). Use the letter tiles above if you'd rather reveal it one letter at a time.
When else has “Notre Dame team / Asset in a staring contest? / Notre Dame team” 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 7, 2025 (this puzzle) → FIGHTINGIRISH. We haven't indexed an earlier appearance of this exact clue yet.
More clues from the NYT Crossword crossword on May 7, 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.
- Feelings of animosity → ENMITIES
- First-rate → TOPNOTCH
- One of 16 over the course of the Ming dynasty → EMPEROR
- Seeks help from → TURNSTO
- "Ahab's ___" (chapter in "Moby-Dick") → LEG
- One who might receive a letter at school → ATHLETE
- Pull (on) → TUG
- Watt or newton → UNIT
Want every clue in one place? The full New York Times answer list for May 7, 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 Wednesday 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 “Notre Dame team / Asset in a staring contest? / Notre Dame team”?
The answer is FIGHTINGIRISH, a 13-letter word. It appeared in the New York Times crossword on May 7, 2025.
How many letters is the answer to “Notre Dame team / Asset in a staring contest? / Notre Dame team”?
13 letters: FIGHTINGIRISH.
Where did this clue appear?
In the New York Times crossword on May 7, 2025 (a Wednesday puzzle), at 37-Across.
Can “Notre Dame team / Asset in a staring contest? / Notre Dame team” 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 7, 2025 is on the NYT Crossword answers page, with every clue and answer from that puzzle.