NYT CROSSWORD • THURSDAY, MAY 15, 2025

NYT Crossword Answers May 15, 2025

Complete answer list for the May 15, 2025 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Simeon SeigelEdited by Will ShortzGrid 15×1578 clues

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Across 39

  1. 1Workplace that often has sawdust ↗SHOP
  2. 5Offered up gossip ↗DISHED
  3. 11Close one, for short ↗BFF
  4. 14Part of a house that might shade part of a patio ↗EAVE
  5. 15African creature whose name is one letter away from what its horns might do ↗IMPALA
  6. 16Constitutional change long endorsed by NOW ↗ERA
  7. 17Some colorful apparel ↗TIEDNONOHIRTS
  8. 19Bagel-and-schmear go-with ↗LOX
  9. 20Longtime deodorant brand ↗ARRID
  10. 21Crazy about ↗INTO
  11. 22Number on a clothing tag ↗SIZE
  12. 23Unnatural sight, in brief ↗ESP
  13. 24Outperforms ↗TOPS
  14. 26Certain grain source ↗RNONOEED
  15. 28What might bring down the house? ↗ARSON
  16. 30Male film character played by a female terrier named Terry ↗TOTO
  17. 31Brother Felipe, Matty or Jesus of baseball ↗ALOU
  18. 32Accessory for a guitar neck ↗CAPO
  19. 35Thingamajigs ↗ITEMS
  20. 39Statements that can be seen as positive ... or a hint to interpreting 17-, 26-, 49- and 62-Across ↗DOUBLENEGATIVES
  21. 42"In conclusion …" ↗ANDSO
  22. 43Darn it! ↗TEAR
  23. 44Tilt ↗LEAN
  24. 45Chimney part ↗FLUE
  25. 47Secret rendezvous ↗TRYST
  26. 49Old-fashioned homemade cleaner ↗LNONOOAP
  27. 52Call for delivery? ↗PUSH
  28. 54Org. concerned with nationwide traffic ↗DEA
  29. 56Scent ↗ODOR
  30. 57Spoils ↗LOOT
  31. 59Hoops great ___ Thomas ↗ISIAH
  32. 61Cow's chew ↗CUD
  33. 62Des Moines's domain ↗HAWKENONOTATE
  34. 64Word after tell or catch ↗ALL
  35. 65Directs ↗STEERS
  36. 66Sphere ... or 4πr^2, for the surface of a sphere ↗AREA
  37. 67Shortest among the top 25 most common U.S. surnames ↗LEE
  38. 68Scottish cryptid, informally ↗NESSIE
  39. 69Any member in the group with the 1965 hit "Turn! Turn! Turn!" ↗BYRD

Down 39

  1. 1Small, clingy bristles on a gecko's foot ↗SETAE
  2. 2Establishment where things are cut and dried? ↗HAIRSALON
  3. 3Self-satisfied and then some ↗OVERPROUD
  4. 4Spa service, for short ↗PEDI
  5. 5Exhibit in a natural history museum, informally ↗DINO
  6. 6Cool cat's "Roger that" ↗IMHIP
  7. 7Dizzy feeling, with "the" ↗SPINS
  8. 8Eponym of the N.H.L.'s M.V.P. award ↗HART
  9. 9Charger in una corrida ↗ELTORO
  10. 10Chargers in courts, for short ↗DAS
  11. 11Prove untrue ↗BELIE
  12. 12Suddenly went still ↗FROZE
  13. 13Like some documents in the pre-internet age ↗FAXED
  14. 18Acknowledge nonverbally ↗NODTO
  15. 22With an air of haughtiness ↗SNOOTILY
  16. 25In days past ↗ONCE
  17. 27Shout in a game of tag ↗NOTIT
  18. 29Replaces ↗SUBSFOR
  19. 30Caesar wrap? ↗TOGA
  20. 31___ Lovelace, mathematician and daughter of Lord Byron ↗ADA
  21. 33Lead-in to chamber ↗ANTE
  22. 34Letter before cue ↗PEE
  23. 36Mark Twain tale narrated in the first person by a noted first woman ↗EVESDIARY
  24. 37Carnivore ↗MEATEATER
  25. 38Fig. written in boxes on a W-9 ↗SSN
  26. 40Woman's name spelled out in a 1970 hit ↗LOLA
  27. 41Liberal ___ ↗ARTS
  28. 46Burning the midnight oil, say ↗UPLATE
  29. 48Beast with a horn ↗RHINO
  30. 49In the neighborhood ↗LOCAL
  31. 50Small bump ↗NODULE
  32. 51Word after wet, pool or chicken ↗NOODLE
  33. 52Slow sorts, in slang ↗POKES
  34. 53Baby carriers ↗UTERI
  35. 55In the lead ↗AHEAD
  36. 58Is behind ↗OWES
  37. 60Shot in the dark ↗STAB
  38. 62Sister channel of QVC ↗HSN
  39. 63Narrow amount to win by ↗NOSE