NYT CROSSWORD • MONDAY, MAY 19, 2025

NYT Crossword Answers May 19, 2025

Complete answer list for the May 19, 2025 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Kiran PandeyEdited by Will ShortzGrid 15×1578 clues

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Across 38

  1. 1Occasion for pampering ↗SPADAY
  2. 7Like a baby's bottom ↗SOFT
  3. 11Taxi ↗CAB
  4. 14The "T" of B.L.T. ↗TOMATO
  5. 15Queen of the Nile, informally ↗CLEO
  6. 16Miley Cyrus's "Party in the ___" ↗USA
  7. 17Casual dining chain with unlimited breadsticks ↗OLIVEGARDEN
  8. 19Take a load off, say ↗SIT
  9. 20Shake, as a dog's tail ↗WAG
  10. 21Most-desired group of invitees ↗ALIST
  11. 22Home to Zion National Park ↗UTAH
  12. 23Capital of Italia ↗ROMA
  13. 26Caller of balls and strikes ↗UMP
  14. 27"... or that's what I think, anyway," online ↗IMO
  15. 28Event whose symbol is five interlocking rings ↗OLYMPICGAMES
  16. 33Discontinued Apple program for organizing images ↗IPHOTO
  17. 36Make a digital image of ↗SCAN
  18. 37Race of mythical beings, in fantasy fiction ↗FAE
  19. 38Musical genre for D'Angelo and Erykah Badu ↗NEOSOUL
  20. 40Some R-rated material ↗EROTICA
  21. 42Number of amendments in the Bill of Rights ↗TEN
  22. 43Jacket closer that's not a button ↗SNAP
  23. 45"We hold these ___ to be self-evident" ↗TRUTHS
  24. 46Theater binoculars ↗OPERAGLASSES
  25. 49Number of faces on a cube ↗SIX
  26. 50Craftsmanship ↗ART
  27. 51Silverstein who wrote "A Boy Named Sue" ↗SHEL
  28. 54President's "no" ↗VETO
  29. 56Glimmer ↗GLEAM
  30. 58Govt. rule ↗REG
  31. 60"Red" or "Reputation," for Taylor Swift ↗ERA
  32. 61Starting point for Tropicana or Florida's Natural juice ↗ORANGEGROVE
  33. 64Tease ↗RIB
  34. 65Dryer fuzz ↗LINT
  35. 66Word before name or voyage ↗MAIDEN
  36. 67Buzzer near a flower ↗BEE
  37. 68Odds and ___ ↗ENDS
  38. 69"Yikes!" ... or, phonetically, a hint to 17-, 28-, 46- and 61-Across ↗OHGEEZ

Down 40

  1. 1Place in an overhead compartment ↗STOW
  2. 2From the Arctic ↗POLAR
  3. 3Compadre ↗AMIGO
  4. 4___ Pilkey, author/illustrator who created Captain Underpants ↗DAV
  5. 5Chowed down ↗ATE
  6. 6Meditation method ↗YOGA
  7. 7Pinches pennies, say ↗SCRIMPS
  8. 8Alternative to Axe or Brut ↗OLDSPICE
  9. 9Poetical units ↗FEET
  10. 10Colossal amount ↗TON
  11. 11Personalized in sizing ↗CUSTOMFIT
  12. 12Home of China and India ↗ASIA
  13. 13Relaxing soak ↗BATH
  14. 18Former student, for short ↗ALUM
  15. 22Thurman of "Pulp Fiction" ↗UMA
  16. 24Cow sounds ↗MOOS
  17. 25Woodwind in a jazz band ↗ALTOSAX
  18. 27Pays no heed to ↗IGNORES
  19. 29Calves, kittens and cubs ↗YOUNG
  20. 30Grocery conveyances ↗CARTS
  21. 31Per person ↗EACH
  22. 32Sail the seven ___ ↗SEAS
  23. 33A fan of ↗INTO
  24. 34"Not another ___ out of you!" ↗PEEP
  25. 35Nickname for Lincoln ↗HONESTABE
  26. 39Film incorrectly announced as Best Picture before "Moonlight" ↗LALALAND
  27. 41Patootie ↗TUSH
  28. 44Mom and dad ↗PARENTS
  29. 47Carnaval city ↗RIO
  30. 48Kind of party for men only ↗STAG
  31. 52Wear away, as soil ↗ERODE
  32. 53Flood embankment ↗LEVEE
  33. 54What often follows a noun ↗VERB
  34. 55Pennsylvania city on a Great Lake ↗ERIE
  35. 56Ear-to-ear expression ↗GRIN
  36. 57Office missive ↗MEMO
  37. 59Cohort that grew up with the internet ↗GENZ
  38. 61Cry at a bullfight ↗OLE
  39. 62"Argh!" ↗GAH
  40. 63Fix, as an outcome ↗RIG