NYT CROSSWORD • TUESDAY, MAY 27, 2025

NYT Crossword Answers May 27, 2025

Complete answer list for the May 27, 2025 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

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Across 37

  1. 1Puccini heroine who "lived for art, lived for love" ↗TOSCA
  2. 6C-shaped shop item ↗CLAMP
  3. 11One "B" of B&B ↗BED
  4. 14Like the base-8 number system ↗OCTAL
  5. 15Thus ↗HENCE
  6. 16Tool for Paul Bunyan ↗AXE
  7. 17Like a subsidiary with only one parent ↗WHOLLYOWNED
  8. 19One making her entrance into society, in brief ↗DEB
  9. 20Roaring Twenties or Swinging Sixties ↗ERA
  10. 21Glam rocks? ↗GEODES
  11. 22Go without food ↗FAST
  12. 23Changes, as factory equipment ↗RETOOLS
  13. 25No. crunchers ↗CPAS
  14. 27Swiss and Jarlsberg ↗HOLEYCHEESES
  15. 32Duck-hunting hangout ↗BLIND
  16. 35Region ↗AREA
  17. 36Before, in poetry ↗ERE
  18. 37Caaaaaaar, you might say ↗LIMO
  19. 38Happen ↗OCCUR
  20. 40Gooey spread ↗BRIE
  21. 41DDT banner ↗EPA
  22. 42Part of a foot or a viaduct ↗ARCH
  23. 43Showing more false bashfulness ↗COYER
  24. 44Colorful Hindu celebration ↗HOLIFESTIVAL
  25. 48Unhinged ↗LOCO
  26. 49Much mail ↗LETTERS
  27. 53Couple's first home? ↗EDEN
  28. 55Lines of communication ↗CABLES
  29. 58Zoo staffer ↗VET
  30. 59U.K. : MI6 :: U.S. : ___ ↗CIA
  31. 60Central Christian belief … or a phonetic hint to 17-, 27- and 44-Across ↗HOLYTRINITY
  32. 62The H in H.M.S., for much of the 20th century ↗HER
  33. 63Throw one's hat in the ring ↗ENTER
  34. 64Sum ↗TOTAL
  35. 65Extra periods, in brief ↗OTS
  36. 66Like some desks and divorces ↗MESSY
  37. 67Old West transport ↗STAGE

Down 41

  1. 1Word after bell or cell ↗TOWER
  2. 2Earthy pigment ↗OCHRE
  3. 3Animal with chestnut-and-white fur ↗STOAT
  4. 4Food label abbr. ↗CAL
  5. 5Hunky-dory ↗ALLGOOD
  6. 6Pick a side, say ↗CHOOSE
  7. 7Apt rhyme for "rude" ↗LEWD
  8. 8Last monarch of the House of Stuart ↗ANNE
  9. 9"Hand With Reflecting Sphere" artist ↗MCESCHER
  10. 10Xing user ↗PED
  11. 11Acts that are tough, rebellious and cool, in slang ↗BADASSERY
  12. 12Past partners ↗EXES
  13. 13Red state? ↗DEBT
  14. 18Holler ↗YELL
  15. 22Winged species of folklore ↗FAE
  16. 24"Heavens!" ↗OHNO
  17. 26Small hailstone size ↗PEA
  18. 28Big boat ↗YACHT
  19. 29Grade of wine ↗CRU
  20. 30Lake ___, body of water about 120 miles south of London ↗ERIE
  21. 31Crystal gazer ↗SEER
  22. 32"Ick!" ↗BLEH
  23. 33Poet written about in the Books of Tang ↗LIPO
  24. 34"Tell me" ↗IMALLEARS
  25. 38Frozen, black-and-white Nabisco treat ↗OREOCONE
  26. 39Adds to an email ↗CCS
  27. 40Eat quickly, with "down" ↗BOLT
  28. 42Home of the Bills and Patriots, for short ↗AFC
  29. 43Helps out a friend, purr-haps? ↗CATSITS
  30. 45Solar wind particle ↗ION
  31. 46"Count on me to do my best" ↗ILLTRY
  32. 47Suddenly change course ↗VEER
  33. 50Madonna title role ↗EVITA
  34. 51Adjust the price on ↗RETAG
  35. 52Strunk & White's "The Elements of ___" ↗STYLE
  36. 53Zoom meeting annoyance ↗ECHO
  37. 54Fare ↗DIET
  38. 56Mtn. range stats ↗ALTS
  39. 57So long, farewell, auf Wiedersehen ↗BYES
  40. 60Line on a skirt ↗HEM
  41. 61"___ on your life!" ↗NOT