NYT Crossword hints and answer for May 19, 2025
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Clues78
Across38
Down40
ConstructorKiran Pandey
Today’s NYT Crossword clues, hints & answers
Every clue from this puzzle with a hint and the answer behind separate buttons, so you only see what you need. Click a clue for its own page.
Across
1A
Occasion for pampering (6)
Starts with S, ends with YSPADAY→
7A
Like a baby's bottom (4)
Starts with S, ends with TSOFT→
14A
The "T" of B.L.T. (6)
Starts with T, ends with OTOMATO→
15A
Queen of the Nile, informally (4)
Starts with C, ends with OCLEO→
16A
Miley Cyrus's "Party in the ___" (3)
Starts with U, ends with AUSA→
17A
Casual dining chain with unlimited breadsticks (11)
Starts with O, ends with NOLIVEGARDEN→
19A
Take a load off, say (3)
Starts with S, ends with TSIT→
20A
Shake, as a dog's tail (3)
Starts with W, ends with GWAG→
21A
Most-desired group of invitees (5)
Starts with A, ends with TALIST→
22A
Home to Zion National Park (4)
Starts with U, ends with HUTAH→
23A
Capital of Italia (4)
Starts with R, ends with AROMA→
26A
Caller of balls and strikes (3)
Starts with U, ends with PUMP→
27A
"... or that's what I think, anyway," online (3)
Starts with I, ends with OIMO→
28A
Event whose symbol is five interlocking rings (12)
Starts with O, ends with SOLYMPICGAMES→
33A
Discontinued Apple program for organizing images (6)
Starts with I, ends with OIPHOTO→
36A
Make a digital image of (4)
Starts with S, ends with NSCAN→
37A
Race of mythical beings, in fantasy fiction (3)
Starts with F, ends with EFAE→
38A
Musical genre for D'Angelo and Erykah Badu (7)
Starts with N, ends with LNEOSOUL→
40A
Some R-rated material (7)
Starts with E, ends with AEROTICA→
42A
Number of amendments in the Bill of Rights (3)
Starts with T, ends with NTEN→
43A
Jacket closer that's not a button (4)
Starts with S, ends with PSNAP→
45A
"We hold these ___ to be self-evident" (6)
Starts with T, ends with STRUTHS→
46A
Theater binoculars (12)
Starts with O, ends with SOPERAGLASSES→
49A
Number of faces on a cube (3)
Starts with S, ends with XSIX→
50A
Craftsmanship (3)
Starts with A, ends with TART→
51A
Silverstein who wrote "A Boy Named Sue" (4)
Starts with S, ends with LSHEL→
54A
President's "no" (4)
Starts with V, ends with OVETO→
56A
Glimmer (5)
Starts with G, ends with MGLEAM→
58A
Govt. rule (3)
Starts with R, ends with GREG→
60A
"Red" or "Reputation," for Taylor Swift (3)
Starts with E, ends with AERA→
61A
Starting point for Tropicana or Florida's Natural juice (11)
Starts with O, ends with EORANGEGROVE→
65A
Dryer fuzz (4)
Starts with L, ends with TLINT→
66A
Word before name or voyage (6)
Starts with M, ends with NMAIDEN→
67A
Buzzer near a flower (3)
Starts with B, ends with EBEE→
68A
Odds and ___ (4)
Starts with E, ends with SENDS→
69A
"Yikes!" ... or, phonetically, a hint to 17-, 28-, 46- and 61-Across (6)
Starts with O, ends with ZOHGEEZ→
Down
1D
Place in an overhead compartment (4)
Starts with S, ends with WSTOW→
2D
From the Arctic (5)
Starts with P, ends with RPOLAR→
3D
Compadre (5)
Starts with A, ends with OAMIGO→
4D
___ Pilkey, author/illustrator who created Captain Underpants (3)
Starts with D, ends with VDAV→
5D
Chowed down (3)
Starts with A, ends with EATE→
6D
Meditation method (4)
Starts with Y, ends with AYOGA→
7D
Pinches pennies, say (7)
Starts with S, ends with SSCRIMPS→
8D
Alternative to Axe or Brut (8)
Starts with O, ends with EOLDSPICE→
9D
Poetical units (4)
Starts with F, ends with TFEET→
10D
Colossal amount (3)
Starts with T, ends with NTON→
11D
Personalized in sizing (9)
Starts with C, ends with TCUSTOMFIT→
12D
Home of China and India (4)
Starts with A, ends with AASIA→
13D
Relaxing soak (4)
Starts with B, ends with HBATH→
18D
Former student, for short (4)
Starts with A, ends with MALUM→
22D
Thurman of "Pulp Fiction" (3)
Starts with U, ends with AUMA→
24D
Cow sounds (4)
Starts with M, ends with SMOOS→
25D
Woodwind in a jazz band (7)
Starts with A, ends with XALTOSAX→
27D
Pays no heed to (7)
Starts with I, ends with SIGNORES→
29D
Calves, kittens and cubs (5)
Starts with Y, ends with GYOUNG→
30D
Grocery conveyances (5)
Starts with C, ends with SCARTS→
31D
Per person (4)
Starts with E, ends with HEACH→
32D
Sail the seven ___ (4)
Starts with S, ends with SSEAS→
33D
A fan of (4)
Starts with I, ends with OINTO→
34D
"Not another ___ out of you!" (4)
Starts with P, ends with PPEEP→
35D
Nickname for Lincoln (9)
Starts with H, ends with EHONESTABE→
39D
Film incorrectly announced as Best Picture before "Moonlight" (8)
Starts with L, ends with DLALALAND→
41D
Patootie (4)
Starts with T, ends with HTUSH→
44D
Mom and dad (7)
Starts with P, ends with SPARENTS→
47D
Carnaval city (3)
Starts with R, ends with ORIO→
48D
Kind of party for men only (4)
Starts with S, ends with GSTAG→
52D
Wear away, as soil (5)
Starts with E, ends with EERODE→
53D
Flood embankment (5)
Starts with L, ends with ELEVEE→
54D
What often follows a noun (4)
Starts with V, ends with BVERB→
55D
Pennsylvania city on a Great Lake (4)
Starts with E, ends with EERIE→
56D
Ear-to-ear expression (4)
Starts with G, ends with NGRIN→
57D
Office missive (4)
Starts with M, ends with OMEMO→
59D
Cohort that grew up with the internet (4)
Starts with G, ends with ZGENZ→
61D
Cry at a bullfight (3)
Starts with O, ends with EOLE→
62D
"Argh!" (3)
Starts with G, ends with HGAH→
63D
Fix, as an outcome (3)
Starts with R, ends with GRIG→
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for May 19, 2025?+
78 clues: 38 Across and 40 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Kiran Pandey and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: Occasion for pampering (SPADAY); Like a baby's bottom (SOFT); Taxi (CAB).
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