NYT Crossword hints and answer for May 27, 2025
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Clues78
Across37
Down41
ConstructorGinny Too
Today’s NYT Crossword clues, hints & answers
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Across
1A
Puccini heroine who "lived for art, lived for love" (5)
Starts with T, ends with ATOSCA→
6A
C-shaped shop item (5)
Starts with C, ends with PCLAMP→
11A
One "B" of B&B (3)
Starts with B, ends with DBED→
14A
Like the base-8 number system (5)
Starts with O, ends with LOCTAL→
16A
Tool for Paul Bunyan (3)
Starts with A, ends with EAXE→
17A
Like a subsidiary with only one parent (11)
Starts with W, ends with DWHOLLYOWNED→
19A
One making her entrance into society, in brief (3)
Starts with D, ends with BDEB→
20A
Roaring Twenties or Swinging Sixties (3)
Starts with E, ends with AERA→
21A
Glam rocks? (6)
Starts with G, ends with SGEODES→
22A
Go without food (4)
Starts with F, ends with TFAST→
23A
Changes, as factory equipment (7)
Starts with R, ends with SRETOOLS→
25A
No. crunchers (4)
Starts with C, ends with SCPAS→
27A
Swiss and Jarlsberg (12)
Starts with H, ends with SHOLEYCHEESES→
32A
Duck-hunting hangout (5)
Starts with B, ends with DBLIND→
35A
Region (4)
Starts with A, ends with AAREA→
36A
Before, in poetry (3)
Starts with E, ends with EERE→
37A
Caaaaaaar, you might say (4)
Starts with L, ends with OLIMO→
38A
Happen (5)
Starts with O, ends with ROCCUR→
40A
Gooey spread (4)
Starts with B, ends with EBRIE→
41A
DDT banner (3)
Starts with E, ends with AEPA→
42A
Part of a foot or a viaduct (4)
Starts with A, ends with HARCH→
43A
Showing more false bashfulness (5)
Starts with C, ends with RCOYER→
44A
Colorful Hindu celebration (12)
Starts with H, ends with LHOLIFESTIVAL→
48A
Unhinged (4)
Starts with L, ends with OLOCO→
49A
Much mail (7)
Starts with L, ends with SLETTERS→
53A
Couple's first home? (4)
Starts with E, ends with NEDEN→
55A
Lines of communication (6)
Starts with C, ends with SCABLES→
58A
Zoo staffer (3)
Starts with V, ends with TVET→
59A
U.K. : MI6 :: U.S. : ___ (3)
Starts with C, ends with ACIA→
60A
Central Christian belief … or a phonetic hint to 17-, 27- and 44-Across (11)
Starts with H, ends with YHOLYTRINITY→
62A
The H in H.M.S., for much of the 20th century (3)
Starts with H, ends with RHER→
63A
Throw one's hat in the ring (5)
Starts with E, ends with RENTER→
65A
Extra periods, in brief (3)
Starts with O, ends with SOTS→
66A
Like some desks and divorces (5)
Starts with M, ends with YMESSY→
67A
Old West transport (5)
Starts with S, ends with ESTAGE→
Down
1D
Word after bell or cell (5)
Starts with T, ends with RTOWER→
2D
Earthy pigment (5)
Starts with O, ends with EOCHRE→
3D
Animal with chestnut-and-white fur (5)
Starts with S, ends with TSTOAT→
4D
Food label abbr. (3)
Starts with C, ends with LCAL→
5D
Hunky-dory (7)
Starts with A, ends with DALLGOOD→
6D
Pick a side, say (6)
Starts with C, ends with ECHOOSE→
7D
Apt rhyme for "rude" (4)
Starts with L, ends with DLEWD→
8D
Last monarch of the House of Stuart (4)
Starts with A, ends with EANNE→
9D
"Hand With Reflecting Sphere" artist (8)
Starts with M, ends with RMCESCHER→
10D
Xing user (3)
Starts with P, ends with DPED→
11D
Acts that are tough, rebellious and cool, in slang (9)
Starts with B, ends with YBADASSERY→
12D
Past partners (4)
Starts with E, ends with SEXES→
13D
Red state? (4)
Starts with D, ends with TDEBT→
18D
Holler (4)
Starts with Y, ends with LYELL→
22D
Winged species of folklore (3)
Starts with F, ends with EFAE→
24D
"Heavens!" (4)
Starts with O, ends with OOHNO→
26D
Small hailstone size (3)
Starts with P, ends with APEA→
28D
Big boat (5)
Starts with Y, ends with TYACHT→
29D
Grade of wine (3)
Starts with C, ends with UCRU→
30D
Lake ___, body of water about 120 miles south of London (4)
Starts with E, ends with EERIE→
31D
Crystal gazer (4)
Starts with S, ends with RSEER→
32D
"Ick!" (4)
Starts with B, ends with HBLEH→
33D
Poet written about in the Books of Tang (4)
Starts with L, ends with OLIPO→
34D
"Tell me" (9)
Starts with I, ends with SIMALLEARS→
38D
Frozen, black-and-white Nabisco treat (8)
Starts with O, ends with EOREOCONE→
39D
Adds to an email (3)
Starts with C, ends with SCCS→
40D
Eat quickly, with "down" (4)
Starts with B, ends with TBOLT→
42D
Home of the Bills and Patriots, for short (3)
Starts with A, ends with CAFC→
43D
Helps out a friend, purr-haps? (7)
Starts with C, ends with SCATSITS→
45D
Solar wind particle (3)
Starts with I, ends with NION→
46D
"Count on me to do my best" (6)
Starts with I, ends with YILLTRY→
47D
Suddenly change course (4)
Starts with V, ends with RVEER→
50D
Madonna title role (5)
Starts with E, ends with AEVITA→
51D
Adjust the price on (5)
Starts with R, ends with GRETAG→
52D
Strunk & White's "The Elements of ___" (5)
Starts with S, ends with ESTYLE→
53D
Zoom meeting annoyance (4)
Starts with E, ends with OECHO→
56D
Mtn. range stats (4)
Starts with A, ends with SALTS→
57D
So long, farewell, auf Wiedersehen (4)
Starts with B, ends with SBYES→
60D
Line on a skirt (3)
Starts with H, ends with MHEM→
61D
"___ on your life!" (3)
Starts with N, ends with TNOT→
How to solve the NYT Crossword
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for May 27, 2025?+
78 clues: 37 Across and 41 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Ginny Too and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: Puccini heroine who "lived for art, lived for love" (TOSCA); C-shaped shop item (CLAMP); One "B" of B&B (BED).
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