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NYT Crossword May 15 2025 Answers

Deborah Simmons ✓Solving & explaining puzzles since 1998 · Updated May 15 2025

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Every answer from the Thursday, May 15 2025 New York Times Crossword, checked and verified against the published NYT solution. Select a clue for the full explanation.

Constructed by Simeon Seigel · Edited by Will Shortz

Across

1Workplace that often has sawdust4 lettersSee answer ›5Offered up gossip6 lettersSee answer ›11Close one, for short3 lettersSee answer ›14Part of a house that might shade part of a patio4 lettersSee answer ›15African creature whose name is one letter away from what its horns might do6 lettersSee answer ›16Constitutional change long endorsed by NOW3 lettersSee answer ›17Some colorful apparel13 lettersSee answer ›19Bagel-and-schmear go-with3 lettersSee answer ›20Longtime deodorant brand5 lettersSee answer ›21Crazy about4 lettersSee answer ›22Number on a clothing tag4 lettersSee answer ›23Unnatural sight, in brief3 lettersSee answer ›24Outperforms4 lettersSee answer ›26Certain grain source8 lettersSee answer ›28What might bring down the house?5 lettersSee answer ›30Male film character played by a female terrier named Terry4 lettersSee answer ›31Brother Felipe, Matty or Jesus of baseball4 lettersSee answer ›32Accessory for a guitar neck4 lettersSee answer ›35Thingamajigs5 lettersSee answer ›39Statements that can be seen as positive ... or a hint to interpreting 17-, 26-, 49- and 62-Across15 lettersSee answer ›42"In conclusion …"5 lettersSee answer ›43Darn it!4 lettersSee answer ›44Tilt4 lettersSee answer ›45Chimney part4 lettersSee answer ›47Secret rendezvous5 lettersSee answer ›49Old-fashioned homemade cleaner8 lettersSee answer ›52Call for delivery?4 lettersSee answer ›54Org. concerned with nationwide traffic3 lettersSee answer ›56Scent4 lettersSee answer ›57Spoils4 lettersSee answer ›59Hoops great ___ Thomas5 lettersSee answer ›61Cow's chew3 lettersSee answer ›62Des Moines's domain13 lettersSee answer ›64Word after tell or catch3 lettersSee answer ›65Directs6 lettersSee answer ›66Sphere ... or 4πr^2, for the surface of a sphere4 lettersSee answer ›67Shortest among the top 25 most common U.S. surnames3 lettersSee answer ›68Scottish cryptid, informally6 lettersSee answer ›69Any member in the group with the 1965 hit "Turn! Turn! Turn!"4 lettersSee answer ›

Down

1Small, clingy bristles on a gecko's foot5 lettersSee answer ›2Establishment where things are cut and dried?9 lettersSee answer ›3Self-satisfied and then some9 lettersSee answer ›4Spa service, for short4 lettersSee answer ›5Exhibit in a natural history museum, informally4 lettersSee answer ›6Cool cat's "Roger that"5 lettersSee answer ›7Dizzy feeling, with "the"5 lettersSee answer ›8Eponym of the N.H.L.'s M.V.P. award4 lettersSee answer ›9Charger in una corrida6 lettersSee answer ›10Chargers in courts, for short3 lettersSee answer ›11Prove untrue5 lettersSee answer ›12Suddenly went still5 lettersSee answer ›13Like some documents in the pre-internet age5 lettersSee answer ›18Acknowledge nonverbally5 lettersSee answer ›22With an air of haughtiness8 lettersSee answer ›25In days past4 lettersSee answer ›27Shout in a game of tag5 lettersSee answer ›29Replaces7 lettersSee answer ›30Caesar wrap?4 lettersSee answer ›31___ Lovelace, mathematician and daughter of Lord Byron3 lettersSee answer ›33Lead-in to chamber4 lettersSee answer ›34Letter before cue3 lettersSee answer ›36Mark Twain tale narrated in the first person by a noted first woman9 lettersSee answer ›37Carnivore9 lettersSee answer ›38Fig. written in boxes on a W-93 lettersSee answer ›40Woman's name spelled out in a 1970 hit4 lettersSee answer ›41Liberal ___4 lettersSee answer ›46Burning the midnight oil, say6 lettersSee answer ›48Beast with a horn5 lettersSee answer ›49In the neighborhood5 lettersSee answer ›50Small bump6 lettersSee answer ›51Word after wet, pool or chicken6 lettersSee answer ›52Slow sorts, in slang5 lettersSee answer ›53Baby carriers5 lettersSee answer ›55In the lead5 lettersSee answer ›58Is behind4 lettersSee answer ›60Shot in the dark4 lettersSee answer ›62Sister channel of QVC3 lettersSee answer ›63Narrow amount to win by4 lettersSee answer ›