NYT Crossword hints and answer for May 15, 2025
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Clues78
Across39
Down39
ConstructorSimeon Seigel
Today’s NYT Crossword clues, hints & answers
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Across
1A
Workplace that often has sawdust (4)
Starts with S, ends with PSHOP→
5A
Offered up gossip (6)
Starts with D, ends with DDISHED→
11A
Close one, for short (3)
Starts with B, ends with FBFF→
14A
Part of a house that might shade part of a patio (4)
Starts with E, ends with EEAVE→
15A
African creature whose name is one letter away from what its horns might do (6)
Starts with I, ends with AIMPALA→
16A
Constitutional change long endorsed by NOW (3)
Starts with E, ends with AERA→
17A
Some colorful apparel (13)
Starts with T, ends with STIEDNONOHIRTS→
19A
Bagel-and-schmear go-with (3)
Starts with L, ends with XLOX→
20A
Longtime deodorant brand (5)
Starts with A, ends with DARRID→
21A
Crazy about (4)
Starts with I, ends with OINTO→
22A
Number on a clothing tag (4)
Starts with S, ends with ESIZE→
23A
Unnatural sight, in brief (3)
Starts with E, ends with PESP→
24A
Outperforms (4)
Starts with T, ends with STOPS→
26A
Certain grain source (8)
Starts with R, ends with DRNONOEED→
28A
What might bring down the house? (5)
Starts with A, ends with NARSON→
30A
Male film character played by a female terrier named Terry (4)
Starts with T, ends with OTOTO→
31A
Brother Felipe, Matty or Jesus of baseball (4)
Starts with A, ends with UALOU→
32A
Accessory for a guitar neck (4)
Starts with C, ends with OCAPO→
35A
Thingamajigs (5)
Starts with I, ends with SITEMS→
39A
42A
"In conclusion …" (5)
Starts with A, ends with OANDSO→
43A
Darn it! (4)
Starts with T, ends with RTEAR→
45A
Chimney part (4)
Starts with F, ends with EFLUE→
47A
Secret rendezvous (5)
Starts with T, ends with TTRYST→
49A
Old-fashioned homemade cleaner (8)
Starts with L, ends with PLNONOOAP→
52A
Call for delivery? (4)
Starts with P, ends with HPUSH→
54A
Org. concerned with nationwide traffic (3)
Starts with D, ends with ADEA→
57A
Spoils (4)
Starts with L, ends with TLOOT→
59A
Hoops great ___ Thomas (5)
Starts with I, ends with HISIAH→
61A
Cow's chew (3)
Starts with C, ends with DCUD→
62A
Des Moines's domain (13)
Starts with H, ends with EHAWKENONOTATE→
64A
Word after tell or catch (3)
Starts with A, ends with LALL→
65A
Directs (6)
Starts with S, ends with SSTEERS→
66A
Sphere ... or 4πr^2, for the surface of a sphere (4)
Starts with A, ends with AAREA→
67A
Shortest among the top 25 most common U.S. surnames (3)
Starts with L, ends with ELEE→
68A
Scottish cryptid, informally (6)
Starts with N, ends with ENESSIE→
69A
Any member in the group with the 1965 hit "Turn! Turn! Turn!" (4)
Starts with B, ends with DBYRD→
Down
1D
Small, clingy bristles on a gecko's foot (5)
Starts with S, ends with ESETAE→
2D
Establishment where things are cut and dried? (9)
Starts with H, ends with NHAIRSALON→
3D
Self-satisfied and then some (9)
Starts with O, ends with DOVERPROUD→
4D
Spa service, for short (4)
Starts with P, ends with IPEDI→
5D
Exhibit in a natural history museum, informally (4)
Starts with D, ends with ODINO→
6D
Cool cat's "Roger that" (5)
Starts with I, ends with PIMHIP→
7D
Dizzy feeling, with "the" (5)
Starts with S, ends with SSPINS→
8D
Eponym of the N.H.L.'s M.V.P. award (4)
Starts with H, ends with THART→
9D
Charger in una corrida (6)
Starts with E, ends with OELTORO→
10D
Chargers in courts, for short (3)
Starts with D, ends with SDAS→
11D
Prove untrue (5)
Starts with B, ends with EBELIE→
12D
Suddenly went still (5)
Starts with F, ends with EFROZE→
13D
Like some documents in the pre-internet age (5)
Starts with F, ends with DFAXED→
18D
Acknowledge nonverbally (5)
Starts with N, ends with ONODTO→
22D
With an air of haughtiness (8)
Starts with S, ends with YSNOOTILY→
25D
In days past (4)
Starts with O, ends with EONCE→
27D
Shout in a game of tag (5)
Starts with N, ends with TNOTIT→
29D
Replaces (7)
Starts with S, ends with RSUBSFOR→
30D
Caesar wrap? (4)
Starts with T, ends with ATOGA→
31D
___ Lovelace, mathematician and daughter of Lord Byron (3)
Starts with A, ends with AADA→
33D
Lead-in to chamber (4)
Starts with A, ends with EANTE→
34D
Letter before cue (3)
Starts with P, ends with EPEE→
36D
Mark Twain tale narrated in the first person by a noted first woman (9)
Starts with E, ends with YEVESDIARY→
37D
Carnivore (9)
Starts with M, ends with RMEATEATER→
38D
Fig. written in boxes on a W-9 (3)
Starts with S, ends with NSSN→
40D
Woman's name spelled out in a 1970 hit (4)
Starts with L, ends with ALOLA→
41D
Liberal ___ (4)
Starts with A, ends with SARTS→
46D
Burning the midnight oil, say (6)
Starts with U, ends with EUPLATE→
48D
Beast with a horn (5)
Starts with R, ends with ORHINO→
49D
In the neighborhood (5)
Starts with L, ends with LLOCAL→
50D
Small bump (6)
Starts with N, ends with ENODULE→
51D
Word after wet, pool or chicken (6)
Starts with N, ends with ENOODLE→
52D
Slow sorts, in slang (5)
Starts with P, ends with SPOKES→
53D
Baby carriers (5)
Starts with U, ends with IUTERI→
55D
In the lead (5)
Starts with A, ends with DAHEAD→
58D
Is behind (4)
Starts with O, ends with SOWES→
60D
Shot in the dark (4)
Starts with S, ends with BSTAB→
62D
Sister channel of QVC (3)
Starts with H, ends with NHSN→
63D
Narrow amount to win by (4)
Starts with N, ends with ENOSE→
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for May 15, 2025?+
78 clues: 39 Across and 39 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Simeon Seigel and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: Workplace that often has sawdust (SHOP); Offered up gossip (DISHED); Close one, for short (BFF).
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