NYT Crossword May 19, 2025 Answers

Across

1A Occasion for pampering 6 7A Like a baby's bottom 4 11A Taxi 3 14A The "T" of B.L.T. 6 15A Queen of the Nile, informally 4 16A Miley Cyrus's "Party in the ___" 3 17A Casual dining chain with unlimited breadsticks 11 19A Take a load off, say 3 20A Shake, as a dog's tail 3 21A Most-desired group of invitees 5 22A Home to Zion National Park 4 23A Capital of Italia 4 26A Caller of balls and strikes 3 27A "... or that's what I think, anyway," online 3 28A Event whose symbol is five interlocking rings 12 33A Discontinued Apple program for organizing images 6 36A Make a digital image of 4 37A Race of mythical beings, in fantasy fiction 3 38A Musical genre for D'Angelo and Erykah Badu 7 40A Some R-rated material 7 42A Number of amendments in the Bill of Rights 3 43A Jacket closer that's not a button 4 45A "We hold these ___ to be self-evident" 6 46A Theater binoculars 12 49A Number of faces on a cube 3 50A Craftsmanship 3 51A Silverstein who wrote "A Boy Named Sue" 4 54A President's "no" 4 56A Glimmer 5 58A Govt. rule 3 60A "Red" or "Reputation," for Taylor Swift 3 61A Starting point for Tropicana or Florida's Natural juice 11 64A Tease 3 65A Dryer fuzz 4 66A Word before name or voyage 6 67A Buzzer near a flower 3 68A Odds and ___ 4 69A "Yikes!" ... or, phonetically, a hint to 17-, 28-, 46- and 61-Across 6

Down

1D Place in an overhead compartment 4 2D From the Arctic 5 3D Compadre 5 4D ___ Pilkey, author/illustrator who created Captain Underpants 3 5D Chowed down 3 6D Meditation method 4 7D Pinches pennies, say 7 8D Alternative to Axe or Brut 8 9D Poetical units 4 10D Colossal amount 3 11D Personalized in sizing 9 12D Home of China and India 4 13D Relaxing soak 4 18D Former student, for short 4 22D Thurman of "Pulp Fiction" 3 24D Cow sounds 4 25D Woodwind in a jazz band 7 27D Pays no heed to 7 29D Calves, kittens and cubs 5 30D Grocery conveyances 5 31D Per person 4 32D Sail the seven ___ 4 33D A fan of 4 34D "Not another ___ out of you!" 4 35D Nickname for Lincoln 9 39D Film incorrectly announced as Best Picture before "Moonlight" 8 41D Patootie 4 44D Mom and dad 7 47D Carnaval city 3 48D Kind of party for men only 4 52D Wear away, as soil 5 53D Flood embankment 5 54D What often follows a noun 4 55D Pennsylvania city on a Great Lake 4 56D Ear-to-ear expression 4 57D Office missive 4 59D Cohort that grew up with the internet 4 61D Cry at a bullfight 3 62D "Argh!" 3 63D Fix, as an outcome 3