NYT Crossword May 27, 2025 Answers

Across

1A Puccini heroine who "lived for art, lived for love" 5 6A C-shaped shop item 5 11A One "B" of B&B 3 14A Like the base-8 number system 5 15A Thus 5 16A Tool for Paul Bunyan 3 17A Like a subsidiary with only one parent 11 19A One making her entrance into society, in brief 3 20A Roaring Twenties or Swinging Sixties 3 21A Glam rocks? 6 22A Go without food 4 23A Changes, as factory equipment 7 25A No. crunchers 4 27A Swiss and Jarlsberg 12 32A Duck-hunting hangout 5 35A Region 4 36A Before, in poetry 3 37A Caaaaaaar, you might say 4 38A Happen 5 40A Gooey spread 4 41A DDT banner 3 42A Part of a foot or a viaduct 4 43A Showing more false bashfulness 5 44A Colorful Hindu celebration 12 48A Unhinged 4 49A Much mail 7 53A Couple's first home? 4 55A Lines of communication 6 58A Zoo staffer 3 59A U.K. : MI6 :: U.S. : ___ 3 60A Central Christian belief … or a phonetic hint to 17-, 27- and 44-Across 11 62A The H in H.M.S., for much of the 20th century 3 63A Throw one's hat in the ring 5 64A Sum 5 65A Extra periods, in brief 3 66A Like some desks and divorces 5 67A Old West transport 5

Down

1D Word after bell or cell 5 2D Earthy pigment 5 3D Animal with chestnut-and-white fur 5 4D Food label abbr. 3 5D Hunky-dory 7 6D Pick a side, say 6 7D Apt rhyme for "rude" 4 8D Last monarch of the House of Stuart 4 9D "Hand With Reflecting Sphere" artist 8 10D Xing user 3 11D Acts that are tough, rebellious and cool, in slang 9 12D Past partners 4 13D Red state? 4 18D Holler 4 22D Winged species of folklore 3 24D "Heavens!" 4 26D Small hailstone size 3 28D Big boat 5 29D Grade of wine 3 30D Lake ___, body of water about 120 miles south of London 4 31D Crystal gazer 4 32D "Ick!" 4 33D Poet written about in the Books of Tang 4 34D "Tell me" 9 38D Frozen, black-and-white Nabisco treat 8 39D Adds to an email 3 40D Eat quickly, with "down" 4 42D Home of the Bills and Patriots, for short 3 43D Helps out a friend, purr-haps? 7 45D Solar wind particle 3 46D "Count on me to do my best" 6 47D Suddenly change course 4 50D Madonna title role 5 51D Adjust the price on 5 52D Strunk & White's "The Elements of ___" 5 53D Zoom meeting annoyance 4 54D Fare 4 56D Mtn. range stats 4 57D So long, farewell, auf Wiedersehen 4 60D Line on a skirt 3 61D "___ on your life!" 3