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NYT Crossword — May 19, 2025

Monday’s 15 × 15 puzzle, 78 clues. The full solution is below — answers stay masked until you reveal them, one clue or all at once.

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Across

38 clues

1Occasion for pampering

7Like a baby's bottom

14The "T" of B.L.T.

15Queen of the Nile, informally

16Miley Cyrus's "Party in the ___"

17Casual dining chain with unlimited breadsticks

19Take a load off, say

20Shake, as a dog's tail

21Most-desired group of invitees

22Home to Zion National Park

23Capital of Italia

26Caller of balls and strikes

27"... or that's what I think, anyway," online

28Event whose symbol is five interlocking rings

33Discontinued Apple program for organizing images

36Make a digital image of

37Race of mythical beings, in fantasy fiction

38Musical genre for D'Angelo and Erykah Badu

40Some R-rated material

42Number of amendments in the Bill of Rights

43Jacket closer that's not a button

45"We hold these ___ to be self-evident"

46Theater binoculars

49Number of faces on a cube

50Craftsmanship

51Silverstein who wrote "A Boy Named Sue"

54President's "no"

60"Red" or "Reputation," for Taylor Swift

61Starting point for Tropicana or Florida's Natural juice

66Word before name or voyage

67Buzzer near a flower

69"Yikes!" ... or, phonetically, a hint to 17-, 28-, 46- and 61-Across

Down

40 clues

1Place in an overhead compartment

2From the Arctic

4___ Pilkey, author/illustrator who created Captain Underpants

6Meditation method

7Pinches pennies, say

8Alternative to Axe or Brut

9Poetical units

10Colossal amount

11Personalized in sizing

12Home of China and India

13Relaxing soak

18Former student, for short

22Thurman of "Pulp Fiction"

25Woodwind in a jazz band

27Pays no heed to

29Calves, kittens and cubs

30Grocery conveyances

32Sail the seven ___

34"Not another ___ out of you!"

35Nickname for Lincoln

39Film incorrectly announced as Best Picture before "Moonlight"

47Carnaval city

48Kind of party for men only

52Wear away, as soil

53Flood embankment

54What often follows a noun

55Pennsylvania city on a Great Lake

56Ear-to-ear expression

57Office missive

59Cohort that grew up with the internet

61Cry at a bullfight

63Fix, as an outcome

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Stats & info

Monday, May 19, 2025

15×15

Grid size

78

Total entries

37/188

Black / letter cells

4.8

Avg entry length

12 ltrs

Longest entry

Easiest

Monday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedMay 19, 2025

DayMonday

ThemeUntitled

ConstructorKiran Pandey

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split38 across · 40 down

Longest entries

28AEvent whose symbol is five interlocking rings12 ltrs 46ATheater binoculars12 ltrs 17ACasual dining chain with unlimited breadsticks11 ltrs 61AStarting point for Tropicana or Florida's Natural juice11 ltrs 11DPersonalized in sizing9 ltrs

Monday grids are the gentlest of the week: straightforward definitions, familiar fill and almost no wordplay. This grid has 37 black squares and averages 4.8 letters per entry.