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NYT Crossword — May 20, 2025

Tuesday’s 15 × 15 puzzle, 76 clues. The full solution is below — answers stay masked until you reveal them, one clue or all at once.

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Across

35 clues

5Laundry collectors

9Good thing to bring to a competition

14Comedian Trevor with the memoir "Born a Crime"

16Ring-tailed primate

17Consistent with party policy

19Court colleague of Kagan and Kavanaugh

20"Eye on the ball," "Get under it!," "I got it!," etc.

22Like some ground balls

26Queen of Olympus

27Pet rescue grp.

31Minnesota congresswoman Ilhan

35Mink, ferret, stoat, etc.

38Indiana or Independence, in D.C.

39Detroit dud of the 1950s

40Wall St. debut

41"You're just too complimentary!"

434G ___ (letters on a cellphone screen)

44"Ta-da," "All done," "There you have it," etc.

47Poet Byron, for one

49Like pound cake

50Bird whose name sounds like a hip-hop dance move

53Crafters' knives

55Yield, Stop, Dead End, etc.

61Tennis champ Naomi

66On the up and up

69College V.I.P.s

70Cryptanalyst Turing

71What spring may bring

Down

41 clues

1Card game shout

2Oui's opposite

3Response to "Who's going?"

4Action film climax one might "cut to," in a saying

5Closest confidant

6Apple all-in-one

7Walt Whitman's "As the Time Draws ___"

8Call repeated in an aerobics class

10Dessert served with the query "Cono o coppetta?" in Italy

11Somme friends

12Silence on Zoom

13Cherubic Greek god

18___ Paulo, Brazil

21Circle at the top of a stick figure

22"Such is life!"

24Chalk accompanier

28Consumers of hogwash

32Souvenir for a refrigerator

33Moisturizer brand

36Fey figure of folklore

37Khan who founded Khan Academy

42Flinches in response to

46Utah, geometrically speaking

48What "America runs on," in a franchise slogan

54"Give it ___"

55Auctioned off, e.g.

57Crazy (about)

58March Madness org.

63"What'd you say?"

64Public radio host Glass

65Where to find a kitten's "toe beans"

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Stats & info

Tuesday, May 20, 2025

15×15

Grid size

76

Total entries

36/189

Black / letter cells

5.0

Avg entry length

12 ltrs

Longest entry

Easy

Tuesday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedMay 20, 2025

DayTuesday

ThemeUntitled

ConstructorRena Cohen

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split35 across · 41 down

Longest entries

20A"Eye on the ball," "Get under it!," "I got it!," etc.12 ltrs 55AYield, Stop, Dead End, etc.12 ltrs 35AMink, ferret, stoat, etc.11 ltrs 44A"Ta-da," "All done," "There you have it," etc.11 ltrs 17AConsistent with party policy9 ltrs

Tuesday sits one notch above Monday, usually with a light theme and a few playful clues. This grid has 36 black squares and averages 5.0 letters per entry.