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NYT Crossword — May 27, 2025

Tuesday’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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4C
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7L
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17W
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18Y
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28Y
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Across

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

Down

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

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Stats & info

Tuesday, May 27, 2025
15×15
Grid size
78
Total entries
36/189
Black / letter cells
4.8
Avg entry length
12 ltrs
Longest entry
Easy
Tuesday difficulty
PuzzleThe Crossword
PublishedMay 27, 2025
DayTuesday
ThemeUntitled
ConstructorGinny Too
EditorWill Shortz
Clue split37 across · 41 down
Longest entries
27ASwiss and Jarlsberg12 ltrs44AColorful Hindu celebration12 ltrs17ALike a subsidiary with only one parent11 ltrs60ACentral Christian belief … or a phonetic hint to 17-, 27- and 44-Across11 ltrs11DActs that are tough, rebellious and cool, in slang9 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 4.8 letters per entry.