NYT Crossword Answers 05/19/25

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Across Clues

• 1 Occasion for pampering SPADAY
• 7 Like a baby’s bottom SOFT
• 11 Taxi CAB
• 14 The “T” of B.L.T. TOMATO
• 15 Queen of the Nile, informally CLEO
• 16 Miley Cyrus’s “Party in the ___” USA
• 17 Casual dining chain with unlimited breadsticks OLIVEGARDEN
• 19 Take a load off, say SIT
• 20 Shake, as a dog’s tail WAG
• 21 Most-desired group of invitees ALIST
• 22 Home to Zion National Park UTAH
• 23 Capital of Italia ROMA
• 26 Caller of balls and strikes UMP
• 27 “… or that’s what I think, anyway,” online IMO
• 28 Event whose symbol is five interlocking rings OLYMPICGAMES
• 33 Discontinued Apple program for organizing images IPHOTO
• 36 Make a digital image of SCAN
• 37 Race of mythical beings, in fantasy fiction FAE
• 38 Musical genre for D’Angelo and Erykah Badu NEOSOUL
• 40 Some R-rated material EROTICA
• 42 Number of amendments in the Bill of Rights TEN
• 43 Jacket closer that’s not a button SNAP
• 45 “We hold these ___ to be self-evident” TRUTHS
• 46 Theater binoculars OPERAGLASSES
• 49 Number of faces on a cube SIX
• 50 Craftsmanship ART
• 51 Silverstein who wrote “A Boy Named Sue” SHEL
• 54 President’s “no” VETO
• 56 Glimmer GLEAM
• 58 Govt. rule REG
• 60 “Red” or “Reputation,” for Taylor Swift ERA
• 61 Starting point for Tropicana or Florida’s Natural juice ORANGEGROVE
• 64 Tease RIB
• 65 Dryer fuzz LINT
• 66 Word before name or voyage MAIDEN
• 67 Buzzer near a flower BEE
• 68 Odds and ___ ENDS
• 69 “Yikes!” … or, phonetically, a hint to 17-, 28-, 46- and 61-Across OHGEEZ

Vertical Clues

• 1 Place in an overhead compartment STOW
• 2 From the Arctic POLAR
• 3 Compadre AMIGO
• 4 ___ Pilkey, author/illustrator who created Captain Underpants DAV
• 5 Chowed down ATE
• 6 Meditation method YOGA
• 7 Pinches pennies, say SCRIMPS
• 8 Alternative to Axe or Brut OLDSPICE
• 9 Poetical units FEET
• 10 Colossal amount TON
• 11 Personalized in sizing CUSTOMFIT
• 12 Home of China and India ASIA
• 13 Relaxing soak BATH
• 18 Former student, for short ALUM
• 22 Thurman of “Pulp Fiction” UMA
• 24 Cow sounds MOOS
• 25 Woodwind in a jazz band ALTOSAX
• 27 Pays no heed to IGNORES
• 29 Calves, kittens and cubs YOUNG
• 30 Grocery conveyances CARTS
• 31 Per person EACH
• 32 Sail the seven ___ SEAS
• 33 A fan of INTO
• 34 “Not another ___ out of you!” PEEP
• 35 Nickname for Lincoln HONESTABE
• 39 Film incorrectly announced as Best Picture before “Moonlight” LALALAND
• 41 Patootie TUSH
• 44 Mom and dad PARENTS
• 47 Carnaval city RIO
• 48 Kind of party for men only STAG
• 52 Wear away, as soil ERODE
• 53 Flood embankment LEVEE
• 54 What often follows a noun VERB
• 55 Pennsylvania city on a Great Lake ERIE
• 56 Ear-to-ear expression GRIN
• 57 Office missive MEMO
• 59 Cohort that grew up with the internet GENZ
• 61 Cry at a bullfight OLE
• 62 “Argh!” GAH
• 63 Fix, as an outcome RIG