0529-25 NY Times Crossword 29 May 25, Thursday

Constructed by: John Kugelman
Edited by: Will Shortz

Today’s Reveal Answer: Tease Up

Themed answers stretch right across the grid, with Ts UP in the line above, over a black square:

  • 60A Give height, as a hairdo … or a hint for entering the answers to the starred clues : TEASE UP or Ts UP
  • 19A *Mensa, for one : CONSTELLATION
  • 36A *One with a minority opinion about the shape of the world : FLAT EARTHER
  • 54A *Two sure things : DEATH AND TAXES

Bill’s time: 12m 05s

Bill’s errors: 0

Today’s Wiki-est Amazonian Googlies

My wife and I are visiting friends right now. As such, I just found time to slip away, solve the puzzle, and write up this abbreviated post. I will get to the full post just as soon as I can.

Apologies, and thank you for your understanding.

Bill

Complete List of Clues/Answers

Across

1A Nosy Parkers : SNOOPS
7A “Make like a drum and beat it!” : AMSCRAY!
14A Source of the line “The female of the species is more deadly than the male” : KIPLING
16A “Ditto for us” : SO ARE WE
17A Half of an Arnold Palmer : ICED TEA
18A “Ta-da!” : ET VOILA!
19A *Mensa, for one : CONSTELLATION
20A “___ Enchanted,” 2004 film : ELLA
22A What’s never free of charge : ION
23A ___ hat, no cattle (folksy put-down) : ALL
24A Swiss Ms. : FRAU
25A Fed. observance since 1986 : MLK DAY
28A Music biz scandal : PAYOLA
30A Chippewa neighbors : CREE
32A Homophone of 26-Down : EYE
33A Sees red : GETS HOT
35A HBO comedy with 17 Emmys : VEEP
36A *One with a minority opinion about the shape of the world : FLAT EARTHER
37A Word with drum or trumpet : EAR
38A 2013 film that presaged ChatGPT : HER
39A Stick with it : GLUE
41A Insect named for the Virgin Mary : LADYBUG
43A Upton Sinclair novel : OIL
44A Mononymous Irish singer : BONO
45A Captivate : ENAMOR
49A Material for some ropes and curtains : VELVET
51A Words from a loud speaker, maybe : RANT
53A Preceder of way or word : IN A …
54A *Two sure things : DEATH AND TAXES
55A Stage props? : HAND
56A X, Y and sometimes Z : AXES
57A “Yikes”-worthy : CRINGEY
60A Give height, as a hairdo … or a hint for entering the answers to the starred clues : TEASE UP
62A Filled out wrong, say : INVALID
63A One rushing to a Code Blue, in brief : ER NURSE
64A Not equilateral or isosceles : SCALENE
65A Clapped back at : SASSED

Down

1D Something to wear on a run : SKI CAP
2D Anarchist Sacco : NICOLA
3D Without pretense : OPENLY
4D Elders, derisively : OLDS
5D Preparation for a luau : PIT
6D Give a dirty look : SNEER AT
7D Not on solid ground, say : ASEA
8D Witty remark : MOT
9D London’s ___ Row : SAVILE
10D Shepherd’s stick : CROOK
11D Certain seasonal workers? : REINDEER
12D Strip poker? : AWL
13D Formal vote : YEA
15D Big do : GALA
21D Female in Mexican-style wrestling : LUCHADORA
24D One going for a little bite? : FLEA
25D Inst. known for an annual 15-Down : MET
26D Formal vote : AYE
27D Informal 26-Down : YEP
29D Give a dirty look : OGLE
31D One of the “Gilmore Girls” : RORY
34D Younger Lennon son : SEAN
35D Second star ever photographed, after the sun : VEGA
36D Over-the-top dramatic : FULL DIVA
38D Prowl : HUNT
39D End of a Senate address : GOV
40D Dissemble : LIE
41D Listing at Christie’s : LOT
42D Bacchanals : BENDERS
44D Charles Darwin’s ship : BEAGLE
46D Bakery devices : MIXERS
47D Disposable : ONE-USE
48D Croaked : RASPED
50D Bribable : VENAL
52D Chamber opening? : ANTE
55D ___ Park, F.D.R.’s home : HYDE
56D Laptop brand : ASUS
57D Gender prefix : CIS
58D G.O.P. group : RNC
59D One from Hamburg : EIN
61D “S.N.L.” alum Gasteyer : ANA

4 thoughts on “0529-25 NY Times Crossword 29 May 25, Thursday”

  1. 17:34, no errors. At some point, I “understood” the theme, but only to the extent of thinking that certain black squares needed to contain Ts. After I finished, it took me an embarrassingly long time to notice that there was a T above each of those black squares and correctly parse the entry “TEASE UP”. Duh … 😳.

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  2. 23:13, no errors. Fortunately for me, being totally oblivious to the theme was not detrimental. Didn’t see the theme until I read Dave’s comment (thank you Dave). Even if I saw the theme, it wouldn’t have helped, didn’t know MENSA is a constellation. I had the most difficulty trying to untangle the LUCHADORA/BENDERS/HAND/RANT knot.

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