Tease

Latest answer — May 19, 2025

64 Across

To playfully make fun of someone is to do this. 😄

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Across

  1. 1Occasion for pampering
  2. 7Like a baby's bottom
  3. 11Taxi
  4. 14The "T" of B.L.T.
  5. 15Queen of the Nile, informally
  6. 16Miley Cyrus's "Party in the ___"
  7. 17Casual dining chain with unlimited breadsticks
  8. 19Take a load off, say
  9. 20Shake, as a dog's tail
  10. 21Most-desired group of invitees
  11. 22Home to Zion National Park
  12. 23Capital of Italia
  13. 26Caller of balls and strikes
  14. 27"... or that's what I think, anyway," online
  15. 28Event whose symbol is five interlocking rings
  16. 33Discontinued Apple program for organizing images
  17. 36Make a digital image of
  18. 37Race of mythical beings, in fantasy fiction
  19. 38Musical genre for D'Angelo and Erykah Badu
  20. 40Some R-rated material
  21. 42Number of amendments in the Bill of Rights
  22. 43Jacket closer that's not a button
  23. 45"We hold these ___ to be self-evident"
  24. 46Theater binoculars
  25. 49Number of faces on a cube
  26. 50Craftsmanship
  27. 51Silverstein who wrote "A Boy Named Sue"
  28. 54President's "no"
  29. 56Glimmer
  30. 58Govt. rule
  31. 60"Red" or "Reputation," for Taylor Swift
  32. 61Starting point for Tropicana or Florida's Natural juice
  33. 64Tease
  34. 65Dryer fuzz
  35. 66Word before name or voyage
  36. 67Buzzer near a flower
  37. 68Odds and ___
  38. 69"Yikes!" ... or, phonetically, a hint to 17-, 28-, 46- and 61-Across

Down

  1. 1Place in an overhead compartment
  2. 2From the Arctic
  3. 3Compadre
  4. 4___ Pilkey, author/illustrator who created Captain Underpants
  5. 5Chowed down
  6. 6Meditation method
  7. 7Pinches pennies, say
  8. 8Alternative to Axe or Brut
  9. 9Poetical units
  10. 10Colossal amount
  11. 11Personalized in sizing
  12. 12Home of China and India
  13. 13Relaxing soak
  14. 18Former student, for short
  15. 22Thurman of "Pulp Fiction"
  16. 24Cow sounds
  17. 25Woodwind in a jazz band
  18. 27Pays no heed to
  19. 29Calves, kittens and cubs
  20. 30Grocery conveyances
  21. 31Per person
  22. 32Sail the seven ___
  23. 33A fan of
  24. 34"Not another ___ out of you!"
  25. 35Nickname for Lincoln
  26. 39Film incorrectly announced as Best Picture before "Moonlight"
  27. 41Patootie
  28. 44Mom and dad
  29. 47Carnaval city
  30. 48Kind of party for men only
  31. 52Wear away, as soil
  32. 53Flood embankment
  33. 54What often follows a noun
  34. 55Pennsylvania city on a Great Lake
  35. 56Ear-to-ear expression
  36. 57Office missive
  37. 59Cohort that grew up with the internet
  38. 61Cry at a bullfight
  39. 62"Argh!"
  40. 63Fix, as an outcome

The answer to “Tease” in the New York Times crossword is RIB — a 3-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times crossword on May 19, 2025, a Monday puzzle, at 64-Across. Below you'll find why that fill fits, every other answer we've recorded for this clue, and links into the puzzle it came from.

“Tease” answer

RIB (3 letters)

Reveal the solution one letter at a time with the tiles above if you'd rather nudge yourself toward it than see the whole word at once. Just want it outright? The answer is RIB.

Why the answer is RIB

To playfully make fun of someone is to do this. 😄

What does RIB mean?

Reading the plain dictionary sense of RIB is often the fastest way to see why it answers this clue.

(noun)

  • each of a series of slender curved bones articulated in pairs to the spine (twelve pairs in humans), protecting the thoracic cavity and its organs
  • a long raised piece of strengthening or supporting material
  • a vein of a leaf or an insect's wing

When else has “Tease” appeared?

New York Times reuses clues across dates, sometimes with a different answer depending on the grid. Here's where this exact clue has shown up, and what the answer was each time — handy when you're checking whether today's fill is the only one.

May 19, 2025 (most recent) → RIB. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

Frequently asked questions

What is the answer to “Tease”?

The answer is RIB, a 3-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times crossword on May 19, 2025.

How many letters is the answer to “Tease”?

3 letters: RIB.

When did this clue appear?

Most recently in the New York Times crossword on May 19, 2025 (a Monday puzzle), at 64-Across.

Can “Tease” have a different answer?

Yes — New York Times sometimes reuses a clue with a different solution to fit the grid. The answers we've recorded for each date it appeared are listed above when available.

Where can I find the rest of this day's NYT Crossword answers?

The full grid for May 19, 2025 is on the NYT Crossword answers page, with every clue and answer from that puzzle.

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