NYT Crossword hints and answer for June 17, 2025
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Clues73
Across34
Down39
ConstructorTarun Krishnamurthy
Today’s NYT Crossword clues, hints & answers
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Across
1A
Ride-or-dies, in brief (4)
Starts with B, ends with SBFFS→
5A
Healthy ones may be square (5)
Starts with M, ends with SMEALS→
10A
Lively party (4)
Starts with B, ends with HBASH→
14A
Came down to earth (4)
Starts with A, ends with TALIT→
15A
Skate park trick (5)
Starts with O, ends with EOLLIE→
16A
Defaulter's loss, in brief (4)
Starts with R, ends with OREPO→
17A
Classic Beatles song written and sung by George Harrison (15)
Starts with H, ends with NHERECOMESTHESUN→
20A
Windstorm often accompanied by rain (7)
Starts with T, ends with TTEMPEST→
21A
Shakespeare's Globe, e.g. (7)
Starts with T, ends with ETHEATRE→
22A
Auction offer (3)
Starts with B, ends with DBID→
23A
Outdoor gear giant (3)
Starts with R, ends with IREI→
25A
Volcanic output (3)
Starts with A, ends with HASH→
26A
Mathematician/philosopher who wrote "I think, therefore I am" (13)
Starts with R, ends with SRENEDESCARTES→
30A
Sidekick (3)
Starts with P, ends with LPAL→
31A
Talks in all caps, say (5)
Starts with Y, ends with SYELLS→
32A
Pedicured digit (3)
Starts with T, ends with ETOE→
34A
Pilots a plane (7)
Starts with A, ends with SAVIATES→
37A
Experience humiliation (7)
Starts with E, ends with TEATDIRT→
40A
With 41-Across, popular candy represented by the circled letters in 17-, 26- and 57-Across? (6)
Starts with R, ends with SREESES→
41A
See 40-Across (6)
Starts with P, ends with SPIECES→
42A
Like Santa's helpers (5)
Starts with E, ends with NELFIN→
43A
Many an I.R.S. employee (3)
Starts with C, ends with ACPA→
46A
Like many dorm rooms (5)
Starts with M, ends with YMESSY→
47A
Went through the air like a perfectly thrown football (9)
Starts with S, ends with DSPIRALLED→
50A
Shady, in modern lingo (3)
Starts with S, ends with SSUS→
53A
Aware of, as dangers (7)
Starts with A, ends with OALERTTO→
54A
Insta upload (3)
Starts with P, ends with CPIC→
57A
Does some door-to-door campaigning (15)
Starts with P, ends with HPRESSESTHEFLESH→
60A
Own up to (5)
Starts with A, ends with TADMIT→
61A
Reason for overtime (3)
Starts with T, ends with ETIE→
63A
Spades or diamonds (4)
Starts with S, ends with TSUIT→
64A
"Chandelier" singer, 2014 (3)
Starts with S, ends with ASIA→
65A
Typical high school student ... like this puzzle's constructor! (4)
Starts with T, ends with NTEEN→
Down
1D
Money in Thailand (4)
Starts with B, ends with TBAHT→
2D
Skedaddle (4)
Starts with F, ends with EFLEE→
3D
Something one probably won't change one's mind on (10)
Starts with F, ends with FFIRMBELIEF→
4D
Intervene (6)
Starts with S, ends with NSTEPIN→
5D
Cattle calls (4)
Starts with M, ends with SMOOS→
6D
Street liners in parts of New England (8)
Starts with E, ends with SELMTREES→
7D
Word after ginger or pale (3)
Starts with A, ends with EALE→
8D
Online post whose title may begin "The Top 10 Best ..." (8)
Starts with L, ends with ELISTICLE→
9D
Rogen of "The Studio" and "The Interview" (4)
Starts with S, ends with HSETH→
10D
Choice at KFC (6)
Starts with B, ends with TBREAST→
11D
They're a matter of taste (10)
Starts with A, ends with SAESTHETICS→
12D
Cowboy boot attachment (4)
Starts with S, ends with RSPUR→
13D
Sharpen, as skills (4)
Starts with H, ends with EHONE→
18D
Surrender (4)
Starts with C, ends with ECEDE→
19D
Learn by word of mouth (4)
Starts with H, ends with RHEAR→
24D
Subj. for some new U.S. residents (3)
Starts with E, ends with LESL→
26D
Get tangled up (5)
Starts with R, ends with LRAVEL→
27D
Easter egg colorings (4)
Starts with D, ends with SDYES→
28D
"Make it snappy!" (4)
Starts with A, ends with PASAP→
29D
Sensitive skin spots (5)
Starts with S, ends with SSORES→
30D
Cut back (4)
Starts with P, ends with EPARE→
33D
Handicrafts site (4)
Starts with E, ends with YETSY→
35D
Garage sale caveat (4)
Starts with A, ends with SASIS→
36D
A sixth of the way through the hour (7)
Starts with T, ends with TTENPAST→
39D
Proof of ownership (4)
Starts with D, ends with DDEED→
43D
Wave peaks (6)
Starts with C, ends with SCRESTS→
44D
Sequel title ender (6)
Starts with P, ends with IPARTII→
45D
Tennis's Gibson who won back-to-back Wimbledons and U.S. Opens (6)
Starts with A, ends with AALTHEA→
48D
Suffix with percent (3)
Starts with I, ends with EILE→
49D
Wireless standard inits. (3)
Starts with L, ends with ELTE→
50D
Relaxing retreats (4)
Starts with S, ends with SSPAS→
51D
Language in which the first four counting numbers are ek, do, tin, char (4)
Starts with U, ends with UURDU→
52D
18-wheeler (4)
Starts with S, ends with ISEMI→
54D
Sports star who debuted with the New York Cosmos in 1975 (4)
Starts with P, ends with EPELE→
55D
Tahiti, e.g. (4)
Starts with I, ends with EISLE→
56D
Jackie of "Rush Hour" (4)
Starts with C, ends with NCHAN→
58D
Host's directive to a guest (3)
Starts with S, ends with TSIT→
59D
Tennis do-over (3)
Starts with L, ends with TLET→
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for June 17, 2025?+
73 clues: 34 Across and 39 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Tarun Krishnamurthy and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: Ride-or-dies, in brief (BFFS); Healthy ones may be square (MEALS); Lively party (BASH).
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