NYT Crossword hints and answer for June 18, 2025
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Clues74
Across37
Down37
ConstructorEli Cotham
Today’s NYT Crossword clues, hints & answers
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Across
5A
Fashion's Jimmy whose surname aptly rhymes with "shoe" (4)
Starts with C, ends with OCHOO→
9A
Squeak remover (4)
Starts with L, ends with ELUBE→
13A
Look bad? (4)
Starts with O, ends with EOGLE→
14A
Not his (4)
Starts with H, ends with SHERS→
15A
"By Jove!" (4)
Starts with I, ends with YISAY→
16A
Offset, as something on a scale (14)
Starts with C, ends with ECOUNTERBALANCE→
19A
It might be swiped for cash (7)
Starts with A, ends with DATMCARD→
20A
Org. that was a frequent James Bond foe (3)
Starts with K, ends with BKGB→
21A
Mo. setting (3)
Starts with C, ends with TCST→
23A
M.L.B.'er in a blue-and-orange uniform (5)
Starts with N, ends with TNYMET→
24A
Gad about at a banquet (8)
Starts with T, ends with PTABLEHOP→
26A
John or Jane of anonymity (3)
Starts with D, ends with EDOE→
27A
Bite at a bar (4)
Starts with T, ends with ATAPA→
30A
Job security, for some (6)
Starts with T, ends with ETENURE→
31A
Not just my (3)
Starts with O, ends with ROUR→
32A
Mind-boggling designs (5)
Starts with O, ends with TOPART→
34A
Like hand-me-downs (4)
Starts with U, ends with DUSED→
35A
Rely on the hospitality of friends for lodging (9)
Starts with C, ends with FCOUCHSURF→
38A
"Star Wars" species on Tatooine (4)
Starts with J, ends with AJAWA→
41A
Sentiment on el Día de San Valentín (5)
Starts with T, ends with OTEAMO→
45A
Brewer Coors (6)
Starts with A, ends with HADOLPH→
48A
Once, once (4)
Starts with E, ends with TERST→
49A
Perfect serve (3)
Starts with A, ends with EACE→
50A
Hit the pubs (8)
Starts with B, ends with LBARCRAWL→
54A
Bygone initials at JFK (3)
Starts with S, ends with TSST→
55A
"Mr. Blue Sky" band, in brief (3)
Starts with E, ends with OELO→
56A
Be afraid to (7)
Starts with D, ends with TDARENOT→
58A
61A
Capital on the Baltic Sea (4)
Starts with R, ends with ARIGA→
62A
Went through channels? (4)
Starts with S, ends with MSWAM→
63A
Medicinal name in the shampoo aisle (4)
Starts with T, ends with LTGEL→
64A
Short first step (4)
Starts with A, ends with BATOB→
65A
Takes up, as some new pants (4)
Starts with H, ends with SHEMS→
66A
Pennsylvania city or its county (4)
Starts with Y, ends with KYORK→
Down
1D
"Impossible!" (7)
Starts with N, ends with ONOCANDO→
2D
"Ha ha ha!," on April Fools' Day (7)
Starts with I, ends with UIGOTYOU→
3D
Not so happy (7)
Starts with G, ends with RGLUMMER→
4D
Therefore (5)
Starts with H, ends with EHENCE→
5D
Acting Oscar winner inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame (4)
Starts with C, ends with RCHER→
6D
What's rounded up in a roundup (4)
Starts with H, ends with DHERD→
7D
Earth or sun, for example (3)
Starts with O, ends with BORB→
8D
Home to the oldest Buddhist temple in Japan (built in A.D. 593) (5)
Starts with O, ends with AOSAKA→
9D
Likely (to) (6)
Starts with L, ends with ELIABLE→
10D
SEAL's org. (3)
Starts with U, ends with NUSN→
11D
Wine god of myth (7)
Starts with B, ends with SBACCHUS→
12D
House with a long-unmowed lawn, e.g. (7)
Starts with E, ends with EEYESORE→
17D
Anchor or heart, maybe (6)
Starts with T, ends with OTATTOO→
18D
Letters before Q, sometimes (4)
Starts with L, ends with TLGBT→
22D
"Decorated," as a house for Halloween (4)
Starts with T, ends with DTPED→
24D
North Carolina athlete (7)
Starts with T, ends with LTARHEEL→
25D
Broadway's "For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is ___" (4)
Starts with E, ends with FENUF→
28D
"The Simpsons" shopkeeper (3)
Starts with A, ends with UAPU→
29D
What a handshake may lead to (4)
Starts with P, ends with TPACT→
33D
Ruling title that dates back to the Byzantine Empire (4)
Starts with T, ends with RTSAR→
35D
Course that may follow trig (4)
Starts with C, ends with CCALC→
36D
Verbal hesitations (3)
Starts with U, ends with SUMS→
37D
Chopper parts (6)
Starts with R, ends with SROTORS→
38D
Pokes in the ring (4)
Starts with J, ends with SJABS→
39D
2019 Brad Pitt sci-fi thriller (7)
Starts with A, ends with AADASTRA→
40D
"I don't care what that cost!" (7)
Starts with W, ends with TWORTHIT→
42D
"You in?" (7)
Starts with W, ends with OWANNAGO→
43D
Freeze up (7)
Starts with I, ends with RICEOVER→
44D
The first one was delivered in 1984 (7)
Starts with T, ends with KTEDTALK→
46D
Like a house built in a day, say (6)
Starts with P, ends with BPREFAB→
47D
Long way to go? (4)
Starts with H, ends with LHALL→
51D
"Sound" of a point sailing over someone's head (5)
Starts with W, ends with HWOOSH→
53D
Eudora ___, Pulitzer winner for "The Optimist's Daughter" (5)
Starts with W, ends with YWELTY→
56D
Small amount of whiskey (4)
Starts with D, ends with MDRAM→
59D
It's not you, it's me (3)
Starts with E, ends with OEGO→
60D
"You ___ me!" (3)
Starts with O, ends with EOWE→
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for June 18, 2025?+
74 clues: 37 Across and 37 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Eli Cotham and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: Near (NIGH); Fashion's Jimmy whose surname aptly rhymes with "shoe" (CHOO); Squeak remover (LUBE).
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