NYT Crossword hints and answer for June 2, 2025
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Clues78
Across37
Down41
ConstructorAnthony V. Grubb
Today’s NYT Crossword clues, hints & answers
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Across
1A
"Don't love it, don't hate it" (3)
Starts with M, ends with HMEH→
4A
"It's just one of ___ days" (5)
Starts with T, ends with ETHOSE→
9A
Prickly plants (5)
Starts with C, ends with ICACTI→
14A
"Without further ___ …" (3)
Starts with A, ends with OADO→
15A
Crossed one's fingers (5)
Starts with H, ends with DHOPED→
16A
Constellation with a belt (5)
Starts with O, ends with NORION→
17A
Grab a chair (3)
Starts with S, ends with TSIT→
18A
"Go fly a kite!" (11)
Starts with E, ends with SEATMYSHORTS→
20A
Skewered meat dish (5)
Starts with K, ends with BKEBAB→
22A
"Nature of a ___" (1991 Queen Latifah album) (5)
Starts with S, ends with ASISTA→
23A
One pouncing at a laser pointer, perhaps (3)
Starts with C, ends with TCAT→
24A
Thick noodle in Japanese soups (4)
Starts with U, ends with NUDON→
26A
Grandma, in Guatemala (6)
Starts with A, ends with AABUELA→
28A
"Pipe down!" (12)
Starts with P, ends with TPUTASOCKINIT→
33A
Like the name Parker, for a valet (3)
Starts with A, ends with TAPT→
34A
Thyme piece (5)
Starts with S, ends with GSPRIG→
35A
They might be sold à la carte at a Mexican restaurant (5)
Starts with T, ends with STACOS→
39A
[Gone … like magic!] (4)
Starts with P, ends with FPOOF→
41A
Some English noblemen (5)
Starts with E, ends with SEARLS→
43A
Possess (4)
Starts with H, ends with EHAVE→
44A
Per ___ (yearly) (5)
Starts with A, ends with MANNUM→
46A
"Explosive" expletive (5)
Starts with F, ends with BFBOMB→
48A
Scratch or stain, e.g. (3)
Starts with M, ends with RMAR→
49A
"No skin off my nose!" (12)
Starts with S, ends with FSUITYOURSELF→
52A
Move upward (6)
Starts with A, ends with DASCEND→
55A
Hook, line and sinker, for an angler (4)
Starts with G, ends with RGEAR→
56A
Neither here ___ there (3)
Starts with N, ends with RNOR→
57A
Word before act or action (5)
Starts with C, ends with SCLASS→
61A
Gunslinger Earp (5)
Starts with W, ends with TWYATT→
64A
Where duds are draped to dry … or a literal description of 18-, 28- and 49-Across? (11)
Starts with C, ends with ECLOTHESLINE→
67A
"___ sells seashells by the seashore" (3)
Starts with S, ends with ESHE→
68A
Actor Ethan whose surname sounds like a bird (5)
Starts with H, ends with EHAWKE→
69A
"The ___ Express" (kid-lit classic) (5)
Starts with P, ends with RPOLAR→
70A
Alternative to a trowel for an archaeologist (3)
Starts with H, ends with EHOE→
71A
It's nearly impossible to split their creme equally, per M.I.T. (5)
Starts with O, ends with SOREOS→
72A
Poker-faced (5)
Starts with S, ends with YSTONY→
73A
"Dee-lish!" (3)
Starts with Y, ends with MYUM→
Down
1D
Part of a Halloween costume (4)
Starts with M, ends with KMASK→
2D
"The Sopranos" actress Falco (4)
Starts with E, ends with EEDIE→
3D
Emotionally charged, as an issue (9)
Starts with H, ends with NHOTBUTTON→
4D
Bruce Springsteen, to fans (7)
Starts with T, ends with STHEBOSS→
5D
Rule-making grp. for a residential community (3)
Starts with H, ends with AHOA→
6D
Goes (for) (4)
Starts with O, ends with SOPTS→
7D
18-wheeler (4)
Starts with S, ends with ISEMI→
8D
Ice cream brand known as Dreyer's on the West Coast (4)
Starts with E, ends with SEDYS→
9D
Live together (7)
Starts with C, ends with TCOHABIT→
10D
Preferring platonic relationships, informally (3)
Starts with A, ends with OARO→
11D
Greek sorceress who took the phrase "men are pigs" literally (5)
Starts with C, ends with ECIRCE→
12D
Smash to smithereens (5)
Starts with T, ends with LTOTAL→
13D
Social media app with Reels and Stories, familiarly (5)
Starts with I, ends with AINSTA→
19D
Superfan, in slang (4)
Starts with S, ends with NSTAN→
21D
Accessibility law inits. (3)
Starts with A, ends with AADA→
25D
"Negatory" (4)
Starts with N, ends with ENOPE→
27D
Only U.S. state whose capital has a three-word name (4)
Starts with U, ends with HUTAH→
28D
Bear with a hard bed and hot porridge (4)
Starts with P, ends with APAPA→
29D
"Once ___ a midnight dreary …" (4)
Starts with U, ends with NUPON→
30D
Make by hand (5)
Starts with C, ends with TCRAFT→
31D
Pink Nintendo character from Planet Popstar (5)
Starts with K, ends with YKIRBY→
32D
Home on the "I" page of many ABC books (5)
Starts with I, ends with OIGLOO→
36D
Out of the picture, maybe? (9)
Starts with C, ends with YCAMERASHY→
37D
Actual shape of the Crab Nebula, disappointingly (4)
Starts with O, ends with LOVAL→
38D
Feudal underling (4)
Starts with S, ends with FSERF→
40D
"Short" thing for someone with a temper (4)
Starts with F, ends with EFUSE→
42D
High-and-mighty (4)
Starts with S, ends with GSMUG→
45D
Snacks (on) (7)
Starts with M, ends with SMUNCHES→
47D
Beermaking establishment (7)
Starts with B, ends with YBREWERY→
50D
Lollygag (4)
Starts with I, ends with EIDLE→
51D
"Here's a thought …" (3)
Starts with S, ends with YSAY→
52D
Dried chili in Mexican cuisine (5)
Starts with A, ends with OANCHO→
53D
Kind of power using rooftop panels (5)
Starts with S, ends with RSOLAR→
54D
Actor Russell whose surname sounds like a bird (5)
Starts with C, ends with ECROWE→
58D
Vile Nile reptiles (4)
Starts with A, ends with SASPS→
59D
Piggy bank opening (4)
Starts with S, ends with TSLOT→
60D
Sight along a farm country road (4)
Starts with S, ends with OSILO→
62D
"O Brother, Where Art ___?" (2000 Coen brothers film) (4)
Starts with T, ends with UTHOU→
63D
Abound (4)
Starts with T, ends with MTEEM→
65D
Ring result, in brief (3)
Starts with T, ends with OTKO→
66D
Grandma, in Glasgow (3)
Starts with N, ends with NNAN→
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for June 2, 2025?+
78 clues: 37 Across and 41 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Anthony V. Grubb and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: "Don't love it, don't hate it" (MEH); "It's just one of ___ days" (THOSE); Prickly plants (CACTI).
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