NYT Crossword hints and answer for June 25, 2025
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Clues72
Across35
Down37
ConstructorBen Zimmer and Zach Sherwin
Today’s NYT Crossword clues, hints & answers
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Across
1A
Besmirch (3)
Starts with T, ends with RTAR→
4A
Sound of a bass drum (5)
Starts with T, ends with PTHUMP→
9A
"Challenge accepted!" (5)
Starts with I, ends with NITSON→
14A
TV newswoman Cabrera (3)
Starts with A, ends with AANA→
15A
Drive back (5)
Starts with R, ends with LREPEL→
16A
Like avaricious eyes (5)
Starts with B, ends with YBEADY→
17A
Historic agreement of 1215 (10)
Starts with M, ends with AMAGNACARTA→
19A
Wear on earth? (5)
Starts with E, ends with EERODE→
20A
"Through the fog it came" in Part I of Coleridge's "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" (9)
Starts with A, ends with SALBATROSS→
21A
Big name in Dadaism (3)
Starts with A, ends with PARP→
22A
Lets borrow (7)
Starts with L, ends with OLOANSTO→
23A
"Dream a Little Dream of Me" singer of 1968, familiarly (8)
Starts with M, ends with SMAMACASS→
27A
What silken tofu may replace in vegan recipes (3)
Starts with E, ends with GEGG→
28A
Frog's friend in an easy-reader classic (4)
Starts with T, ends with DTOAD→
30A
Ethnic group of Rwanda (4)
Starts with H, ends with UHUTU→
31A
California ___ (abstaining from everything but cannabis, say) (5)
Starts with S, ends with RSOBER→
34A
Formally forces out (6)
Starts with E, ends with SEXILES→
36A
Onomatopoetic breakfast trio (14)
Starts with S, ends with PSNAPCRACKLEPOP→
39A
Facility for outpatients (6)
Starts with C, ends with CCLINIC→
40A
Yorkshire metropolis (5)
Starts with L, ends with SLEEDS→
41A
Delay deciding, informally (4)
Starts with P, ends with TPUNT→
42A
Olympic blade (4)
Starts with E, ends with EEPEE→
44A
Olympic "blade" (3)
Starts with O, ends with ROAR→
47A
907, for a high one (8)
Starts with A, ends with EAREACODE→
49A
Bit of gear for Vermeer (7)
Starts with P, ends with EPALETTE→
53A
Bad bug (3)
Starts with F, ends with UFLU→
54A
2008 romantic drama starring Joaquin Phoenix and Gwyneth Paltrow (9)
Starts with T, ends with STWOLOVERS→
56A
Concern for an Allied ship (5)
Starts with U, ends with TUBOAT→
58A
59A
"Cheers" in Chiapas (5)
Starts with S, ends with DSALUD→
60A
Bird-related (5)
Starts with A, ends with NAVIAN→
61A
Simu ___, portrayer of Rival Ken in "Barbie" (3)
Starts with L, ends with ULIU→
62A
"Ergo …" (5)
Starts with A, ends with OANDSO→
63A
Flashy fish (5)
Starts with T, ends with ATETRA→
64A
A person's soul mate, with "the" (3)
Starts with O, ends with EONE→
Down
1D
Tex-Mex treat (6)
Starts with T, ends with ETAMALE→
2D
Like a clock with hands (6)
Starts with A, ends with GANALOG→
3D
Miscellaneous collection (6)
Starts with R, ends with GRAGBAG→
4D
Expansive parcels (6)
Starts with T, ends with STRACTS→
5D
Love, in emoji-speak (5)
Starts with H, ends with THEART→
6D
Tool for removing a tree stump (8)
Starts with U, ends with RUPROOTER→
7D
M.L.B. team that retired Strawberry's #18 (4)
Starts with M, ends with SMETS→
8D
Substance in stars and neon signs (6)
Starts with P, ends with APLASMA→
9D
Flanged girder (5)
Starts with I, ends with MIBEAM→
10D
Healthful snack brand (10)
Starts with T, ends with STERRACHIPS→
11D
Home to the Museum of the Portuguese Language (8)
Starts with S, ends with OSAOPAULO→
12D
"That's unexpected …" (3)
Starts with O, ends with DODD→
13D
Bill promoting science education (3)
Starts with N, ends with ENYE→
18D
One of the Bobbsey twins, in children's literature (3)
Starts with N, ends with NNAN→
24D
Top-selling musical artist of the 2010s (5)
Starts with A, ends with EADELE→
25D
Part of a dance (4)
Starts with S, ends with PSTEP→
26D
Questionable, in modern lingo (3)
Starts with S, ends with SSUS→
29D
Source of prophecy (6)
Starts with O, ends with EORACLE→
31D
Popular stocking stuffer? (10)
Starts with S, ends with SSANTACLAUS→
32D
Nail polish brand with a MillenniYUM shade (3)
Starts with O, ends with IOPI→
33D
Quietly added to a thread (5)
Starts with B, ends with DBCCED→
35D
Marked, in a way (3)
Starts with X, ends with DXED→
36D
Legato notation, in music (4)
Starts with S, ends with RSLUR→
37D
Tripled, then tripled again (8)
Starts with N, ends with DNINEFOLD→
38D
"Don't let up. You've got this!" (8)
Starts with K, ends with TKEEPONIT→
39D
Tax prep pro (3)
Starts with C, ends with ACPA→
43D
Acquisition that may solve a mouse problem (6)
Starts with P, ends with TPETCAT→
44D
Opera with a baritone Iago (6)
Starts with O, ends with OOTELLO→
45D
"Quickest way to Harlem," in song (6)
Starts with A, ends with NATRAIN→
46D
Former stray, often (6)
Starts with R, ends with ERESCUE→
48D
Get the edge over (5)
Starts with O, ends with OOUTDO→
50D
Rite place at the rite time? (5)
Starts with A, ends with RALTAR→
51D
___ Doone (cookie brand) (5)
Starts with L, ends with ALORNA→
52D
First lady of Italy? (3)
Starts with E, ends with AEVA→
55D
"___ got some difficult days ahead": Martin Luther King Jr. (4)
Starts with W, ends with EWEVE→
56D
Team for gymnasts Biles and Chiles (3)
Starts with U, ends with AUSA→
57D
Blacklist (3)
Starts with B, ends with NBAN→
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for June 25, 2025?+
72 clues: 35 Across and 37 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Ben Zimmer and Zach Sherwin and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: Besmirch (TAR); Sound of a bass drum (THUMP); "Challenge accepted!" (ITSON).
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