NYT Crossword hints and answer for June 30, 2025
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Clues78
Across39
Down39
ConstructorDena R. Verkuil and Andrea Carla Michaels
Today’s NYT Crossword clues, hints & answers
Every clue from this puzzle with a hint and the answer behind separate buttons, so you only see what you need. Click a clue for its own page.
Across
1A
Guitar accessory (4)
Starts with C, ends with OCAPO→
5A
Inventor Nikola with a car named after him (5)
Starts with T, ends with ATESLA→
10A
Garment for Dracula (4)
Starts with C, ends with ECAPE→
14A
Big Stuf cookie (4)
Starts with O, ends with OOREO→
15A
Exchange of negative commercials (5)
Starts with A, ends with RADWAR→
16A
Certain draft picks? (4)
Starts with A, ends with SALES→
17A
"My heavens!" (10)
Starts with G, ends with EGEEZLOUISE→
19A
Bout enders, for short (4)
Starts with T, ends with STKOS→
20A
Shift, Tab and Return (4)
Starts with K, ends with SKEYS→
21A
Nine-digit ID (3)
Starts with S, ends with NSSN→
22A
Nickname for Haydn or Hemingway (4)
Starts with P, ends with APAPA→
23A
Crescent moon, for instance (5)
Starts with P, ends with EPHASE→
25A
"Hold it right there!" (9)
Starts with W, ends with YWHOANELLY→
27A
Occupation (3)
Starts with J, ends with BJOB→
28A
Bay Area airport code (3)
Starts with S, ends with OSFO→
30A
Great Lakes tribe (5)
Starts with E, ends with SERIES→
31A
Walk heavily, as through muck or snow (4)
Starts with S, ends with GSLOG→
33A
___ Alamos, N.M. (3)
Starts with L, ends with SLOS→
35A
Beast that brays (3)
Starts with A, ends with SASS→
36A
41A
Noah's ___ (3)
Starts with A, ends with KARK→
42A
Total up (3)
Starts with A, ends with DADD→
43A
"Fiddlesticks!" (4)
Starts with N, ends with SNUTS→
45A
George Jetson's dog (5)
Starts with A, ends with OASTRO→
48A
Timothy Leary's drug of choice (3)
Starts with L, ends with DLSD→
50A
___ Lanka (3)
Starts with S, ends with ISRI→
51A
"Absolutely, positively not!" (9)
Starts with N, ends with ENOWAYJOSE→
55A
No longer on one's plate (5)
Starts with E, ends with NEATEN→
57A
Sheepish look, maybe (4)
Starts with G, ends with NGRIN→
58A
Murmur during a massage (3)
Starts with A, ends with HAHH→
59A
___ bean (4)
Starts with F, ends with AFAVA→
60A
"___ we forget" (4)
Starts with L, ends with TLEST→
61A
"I'm done with you" (10)
Starts with B, ends with ABYEFELICIA→
65A
Italy's Villa d'___ (4)
Starts with E, ends with EESTE→
66A
Parisian cap (5)
Starts with B, ends with TBERET→
67A
"Hello, sailor!" (4)
Starts with A, ends with YAHOY→
68A
Eye annoyance (4)
Starts with S, ends with ESTYE→
69A
Carne ___ (grilled dish) (5)
Starts with A, ends with AASADA→
70A
Aloha State goose (4)
Starts with N, ends with ENENE→
Down
1D
Gear tooth (3)
Starts with C, ends with GCOG→
2D
"Where the Wild Things ___" (3)
Starts with A, ends with EARE→
3D
Baby's game (8)
Starts with P, ends with OPEEKABOO→
4D
Moves like molasses (5)
Starts with O, ends with SOOZES→
5D
Art town NNE of Santa Fe (4)
Starts with T, ends with STAOS→
6D
End of a school's email address (3)
Starts with E, ends with UEDU→
7D
Nothing-but-net sound (5)
Starts with S, ends with HSWISH→
8D
Cowboy's rope (5)
Starts with L, ends with OLASSO→
9D
Sporting event venue (5)
Starts with A, ends with AARENA→
10D
Counterpart of a dog lover (9)
Starts with C, ends with NCATPERSON→
11D
Base that dissolves in water (6)
Starts with A, ends with IALKALI→
12D
Magazine with a celebrity on almost every cover (6)
Starts with P, ends with EPEOPLE→
13D
Pieces of 1,000 words or so (6)
Starts with E, ends with SESSAYS→
18D
Soapmaking supplies (4)
Starts with L, ends with SLYES→
23D
Comfy clothes for sleepytime (3)
Starts with P, ends with SPJS→
24D
"___ camoly!" (4)
Starts with H, ends with YHOLY→
25D
Cashmere or angora (4)
Starts with W, ends with LWOOL→
26D
Where eggs hatch (4)
Starts with N, ends with TNEST→
29D
Carping (4)
Starts with F, ends with KFLAK→
32D
Buyer's protection (9)
Starts with G, ends with EGUARANTEE→
34D
Mighty Mighty Bosstones music genre (3)
Starts with S, ends with ASKA→
35D
"No ifs, ___ or buts" (4)
Starts with A, ends with SANDS→
37D
Ancient city fooled by a horse (4)
Starts with T, ends with YTROY→
38D
Not being used (4)
Starts with I, ends with EIDLE→
39D
A milk drinker may have one (8)
Starts with M, ends with EMUSTACHE→
40D
Raison d'___ (4)
Starts with E, ends with EETRE→
44D
Confession in a confessional (3)
Starts with S, ends with NSIN→
45D
They're right at 90° (6)
Starts with A, ends with SANGLES→
46D
Most achy (6)
Starts with S, ends with TSOREST→
47D
Serpentine (6)
Starts with T, ends with YTWISTY→
49D
Hand out hands (4)
Starts with D, ends with LDEAL→
52D
___ the Hutt ("Star Wars" villain) (5)
Starts with J, ends with AJABBA→
53D
"Now I remember!" (5)
Starts with O, ends with SOHYES→
54D
The so-called "Princess of Power" (5)
Starts with S, ends with ASHERA→
56D
Birdlike (5)
Starts with A, ends with NAVIAN→
59D
Crumbly cheese in a Greek salad (4)
Starts with F, ends with AFETA→
62D
Gave sustenance to (3)
Starts with F, ends with DFED→
63D
Particle that's either positive or negative (3)
Starts with I, ends with NION→
64D
Sea "sí" (3)
Starts with A, ends with EAYE→
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for June 30, 2025?+
78 clues: 39 Across and 39 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Dena R. Verkuil and Andrea Carla Michaels and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: Guitar accessory (CAPO); Inventor Nikola with a car named after him (TESLA); Garment for Dracula (CAPE).
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