NYT Crossword hints and answer for June 11, 2025
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Clues74
Across35
Down39
ConstructorSam Koperwas and Jeff Chen
Today’s NYT Crossword clues, hints & answers
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Across
1A
Obstinate fool (3)
Starts with A, ends with SASS→
4A
Co. badges, e.g. (3)
Starts with I, ends with SIDS→
7A
Keeps burning, say (6)
Starts with S, ends with SSTOKES→
13A
Apt name for a fretful fellow (3)
Starts with S, ends with USTU→
14A
Yogi's accessory (3)
Starts with M, ends with TMAT→
15A
Goes off track (7)
Starts with D, ends with SDERAILS→
16A
Jabber (3)
Starts with Y, ends with PYAP→
17A
Chang or Eng Bunker, notably (11)
Starts with S, ends with NSIAMESETWIN→
19A
Just managed, with "out" (4)
Starts with E, ends with DEKED→
21A
Mix up (4)
Starts with S, ends with RSTIR→
22A
Recoils suddenly (5)
Starts with S, ends with SSHIES→
23A
___ Haute, Ind. (5)
Starts with T, ends with ETERRE→
25A
On its way (4)
Starts with S, ends with TSENT→
27A
Throwing a ball and grasping a pencil, e.g. (11)
Starts with M, ends with SMOTORSKILLS→
32A
Grammy-nominated poet Nikki ___ (8)
Starts with G, ends with IGIOVANNI→
34A
Percolated (6)
Starts with S, ends with DSEEPED→
37A
Balm additive (4)
Starts with A, ends with EALOE→
38A
Observes Ramadan, say (5)
Starts with F, ends with SFASTS→
40A
Stretchiness (4)
Starts with G, ends with EGIVE→
41A
National park that's home to the Pretty Rocks Landslide (6)
Starts with D, ends with IDENALI→
43A
Like pumpkin spice latte and peppermint mocha (8)
Starts with S, ends with LSEASONAL→
45A
Provider of crucial testimony (11)
Starts with S, ends with SSTARWITNESS→
47A
Unbuckled seatbelt alert (4)
Starts with B, ends with PBEEP→
48A
Zigzag (5)
Starts with W, ends with EWEAVE→
51A
Solomonic figures (5)
Starts with S, ends with SSAGES→
55A
Craft drafts, for short (4)
Starts with I, ends with SIPAS→
58A
Sporty auto feature (4)
Starts with T, ends with PTTOP→
59A
Copyright wrongs (11)
Starts with P, ends with SPLAGIARISMS→
62A
Sounds heard during a cuteness overload (3)
Starts with A, ends with SAWS→
63A
Took to the sky (7)
Starts with A, ends with DAVIATED→
64A
Young 'un (3)
Starts with P, ends with PPUP→
65A
Soccer star Messi, familiarly (3)
Starts with L, ends with OLEO→
66A
Approach (6)
Starts with M, ends with RMANNER→
67A
Spot for wallowing (3)
Starts with S, ends with YSTY→
68A
One of four featured on the Yale Nature Walk (3)
Starts with E, ends with MELM→
Down
1D
To date (5)
Starts with A, ends with TASYET→
2D
Sticking point for a gardener? (5)
Starts with S, ends with ESTAKE→
3D
Celestial phenomena observed at perigees (10)
Starts with S, ends with SSUPERMOONS→
4D
Some online exchanges, in brief (3)
Starts with I, ends with SIMS→
5D
Speaker's spot (4)
Starts with D, ends with SDAIS→
6D
Walks or runs (4)
Starts with S, ends with TSTAT→
7D
French possessive (3)
Starts with S, ends with SSES→
8D
Bridge support (7)
Starts with T, ends with ETRESTLE→
9D
Swearword (4)
Starts with O, ends with HOATH→
10D
Aussie's neighbor (4)
Starts with K, ends with IKIWI→
11D
Nobel laureate Wiesel (4)
Starts with E, ends with EELIE→
12D
Figs. with two dashes (4)
Starts with S, ends with SSSNS→
15D
Jeter in Cooperstown (5)
Starts with D, ends with KDEREK→
18D
Natural dividing line on a U.S. map, as suggested by this puzzle's circled letters (11)
Starts with M, ends with IMISSISSIPPI→
20D
Strongly suggested (7)
Starts with D, ends with TDROVEAT→
24D
Fig. at a train station (3)
Starts with E, ends with AETA→
26D
Titan maker (6)
Starts with N, ends with NNISSAN→
28D
Really killing it, so to speak (6)
Starts with O, ends with EONFIRE→
29D
Strand in a cell (3)
Starts with R, ends with ARNA→
30D
The World Map is the largest one to date, with 11,695 pieces (7)
Starts with L, ends with TLEGOSET→
31D
Does some creative accounting? (10)
Starts with S, ends with ESPINSATALE→
32D
Meander (about) (3)
Starts with G, ends with DGAD→
33D
Saint Martin, par exemple (3)
Starts with I, ends with EILE→
35D
Actress Mendes (3)
Starts with E, ends with AEVA→
36D
Torre ___ Greco, Italy (3)
Starts with D, ends with LDEL→
39D
Celebration whose full name translates as "festival of the first day" (3)
Starts with T, ends with TTET→
42D
Menlo Park, N.J., famously (7)
Starts with L, ends with ELABSITE→
44D
Hem, but not haw (3)
Starts with S, ends with WSEW→
46D
Screwy (5)
Starts with W, ends with DWEIRD→
49D
I, for one (5)
Starts with V, ends with LVOWEL→
50D
Surrey town known for its salt (5)
Starts with E, ends with MEPSOM→
51D
Most bulk email (4)
Starts with S, ends with MSPAM→
52D
Thomas ___ Edison (4)
Starts with A, ends with AALVA→
53D
Appreciation (4)
Starts with G, ends with NGAIN→
54D
Pulitzer-winning author Jennifer (4)
Starts with E, ends with NEGAN→
56D
Certain vipers (4)
Starts with A, ends with SASPS→
57D
X-rated material (4)
Starts with S, ends with TSMUT→
60D
___ Lingus (3)
Starts with A, ends with RAER→
61D
Stratego piece (3)
Starts with S, ends with YSPY→
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for June 11, 2025?+
74 clues: 35 Across and 39 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Sam Koperwas and Jeff Chen and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: Obstinate fool (ASS); Co. badges, e.g. (IDS); Keeps burning, say (STOKES).
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