NYT Crossword hints and answer for June 12, 2025
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Clues75
Across41
Down34
ConstructorDaniel Bodily
Today’s NYT Crossword clues, hints & answers
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Across
1A
Actress Green of "Casino Royale" (3)
Starts with E, ends with AEVA→
4A
Play ground? (5)
Starts with S, ends with ESTAGE→
9A
Edible part of okra (3)
Starts with P, ends with DPOD→
12A
Word before or after "open" (4)
Starts with W, ends with EWIDE→
14A
"Weeping" giant (6)
Starts with W, ends with WWILLOW→
15A
Tick off (5)
Starts with P, ends with EPEEVE→
16A
Condition that Simone Biles has described as giving her a "superpower," in brief (4)
Starts with A, ends with DADHD→
17A
Ticked off (5)
Starts with I, ends with EIRATE→
18A
___ Wister, the so-called "father of western fiction" (4)
Starts with O, ends with NOWEN→
19A
Like some "On Air" signs (4)
Starts with N, ends with NNEON→
20A
They draw people (6)
Starts with M, ends with SMECCAS→
21A
Guarded (5)
Starts with L, ends with YLEERY→
22A
"Principle of parsimony" philosopher (5)
Starts with O, ends with MOCCAM→
24A
Pick up (3)
Starts with G, ends with TGET→
25A
___ white (lightbulb specification) (4)
Starts with S, ends with TSOFT→
26A
Sixth word in the Gettysburg Address (3)
Starts with A, ends with OAGO→
27A
Exemplar of excellence (8)
Starts with C, ends with TCLASSACT→
30A
Cries of wonder (4)
Starts with O, ends with SOOHS→
32A
She was named the U.S. Soccer Female Player of the Year five years in a row (4)
Starts with H, ends with MHAMM→
33A
Adds power to, as an engine (7)
Starts with S, ends with PSOUPSUP→
34A
Writer Capote, to friends (3)
Starts with T, ends with UTRU→
35A
Correspondants, fréquemment (4)
Starts with A, ends with SAMIS→
37A
Stone used in ancient Greek jewelry (5)
Starts with A, ends with EAGATE→
38A
Orchestra tuner (4)
Starts with O, ends with EOBOE→
39A
Mini-brawl (5)
Starts with S, ends with OSETTO→
40A
Owned (up) (6)
Starts with F, ends with DFESSED→
41A
42A
Visionaries (5)
Starts with S, ends with SSEERS→
44A
Dining places (5)
Starts with H, ends with SHALLS→
45A
Some hot spots (4)
Starts with T, ends with STUBS→
48A
Phys. or chem. (4)
Starts with S, ends with JSUBJ→
50A
Major basketball feat … or a feature shared by 3-, 6- and 9-Down (15)
Starts with Q, ends with EQUADRUPLEDOUBLE→
57A
Sephora competitor (4)
Starts with U, ends with AULTA→
58A
Handle, as questions (5)
Starts with F, ends with DFIELD→
59A
"Hold your horses!" (4)
Starts with W, ends with TWAIT→
60A
Breaking a tie, informally (4)
Starts with I, ends with TINOT→
61A
Article about a photo? (5)
Starts with F, ends with EFRAME→
62A
Rainbow, to some (4)
Starts with O, ends with NOMEN→
63A
P, in the NATO alphabet (4)
Starts with P, ends with APAPA→
64A
The Titanic disaster partly inspired its invention (5)
Starts with S, ends with RSONAR→
65A
Org. that developed the "pumpkin suit" (4)
Starts with N, ends with ANASA→
Down
1D
McGregor who played Obi-Wan Kenobi (4)
Starts with E, ends with NEWAN→
2D
Output from Blizzard Entertainment (10)
Starts with V, ends with SVIDEOGAMES→
3D
Temporarily established panel (14)
Starts with A, ends with EADHOCCOMMITTEE→
4D
Do laps, say (4)
Starts with S, ends with MSWIM→
5D
Low pressure indicator (9)
Starts with T, ends with ETIREGAUGE→
6D
You can go anywhere with one of these (13)
Starts with A, ends with SALLACCESSPASS→
7D
Briefly experienced, with "of" (9)
Starts with G, ends with EGOTATASTE→
8D
She-eep (4)
Starts with E, ends with SEWES→
9D
Gridiron game for young tykes (14)
Starts with P, ends with LPEEWEEFOOTBALL→
10D
Risks an interception, say (10)
Starts with O, ends with SOVERTHROWS→
11D
Just say "no" to (4)
Starts with D, ends with YDENY→
13D
Pulitzer winner Ferber (4)
Starts with E, ends with AEDNA→
15D
What you have to pony up to play? (4)
Starts with P, ends with OPOLO→
23D
Oscars V.I.P.s (3)
Starts with M, ends with SMCS→
25D
Motor oil brand (3)
Starts with S, ends with PSTP→
26D
Epiphanic moments (4)
Starts with A, ends with SAHAS→
28D
Have one's feet up, maybe (4)
Starts with L, ends with FLOAF→
29D
Told "You're on!," for example (4)
Starts with C, ends with DCUED→
31D
Brings an action against (4)
Starts with S, ends with SSUES→
36D
Excel function (8)
Starts with S, ends with ASORTDATA→
38D
N.B.A. great Hakeem who is one of only four players ever to achieve a 50-Across (1990) (8)
Starts with O, ends with NOLAJUWON→
43D
Big thing in California? (3)
Starts with S, ends with RSUR→
44D
___ Max (3)
Starts with H, ends with OHBO→
47D
___ Agnew, vice president who resigned in 1973 (5)
Starts with S, ends with OSPIRO→
48D
City that's an anagram of SALEM (5)
Starts with S, ends with ASELMA→
49D
Farmer's squeeze? (5)
Starts with U, ends with RUDDER→
50D
Pithy remark (4)
Starts with Q, ends with PQUIP→
51D
Leg : fibula :: arm : ___ (4)
Starts with U, ends with AULNA→
52D
Crowning (4)
Starts with A, ends with PATOP→
53D
Cut and trim (4)
Starts with L, ends with NLEAN→
54D
Tuscaloosa's Tide, to fans (4)
Starts with B, ends with ABAMA→
55D
They may be white or naked (4)
Starts with L, ends with SLIES→
56D
High point of a trip to Italy? (4)
Starts with E, ends with AETNA→
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for June 12, 2025?+
75 clues: 41 Across and 34 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Daniel Bodily and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: Actress Green of "Casino Royale" (EVA); Play ground? (STAGE); Edible part of okra (POD).
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