NYT Crossword hints and answer for June 13, 2025
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Clues70
Across33
Down37
ConstructorEvan Mulvihill
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
Short shorts (8)
Starts with H, ends with SHOTPANTS→
9A
Walk with attitude (6)
Starts with S, ends with YSASHAY→
15A
Light shower? (8)
Starts with A, ends with EAPERTURE→
16A
17A
Aquatic eater of shellfish (8)
Starts with S, ends with RSEAOTTER→
18A
Requirement for a triple play (6)
Starts with N, ends with SNOOUTS→
19A
They may be graphic (4)
Starts with A, ends with SARTS→
20A
Becomes pendulous, say (4)
Starts with S, ends with SSAGS→
22A
Impersonate, with "as" (4)
Starts with P, ends with EPOSE→
23A
Shocker of sorts (5)
Starts with T, ends with RTASER→
25A
Apple field (4)
Starts with T, ends with HTECH→
27A
Most desirable candidates in the dating pool, slangily (4)
Starts with T, ends with STENS→
29A
Add some fluff to, as an essay (3)
Starts with P, ends with DPAD→
31A
It's cut and dried (3)
Starts with H, ends with YHAY→
33A
"Messenger" in biology class (3)
Starts with R, ends with ARNA→
34A
Ultimately succeeds (13)
Starts with C, ends with DCOMESOUTAHEAD→
38A
Runs wild, in gamer-speak (13)
Starts with G, ends with EGOESBEASTMODE→
39A
Cocktails that might make for poor nightcaps (13)
Starts with W, ends with SWHITERUSSIANS→
40A
Sugar substitute? (3)
Starts with H, ends with NHON→
41A
"Dear ___" (3)
Starts with S, ends with RSIR→
42A
Soup served with sriracha, maybe (3)
Starts with P, ends with OPHO→
43A
Nile nasties (4)
Starts with A, ends with SASPS→
45A
Mariner (4)
Starts with S, ends with TSALT→
48A
Like many a security guard (5)
Starts with A, ends with DARMED→
52A
Fold (under) (4)
Starts with T, ends with KTUCK→
54A
Labor away (4)
Starts with T, ends with LTOIL→
56A
___ Bush, Black Lives Matter activist who served in Congress (4)
Starts with C, ends with ICORI→
59A
Majorly successful business start-ups (8)
Starts with U, ends with SUNICORNS→
61A
"Totally sick!" (6)
Starts with I, ends with EINSANE→
62A
Where an airport traveler might seek assistance (8)
Starts with I, ends with KINFODESK→
63A
Feature of a May-December romance (6)
Starts with A, ends with PAGEGAP→
64A
Many of these begin with "E" (8)
Starts with E, ends with SEYETESTS→
Down
1D
Goes after (5)
Starts with H, ends with THASAT→
2D
___ cake, dessert with layers of sponge, buttercream and ganache (5)
Starts with O, ends with AOPERA→
3D
Milk sources (5)
Starts with T, ends with STEATS→
4D
Gertrude Stein, for one (9)
Starts with P, ends with TPROSEPOET→
5D
One who might have an objection: Abbr. (3)
Starts with A, ends with TATT→
6D
"Drat!" (4)
Starts with N, ends with SNUTS→
7D
Minister to (5)
Starts with T, ends with TTREAT→
8D
Twill suit material (5)
Starts with S, ends with ESERGE→
9D
"Some rise by ___, and some by virtue fall": "Measure for Measure" (3)
Starts with S, ends with NSIN→
11D
Relative of a stalk (5)
Starts with S, ends with TSHOOT→
12D
Basic wine list offerings (9)
Starts with H, ends with SHOUSEREDS→
13D
Feelers (8)
Starts with A, ends with EANTENNAE→
14D
"___, And?" (2024 Ariana Grande hit) (3)
Starts with Y, ends with SYES→
21D
Go on a run, perhaps (6)
Starts with S, ends with SSCHUSS→
24D
Name of 11 pharaohs (6)
Starts with R, ends with SRAMSES→
26D
Gesture of respect or recognition (6)
Starts with H, ends with PHATTIP→
28D
Pitiful (3)
Starts with S, ends with DSAD→
30D
Flotsam and jetsam (6)
Starts with D, ends with SDEBRIS→
32D
Japanese businessman Torakusu with an internationally known company named after him (6)
Starts with Y, ends with AYAMAHA→
34D
What might be pinched for pennies (9)
Starts with C, ends with ECOINPURSE→
35D
Artist who made a lot of good points? (6)
Starts with S, ends with TSEURAT→
36D
Western Hemisphere grp. (3)
Starts with O, ends with SOAS→
37D
Set of standards at a military academy, e.g. (9)
Starts with H, ends with EHONORCODE→
38D
Going dark on, as one's love interest, in modern parlance (8)
Starts with G, ends with GGHOSTING→
39D
"Huh!?" (3)
Starts with W, ends with AWHA→
44D
Scrawny sort (5)
Starts with S, ends with GSCRAG→
46D
Emmy-winning Anderson (5)
Starts with L, ends with ELOUIE→
47D
Making a certain metallic sound (5)
Starts with T, ends with YTINNY→
49D
Practices (5)
Starts with M, ends with SMORES→
50D
Physicist Mach after whom "Mach numbers" are named (5)
Starts with E, ends with TERNST→
51D
Plates, e.g. (5)
Starts with D, ends with SDISKS→
53D
Big Island bean variety (4)
Starts with K, ends with AKONA→
55D
"That's ___!" (4)
Starts with L, ends with ELIFE→
57D
The Dolphins, on scoreboards (3)
Starts with M, ends with AMIA→
58D
Image, informally (3)
Starts with R, ends with PREP→
60D
Extra item that a hotel guest may request (3)
Starts with C, ends with TCOT→
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for June 13, 2025?+
70 clues: 33 Across and 37 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Evan Mulvihill and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: Short shorts (HOTPANTS); Walk with attitude (SASHAY); Light shower? (APERTURE).
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