NYT Crossword hints and answer for June 16, 2025
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Clues78
Across37
Down41
ConstructorJill Rafaloff and Michelle Sontarp
Today’s NYT Crossword clues, hints & answers
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Across
1A
Three-player trick-taking game (4)
Starts with S, ends with TSKAT→
5A
Supermarket tabloids, informally (4)
Starts with R, ends with SRAGS→
9A
Walkways (5)
Starts with P, ends with SPATHS→
14A
Difficult air to see through (4)
Starts with H, ends with EHAZE→
15A
Dog biter (4)
Starts with F, ends with AFLEA→
16A
Greek theater (5)
Starts with O, ends with NODEON→
17A
Pitchers' stats (4)
Starts with E, ends with SERAS→
18A
Short stiletto shoe (10)
Starts with K, ends with LKITTENHEEL→
20A
Voice below soprano (4)
Starts with A, ends with OALTO→
22A
Locale for a person with a green thumb (6)
Starts with G, ends with NGARDEN→
23A
'N Sync bandmate of Justin Timberlake (10)
Starts with J, ends with EJOEYFATONE→
26A
Black Friday or Cyber Monday event (4)
Starts with S, ends with ESALE→
29A
Letters before a criminal's alias (3)
Starts with A, ends with AAKA→
30A
Vaccine-approving org. (3)
Starts with F, ends with AFDA→
31A
Finger … or what a finger dials on a phone (5)
Starts with D, ends with TDIGIT→
32A
"Affirmative!" (3)
Starts with Y, ends with SYES→
33A
Floor model (4)
Starts with D, ends with ODEMO→
35A
Slanted edges, as on mirrors (6)
Starts with B, ends with SBEVELS→
36A
What a first crush might be dismissed as (9)
Starts with P, ends with EPUPPYLOVE→
38A
Author Louisa May ___ (6)
Starts with A, ends with TALCOTT→
41A
Slugger Sammy (4)
Starts with S, ends with ASOSA→
42A
___ de Janeiro (3)
Starts with R, ends with ORIO→
45A
Like cursive handwriting, typically (5)
Starts with L, ends with YLOOPY→
46A
Yahoo alternative (3)
Starts with A, ends with LAOL→
47A
Finish (3)
Starts with E, ends with DEND→
48A
Cash dispensers (4)
Starts with A, ends with SATMS→
49A
Spot that may be affected by a charley horse (10)
Starts with C, ends with ECALFMUSCLE→
53A
Bandit at sea (6)
Starts with P, ends with EPIRATE→
55A
Small case for needles (4)
Starts with E, ends with IETUI→
56A
Movie marketed toward a primarily female audience, informally (10)
Starts with C, ends with KCHICKFLICK→
60A
West Point, in brief (4)
Starts with U, ends with AUSMA→
62A
2015 Adele hit that won three Grammys (5)
Starts with H, ends with OHELLO→
63A
Adolescent woe (4)
Starts with A, ends with EACNE→
64A
The first word of 18-, 23-, 36-, 49- or 56-Across is one (4)
Starts with B, ends with YBABY→
65A
Swords whose points were once dipped in dye before a duel (5)
Starts with E, ends with SEPEES→
66A
Squealed, as an informant (4)
Starts with S, ends with GSANG→
67A
___ gin fizz (4)
Starts with S, ends with ESLOE→
Down
1D
"Thar ___ blows!" (3)
Starts with S, ends with ESHE→
2D
Sing-along activity at a bar (7)
Starts with K, ends with EKARAOKE→
3D
Colorful shrubs in the genus Rhododendron (7)
Starts with A, ends with SAZALEAS→
4D
In an irritable mood (5)
Starts with T, ends with YTESTY→
5D
___ Stadium, former D.C. sports venue (3)
Starts with R, ends with KRFK→
6D
Boxer who "stung like a bee" (3)
Starts with A, ends with IALI→
7D
Outset (5)
Starts with G, ends with OGETGO→
8D
Lucifer (5)
Starts with S, ends with NSATAN→
9D
Setting for "Make Way for Ducklings" (4)
Starts with P, ends with DPOND→
10D
Sticky stuff (8)
Starts with A, ends with EADHESIVE→
11D
Like most first-year college students (7)
Starts with T, ends with ETEENAGE→
12D
Groundbreaking invention for ancient farmers? (3)
Starts with H, ends with EHOE→
13D
Longtime sketch comedy show, in brief (3)
Starts with S, ends with LSNL→
19D
Before, poetically (3)
Starts with E, ends with EERE→
21D
Not working, as a police officer (7)
Starts with O, ends with YOFFDUTY→
23D
Bird whose name sounds like a letter of the alphabet (3)
Starts with J, ends with YJAY→
24D
Skilled (5)
Starts with A, ends with TADEPT→
25D
Pack (down) (4)
Starts with T, ends with PTAMP→
27D
Rapper ___ Nas X (3)
Starts with L, ends with LLIL→
28D
U.F.O. crew (3)
Starts with E, ends with SETS→
31D
Lower one's estimation of (7)
Starts with D, ends with EDEVALUE→
34D
Yiddish laments (3)
Starts with O, ends with SOYS→
35D
___ buddy (5)
Starts with B, ends with MBOSOM→
36D
Treat on a stick that you lick (8)
Starts with P, ends with EPOPSICLE→
37D
Bread purchase (4)
Starts with L, ends with FLOAF→
38D
Styled after (3)
Starts with A, ends with AALA→
39D
Parking place (3)
Starts with L, ends with TLOT→
40D
Put together, as a scrapbook (7)
Starts with C, ends with ECOMPILE→
42D
Disengagement due to a conflict of interest (7)
Starts with R, ends with LRECUSAL→
43D
Left hanging between two stages (7)
Starts with I, ends with OINLIMBO→
44D
Praiseful poem (3)
Starts with O, ends with EODE→
49D
Half-___ (coffee order) (3)
Starts with C, ends with FCAF→
50D
Bronze statue in Rockefeller Center (5)
Starts with A, ends with SATLAS→
51D
High-end German camera brand (5)
Starts with L, ends with ALEICA→
52D
Things left after tearing checks out of checkbooks (5)
Starts with S, ends with SSTUBS→
54D
Some bygone theaters (4)
Starts with R, ends with SRKOS→
56D
Revolutionary Guevara (3)
Starts with C, ends with ECHE→
57D
No-longer-cool way to say "cool" (3)
Starts with H, ends with PHEP→
58D
First channel to offer 24-hour reporting (3)
Starts with C, ends with NCNN→
59D
Beer barrel (3)
Starts with K, ends with GKEG→
61D
"Affirmative!" at sea (3)
Starts with A, ends with EAYE→
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for June 16, 2025?+
78 clues: 37 Across and 41 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Jill Rafaloff and Michelle Sontarp and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: Three-player trick-taking game (SKAT); Supermarket tabloids, informally (RAGS); Walkways (PATHS).
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