NYT Crossword hints and answer for June 26, 2025
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Clues72
Across33
Down39
ConstructorSimeon Seigel
Today’s NYT Crossword clues, hints & answers
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Across
1A
"You stink, ump!" (3)
Starts with B, ends with OBOO→
4A
Hoppy brew, for short (3)
Starts with I, ends with AIPA→
7A
Bygone jeans brand whose name means "happiness" in Hebrew (6)
Starts with S, ends with NSASSON→
13A
757 or 767 (8)
Starts with J, ends with RJETLINER→
15A
Recess (6)
Starts with A, ends with EALCOVE→
16A
Bell for the telephone, for one (8)
Starts with P, ends with EPATENTEE→
17A
Secured by a slip (6)
Starts with M, ends with DMOORED→
18A
John Lennon's middle name after 1969 (3)
Starts with O, ends with OONO→
19A
Hurricane / Nor'easter (10)
Starts with H, ends with RHORNBLOWER→
21A
"The ability to be ill-at-ease inconspicuously," per Earl Wilson (5)
Starts with P, ends with EPOISE→
23A
Downed (3)
Starts with A, ends with EATE→
24A
Eponymous Belgian town (3)
Starts with S, ends with ASPA→
26A
___ chic (4)
Starts with T, ends with STRES→
29A
Bell location, often (7)
Starts with S, ends with ESTEEPLE→
32A
Must give (7)
Starts with O, ends with OOWEITTO→
35A
Erupting with noise (5)
Starts with A, ends with RAROAR→
36A
Pundit / Tsar (13)
Starts with P, ends with YPORTAUTHORITY→
39A
Author who predicted electric submarines 15 years before they were invented (5)
Starts with V, ends with EVERNE→
40A
Down state (7)
Starts with S, ends with SSADNESS→
41A
Forces offshore (7)
Starts with A, ends with SARMADAS→
44A
Word with six or sea (4)
Starts with D, ends with PDEEP→
45A
Casual refusal (3)
Starts with N, ends with HNAH→
46A
Some roadside accommodations, in brief (3)
Starts with R, ends with SRVS→
48A
It's a fact! (5)
Starts with D, ends with MDATUM→
52A
Cleaver / Dagger (10)
Starts with C, ends with RCORDCUTTER→
57A
Onetime Japanese P.M. Shinzo ___ (3)
Starts with A, ends with EABE→
58A
Cocktail of tequila, lime juice and grapefruit soda (6)
Starts with P, ends with APALOMA→
59A
They try to admit the worst first, informally (8)
Starts with E, ends with SERNURSES→
61A
Got things going (6)
Starts with O, ends with DOPENED→
62A
Travelers in covered wagons (8)
Starts with P, ends with SPIONEERS→
63A
Marquis name? (6)
Starts with D, ends with EDESADE→
64A
Brillo competitor (3)
Starts with S, ends with SSOS→
65A
Down
1D
Original name for "bingo," after the bits used to cover the playing cards (5)
Starts with B, ends with OBEANO→
2D
First Holy Roman emperor to be called "the Great" (5)
Starts with O, ends with IOTTOI→
3D
"Hurray!" (3)
Starts with O, ends with EOLE→
4D
Loving (4)
Starts with I, ends with OINTO→
5D
Part of a jury pool (4)
Starts with P, ends with RPEER→
6D
Boxing site (5)
Starts with A, ends with AARENA→
7D
Baby fish with pink, coho and sockeye varieties (6)
Starts with S, ends with TSAMLET→
8D
Potato, in Indian cuisine (4)
Starts with A, ends with OALOO→
9D
Boat with broad, square ends (4)
Starts with S, ends with WSCOW→
10D
Sees / Espies (9)
Starts with S, ends with SSORESPOTS→
11D
Takes a role too far (9)
Starts with O, ends with SOVERPLAYS→
12D
Governor Lamont of Connecticut (3)
Starts with N, ends with DNED→
13D
Music export from Tokyo, informally (4)
Starts with J, ends with PJPOP→
14D
Like looks from mom and dad, say (9)
Starts with I, ends with DINHERITED→
20D
Music export from Seoul (3)
Starts with B, ends with SBTS→
22D
Breast plates? (6)
Starts with S, ends with ASTERNA→
25D
Atmospheric prefix (3)
Starts with A, ends with RAER→
27D
Info found, appropriately, in "ticket agent" (3)
Starts with E, ends with AETA→
28D
Apt nickname for a gumbo chef (3)
Starts with S, ends with USTU→
30D
Kind of average (9)
Starts with E, ends with NEARNEDRUN→
31D
City up the coast from Cleveland, OH (6)
Starts with E, ends with AERIEPA→
32D
Accessory for Broadway's Phantom (9)
Starts with O, ends with EOPERACAPE→
33D
Wells / Mouths (9)
Starts with W, ends with SWORMHOLES→
34D
Certain rehab docs (3)
Starts with O, ends with SOTS→
37D
Experienced (3)
Starts with H, ends with DHAD→
38D
Love lines? (3)
Starts with O, ends with EODE→
39D
Dutch cousin of Mac or Ben (3)
Starts with V, ends with NVAN→
42D
Centipede setting (6)
Starts with A, ends with EARCADE→
43D
Long-running police procedural filmed in N.Y.C. (3)
Starts with S, ends with USVU→
47D
Puts one's foot down (5)
Starts with S, ends with SSTEPS→
49D
Police weapon (5)
Starts with T, ends with RTASER→
50D
App-driven rides (5)
Starts with U, ends with SUBERS→
51D
Interfere (with) (4)
Starts with M, ends with SMESS→
53D
Covid-19, colloquially (4)
Starts with R, ends with ARONA→
54D
Used social media for private notes, informally (4)
Starts with D, ends with DDMED→
55D
The "Amigos" of film, e.g. (4)
Starts with T, ends with OTRIO→
56D
Grandson of Adam and Eve (4)
Starts with E, ends with SENOS→
58D
Lead-in to cast (3)
Starts with P, ends with DPOD→
60D
Car that went defunct in 1936 (3)
Starts with R, ends with OREO→
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for June 26, 2025?+
72 clues: 33 Across and 39 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Simeon Seigel and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: "You stink, ump!" (BOO); Hoppy brew, for short (IPA); Bygone jeans brand whose name means "happiness" in Hebrew (SASSON).
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