NYT Crossword hints and answer for June 3, 2025
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Clues74
Across35
Down39
ConstructorBoaz Moser
Today’s NYT Crossword clues, hints & answers
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Across
1A
Angry Birds and Snapchat, for two (4)
Starts with A, ends with SAPPS→
5A
Session at the pool (4)
Starts with S, ends with MSWIM→
9A
Cheery goodbyes (5)
Starts with T, ends with STATAS→
14A
Gentle (4)
Starts with M, ends with KMEEK→
15A
Goal of some bodybuilding exercises (4)
Starts with T, ends with ETONE→
16A
Delete (5)
Starts with E, ends with EERASE→
17A
Place to keep safe during an emergency (9)
Starts with P, ends with MPANICROOM→
19A
Tickle (5)
Starts with A, ends with EAMUSE→
20A
Input for a fax machine (12)
Starts with S, ends with RSHEETOFPAPER→
22A
Hosp. hookups (3)
Starts with I, ends with SIVS→
25A
Ref. work with definitions for "colour" and "aluminium" (3)
Starts with O, ends with DOED→
26A
Expensive theater boxes (5)
Starts with L, ends with SLOGES→
27A
Andy Warhol's "Campbell's Soup Cans," e.g. (6)
Starts with P, ends with TPOPART→
29A
Each star on the American flag represents one (5)
Starts with S, ends with ESTATE→
31A
Layer that a hovercraft floats on (10)
Starts with A, ends with NAIRCUSHION→
33A
Sound heard in a stalactite cave (4)
Starts with D, ends with PDRIP→
37A
Sings nonsense syllables (5)
Starts with S, ends with SSCATS→
38A
Pointy-eared inhabitant of Middle-earth (3)
Starts with E, ends with FELF→
39A
Mexican marinade (5)
Starts with A, ends with OADOBO→
40A
Grp. sending radio signals into space (4)
Starts with S, ends with ISETI→
41A
Measure of how much sky is visible (10)
Starts with C, ends with RCLOUDCOVER→
43A
Alternatives to essays (5)
Starts with O, ends with SORALS→
45A
"Wow, cool!" (6)
Starts with O, ends with TOHNEAT→
46A
Secondary area of study (5)
Starts with M, ends with RMINOR→
48A
Modern filmmaking tech, for short (3)
Starts with C, ends with ICGI→
49A
Texting format, in brief (3)
Starts with S, ends with SSMS→
50A
Easily awakened individual ... whose bed may feature a 20-, 31- and 41-Across? (12)
Starts with L, ends with RLIGHTSLEEPER→
54A
Plastic bit on the end of a shoelace (5)
Starts with A, ends with TAGLET→
55A
Disappointing awards season outcome for a critically successful movie (9)
Starts with O, ends with BOSCARSNUB→
60A
Villainous hideout (4)
Starts with L, ends with RLAIR→
61A
Documentation for a foreign traveler (4)
Starts with V, ends with AVISA→
63A
Smooth as ___ (4)
Starts with S, ends with KSILK→
64A
Word with floor or flight (4)
Starts with P, ends with NPLAN→
Down
1D
Electric guitar attachment (3)
Starts with A, ends with PAMP→
2D
Vegetable often added to fried rice (3)
Starts with P, ends with APEA→
3D
Author (3)
Starts with P, ends with NPEN→
4D
Hits the slopes (4)
Starts with S, ends with SSKIS→
5D
Mean ___ (rough urban area) (7)
Starts with S, ends with SSTREETS→
6D
Sought the favor of (5)
Starts with W, ends with DWOOED→
7D
How tied games may be settled, informally (4)
Starts with I, ends with TINOT→
8D
Office note (4)
Starts with M, ends with OMEMO→
9D
It may be left holding the bag (6)
Starts with T, ends with TTEAPOT→
10D
Site of an apocalyptic final battle in the Bible (10)
Starts with A, ends with NARMAGEDDON→
11D
Brownish shade (5)
Starts with T, ends with ETAUPE→
12D
Stubborn animals (5)
Starts with A, ends with SASSES→
13D
Prognosticator (4)
Starts with S, ends with RSEER→
18D
Where most songs use their titular lyrics (6)
Starts with C, ends with SCHORUS→
21D
Custardy dessert (4)
Starts with F, ends with NFLAN→
22D
"No bid" (5)
Starts with I, ends with SIPASS→
23D
Raise, as a concern (5)
Starts with V, ends with EVOICE→
24D
Jack who ate no fat (5)
Starts with S, ends with TSPRAT→
28D
Zorro, Superman or Indiana Jones (10)
Starts with A, ends with OACTIONHERO→
29D
Grain storehouses (5)
Starts with S, ends with SSILOS→
30D
Vegan protein source (4)
Starts with T, ends with UTOFU→
32D
"___ if I know!" (4)
Starts with H, ends with LHELL→
34D
Wanders (5)
Starts with R, ends with SROVES→
35D
Skyscraper construction piece (5)
Starts with I, ends with MIBEAM→
36D
Long Beach, Charleston and Baltimore (5)
Starts with P, ends with SPORTS→
39D
More sore (6)
Starts with A, ends with RACHIER→
41D
Pixar film that revived the song "Life Is a Highway" (4)
Starts with C, ends with SCARS→
42D
Place for boxers to exercise (7)
Starts with D, ends with KDOGPARK→
44D
Decomposed (6)
Starts with R, ends with DROTTED→
46D
Alt-rock band They ___ Be Giants (5)
Starts with M, ends with TMIGHT→
47D
Shelter in a chilly landscape (5)
Starts with I, ends with OIGLOO→
48D
"The Ten Commandments" director ___ B. DeMille (5)
Starts with C, ends with LCECIL→
50D
Lad's counterpart (4)
Starts with L, ends with SLASS→
51D
Online chuckles (4)
Starts with L, ends with SLOLS→
52D
Actor Morales (4)
Starts with E, ends with IESAI→
53D
Invitation initialism (4)
Starts with R, ends with PRSVP→
57D
Country with the most Olympic medals (3)
Starts with U, ends with AUSA→
58D
Prohibit (3)
Starts with B, ends with NBAN→
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for June 3, 2025?+
74 clues: 35 Across and 39 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Boaz Moser and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: Angry Birds and Snapchat, for two (APPS); Session at the pool (SWIM); Cheery goodbyes (TATAS).
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