NYT Crossword hints and answer for June 6, 2025
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Clues66
Across31
Down35
ConstructorAdrian Johnson
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
Novelist Patchett (3)
Starts with A, ends with NANN→
4A
Adviser to an acting president? (10)
Starts with D, ends with HDRAMACOACH→
14A
Mouthful for the foulmouthed (4)
Starts with S, ends with PSOAP→
16A
Average guy (10)
Starts with R, ends with EREGULARJOE→
17A
One of two ingredients used to make chapati (4)
Starts with A, ends with AATTA→
18A
"You know your voices carry, right?!" (10)
Starts with I, ends with SIVEGOTEARS→
19A
Neutralize, so to speak (4)
Starts with D, ends with NDOIN→
20A
Milestone for a baby (10)
Starts with F, ends with SFIRSTWORDS→
21A
Formally selects (7)
Starts with A, ends with SANOINTS→
23A
Dance specialty (3)
Starts with T, ends with PTAP→
24A
Keep from being touched, in a way (6)
Starts with E, ends with EENCASE→
25A
Seek out (7)
Starts with S, ends with TSOLICIT→
29A
Runaway hit (5)
Starts with S, ends with HSMASH→
30A
Meme of the star of "John Wick" looking downcast (8)
Starts with S, ends with USADKEANU→
31A
Row crosser: Abbr. (3)
Starts with C, ends with LCOL→
32A
___ Núñez de Balboa, Isthmus of Panama explorer (5)
Starts with V, ends with OVASCO→
34A
Means of taking a trip (3)
Starts with L, ends with DLSD→
35A
Cultural draw of Shanghai's M50 district (8)
Starts with A, ends with EARTSCENE→
38A
Prove otherwise (5)
Starts with B, ends with EBELIE→
40A
Some Halloween mischief (7)
Starts with D, ends with YDEVILRY→
41A
Not very animated (6)
Starts with S, ends with DSTOLID→
43A
Culture center? (3)
Starts with L, ends with BLAB→
44A
Point guard's crafty maneuver (7)
Starts with H, ends with PHOPSTEP→
46A
Flavor enhancer in many pho recipes (10)
Starts with B, ends with WBONEMARROW→
51A
"And ... done!" (4)
Starts with T, ends with ATADA→
52A
Split without warning (10)
Starts with U, ends with EUPANDLEAVE→
53A
One may be picked up in the gym (4)
Starts with O, ends with RODOR→
54A
Support when building bridges (10)
Starts with C, ends with RCANTILEVER→
55A
Litter pickup area? (4)
Starts with N, ends with ENAPE→
56A
Overly warm welcome, maybe (10)
Starts with S, ends with SSLOPPYKISS→
57A
"You can count on me" (3)
Starts with Y, ends with SYES→
Down
1D
Adjective on taco truck menus (5)
Starts with A, ends with AASADA→
2D
"That's my absolute limit!" (10)
Starts with N, ends with ENOTONEMORE→
3D
Big game medium (10)
Starts with N, ends with VNATIONALTV→
4D
Snow fence accumulations (6)
Starts with D, ends with SDRIFTS→
5D
Perfect writing? (6)
Starts with R, ends with EREVISE→
6D
New ___ (4)
Starts with A, ends with RAGER→
7D
Tavern vessels (4)
Starts with M, ends with SMUGS→
8D
Mountains of work ahead (8)
Starts with A, ends with OALOTTODO→
9D
A model way to work? (7)
Starts with C, ends with KCATWALK→
10D
Dessert with a black-and-white filling (7)
Starts with O, ends with EOREOPIE→
11D
Mostly closed (4)
Starts with A, ends with RAJAR→
12D
Part of a hammock (4)
Starts with C, ends with DCORD→
13D
BP rival (4)
Starts with H, ends with SHESS→
15D
Fails to keep cool (6)
Starts with P, ends with SPANICS→
22D
"Hmm ... hard pass" (3)
Starts with N, ends with HNAH→
25D
Source of a cephalopod's defensive ink (3)
Starts with S, ends with CSAC→
26D
Punch out, say (10)
Starts with C, ends with YCALLITADAY→
27D
Privileged figures, perhaps? (10)
Starts with I, ends with EINSIDEDOPE→
28D
Sass, informally (4)
Starts with T, ends with ETUDE→
29D
Bucketful (4)
Starts with S, ends with DSCAD→
30D
Sioux Falls-to-Sioux City dir. (3)
Starts with S, ends with ESSE→
32D
How many consent (8)
Starts with V, ends with YVERBALLY→
33D
"Whichever one you want" (3)
Starts with A, ends with YANY→
36D
Cupboard component (7)
Starts with S, ends with PSILENTP→
37D
Seafood cookout bowlful (7)
Starts with C, ends with PCLAMDIP→
38D
Charles Mingus specialty (3)
Starts with B, ends with PBOP→
39D
___ Howard, Yankee who was the 1963 A.L. M.V.P. (6)
Starts with E, ends with NELSTON→
41D
Propels, like a shuffleboard disk (6)
Starts with S, ends with SSHOVES→
42D
Lookout positions (6)
Starts with T, ends with STOWERS→
45D
Cuts (down) (5)
Starts with P, ends with SPARES→
46D
2003 and 2021 Super Bowl champs, informally (4)
Starts with B, ends with SBUCS→
47D
Milky resource found in the outback (4)
Starts with O, ends with LOPAL→
48D
Onetime iPod offering (4)
Starts with N, ends with ONANO→
49D
Be very funky (4)
Starts with R, ends with KREEK→
50D
Noted name in raga performance (4)
Starts with R, ends with IRAVI→
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for June 6, 2025?+
66 clues: 31 Across and 35 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Adrian Johnson and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: Novelist Patchett (ANN); Adviser to an acting president? (DRAMACOACH); Mouthful for the foulmouthed (SOAP).
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