NYT Crossword hints and answer for June 7, 2025
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Clues68
Across34
Down34
ConstructorBlake Slonecker
Today’s NYT Crossword clues, hints & answers
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Across
1A
Collect (5)
Starts with A, ends with SAMASS→
6A
Shortening for bakers (3)
Starts with T, ends with PTSP→
9A
Triangular bones that fuse in adulthood (5)
Starts with S, ends with ASACRA→
14A
Assembles (15)
Starts with G, ends with RGATHERSTOGETHER→
17A
"You didn't fool me" (15)
Starts with I, ends with GIKNEWITALLALONG→
18A
___-Assyrian Empire, once the world's strongest military power (3)
Starts with N, ends with ONEO→
19A
Annoyance in the middle of a season, perhaps (7)
Starts with S, ends with RSPOILER→
20A
Top suit (3)
Starts with C, ends with OCEO→
21A
Generational disconnects (4)
Starts with G, ends with SGAPS→
23A
First Muppet to appear on the Billboard Hot 100 (5)
Starts with E, ends with EERNIE→
24A
Takes the field? (4)
Starts with M, ends with SMOWS→
25A
Package filler, often (4)
Starts with F, ends with MFOAM→
27A
Yahoo rival (3)
Starts with M, ends with NMSN→
28A
Leaves aside? (4)
Starts with P, ends with EPILE→
29A
Spiral-shelled mollusks (7)
Starts with T, ends with STRITONS→
31A
Spanish city that's home to the Alhambra (7)
Starts with G, ends with AGRANADA→
34A
Declining late in life (6)
Starts with S, ends with ESENILE→
35A
Beef cut in Santa Maria-style barbecue (6)
Starts with T, ends with PTRITIP→
36A
Likely lobby locale in D.C. (7)
Starts with K, ends with TKSTREET→
38A
Restaurant option that lacks options (7)
Starts with S, ends with USETMENU→
39A
Makes haste (4)
Starts with H, ends with SHIES→
40A
In-network grp. (3)
Starts with H, ends with OHMO→
42A
Channel (4)
Starts with D, ends with TDUCT→
43A
Phisher's collection, for short (4)
Starts with S, ends with SSSNS→
46A
What one of the letters in the luxury conglomerate LVMH stands for (4)
Starts with M, ends with TMOET→
48A
Baseball's "Master Melvin" (3)
Starts with O, ends with TOTT→
49A
Corruption below deck, perhaps (7)
Starts with W, ends with TWOODROT→
51A
___-ace (queer identity) (3)
Starts with A, ends with OARO→
52A
Colorful knit top with Scottish origins (15)
Starts with F, ends with RFAIRISLESWEATER→
55A
Board game variant used as a last-resort tiebreaker (15)
Starts with A, ends with SARMAGEDDONCHESS→
57A
Are, in Spanish (3)
Starts with S, ends with NSON→
58A
Couldn't not (5)
Starts with H, ends with OHADTO→
Down
1D
Natural process we all go through (5)
Starts with A, ends with GAGING→
2D
Leave everything behind (15)
Starts with M, ends with TMAKEAFRESHSTART→
3D
Never ever (15)
Starts with A, ends with EATNOPOINTINTIME→
4D
___Believes Cup, annual women's soccer tournament (3)
Starts with S, ends with ESHE→
5D
Finalizes, with "up" (4)
Starts with S, ends with SSEWS→
6D
Some concerning forecasts, in weather-speak (7)
Starts with T, ends with STSTORMS→
7D
Coffee rings, e.g. (6)
Starts with S, ends with SSTAINS→
8D
Campaign activity (7)
Starts with P, ends with GPOLLING→
9D
Directive in many a stovetop recipe (4)
Starts with S, ends with RSEAR→
10D
N.L. East rival of NYM (3)
Starts with A, ends with LATL→
11D
Like Junior Mints and Raisinets (15)
Starts with C, ends with DCHOCOLATECOATED→
12D
What a retrospective aims to produce (15)
Starts with R, ends with TRENEWEDINTEREST→
13D
One side in ancient Greece's Battle of the 300 Champions (5)
Starts with A, ends with SARGOS→
15D
Mature (4)
Starts with R, ends with ERIPE→
16D
"Euphoria" synonym that, like "Euphoria," is also the name of a hit TV show (4)
Starts with G, ends with EGLEE→
22D
Sendups (7)
Starts with S, ends with SSATIRES→
24D
"Bare" bottom? (7)
Starts with M, ends with MMINIMUM→
26D
Infiltrators of a sort (5)
Starts with M, ends with SMOLES→
28D
Medicare component (5)
Starts with P, ends with DPARTD→
29D
Oft-repeated bit of onomatopoeia (3)
Starts with T, ends with KTSK→
30D
Once named (3)
Starts with N, ends with ENEE→
32D
Pike, for instance: Abbr. (3)
Starts with R, ends with ERTE→
33D
Longtime animated TV character who hasn't had a speaking role since 2017 (3)
Starts with A, ends with UAPU→
37D
One's parents, in modern slang (7)
Starts with T, ends with STHEOLDS→
38D
Stops digging (7)
Starts with S, ends with NSOURSON→
41D
Got by (6)
Starts with M, ends with OMADEDO→
43D
Change seats? (5)
Starts with S, ends with SSOFAS→
44D
"Better sound through research" brand (4)
Starts with B, ends with EBOSE→
45D
Gown go-with (4)
Starts with T, ends with NTOWN→
47D
Core location (5)
Starts with T, ends with OTORSO→
49D
Freaks (out) (4)
Starts with W, ends with SWIGS→
50D
Lighting, sound production, etc. (4)
Starts with T, ends with HTECH→
53D
Unprocessed (3)
Starts with R, ends with WRAW→
54D
___ moment (3)
Starts with A, ends with AAHA→
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for June 7, 2025?+
68 clues: 34 Across and 34 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Blake Slonecker and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: Collect (AMASS); Shortening for bakers (TSP); Triangular bones that fuse in adulthood (SACRA).
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