NYT CROSSWORD • SUNDAY, JUNE 15, 2025

NYT Crossword Answers Jun 15, 2025

Complete answer list for the June 15, 2025 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

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Across 69

  1. 1"Oh, fiddlesticks!" ↗AWDARN
  2. 7Peace symbol ↗VSIGN
  3. 12What a flipping tool! ↗SPATULA
  4. 19Big, important people, informally ↗HEAVIES
  5. 21Listless malaise ↗ENNUI
  6. 22National flowers of India, Vietnam and Egypt ↗LOTUSES
  7. 23Device used to clear out nasal passages / Final part of a radio countdown ↗NETIPOT
  8. 24Perez of "White Men Can't Jump" ↗ROSIE
  9. 25Brunch entrees / Figure with an eponymous fire ↗OMELETS
  10. 26Paper views? ↗OPEDS
  11. 27Laughing hysterically ↗INSTITCHES
  12. 30Cooling systems, for short ↗ACS
  13. 31___ Dems (U.K. party, informally) ↗LIB
  14. 32Product branded as the "coldest drink in town" ↗ICEE
  15. 33Belafonte hit featured in the movie "Beetlejuice" ↗DAYO
  16. 34Five-time world chess champion Viswanathan "Vishy" ___ ↗ANAND
  17. 36Genetic repositories / Reel Big Fish or Sublime ↗DNABANKS
  18. 39Eau zone? ↗MER
  19. 40Takes advantage of / Decoration painted on many a W.W. II aircraft ↗TRADESON
  20. 43It's a sin ↗GREED
  21. 44Vince Guaraldi ___, jazz group featured in "A Charlie Brown Christmas" ↗TRIO
  22. 46Note at work ↗MEMO
  23. 47Abbr. in lieu of an ellipsis ↗ETC
  24. 48Figure who might leave you heart-stricken? ↗EROS
  25. 50Taipei-based tech company ↗ASUS
  26. 52Thawb-wearing leaders ↗EMIRS
  27. 54Hit 1981 German-language film / "What a shame!" ↗DASBOOT
  28. 57___ bene ↗NOTA
  29. 58Women abroad / Wrapped garments ↗SIGNORAS
  30. 62Conference opponent of a Sun Devil ↗UTE
  31. 63Concocts ↗BREWS
  32. 65Record label founded by Clive Davis ↗ARISTA
  33. 67Moist ↗DAMP
  34. 68Father figure? ↗PADRE
  35. 70"Love that for you" ↗HOWNICE
  36. 72Actress Sink of "Stranger Things" ↗SADIE
  37. 73Introduction to a conclusion ↗ERGO
  38. 74Headed for disaster ↗DOOMED
  39. 76No man's land, maybe? ↗ISLET
  40. 79Stumble ___ (punny bar name) ↗INN
  41. 80Offerings from Healthline / Roasting on an open fire, maybe ↗DIETTIPS
  42. 82Up to it ↗ABLE
  43. 84Pioneer in Modernist poetry / Throne ↗TSELIOT
  44. 86Justice Sotomayor ↗SONIA
  45. 87Head-butts ↗RAMS
  46. 88Weapon used for touching ↗EPEE
  47. 89Gate inits. ↗ETD
  48. 92Turn away ↗DENY
  49. 93Ragamuffins and Pixie-bobs, for two ↗CATS
  50. 95Besides, with "from" ↗APART
  51. 98Portmanteau drinking hangouts / Marine crustacean ↗BARCADES
  52. 100Film studio with a tower logo that beeped out "V for Victory" during W.W. II ↗RKO
  53. 101Like some bikes / Sunken, as the eyes ↗TENSPEED
  54. 104In all honesty ↗TRULY
  55. 105Burst forth ↗SPEW
  56. 107Mud ↗JAVA
  57. 108Issa of "American Fiction" ↗RAE
  58. 109Cry while covering one's ears, maybe ↗TMI
  59. 110Was without peer ↗STOODALONE
  60. 113Social grace ↗CLASS
  61. 115Comparatively upper-crust, in a way / Wood cutter ↗WASPIER
  62. 117One addressed as "lord" ↗BARON
  63. 118Component of a Caesar salad / Captivate ↗ROMAINE
  64. 120Dessert with a cookie crust ↗OREOPIE
  65. 121Person I used to be ↗OLDME
  66. 122Bankroll ↗SPONSOR
  67. 123Trait of many healthy dogs ↗WETNOSE
  68. 124Positive feedback? ↗YESES
  69. 125How the U.S. has existed since its inception ↗INDEBT

Down 71

  1. 1"The Governator" ↗AHNOLD
  2. 2Reaction to a tearjerker ↗WEEPING
  3. 3Hand-held snack with dried fruit ↗DATEBAR
  4. 4Rah-rah ↗AVID
  5. 5Copies, as from a disc ↗RIPS
  6. 6Prefix with Confucianism ↗NEO
  7. 7Chapter component ↗VERSE
  8. 8Little twerp ↗SNOT
  9. 9How a shirt might be put on in a rush … or a hint to this puzzle's theme ↗INSIDEOUTANDBACKWARDS
  10. 10One of at least 35 smashed in 1967 alone by the Who's Pete Townshend ↗GUITAR
  11. 11Actress Nash of "Never Have I Ever" ↗NIECY
  12. 12Bluish-black berry ↗SLOE
  13. 13Small, fuzzy dogs, informally ↗POMS
  14. 14Took the cake? ↗ATE
  15. 15University whose name sounds like a kind of highway ↗TULANE
  16. 16Scenario for a software developer ↗USECASE
  17. 17"Guys, we're better than this!" ↗LETSNOT
  18. 18Donkey ↗ASS
  19. 20Become established over time, so to speak ↗STICK
  20. 28Make one's home in the woods, say ↗NEST
  21. 29Complete disasters ↗HOTMESSES
  22. 32Like some pets and pools ↗INDOOR
  23. 34Zhuzh up ↗ADORN
  24. 35Donkey grp. ↗DNC
  25. 37English channel, with "the" ↗BEEB
  26. 38Life form that requires oxygen ↗AEROBE
  27. 39Japanese paste imparting umami ↗MISO
  28. 41Send, as money ↗REMIT
  29. 42Guadalajara girlfriend ↗AMIGA
  30. 45Bad return policy? ↗RANSOM
  31. 49Business address abbr. ↗STE
  32. 51Wrapped garment ↗SARI
  33. 53Drink from a fountain ↗SODA
  34. 54Got good ↗DUPED
  35. 55Company whose logo was designed to resemble the game Pong ↗ATARI
  36. 56Grasslike marsh plant ↗SEDGE
  37. 59Pie chart dividers ↗RADII
  38. 60___ acid ↗AMINO
  39. 61Totally beat ↗SPENT
  40. 64Question of authority ↗WHOSAYSSO
  41. 66Most in need of salt, say ↗ICIEST
  42. 69Goes bad ↗ROTS
  43. 71Fray ↗WEAR
  44. 72Gets in hot water? ↗STEEPS
  45. 74Chowed down (on) ↗DINED
  46. 75Share one's take ↗OPINE
  47. 77Smartphone alternative to Wi-Fi ↗LTE
  48. 78El país de Palma ↗ESPANA
  49. 81Program that debuted a little before "The Tonight Show," appropriately ↗TODAY
  50. 83"u crack me up" ↗LMAO
  51. 85Gap in logic ↗LEAP
  52. 89Inits. on a food assistance card ↗EBT
  53. 90Served raw ↗TARTARE
  54. 91Kit with cymbals ↗DRUMSET
  55. 94Comics legend Lee ↗STAN
  56. 96Daring poker action ↗RERAISE
  57. 97Someone who might find Darjeeling appealing ↗TEASNOB
  58. 99Like some ties ↗CLIPON
  59. 100Colorful selection at an Irish pub ↗REDALE
  60. 102Civil rights activist Medgar ↗EVERS
  61. 103Parched place ↗DESERT
  62. 106New Orleans food specialty ↗POBOY
  63. 107Craving ↗JONES
  64. 110Twice tres ↗SEIS
  65. 111One of many on Antarctica over 280 million years ago, scientists have discovered ↗TREE
  66. 112Togo's capital ↗LOME
  67. 113"Gimme a break!" ↗CMON
  68. 114Succeed, as a joke ↗LAND
  69. 115"There are no words" ↗WOW
  70. 116Corp. debut ↗IPO
  71. 119Nail polish brand with a "Wicked"-inspired collection ↗OPI