NYT CROSSWORD • MONDAY, JUNE 2, 2025

NYT Crossword Answers Jun 2, 2025

Complete answer list for the June 2, 2025 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

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Across 37

  1. 1"Don't love it, don't hate it" MEH
  2. 4"It's just one of ___ days" THOSE
  3. 9Prickly plants CACTI
  4. 14"Without further ___ …" ADO
  5. 15Crossed one's fingers HOPED
  6. 16Constellation with a belt ORION
  7. 17Grab a chair SIT
  8. 18"Go fly a kite!" EATMYSHORTS
  9. 20Skewered meat dish KEBAB
  10. 22"Nature of a ___" (1991 Queen Latifah album) SISTA
  11. 23One pouncing at a laser pointer, perhaps CAT
  12. 24Thick noodle in Japanese soups UDON
  13. 26Grandma, in Guatemala ABUELA
  14. 28"Pipe down!" PUTASOCKINIT
  15. 33Like the name Parker, for a valet APT
  16. 34Thyme piece SPRIG
  17. 35They might be sold à la carte at a Mexican restaurant TACOS
  18. 39[Gone … like magic!] POOF
  19. 41Some English noblemen EARLS
  20. 43Possess HAVE
  21. 44Per ___ (yearly) ANNUM
  22. 46"Explosive" expletive FBOMB
  23. 48Scratch or stain, e.g. MAR
  24. 49"No skin off my nose!" SUITYOURSELF
  25. 52Move upward ASCEND
  26. 55Hook, line and sinker, for an angler GEAR
  27. 56Neither here ___ there NOR
  28. 57Word before act or action CLASS
  29. 61Gunslinger Earp WYATT
  30. 64Where duds are draped to dry … or a literal description of 18-, 28- and 49-Across? CLOTHESLINE
  31. 67"___ sells seashells by the seashore" SHE
  32. 68Actor Ethan whose surname sounds like a bird HAWKE
  33. 69"The ___ Express" (kid-lit classic) POLAR
  34. 70Alternative to a trowel for an archaeologist HOE
  35. 71It's nearly impossible to split their creme equally, per M.I.T. OREOS
  36. 72Poker-faced STONY
  37. 73"Dee-lish!" YUM

Down 41

  1. 1Part of a Halloween costume MASK
  2. 2"The Sopranos" actress Falco EDIE
  3. 3Emotionally charged, as an issue HOTBUTTON
  4. 4Bruce Springsteen, to fans THEBOSS
  5. 5Rule-making grp. for a residential community HOA
  6. 6Goes (for) OPTS
  7. 718-wheeler SEMI
  8. 8Ice cream brand known as Dreyer's on the West Coast EDYS
  9. 9Live together COHABIT
  10. 10Preferring platonic relationships, informally ARO
  11. 11Greek sorceress who took the phrase "men are pigs" literally CIRCE
  12. 12Smash to smithereens TOTAL
  13. 13Social media app with Reels and Stories, familiarly INSTA
  14. 19Superfan, in slang STAN
  15. 21Accessibility law inits. ADA
  16. 25"Negatory" NOPE
  17. 27Only U.S. state whose capital has a three-word name UTAH
  18. 28Bear with a hard bed and hot porridge PAPA
  19. 29"Once ___ a midnight dreary …" UPON
  20. 30Make by hand CRAFT
  21. 31Pink Nintendo character from Planet Popstar KIRBY
  22. 32Home on the "I" page of many ABC books IGLOO
  23. 36Out of the picture, maybe? CAMERASHY
  24. 37Actual shape of the Crab Nebula, disappointingly OVAL
  25. 38Feudal underling SERF
  26. 40"Short" thing for someone with a temper FUSE
  27. 42High-and-mighty SMUG
  28. 45Snacks (on) MUNCHES
  29. 47Beermaking establishment BREWERY
  30. 50Lollygag IDLE
  31. 51"Here's a thought …" SAY
  32. 52Dried chili in Mexican cuisine ANCHO
  33. 53Kind of power using rooftop panels SOLAR
  34. 54Actor Russell whose surname sounds like a bird CROWE
  35. 58Vile Nile reptiles ASPS
  36. 59Piggy bank opening SLOT
  37. 60Sight along a farm country road SILO
  38. 62"O Brother, Where Art ___?" (2000 Coen brothers film) THOU
  39. 63Abound TEEM
  40. 65Ring result, in brief TKO
  41. 66Grandma, in Glasgow NAN