NYT CROSSWORD • WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25, 2025

NYT Crossword Answers Jun 25, 2025

Complete answer list for the June 25, 2025 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

The Grid

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Across 35

  1. 1Besmirch TAR
  2. 4Sound of a bass drum THUMP
  3. 9"Challenge accepted!" ITSON
  4. 14TV newswoman Cabrera ANA
  5. 15Drive back REPEL
  6. 16Like avaricious eyes BEADY
  7. 17Historic agreement of 1215 MAGNACARTA
  8. 19Wear on earth? ERODE
  9. 20"Through the fog it came" in Part I of Coleridge's "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" ALBATROSS
  10. 21Big name in Dadaism ARP
  11. 22Lets borrow LOANSTO
  12. 23"Dream a Little Dream of Me" singer of 1968, familiarly MAMACASS
  13. 27What silken tofu may replace in vegan recipes EGG
  14. 28Frog's friend in an easy-reader classic TOAD
  15. 30Ethnic group of Rwanda HUTU
  16. 31California ___ (abstaining from everything but cannabis, say) SOBER
  17. 34Formally forces out EXILES
  18. 36Onomatopoetic breakfast trio SNAPCRACKLEPOP
  19. 39Facility for outpatients CLINIC
  20. 40Yorkshire metropolis LEEDS
  21. 41Delay deciding, informally PUNT
  22. 42Olympic blade EPEE
  23. 44Olympic "blade" OAR
  24. 47907, for a high one AREACODE
  25. 49Bit of gear for Vermeer PALETTE
  26. 53Bad bug FLU
  27. 542008 romantic drama starring Joaquin Phoenix and Gwyneth Paltrow TWOLOVERS
  28. 56Concern for an Allied ship UBOAT
  29. 58Incentive to stay indoors on a sweltering day, informally … or a hint to four squares in this puzzle CENTRALAC
  30. 59"Cheers" in Chiapas SALUD
  31. 60Bird-related AVIAN
  32. 61Simu ___, portrayer of Rival Ken in "Barbie" LIU
  33. 62"Ergo …" ANDSO
  34. 63Flashy fish TETRA
  35. 64A person's soul mate, with "the" ONE

Down 37

  1. 1Tex-Mex treat TAMALE
  2. 2Like a clock with hands ANALOG
  3. 3Miscellaneous collection RAGBAG
  4. 4Expansive parcels TRACTS
  5. 5Love, in emoji-speak HEART
  6. 6Tool for removing a tree stump UPROOTER
  7. 7M.L.B. team that retired Strawberry's #18 METS
  8. 8Substance in stars and neon signs PLASMA
  9. 9Flanged girder IBEAM
  10. 10Healthful snack brand TERRACHIPS
  11. 11Home to the Museum of the Portuguese Language SAOPAULO
  12. 12"That's unexpected …" ODD
  13. 13Bill promoting science education NYE
  14. 18One of the Bobbsey twins, in children's literature NAN
  15. 24Top-selling musical artist of the 2010s ADELE
  16. 25Part of a dance STEP
  17. 26Questionable, in modern lingo SUS
  18. 29Source of prophecy ORACLE
  19. 31Popular stocking stuffer? SANTACLAUS
  20. 32Nail polish brand with a MillenniYUM shade OPI
  21. 33Quietly added to a thread BCCED
  22. 35Marked, in a way XED
  23. 36Legato notation, in music SLUR
  24. 37Tripled, then tripled again NINEFOLD
  25. 38"Don't let up. You've got this!" KEEPONIT
  26. 39Tax prep pro CPA
  27. 43Acquisition that may solve a mouse problem PETCAT
  28. 44Opera with a baritone Iago OTELLO
  29. 45"Quickest way to Harlem," in song ATRAIN
  30. 46Former stray, often RESCUE
  31. 48Get the edge over OUTDO
  32. 50Rite place at the rite time? ALTAR
  33. 51___ Doone (cookie brand) LORNA
  34. 52First lady of Italy? EVA
  35. 55"___ got some difficult days ahead": Martin Luther King Jr. WEVE
  36. 56Team for gymnasts Biles and Chiles USA
  37. 57Blacklist BAN