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New York Times Crossword June 18 2025 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 74 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the New York Times Crossword June 18 2025 answers. The Wednesday puzzle has 74 clues; every answer has been verified. Click any clue to see every answer it has ever had, across every publisher in our database.

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
NearNIGH4Across1 Fashion's Jimmy whose surname aptly rhymes with "shoe"CHOO4Across5 Squeak removerLUBE4Across9 Look bad?OGLE4Across13 Not hisHERS4Across14 "By Jove!"ISAY4Across15 Offset, as something on a scaleCOUNTERBALANCE14Across16 It might be swiped for cashATMCARD7Across19 Org. that was a frequent James Bond foeKGB3Across20 Mo. settingCST3Across21 M.L.B.'er in a blue-and-orange uniformNYMET5Across23 Gad about at a banquetTABLEHOP8Across24 John or Jane of anonymityDOE3Across26 Bite at a barTAPA4Across27 Job security, for someTENURE6Across30 Not just myOUR3Across31 Mind-boggling designsOPART5Across32 Like hand-me-downsUSED4Across34 Rely on the hospitality of friends for lodgingCOUCHSURF9Across35 "Star Wars" species on TatooineJAWA4Across38 Sentiment on el Día de San ValentínTEAMO5Across41 CardWIT3Across42 Brewer CoorsADOLPH6Across45 Once, onceERST4Across48 Perfect serveACE3Across49 Hit the pubsBARCRAWL8Across50 HadOWNED5Across52 Bygone initials at JFKSST3Across54 "Mr. Blue Sky" band, in briefELO3Across55 Be afraid toDARENOT7Across56 Rainy-day game for children, whose play is punnily suggested by 16-, 24-, 35- and 50-AcrossTHEFLOORISLAVA14Across58 Capital on the Baltic SeaRIGA4Across61 Went through channels?SWAM4Across62 Medicinal name in the shampoo aisleTGEL4Across63 Short first stepATOB4Across64 Takes up, as some new pantsHEMS4Across65 Pennsylvania city or its countyYORK4Across66

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
"Impossible!"NOCANDO7Down1 "Ha ha ha!," on April Fools' DayIGOTYOU7Down2 Not so happyGLUMMER7Down3 ThereforeHENCE5Down4 Acting Oscar winner inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of FameCHER4Down5 What's rounded up in a roundupHERD4Down6 Earth or sun, for exampleORB3Down7 Home to the oldest Buddhist temple in Japan (built in A.D. 593)OSAKA5Down8 Likely (to)LIABLE6Down9 SEAL's org.USN3Down10 Wine god of mythBACCHUS7Down11 House with a long-unmowed lawn, e.g.EYESORE7Down12 Anchor or heart, maybeTATTOO6Down17 Letters before Q, sometimesLGBT4Down18 "Decorated," as a house for HalloweenTPED4Down22 North Carolina athleteTARHEEL7Down24 Broadway's "For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is ___"ENUF4Down25 "The Simpsons" shopkeeperAPU3Down28 What a handshake may lead toPACT4Down29 Ruling title that dates back to the Byzantine EmpireTSAR4Down33 Course that may follow trigCALC4Down35 Verbal hesitationsUMS3Down36 Chopper partsROTORS6Down37 Pokes in the ringJABS4Down38 2019 Brad Pitt sci-fi thrillerADASTRA7Down39 "I don't care what that cost!"WORTHIT7Down40 "You in?"WANNAGO7Down42 Freeze upICEOVER7Down43 The first one was delivered in 1984TEDTALK7Down44 Like a house built in a day, sayPREFAB6Down46 Long way to go?HALL4Down47 "Sound" of a point sailing over someone's headWOOSH5Down51 Eudora ___, Pulitzer winner for "The Optimist's Daughter"WELTY5Down53 Small amount of whiskeyDRAM4Down56 GoalsAIMS4Down57 It's not you, it's meEGO3Down59 "You ___ me!"OWE3Down60

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This page lists every clue and answer from the New York Times crossword published on Wednesday, June 18, 2025. Answers are checked against the completed grid before publishing. If a clue looks familiar, open it — the same wording often runs in other puzzles with a different answer, and the clue page shows every version we have on record.