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New York Times Crossword June 2 2025 Answers

Monday puzzle · 78 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the New York Times Crossword June 2 2025 answers. The Monday puzzle has 78 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#
"Don't love it, don't hate it"MEH3Across1 "It's just one of ___ days"THOSE5Across4 Prickly plantsCACTI5Across9 "Without further ___ …"ADO3Across14 Crossed one's fingersHOPED5Across15 Constellation with a beltORION5Across16 Grab a chairSIT3Across17 "Go fly a kite!"EATMYSHORTS11Across18 Skewered meat dishKEBAB5Across20 "Nature of a ___" (1991 Queen Latifah album)SISTA5Across22 One pouncing at a laser pointer, perhapsCAT3Across23 Thick noodle in Japanese soupsUDON4Across24 Grandma, in GuatemalaABUELA6Across26 "Pipe down!"PUTASOCKINIT12Across28 Like the name Parker, for a valetAPT3Across33 Thyme pieceSPRIG5Across34 They might be sold à la carte at a Mexican restaurantTACOS5Across35 [Gone … like magic!]POOF4Across39 Some English noblemenEARLS5Across41 PossessHAVE4Across43 Per ___ (yearly)ANNUM5Across44 "Explosive" expletiveFBOMB5Across46 Scratch or stain, e.g.MAR3Across48 "No skin off my nose!"SUITYOURSELF12Across49 Move upwardASCEND6Across52 Hook, line and sinker, for an anglerGEAR4Across55 Neither here ___ thereNOR3Across56 Word before act or actionCLASS5Across57 Gunslinger EarpWYATT5Across61 Where duds are draped to dry … or a literal description of 18-, 28- and 49-Across?CLOTHESLINE11Across64 "___ sells seashells by the seashore"SHE3Across67 Actor Ethan whose surname sounds like a birdHAWKE5Across68 "The ___ Express" (kid-lit classic)POLAR5Across69 Alternative to a trowel for an archaeologistHOE3Across70 It's nearly impossible to split their creme equally, per M.I.T.OREOS5Across71 Poker-facedSTONY5Across72 "Dee-lish!"YUM3Across73

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Part of a Halloween costumeMASK4Down1 "The Sopranos" actress FalcoEDIE4Down2 Emotionally charged, as an issueHOTBUTTON9Down3 Bruce Springsteen, to fansTHEBOSS7Down4 Rule-making grp. for a residential communityHOA3Down5 Goes (for)OPTS4Down6 18-wheelerSEMI4Down7 Ice cream brand known as Dreyer's on the West CoastEDYS4Down8 Live togetherCOHABIT7Down9 Preferring platonic relationships, informallyARO3Down10 Greek sorceress who took the phrase "men are pigs" literallyCIRCE5Down11 Smash to smithereensTOTAL5Down12 Social media app with Reels and Stories, familiarlyINSTA5Down13 Superfan, in slangSTAN4Down19 Accessibility law inits.ADA3Down21 "Negatory"NOPE4Down25 Only U.S. state whose capital has a three-word nameUTAH4Down27 Bear with a hard bed and hot porridgePAPA4Down28 "Once ___ a midnight dreary …"UPON4Down29 Make by handCRAFT5Down30 Pink Nintendo character from Planet PopstarKIRBY5Down31 Home on the "I" page of many ABC booksIGLOO5Down32 Out of the picture, maybe?CAMERASHY9Down36 Actual shape of the Crab Nebula, disappointinglyOVAL4Down37 Feudal underlingSERF4Down38 "Short" thing for someone with a temperFUSE4Down40 High-and-mightySMUG4Down42 Snacks (on)MUNCHES7Down45 Beermaking establishmentBREWERY7Down47 LollygagIDLE4Down50 "Here's a thought …"SAY3Down51 Dried chili in Mexican cuisineANCHO5Down52 Kind of power using rooftop panelsSOLAR5Down53 Actor Russell whose surname sounds like a birdCROWE5Down54 Vile Nile reptilesASPS4Down58 Piggy bank openingSLOT4Down59 Sight along a farm country roadSILO4Down60 "O Brother, Where Art ___?" (2000 Coen brothers film)THOU4Down62 AboundTEEM4Down63 Ring result, in briefTKO3Down65 Grandma, in GlasgowNAN3Down66

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This page lists every clue and answer from the New York Times crossword published on Monday, June 2, 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.