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New York Times Crossword June 25 2025 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 72 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the New York Times Crossword June 25 2025 answers. The Wednesday puzzle has 72 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#
BesmirchTAR3Across1 Sound of a bass drumTHUMP5Across4 "Challenge accepted!"ITSON5Across9 TV newswoman CabreraANA3Across14 Drive backREPEL5Across15 Like avaricious eyesBEADY5Across16 Historic agreement of 1215MAGNACARTA10Across17 Wear on earth?ERODE5Across19 "Through the fog it came" in Part I of Coleridge's "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"ALBATROSS9Across20 Big name in DadaismARP3Across21 Lets borrowLOANSTO7Across22 "Dream a Little Dream of Me" singer of 1968, familiarlyMAMACASS8Across23 What silken tofu may replace in vegan recipesEGG3Across27 Frog's friend in an easy-reader classicTOAD4Across28 Ethnic group of RwandaHUTU4Across30 California ___ (abstaining from everything but cannabis, say)SOBER5Across31 Formally forces outEXILES6Across34 Onomatopoetic breakfast trioSNAPCRACKLEPOP14Across36 Facility for outpatientsCLINIC6Across39 Yorkshire metropolisLEEDS5Across40 Delay deciding, informallyPUNT4Across41 Olympic bladeEPEE4Across42 Olympic "blade"OAR3Across44 907, for a high oneAREACODE8Across47 Bit of gear for VermeerPALETTE7Across49 Bad bugFLU3Across53 2008 romantic drama starring Joaquin Phoenix and Gwyneth PaltrowTWOLOVERS9Across54 Concern for an Allied shipUBOAT5Across56 Incentive to stay indoors on a sweltering day, informally … or a hint to four squares in this puzzleCENTRALAC9Across58 "Cheers" in ChiapasSALUD5Across59 Bird-relatedAVIAN5Across60 Simu ___, portrayer of Rival Ken in "Barbie"LIU3Across61 "Ergo …"ANDSO5Across62 Flashy fishTETRA5Across63 A person's soul mate, with "the"ONE3Across64

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Tex-Mex treatTAMALE6Down1 Like a clock with handsANALOG6Down2 Miscellaneous collectionRAGBAG6Down3 Expansive parcelsTRACTS6Down4 Love, in emoji-speakHEART5Down5 Tool for removing a tree stumpUPROOTER8Down6 M.L.B. team that retired Strawberry's #18METS4Down7 Substance in stars and neon signsPLASMA6Down8 Flanged girderIBEAM5Down9 Healthful snack brandTERRACHIPS10Down10 Home to the Museum of the Portuguese LanguageSAOPAULO8Down11 "That's unexpected …"ODD3Down12 Bill promoting science educationNYE3Down13 One of the Bobbsey twins, in children's literatureNAN3Down18 Top-selling musical artist of the 2010sADELE5Down24 Part of a danceSTEP4Down25 Questionable, in modern lingoSUS3Down26 Source of prophecyORACLE6Down29 Popular stocking stuffer?SANTACLAUS10Down31 Nail polish brand with a MillenniYUM shadeOPI3Down32 Quietly added to a threadBCCED5Down33 Marked, in a wayXED3Down35 Legato notation, in musicSLUR4Down36 Tripled, then tripled againNINEFOLD8Down37 "Don't let up. You've got this!"KEEPONIT8Down38 Tax prep proCPA3Down39 Acquisition that may solve a mouse problemPETCAT6Down43 Opera with a baritone IagoOTELLO6Down44 "Quickest way to Harlem," in songATRAIN6Down45 Former stray, oftenRESCUE6Down46 Get the edge overOUTDO5Down48 Rite place at the rite time?ALTAR5Down50 ___ Doone (cookie brand)LORNA5Down51 First lady of Italy?EVA3Down52 "___ got some difficult days ahead": Martin Luther King Jr.WEVE4Down55 Team for gymnasts Biles and ChilesUSA3Down56 BlacklistBAN3Down57

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This page lists every clue and answer from the New York Times crossword published on Wednesday, June 25, 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.