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NYT Crossword — June 10, 2025

Tuesday’s 16 × 15 puzzle, 77 clues. The full solution is below — answers stay masked until you reveal them, one clue or all at once.

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Across

37 clues

1Info acquired by scouts

6Blue-footed seabird

15Steak ___ (dish flambéed tableside)

17One applying the finishing touches at a bakery

18Places where nonprofessionals sing

20Director Ephron

21Hyatt alternative

22Let out, as a fishing line

24Netflix or Hulu

28Word after swimming or dating

30Altar constellation

31Grandson of Adam and Eve

32Move at a speedy pace

33Was verklempt

37W.S.J. competitor

38"You predicted that correctly" ... or what the ends of 18-, 24-, 48- and 57-Across will yield?

411981 German film set aboard a submarine

43"___ day now"

45Abbr. on an airport monitor

46Weight-to-height ratio, in brief

47Vocal range for Aretha Franklin and Tina Turner

48Occasion for toasts

54It helps give a car traction

55The Beastie Boys, for example

56"Frozen" role for Kristen Bell

57Nodding yes while saying no, e.g.

62One of the Big Four in banking

65Part of a ship

Down

40 clues

1Texter's "shrug"

2Actress Long of "Soul Food"

3Staples of Polynesian cuisine

4Tooth coatings

5Singer Lewis with the 2008 #1 hit "Bleeding Love"

7Prop for a psychic

8Model train track standard

9Goes up in flames

10"I'm totally serious!"

11Barrel in a cellar

12Common bacterial pathogen

13Georges who wrote "Life: A User's Manual"

19Most common surname in South Korea

23Swashbuckling Flynn

25Skating champion Harding

27Big Apple coppers

32Many a caged creature

33Feeling in an emergency

34Repeated instance, jokily

35Muse of lyric poetry

36Speed ___ (fast driver)

38"Catch my drift?"

42Safety feature for a sleeping child

462016 subject that dominated U.K. newspapers

49"___, meenie ..."

50Florentine poet who wrote "The Divine Comedy"

51Layer of filth

53Reproduce on paper

58One of a dozen in a carton

59Lead-in to hickey or wop

61Common name for NaOH

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Stats & info

Tuesday, Jun 10, 2025

16×15

Grid size

77

Total entries

36/204

Black / letter cells

5.3

Avg entry length

16 ltrs

Longest entry

Easy

Tuesday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedJun 10, 2025

DayTuesday

ThemeUntitled

ConstructorZachary David Levy

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split37 across · 40 down

Longest entries

24ANetflix or Hulu16 ltrs 48AOccasion for toasts16 ltrs 18APlaces where nonprofessionals sing11 ltrs 57ANodding yes while saying no, e.g.11 ltrs 3DStaples of Polynesian cuisine9 ltrs

Tuesday sits one notch above Monday, usually with a light theme and a few playful clues. This grid has 36 black squares and averages 5.3 letters per entry.